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

Judge the following items according to the text above.

The possibility of making profit from an invention, in an amount enough to cover the money spent in research, is one of the reasons inventors engage in research in the first place.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on Book Review 1, judge the items right (C) or wrong (E).

The book shows a view of the city of Karachi that is different from the media’s.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Judge the following items according to the text.

In the sentence “Unsurprisingly, teachers reported students falling asleep in class” (l.17 and 18), the words “Unsurprisingly, teachers” can be correctly replaced with Teachers who had no surprises.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text above.

By cross-licensing a patent, an inventor will usually miss the opportunity of having access to market and thus of earning income from that particular invention.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on Book Review 1, judge the items right (C) or wrong (E).

Karachi has become ungovernable due to its warfare constant condition.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Judge the following items according to the text.

In the sentence “Research has demonstrated its critical role in memory consolidation” (l.20 and 21), the pronoun “its” refers to “Research”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text above.

In line 7, the expression “i.e.” means in Portuguese isto é or ou seja.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on Book Review 2, judge the items right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “wildest” (l.11) indicates that the claims the reviewer refers to lack basis or evidence.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, judge the following items.

In the phrase “an action verb like” (l.8 and 9), the word “like” can be correctly replaced with such as without changing in the meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text above.

In line 14, the word “parties” can be correctly translated into Portuguese as interessados.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado