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

According to the text, it can be correctly concluded that

technicians should have social skills.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.

The words “highlights” (l.16), and “unlikely” (l.20) can be correctly and respectively replaced by draws attention to and improbable.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.

The book mentioned in the text shows how the assimilation of Indian words in the English language happened during the time India was a British colony.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.

In the excerpt “‘Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India’ was published in 1886” (l. 7 and 8), “was published” can be correctly replaced by has been published.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the cartoon, judge the following items.

The cartoon’s emphasizes the need to be careful about the sharing of information through Internet.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the cartoon, judge the following items.

The sentence “That site verified my age by having me type in all my credit card information” can be correctly rewritten by: This site guessed how many years I have because I sent them my credit card data.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the cartoon, judge the following items.

It is correct to infer that the woman was shocked by the fact that the man shared his credit card information.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.

In the sentence “Each one will be considered individually, before this long list is finally whittled down to the final four.” (l. 19 to 21), “whittled down” can be correctly replaced by selected.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.

Although many submissions had themes linked to the natural riches in New Zealand, by far the great majority of them were based on political and cultural topics.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.

“squeezed into” (l.2) and “tough” (l.8) help to express the author’s view that it is difficult to create a flag to represent a nation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado