Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

Mark the only option that states an important conclusion of the study conducted by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, reported on Paragraph 6 (lines 34-48).

• A. Students should not be encouraged to multitask because it can lead to hyperactivity.
• B. Children and adolescents spend more than six hours of their day using electronic devices.
• C. Listening to music while surfing on the Web can be dangerous and harmful for students' studying habits.
• D. No handheld video games and websites can help preschoolers learn colors, numbers, letters and spelling.
• E. All contemporary school teachers make students use different technological devices to learn, such as PDAs, cellular phones, and handheld gaming devices.

Which option contains a correct correspondence of meaning?

• A.

  "exciting' (line 3) and stimulating are synonymous.

• B.

  "unlimited"(line 28) and endless are antonymous.

• C. "advances" (line 30) could not be replaced by developments.
• D.

  "ravaged" (line 30) and preserved have similar meanings.

• E.

  "designing" (line 62) and planning indicate opposing ideas.

Which of the following expressions in italics introduces a contrast?

• A. "… world filled with fantastic new problems as well as exciting new possibilities." (lines 3-4)
• B. "We have no idea of what the world will look in five years, … yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world." (lines 12-14)
• C. "…provide unlimited possibilities for exciting new discoveries and developments such as new forms of energy, medical advances, restoration of environmentally ravaged areas,"(lines 28-30)
• D. "So, there must be a dramatic departure from the factorymodel education of the past." (lines 57-58)
• E. "It is abandonment, finally, of textbook-driven, teachercentered, paper and pencil schooling." (lines 58-60)

Mark the only alternative that does NOT express a characteristic of the 21st century, according to the text.

• A. Educators need to prepare students for a kind of life in the future that is unpredictable.
• B. Schools will deal with a new generation of students that are motivated to ask questions and find their own answers.
• C. Future generations of learners will be more familiar with technology than older generations of educators.
• D. Students of the new century will need to create solutions for problems that will certainly become more dramatic in the near future.
• E. Students will have to learn in an environment where education is textbook-driven, teacher-centered, and paper and pencil–based.

In the sentence “…while power dams were left behind with a 14.7 percent share.” (lines 10-11), the word “while”

• A.

  anticipates a conclusion.

• B.

  presents an example.

• C.

  imposes a condition.

• D.

  expresses a contrast.

• E.

  introduces a reason.

Based on the discussion presented in the text, a "culture of inquiry" (line 65) should

• A. focus on learning about different nationalities.
• B. reduce the large amount of time students spend multitasking.
• C. restrict the young learners' use of different digital sources to access information.
• D. develop an investigative attitude motivating students to construct knowledge, not just repeat information.
• E. create new teaching methodologies focused on delivering information and following a pre-defined curriculum.

Based on the meanings in the text, mark the only option in which the two words are antonymous.

• A.

  “combination” (line 8) - mixture

• B.

  “irreversible” (line 14) – changeable

• C.

  “valuable” (line 20) – worthy

• D.

  “trend” (line 23) – tendency

• E.

  “rose” (line 29) – increased

In "So, there must be a dramatic departure from the factorymodel education on the past." (lines 57-58), "must" is correctly replaced by

• A. will.
• B. can.
• C. ought to.
• D. might.
• E. would.

In Paragraph 6 (lines 34-48), the author uses the expressions "digital natives" and "digital immigrants". Choose the alternative that correctly explains the meanings of these expressions in the text.

• A. "Digital immigrants" refers to the fact that the students are immigrating to a new world, different from the one they were born into.
• B. "Digital natives" means that the educators are familiar with the new electronic devices, because they grew up in this technological environment.
• C. "Digital natives" and "digital immigrants" are used to symbolize the extreme intimacy of students and educators with technology.
• D. "Digital natives" and "digital immigrants" are used to symbolize, respectively, today's students' intimacy and the educators' unfamiliarity with technology.
• E. "Digital natives" refers to both students and educators who make good use of technology, while "digital immigrants" refers only to students who still need to learn to use computers.

The main purpose of the text is to:

• A.

  criticize the release of the report Biofuels for Transportation.

• B.

  highlight the potential of biofuels as substitutes for conventional fuels.

• C.

  expose the several risks associated with the use of biofuels in transportation.

• D.

  suggest the elimination of oil as transport fuel to reduce pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases.

• E.

  warn against the agricultural and ecological damages associated with the production of biofuels.