Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação CESGRANRIO (CESGRANRIO)

In 2012, the heads of the $1 coins will carry illustrations of

• A.

  former presidents’ portraits

• B.

  former presidents standing up

• C.

  a former president sitting down

• D.

  the current president’s face

• E.

  the current president standing up

According to the text, the obverse of each coin includes all the following pieces of information, EXCEPT

• A.

  a former president’s portrait

• B.

  a numeral with the president’s term order

• C.

  an inscription

• D.

  an engraving with Don Everhart’s face

• E.

  the year the president served his term

An equivalent way of saying “The portrait of Benjamin Harrison was designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.” (lines 21-23) is in:

• A.

  Benjamin Harrison designed and sculpted the portrait of Phebe Hemphill in the United States.

• B.

  Authored by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Benjamin Harrison, the portrait of Phebe Hemphill was designed and sculpted.

• C.

  Phebe Hemphill’s portrait of Benjamin Harrison was designed and sculpted by a United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver.

• D.

  United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill designed and sculpted the portrait of Benjamin Harrison.

• E.

  United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill had her portrait designed and sculpted by Benjamin Harrison.

In the text, the LDA is introduced as

• A.

  a huge initiative to create developmental agencies in the UK.

• B.

  an active forum to discuss the Mayor’s ideas.

• C.

  an agency put together by the Mayor of London to facilitate sustainable development to the city.

• D.

  an agency that ensures better life quality to the whole UK.

• E.

  the Mayor’s idea for the creation of a future sustainable development agency.

In the text, some urban challenges in London are cited, EXCEPT

• A.

  a difficulty to find residences.

• B.

  an elevated crime rate.

• C.

  the global transport links.

• D.

  the high cost of living.

• E.

  a growing population.

A form of discrimination that is NOT cited in the text is against the

• A.

  elderly citizens

• B.

  lower-income communities

• C.

  female citizens

• D.

  handicapped

• E.

  gay community

According to the text, fermions

• A.

  are liquid particles that flow downhill.

• B.

  are more exotic than other particles on the quantum level.

• C.

  do not challenge physicists.

• D.

  do not interact with unconventional wires.

• E.

  do not interact as much as other quantum effects.

In the second paragraph of the text, it is clear that

• A.

  Benjamin Lev developed a gas boson.

• B.

  Stanford physicists created the first dipolar quantum gas in the world.

• C.

  a boson particle was identified and cooled.

• D.

  an entirely solid form of quantum matter was developed.

• E.

  the first quantum matter had been created by a team from Physical Review.

According to the text, this new material has the opposing qualities of being

• A.

  hot and cold

• B.

  liquid and fluid

• C.

  solid and fluid

• D.

  solid and light

• E.

  hypothetical and real

According to the text, the cryogenic atom chip microscope

• A.

  uses exotic quantum matter to look at stable fluid.

• B.

  had been invented before the quantum boson was identified.

• C.

  will allow for high resolution computation of unstable phenomena.

• D.

  will not be the only application planned for the new matter.

• E.

  is a topologically protected quantum lens that allows for incredible amplification.