Questões de Língua Inglesa da Instituto Brasileiro de Formação e Capacitação (IBFC)

The alternative that brings the most comprehensive idea about the text is

• A.

  Domenico and Eleanore De Sole are accusing Knoedler & Company of selling them a mysterious collection of artwork that is at the center of a federal forgery investigation.

• B.

  The most important art gallery in New York is accused of selling fake masterpieces.

• C.

  A Upper East Side gallery Knoedler & Company has been facing the charge of selling allegedly illegal artworks.

• D.

  More than 40 works are under FBI investigation, due to fakes.

• E.

  Knoedler & Company is not able to prove they haven’t sold fake masterpieces.

The suing against Knoedler & Company gallery was established by

• A.

  Mark Rothko

• B.

  F.B.I.

• C.

  Glafira Rosales

• D.

  Domenico and Eleanore De Sole

• E.

  Ms. Rosales

According to the text, it’s not correct to say that

• A.

  There’s a case against Knoedler & Company which accuses it of earned approximately $60 million illegally

• B.

  Knoedler & Company could get artworks as they counted on a peddler.

• C.

  Knoedler & Company gained great amounts of dollar, by commercializing artworks.

• D.

  The information about counterfeit against Knoedler & Company hasn’t been spread yet.

• E.

  Years have gone by and Knoedler & Company obtained significant profits.

The alternative that brings the most comprehensive idea about the text is

• A.

  A museum in Netherlands is under investigation due to the robbery of masterpieces.

• B.

  Thieves had inside information to steal the masterpieces.

• C.

  Dutch Police still doesn’t have any clue about the perpetrators.

• D.

  The museum spokesman declared that the amount of masterpieces robbed is very high.

• E.

  Hugely important artworks were stolen from a supposedly safe museum.

About the text, it’s incorrect to say that

• A.

  The museum is protected both by automated system, besides security men well placed.

• B.

  The stolen artworks worth more if sold in legal market, rather than in illegal one.

• C.

  There had been other heists in Netherland.

• D.

  The director of the museum refused to provide information towards the way thieves got into the museum.

• E.

  According to Art Loss Register's Marinello, thieves would never have the same profit the legal market has.

The alternative that brings the sentences with the same meaning of “My cousin recovered from his health problems because he has completely changed his lifestyle” is

• A.

  If my cousin didn’t have change his lifestyle completely, he wouldn’t recover from his health problems.

• B.

  If my cousin hasn’t completely changed his lifestyle, he couldn’t have recovered from his health problems.

• C.

  If my cousin hasn’t completely changed his lifestyle, he wouldn’t have recovered from his health problems.

• D.

  If my cousin hadn’t completely changed his lifestyle, he wouldn’t have recovered from his health problems.

• E.

  If my cousin hadn’t completely changed his lifestyle, he wouldn’t recovered from his health problems.

The alternative that brings the most comprehensive idea about the text is

• A.

  Domenico and Eleanore De Sole are accusing Knoedler & Company of selling them a mysterious collection of artwork that is at the center of a federal forgery investigation.

• B.

  The most important art gallery in New York is accused of selling fake masterpieces.

• C.

  A Upper East Side gallery Knoedler & Company has been facing the charge of selling allegedly illegal artworks.

• D.

  More than 40 works are under FBI investigation, due to fakes.

• E.

  Knoedler & Company is not able to prove they haven’t sold fake masterpieces.

The suing against Knoedler & Company gallery was established by

• A.

  Mark Rothko

• B.

  F.B.I.

• C.

  Glafira Rosales

• D.

  Domenico and Eleanore De Sole

• E.

  Ms. Rosales

According to the text, it’s not correct to say that

• A.

  There’s a case against Knoedler & Company which accuses it of earned approximately $60 million illegally.

• B.

  Knoedler & Company could get artworks as they counted on a peddler.

• C.

  Knoedler & Company gained great amounts of dollar, by commercializing artworks.

• D.

  The information about counterfeit against Knoedler & Company hasn’t been spread yet.

• E.

  Years have gone by and Knoedler & Company obtained significant profits.

The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underline idiom in the passage “Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010” is

• A.

  turned out

• B.

  ran along

• C.

  ran in

• D.

  turned upon

• E.

  got down to