Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

In "… one of our key activities is making sure that …" (lines 10-11) "key activities" means the same as:

• A.

  essential activities

• B.

  incorrect activities

• C.

  common activities

• D.

  secondary activities

• E.

  unimportant activities.

In the sentence "This new activity for EUROCONTROL is of great importance, ..." (lines 28-29), "this new activity" refers to:

• A.

  airport congestion.

• B.

  air navigation system.

• C.

  working on the airport component.

• D.

  solving enviromental problems.

• E.

  restricting airport operating hours.

In the sentence "Even though their status often differs from one country to the next, airports have a common aim..." (lines 45-46), "even though" can be correctly substituted by:

• A.

  but.

• B.

  since.

• C.

  although.

• D.

  because.

• E.

  in addition.

According to the text, EUROCONTROL is responsible for all the actions below, EXCEPT:

• A.

  keeping the safety of air traffic control.

• B.

  accommodating the increase in air traffic.

• C.

  contributing to the development of air navigation.

• D.

  cooperating with airlines and people in the air navigation system.

• E.

  determining the expansion of the surface area of all European airports.

The only sentence that contains an adjective used in the superlative form is:

• A.

  "It is of course, and must remain, the most important aspect, ..." (lines 7-8).

• B.

  "Having first guaranteed that airspace is less crowded −" (lines 24-25).

• C.

  "... that the system is able to accommodate more traffic −" (lines 26-27).

• D.

  "… operating hours are tending to become more restricted…" (lines 32-33).

• E.

  "The 'Airports' pages ... will give you a very good general idea…" (lines 51-52).

The paragraphs that contain examples of EUROCONTROL's plans for the future are:

• A.

  1 and 2.

• B.

  3 and 4.

• C.

  5 and 6.

• D.

  7 and 8.

• E.

  9 and 10.

The pronoun "they" (line 21) refers to:

• A.

  "levels" (line 15).

• B.

  "procedures" (line 16).

• C.

  "bodies" (line 19).

• D.

  "decisions" (line 20).

• E.

  "airlines" (line 23).

In the line 55, "such cooperation" refers to the cooperation between:

• A.

  users and local residents

• B.

  airports and EUROCONTROL.

• C.

  EUROCONTROL and local residents.

• D.

  the different airports helped by EUROCONTROL.

• E.

  the 'Airports' page of the EUROCONTROL website and the reader.

The words "operate" - "operation" are respectively a verb and a noun. Check the only pair of words that DOES NOT show a verb-noun relationship

• A.

  Contribute - contribution.

• B.

  Coordinate - coordinator.

• C.

  Develop - development.

• D.

  Decide - decision.

• E.

  Accept - acceptable.

In the text, the writer refers to “robots” using all the synonyms below, EXCEPT:

• A.

  mechanical men.

• B.

  artificial creations.

• C.

  humanoids.

• D.

  automatons.

• E.

  androids.