Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

In “It also stated that two billion more people will need access to modern fuels…” (lines 13-14 – Text II) , “it” refers to

• A.

  “... report,” (line 11)

• B.

  “... proportion ...” (line 11)

• C.

  “... poverty ...” (line 12)

• D.

  “... access ...” (line 13)

• E.

  “... electricity.” (line 13)

According to Fatih Birol in Paragraph 5 (lines 26-31 – Text II), it

• A.

  will be impossible to meet the large demand for energy in the developing world.

• B.

  will be imperative in the next century to find solutions for energy and climate problems around the globe.

• C.

  is useless to combat changes in weather and promote wide access to energy nowadays.

• D.

  is time to find ways to fight climate change, improve energy security and expand the access to electricity.

• E.

  may be necessary to take violent actions against the unfair distribution of energy in developing nations.

In “By 2030, when Earth’s population will likely top 8 billion,” (lines 9-10), “will likely” means the same as

• A.

  will certainly.

• B.

  will similarly.

• C.

  will probably.

• D.

  will eventually.

• E.

  will considerably.

Based on the meanings of the words in the text, it can be said that

• A.

  “...ensure...” (line 6) and guarantee are antonyms.

• B.

  “...outstrip...” (line 10) and exceed are synonyms.

• C.

  “...downgraded...” (line 13) and subsidized express similar ideas.

• D.

  “...highlights...” (line 35) and underlines express contradictory ideas.

• E.

  “...owing to...” (line 57) and as a result of have opposite meanings.

The main purpose of Text I is to

• A.

  praise a speaker on the presentation he gave recently in a large company.

• B.

  clarify why speakers should be able to start and finish their presentations on the time scheduled.

• C.

  identify all the linguistic problems that disturbed the listeners' comprehension of the speaker's message.

• D.

  criticize a speaker's poor presentation skills and inability in dealing with the questions posed by the audience.

• E.

  point out the qualities and drawbacks of a recent business presentation, according to a member of the audience.

According to paragraph 1, we may infer that the writer of the article

• A.

  wonders whether the presenter would care to hear the writer's own opinion on the talk.

• B.

  seems to be a very close friend of the speaker, given their frequent meetings in the cafeteria.

• C.

  would have considered the business talk a relevant one if more employees had been invited to attend it.

• D.

  believes that his comments on the presentation will not help the speaker improve his performance in public.

• E.

  deeply regrets the fact that the speaker was incapable of recalling who he was and where they had met before.

The sentence "...I couldn't help rolling my eyes a couple of times." (lines 33-34) implies that the author was feeling

• A.

  enraged at the indifference of all the members of the audience to the jokes.

• B.

  sympathetic towards the speaker's excessive use of jokes in a serious business.

• C.

  upset with the laughs constantly coming from all the members of the audience.

• D.

  annoyed at the fact that the majority of the jokes told were not targeted to the average audience.

• E.

  depressed because he was the only person in the audience who did not understand the speaker's jokes.

In "It was interesting how you and the other bosses fell over yourselves…" (lines 41-42), the expression "fall over oneself" means

• A.

  display eagerness.

• B.

  express sadness.

• C.

  show sorrow for.

• D.

  convey deception.

• E.

  denote sympathy.

All of the following fragments from the text contain instances of informal language, EXCEPT

• A.

  "Name's actually Rob, but I'll try not to hold that against you." (lines 6-7).

• B.

  "...You aware of that?" (line 19).

• C.

  "Loved the flow chart, even though these are usually yawners." (lines 20-21).

• D.

  "But that chart and your 'benchmarks table' were the only handouts I really needed." (lines 22-23).

• E.

  "but empty gestures are kind of a drag." (lines 48-49).

The feature the author criticized about the presentation is the

• A.

  quality of the food served.

• B.

  flow chart and benchmarks table.

• C.

  punctuality in ending the presentation.

• D.

  invitation to e-mail the speaker with questions.

• E.

  expression used to refer to the takeaway points.