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

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The phrase “obliterates the multiplicities” (l.22) can be replaced by removes diversities, without changing the meaning of the sentence.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, are right (C) or wrong (E).

In the text, the adjective “totemic” (l.26) is the same as emblematic.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, are right (C) or wrong (E).

Globalisation, as a project, intends to respect and promote different futures and dynamics for different countries.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements, concerning the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

Both the author of the book itself and the reviewer agree that African countries should not have had their independence determined by outside forces.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements, concerning the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

Most publications tend to propose explanations for the situation of African and Asian countries in a generalised form.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements, concerning the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

If “yardstick” (l.2) is replaced by criterion in the text, it would be necessary to change the preposition following it — “of” — in order to maintain grammatical accuracy.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide whether the following statements, concerning the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The author of the review blames the problems of Englebert’s book mostly on his search for a single answer for the issues concerning African countries.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The statements below are about the ideas of text III and the vocabulary used in it. Decide whether those statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

The author of the review understands the problems of the African continent as a more complex issue.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The statements below are about the ideas of text III and the vocabulary used in it. Decide whether those statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “myriad” (l.21) is synonymous with intricate.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The statements below are about the ideas of text III and the vocabulary used in it. Decide whether those statements are right (C) or wrong (E).

Englebert’s experience in the eastern Congo is paradigmatic for the elaboration of his thesis.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado