Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)

The tone of the title is

• A.

  tragic.

• B.

  sympathetic.

• C.

  ironic.

• D.

  wailing.

• E.

  enthusiastic.

According to the text, the market for buying and selling houses in California is

• A.

  dropping.

• B.

  stable.

• C.

  rising.

• D.

  sky-rocketing.

• E.

  inflated.

A kidney-shaped swimming-pool is

• A.

  triangular.

• B.

  square.

• C.

  rectangular.

• D.

  trapezoid.

• E.

  curved.

The underlined word in “wriggling larvae” (lines 5-6) means that the larvae are

• A.

  growing.

• B.

  migrating.

• C.

  reproducing.

• D.

  twisting.

• E.

  dying.

The expression “boasts a three-car garage” (line 2) reveals an attitude which is

• A.

  humble.

• B.

  haughty.

• C.

  hopeful.

• D.

  hospitable.

• E.

  holy.

In “provide them free” (line 21) them refers to

• A.

  lawyers.

• B.

  larvae.

• C.

  authorities.

• D.

  pests.

• E.

  fish.

As regards YouTube, the author believes one should be

• A.

  wanton.

• B.

  wanting.

• C.

  wary.

• D.

  weary.

• E.

  worried.

When tools are viewed as “a silver bullet” (lines 4 and 5) this means they are as seen as being able to

• A.

  cause distress.

• B.

  shift tactics.

• C.

  offer solutions.

• D.

  induce errors.

• E.

  generate funds.

In “It’s tempting to view tools like this” (line 4) like is used in the same way as in

• A.

  Media professionals use software like Word and Excel.

• B.

  The new computer tool did not come out like he had planned.

• C.

  I hope you soon find out about media professionals likes.

• D.

  Media professionals can get something like US$ 2,000.00.

• E.

  There is nothing I like about media and correlated studies.

The smoke referred to in the opening sentence is a reference to

• A.

  pollution today.

• B.

  the present world.

• C.

  problems ahead.

• D.

  past times.

• E.

  a pending future.