Questões de Língua Inglesa da Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

In “The world has changed and so have English language teaching resources” (l. 1 and 2), the word “so” means

• A. true.
• B. very.
• C. in order that.
• D. in this way.
• E. likewise.

In text 9A2AAA, the word “jeopardizes” (l.5) can be correctly replaced by

• A. evidences.
• B. encourages.
• C. stresses.
• D. promotes.
• E. endangers.

In text 9A2CCC, the verb enhance (l.20) is synonymous with

• A. hold up.
• B. elucidate.
• C. summarize.
• D. make clear.
• E. improve.

In text 9A2DDD, in the clause “Furthermore, run has many meanings” (l.5), the word “Furthermore” can be correctly replaced by

• A. In addition.
• B. Nevertheless.
• C. As a matter of fact.
• D. Then.
• E. Because.

In text 9A3AAA, the word “its” (l.1) is a

• A. personal pronoun.
• B. verb form.
• C. prepositional phrase.
• D. possessive form.
• E. definite article.

In text 9A4AAA, the word

• A. “Sometimes” (l.16) means once upon a time.
• B. “frequently” (l.26) is a synonymous with seldom.
• C. “ways” (l.27) means manner.
• D. “Many” (l.25) could be correctly replaced by Some.
• E. “wide” (l.3) means extremely large.

In text 9A3AAA, a modal verb is

• A. “applies” (l.4).
• B. “learning” (l.5).
• C. “is” (l.2).
• D. “Teaching” (l.4).
• E. “can” (l.5).

In text 9A3BBB, “has had” (l.3) is used to emphasize an event that happened

• A. in an indefinite time in the past, continuing until the present.
• B. in a definite time in the past, being disconnected from the present.
• C. as a habit in the past, having ended before the present time.
• D. as an obligation and a necessity in an indefinite time in the past.
• E. in an indefinite time in the present, continuing until the future.

In text 9A3BBB, the word “thought”, both in line 4 and line 6, is

• A. an adverb.
• B. a conjunction.
• C. a noun.
• D. a verb.
• E. an adjective.

An example of passive voice taken from text 9A3BBB is

• A. “is very complex” (l.4).
• B. “has had” (l.3).
• C. “as being” (l.6).
• D. “has been” (l.2).
• E. “is known” (l.2).