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

The extract “In America, chimpanzees are being used to develop a vaccine for hepatitis C because they are the only creatures, other than humans, to be afflicted by the disease” (l.29-32) can be correctly translated as

Na América, os chipanzés estão sendo usados para desenvolver uma vacina contra a hepatite C, pois eles são as únicas criaturas, além dos humanos, a serem afligidas pela doença.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  Petroleum price has reached a lot over $ 100 a barrel.

• B.

  Never before has Brazil found such a deep-water well oil as large as the one in the southeastern coast.

• C.

  Brazil will certainly become an international energy powerhouse.

• D.

  South American continent has plenty of energy available.

• E.

  Only people in the Brazilian southeastern coast came to know about PETROBRAS’ new discovery.

The extract “In America, chimpanzees are being used to develop a vaccine for hepatitis C because they are the only creatures, other than humans, to be afflicted by the disease” (l.29-32) can be correctly translated as

Na América, os chipanzés são seres usados para desenvolver uma vacina contra a hepatite C, pois eles são as únicas criaturas, além dos humanos, a serem afligidas pela doença.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, it is possible to conclude that

• A.

  PETROBRAS took less than a month to find out the full potential of this deep-water field.

• B.

  PETROBRAS made public the new field contained five to eight billion barrels of crude oil.

• C.

  PETROBRAS’ new discovery will cause the end of Brazilian diplomatic relations with Venezuela.

• D.

  Brazil will soon surpass Mexico and Canada in terms of oil reserves.

• E.

  Brazil could move to the third position in the so called “energy pecking order of the Americas” (l.18) in less than a decade.

Based on the text, it can be deduced that

• A.

  Brazil has turned out to be rather aggressive against the use of alternative energy.

• B.

  suddenly Brazil became an energy power.

• C.

  Brazil is a lucky country, to the extent that whatever it plants it becomes a success.

• D.

  Brazil will get a new influence against energy players beyond a shadow of a doubt.

• E.

  Brazil as well as Venezuela and Bolivia are energy players.

From the text, it is possible to infer that

• A.

  Lula is supposed to follow the approach to oil wealth as that of Mr. Chávez.

• B.

  Mr. Chávez spoke seriously when he called president Lula an “oil magnate” (l.47).

• C.

  Mr. Chávez praised the joint effort they had made to create an Amazonian energy region.

• D.

  Mr. Chávez is taking strong action to try to promote the Caribbean and Andean integration.

• E.

  Brazil new deep-water oil field will disturb the present position of South America energy producers.

“abroad” (l.36) refers to

• A.

  strange countries.

• B.

  on board.

• C.

  aboard.

• D.

  one’s country.

• E.

  foreign countries.

In the text,

"shortage" (l.1) can be correctly replaced by abundance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

"wear and tear" (l.6) is the same as loss or damage resulting from ordinary use and exposure.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

"cracks" (l.8) means breakage.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado