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

Judge the following items according to text 19A3BBB.

In the first paragraph, the word “touted” (l.2) means questioned.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Modifying the verb tense of the clause “the frogs were going to arrive a month ahead of schedule” to future, the correct form of “were going to arrive” becomes

• A. is going to arrive.
• B. would be arriving.
• C. have just arrived.
• D. was going to arrive.
• E. will be going to arrive.

In text 9A3CCC, a pronoun that introduces a relative clause is

• A. “before” (l.5).
• B. “than” (l.6).
• C. “which” (l.7).
• D. “as” (l.2).
• E. “But” (l.4).

In text 9A4BBB, “pretend” (í.14) is synonymous with

• A. make sure.
• B. intend.
• C. make believe.
• D. infer.
• E. assure.

In the first line of text 3A7AAA, the expression “Due to” could be correctly replaced by

• A. In order to.
• B. More than.
• C. Owing to.
• D. In spite of.
• E. In addition to.

Judge the following items, concerning the ideas and linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

The prepositional phrase “at a language school in Verviers, Belgium” (l. 2 and 3) functions as an adverb.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, concerning the ideas and linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

As in the phrase “a language school in Verviers, Belgium run on Berlitz lines” (l. 2 and 3), the relative pronoun and the auxiliary verb which forms the passive voice have been omitted, the excerpt “run on Berlitz lines” could be correctly replaced with which was run on Berlitz lines.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

In the text, the connective adverb “however” (l.7) is synonymous with nonetheless.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

The verbal phrase “allowed him to live abroad” (l.4) can be correctly replaced by allowed him living abroad.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

In “like many others before and since” (l. 6 and 7), the verb phrase would have done is omitted.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado