Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

Check the only option in which all the words are similar to Portuguese ones in form and meaning.

• A.

  Areas – aim – institutional – achieve.

• B.

  Coordination – pride – aspect – remain.

• C.

  National – regional – local – navigation.

• D.

  Range – organisation – traffic – strategy.

• E.

  Component – delay – issues – overloading.

In “An Ishiguro made of circuitry and silicone might soon be answering his own questions.” (lines 64-66), “might” can be correctly substituted by:

• A.

  must

• B.

  shall.

• C.

  could.

• D.

  had to.

• E.

  ought to.

Check the only correct statement concerning reference.

• A.

  "It" (line 3) – "person".

• B.

  "one" (line 10) – "robot"

• C.

  "he" (line 34) – "character".

• D.

  "it (line 46) – "activity".

• E.

  "it" (line 62) – "schedule".

The main purpose of the text is to:

• A.

  list all the current problems derived from poor online search.

• B.

  discuss the research methods of graduate students from New York.

• C.

  criticize university students who cannot make good use of traditional libraries.

• D.

  advertise new products developed by companies like Google and Yahoo.

• E.

  evaluate the advantages and disadvantages brought by the instant access to information.

Check the item in which there is a correct correspondence between the idea expressed by the word in bold type and the idea in italics.

• A.

  "But why build a robot with pigmented silicone skin, …

  makeup ?" (lines 14-15)

  (But addition).

• B.

  "Besides the justification for making robots

  anthropomorphic and bipedal…". (lines 19-20)

  (Besides contrast)

• C.

  "Androids can thus elicit the most natural communication."

  (lines 23-24)

  (thus condition)

• D.

  "Because the android's appearance is very similar to that

  of a human ..." (lines 53-54)

  (Because reason).

• E.

  "Repliee, though, is so lifelike that it has overcome the

  creepiness factor, ..." (lines 56-57)

  (though result)

In "There are upper limits to how much we can manage." (lines 16-17), David Greenfield means that:

• A.

  we are not allowed to exceed established limits.

• B.

  there isn't a strict limit to everything we do in life.

• C.

  psychologists cannot help us choose the best information source

• D.

  people are not quite prepared to deal with information overload.

• E.

  human beings are always struggling to overcome their own limits.

In "An Ishiguro made of circuitry and silicone might soon be answering his own questions." (lines 64-66), "might" can be correctly substituted by:

• A.

  must.

• B.

  shall.

• C.

  could.

• D.

  had to.

• E.

  ought to.

In "It may take better technology to cope with the problems better technology creates." (lines 18-19), cope with can be correctly substituted by:

• A.

  reduce.

• B.

  handle.

• C.

  reveal.

• D.

  preserve.

• E.

  understand.

Nicole Quaranta (lines 21-32) does most of her graduate research online instead of going to libraries because:

• A.

  she feels intimidated by thick books.

• B.

  she will never learn how to use a library.

• C.

  she thinks that libraries are disorganized.

• D.

  libraries do not have academic journals, only books.

• E.

  in her opinion, web pages are easier to search than books.

The opposite of properly in "..., if used properly, the new resources..." (lines 19-20) is:

• A.

  correctly.

• B.

  insistently.

• C.

  disproportionately.

• D.

  in good order.

• E.

  inadequately.