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

Choose the best alternative, according to the following situation described:

Situation: I bought six bottles of soda.

• A.

  You should have bought that much! We have loads in the fridge.

• B.

  You shouldn’t have bought that much! We have loads in the fridge.

• C.

  You should bought that much! We have loads in the fridge.

• D.

  You shouldn’t buy that much! We have loads in the fridge.

• E.

  You shouldn’t have buy that much! We have loads in the fridge.

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

Read the following passages:

The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, who in 2004 paid $8.3 million for a painting attributed to Mark Rothko that they now say is a worthless fake.

The Rothko is one of approximately 40 works that Knoedler, which closed last year, obtained from Glafira Rosales, a littleknown dealer whose collection of works attributed to Modernist masters has no documented provenance and is the subject of an F.B.I. investigation.

The underlined bold words are

• A.

  relative pronouns

• B.

  subject pronouns

• C.

  object pronouns

• D.

  indefinite pronouns

• E.

  personal pronouns

In the passage “The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole” the meaning of the phrasal verb is

• A.

  denounced

• B.

  over swelled

• C.

  over swelled

• D.

  disposed differently

• E.

  overthrew

There’s a missing connective in each of the following sentences I, II and III:

I. Brooke Ellison is a quadriplegic girl. _________ her difficulty, she remains active.

II. You had better write down her phone, _________ you won’t be able to remember it.

III. You could attend the meeting _________ you don’t accuse anyone.

The alternative that respectively brings the correct connective for each one is

• A.

  Even though, otherwise, as far as

• B.

  Although, therefore, unlike

• C.

  Unlike, therefore, despite

• D.

  Since, with the mind, so that

• E.

  In spite of, otherwise, as long as

In the passage “The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole” the meaning of the phrasal verb is

• A.

  denounced

• B.

  over swelled

• C.

  surrounded

• D.

  disposed differently

• E.

  overthrew

Read the following sentences I, II, III:

I. I sent a letter to the airline company complaining about the problems I had during the flight and they have promised to look into the matter.

II. Although that doctor hasn’t won the Nobel Prize, I look up to him.

III. I promised her that I would look after her kids if she weren’t able to do that.

It’s correct to say that the meaning of each underline bold phrasal verb is respectively

• A.

  Write down, marvel, help

• B.

  Abide, match, weaken

• C.

  Investigate, admire, take care of

• D.

  Annoy, carry, accompany

• E.

  Analyze, please, spoil