Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

In Texts I and II, in terms of meaning, one notices that

• A. cutting-edge (Text I, line 17) and vanguard convey opposite meanings.
• B. further (Text I, line 25) and additional have equivalent meanings.
• C. actually (Text I, line 32) and nowadays are synonyms.
• D. boost (Text I, line 41) and raise are antonyms.
• E. sub par (Text II, line 21) and extraordinary express similar ideas.

In the second paragraph, the term churn out in – Chemical companies churn out billions of tons of acrylate each year, usually by heating propylene, a compound derived from crude oil. – implies

• A.

  production.

• B.

  waste.

• C.

  recycling.

• D.

  loss.

• E.

  threat.

In Text II, the sentence that expresses the idea of absolute certainty in the future is

• A. “even poor campesinos from El Salvador can prosper in the US” (lines 4-5)
• B. “many predicted Brazil would become a world power” (lines 17-18)
• C. “There are many reasons and factors that could explain Brazil’s backwardness” (lines 22-23)
• D. “It may be that these jobs are now forever changed” (lines 39-40)
• E. "globalization will bring benefits” (line 46)

No segundo parágrafo, o termo it em – “Right now, everything that goes into making it is from relatively expensive, nonrenewable carbon sources.” – refere-se a

• A.

  chemistry.

• B.

  research.

• C.

  carbon sources.

• D.

  acrylate.

• E.

  propylene.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association have advised against a number of steps concerning the implementation of effective IT governance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

In spite of the pervasiveness of IT in many organizations, it is essential for enterprises to balance risks and detect fraud.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the excerpt of Text II: “living standards are severely damaged for both immigrants and native-born Americans, that is for everyone but the 0.1% wealthiest Americans who benefit from cheap labor” (lines 64-67), that is introduces a(n)

• A. contrast
• B. solution
• C. hypothesis
• D. addition
• E. explanation

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Although considerable research has been devoted to IT governance, rather less attention has been paid to corporate governance mechanisms.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

U.N., who wrote Comment 1 in Text II, defends that

• A. a country becomes a superpower when it takes up in its workforce more qualified immigrant professionals and rejects unskilled workers.
• B. low-skilled immigrants to the US find more opportunities to prosper than they would in their countries of origin.
• C. Brazil is still an emerging country because it has closed its doors to immigration of unskilled workers from South American countries.
• D. Brazil offers its immigrant population appropriate educational conditions to become valuable citizens.
• E. Brazil’s illiterate population and El Salvador’s immigrants to the US have no opportunity to prosper and help the countries’ economic growth.

When relating the ideas in Text I with those in Text II, one concludes that the

• A. author of Comment 1, U.N., has a view that is contrary to that manifested by the author of Text I in terms of a country’s economic standards.
• B. author of Comment 2, T. McK, supports the argument on the relation between economic growth and foreign workforce exposed in Text I.
• C. author of Comment 1, U.N., and the author of Comment 3, J.I., side with the author of Text I about immigration and economic development.
• D. authors of Comments 2 and 3, T. McK and J.I., respectively, oppose the view on the relation between economic development and rates of immigration expressed in Text I.
• E. three commentators agree with the perspective on the importance of immigration defended by the author of Text I.