Questões de Língua Inglesa da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Which statement about Tawakul Karman is true, according to the text?

• A. She founded a movement called “Women Journalists Without Chains” in 2007.
• B. She has been fighting the repressive system and injustice in her country for many years.
• C. She prevented the eviction of a group of villagers from their land by controlling a tribal chief.
• D. She was responsible for spreading the Arab Spring to Yemen.
• E. She has campaigned against women’s rights and child marriage.

According to the text, which statement is correct?

• A. New desktop-based screen-reading software will be available in June, next year.
• B. Adrian Lew and Sohan Dharmaraja are visually impaired professors at Stanford.
• C. The visually impaired may already use specially-designed laptops with Braille displays.
• D. The new Braille keyboard has eight keys used for writing, plus a backspace key.
• E. The new Braille keyboard will not be available in the next few years.

Consider the following statements about the new keyboard.

1. It adjusts the onscreen keys based on the user’s finger size and spacing.

2. Duran believes that educators, students and researchers will benefit from his invention.

3. It has been tested by Duran, blind-folded, but not by real blind people.

4. When Duran tested his own invention for the first time he said was an indescribable feeling.

5. It costs much less than other modern Braille typing solutions.

Which of the statements above are true, according to the text?

• A. Only 1, 2 and 4.
• B. Only 2, 3 and 4.
• C. Only 4 and 5.
• D. Only 1, 2 and 5.
• E. Only 1 and 5.

Are these statements true (T) or false (F), according to the text?

( ) The tablet revolution has developed several products for the visually impaired.

( ) Button-less touchscreens have traditionally been designed to help those who are blind.

( ) A group of visually impaired people has been developing special kinds of tablets.

( ) A Stanford team has created a touchscreen-based Braille reader.

( ) Adam Duran created a touchscreen-based Braille writer with the help of two professors.

Mark the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

• A. T – F – T – F – F.
• B. F – T – F – T – F.
• C. T – T – T – F – F.
• D. F – F – F – T – T.
• E. F – F – F – F – T.

Are these statements TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) about a new app released by Nasa, according to the text?

( ) It has just been released for the Android Market, the iPhone and the iPad.

( ) It is not really interesting but it is worth having.

( ) It provides an archive of previous missions, live stream from Nasa TV and lots of images.

( ) It has been designed by a team of Android experts, who really know what the public wants.

( ) It should be better integrated with Nasa’s social media.

Mark the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

• A. F – T – F – T – F.
• B. T – F – T – F – T.
• C. T – T – T – F – F.
• D. F – F – F – T – T.
• E. F – F – T – F – F.

Consider the following statements about Apple:

1. It ranks as the most valuable company in the world nowadays.

2. Apple is expected to reach $76bn in cash after the new iPhone goes on sale.

3. Apple will stop reinventing consumer technology after Steve Jobs’ death.

4. Apple will face the big challenge of maintaining its leading role as a technology company.

5. Some competitors think that after Steve Jobs’ death Apple has become more vulnerable.

Which of the statements above are true, according to the text?

• A. Only 1 and 5.
• B. Only 1, 4 and 5.
• C. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
• D. Only 2, 3 and 4.
• E. Only 4.

Mark the correct statement, according to the text.

• A. Amazon’s new Kindle Fire costs less than half the price of an iPad.
• B. The iPhone 4S does not offer new features compared to the iPhone 4.
• C. A new version of iPad will be released by the end of 2011.
• D. The iPad has given Apple a profit of $7.3bn in the second quarter of 2011.
• E. Countries like China, Switzerland and Brazil could add large profits to Apple by 2015.

Which of these statements DOES NOT CORRESPOND to information given in the text?

• A. Apple's sales in greater China increased 6 times in the second quarter of this year.
• B. Analysts expect Apple to enter the television market in 2015, when it moves to Cupertino.
• C. The television may be considered “the third screen”, after the phone and the tablet.
• D. Apple will move into new headquarters in Cupertino, California, in 2015.
• E. Jobs said the new campus in Cupertino will resemble a spaceship.

Are these statements true (T) or false (F), according to the text?

( ) English is the second most spoken language in the world, with around one billion speakers.

( ) Spanish is the third most influential language in the world, after English and German.

( ) Bilingual services have become a booming market in Spain in recent years.

( ) Multinational companies are relocating central offices to most Spanish big cities.

( ) Bilingual education is essential for many families who relocate from abroad.

Mark the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

• A. T – F – T – F – T.
• B. F – T – F – T – F.
• C. T – F – T – T – F.
• D. T – T – F – F – F.
• E. F – T – F – F – T.

Consider the following statements:

1. English academies have been replacing bilingual state schools.

2. Bilingual state schools now offer half their subjects in English and half in Spanish.

3. Bilingual education is essential for the country to overcome its economic problems.

4. Spanish families have now been attending English and bilingual events.

5. Employment in Spain is quite high at the moment.

Which of the statements above are true, according to the text?

• A. Only 1 and 2.
• B. Only 2 and 3.
• C. Only 1, 3 and 5.
• D. Only 2, 3 and 4.
• E. Only 2, 3 and 5.