Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação Professor Carlos Augusto Bittencourt (FUNCAB)

Choose the only correct sentence.

• A.

  Choose the only correct sentence.

• B.

  I would like to have more informations about the ultraviolet radiation.

• C.

  Do you need any further information about the greenhouse effect?

• D.

  If I were you, I would get some expert advices on using unleaded petrol.

• E.

  They are doing a research about the best kind of pesticides they should purchase.

The capitalized words in the sentence: “Glass, paper and ALUMINIUM CANS CAN all be recycled very EASILY” belong to the following word classes, respectively:

• A.

  noun / noun / verb / adjective

• B.

  noun / verb / model verb / adverb

• C.

  noun / noun / model verb / adverb

• D.

  adjective / noun / model verb / adverb

• E.

  adjective / verb / model verb / adjective

A teacher needs to behave in different ways at the different stages of a lesson. These different kinds of behavior are called teacher roles. Choose the alternative which presents an INCORRECT teacher role according to the description provided.

• A.

  The teacher is a planner before the lesson as she thinks about and prepares what he or she is going to teach.

• B.

  The teacher is an informer when he or she provides learners with detailed information about the language or about an activity.

• C.

  The teacher is a manager when he or she sets up rules for behavior and organizes the learning space.

• D.

  The teacher is a resource when he or she can be used by the learners for help and advice.

• E.

  The teacher is a monitor when he or she is able to recognize the cause of learners' difficulties.

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

Mark the alternative that best summarizes the main ideas of the text.

• A.

  The shift from 'education' to 'learning' in our present time implied that learners have now no obligation to attend regular classes or do tests at school.

• B.

  The shift in emphasis towards lifelong learning in our present society means that learners are now given opportunities to be trained to be world leaders.

• C.

  The recent changes in our society have had little impact on the concept of education, but one must acknowledge that learners nowadays are a lot more active than in the last century.

• D.

  Over the last decades social changes worldwide have determined the shift of focus of education to lifelong learning, implying that learning can take place in different kinds of situations inside and outside the confines of formal educational contexts.

• E.

  Although there have been great changes in the world's society lately, the concept of education remains the same as in the past century, with the only difference that schools are now promoting visits to museums, internships in companies and Internet assignments.

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

In “[…] that underpin it […]” (first paragraph), the pronoun ITrefers to:

• A.

  beliefs.

• B.

  society.

• C.

  change.

• D.

  traditional.

• E.

  education.

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

In “[…] is not an inconsequential one.” (first paragraph),ONErefers to:

• A.

  shift.

• B.

  learner.

• C.

  learning.

• D.

  education

• E.

  inconsequential.

Mark the alternative in which JUST has the same meaning as in the following sentence from the text: “[…] not just within an educational setting.” (first paragraph):

• A.

  It's just my size.

• B.

  I've just arrived.

• C.

  This is just a minor comment.

• D.

  This hammer is just the thing I need.

• E.

  Is this a just decision? I myself think he's guilty.

Mark the alternative where the same rule for the –ING ENDING applies as in “[…] the shift from education to learning […]” (first paragraph):

• A.

  […] there are a growing number […]

• B.

  […] a broader notion of learning […]

• C.

  […] within an educational setting […]

• D.

  […] the boundaries…are breaking down […]

• E.

  […] the traditional beliefs and institutions […] are also undergoing change […]

The commonly used reading strategies of SKIMMING and SCANNING for the teaching of English at school in Brazil correspond to, respectively:

• A.

  deducing meaning of given words from context / reading between the lines.

• B.

  reading between the lines / deducing meaning of given words from context.

• C.

  reading for the general ideas / reading a text quickly to locate specific information.

• D.

  reading a text superficially to locate specific information / reading for the general ideas.

• E.

  reading for details / reading in order to find the correct order of scrambled paragraphs of a text.

The reading technique of WORKING OUT THE MEANING OF WORDS OR SENTENCES FROM CONTEXTis known as:

• A.

  scanning.

• B.

  inference

• C.

  skimming.

• D.

  false cognate.

• E. cognate word.