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 author uses engineering as an instance of specialization of a field of knowledge in order to support his argument.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

Even though the verbs “should” (l.6) and “must” (l.8) have different meanings, they can be used interchangeably in the text without invalidating the author’s plea.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

The risks to safety and health mentioned in “reducing risks posed to society” (l.1-2) are caused by the work of engineers in their “procedures and design decisions” (l.10-11).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text above, judge the next items.

The text claims that engineers are as much responsible for the reduction of risks in modern society as any other professional, because they “cannot bear the total blame” (l.3).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

IT governance mechanisms contribute toward an increased level of overall effective IT governance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Internal control is a central issue on corporate governance.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

• A.

  mathematicians and historians do not understand the expression “Every educator is a teacher of reading”.

• B.

  students do not have access to much information because of the blitz of video gaming, social networking and texting.

• C.

  the fact that textbooks have always been of students’ interest has not changed.

• D.

  keeping adolescents engaged with reading is an easy task.

• E.

  educators of all areas teach reading and writing.

• A.

  Tracy was conscious of her audacity from the beginning of the car trip.

• B.

  It can be inferred from the text that Tracy had to pull off because she was laughing too much.

• C.

  It can be concluded from the expression “tears streamed down her face” (l.5) that Tracy was sad.

• D.

  It can be inferred from the text that Tracy is usually a happy person who laughs a lot.

• E.

  It was the first time Tracy was going to Manhattan.

• A.

  All photographs were taken recently.

• B.

  There were more pocketbooks and wallets than postcards.

• C.

  There were not any very good photographs in the description.

• D.

  There were only photographs, postcards, pocketbooks and wallets in the shop.

• E.

  The shop was located in the middle of a street.

The objective of the text above is

• A.

  to describe in a few words an investigation and its results on the cognitive and linguistic factors that have an influence on reading comprehension in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) speakers.

• B.

  to detail the cognitive aspects of reading comprehension among L1 speakers and ESL speakers in the seventh grade.

• C.

  to raise awareness about the importance of reading comprehension.

• D.

  to comprehend a study on how comprehension depends on a variety of phonological, memory and linguistic processes.

• E.

  to prove that reading comprehension is a multi-dimensional process.