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

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

In spite of some passages which might be taken as ironic, it is correct to conclude that the text considers the changes in French diplomacy to be positive.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text 9A1CCC, the word “off-putting” (l.8) means causing a feeling of

• A. encouragement.
• B. motivation.
• C. satisfaction.
• D. disagreement.
• E. dislilke.

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

According to the text, the foreign minister Laurent Fabius was appointed immediately after Mrs. Alliot-Marie’s term.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to text 9A2AAA, it is correct to affirm that

• A. the Slow Food Manifesto aims at discussing today’s harmful food production and consumption systems.
• B. fair prices should be taken into serious consideration, as they are the main goal of the slow food movement.
• C. slow food envisions a world in which people can access food that is good for them, for those who grow it and for the planet.
• D. slow food producers are against sharing their experiences with other producers.
• E. good, clean and fair food are prerequisites that should be present only in the consumption stage.

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

The mentioning of “fine cuisine” (l.3) suggests that the French ambassadors were in Paris also to learn about French gastronomy, due to its relevance in French culture.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text 9A2BBB there is an opinion in

• A. “He went on to serve as pastor of several Congregational churches” (l. 12 and 13).
• B. “Sterling announced a new scholarship to be awarded each year to a Pennington Fellow” (l. 16 and 17).
• C. ‘I believe that Pennington is a model for all students’ (l.15).
• D. “The school named a classroom in Pennington’s honor, hosted two lectures on his life and legacy” (l. 4 and 5).
• E. “Though he sat in on classes, James Pennington was refused formal enrollment in the YDS” (l. 8 and 9).

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

The contrast between the images created by the expressions “monochrome, middle-aged and male” and “silk scarves and coloured jackets” functions as a rhetorical resource which reinforces the idea that French diplomacy is becoming a more feminine realm.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text 9A2BBB, the word “Nonetheless” (l.10) expresses the idea of

• A. condition.
• B. explanation.
• C. reason.
• D. contrast.
• E. intention.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

According to the text, the fact that social origin was not as easy to identify based on the koine of eighteenth-century Americans as was the case with contemporary Britons reflected the early American colonies’ egalitarian ethos.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text 9A2BBB, the word “who” (l.19) refers to

• A. ‘a model’ (l.15).
• B. ‘students’ (l.15).
• C. “Gregory Sterling” (l.16).
• D. “Pennington Fellow” (l.17).
• E. ‘Pennington’ (l.15).