Questões de Língua Inglesa da Fundação para o Vestibular da Universidade Estadual Paulista (VUNESP)

Um antônimo para a palavra biggest é

• A.

  greatest.

• B.

  hugest.

• C.

  largest.

• D.

  hugest.

• E.

  worstest.

A palavra you que ocorre ao longo do texto refere-se a um leitor ideal, que é um

• A.

  funcionário da empresa.

• B.

  candidato a emprego.

• C.

  gerente de projeto.

• D.

  profissional administrativo.

• E.

  cliente.

No trecho do segundo parágrafo do texto – All of these people are likely to get their first impression of the company through their interactions with you. – a palavra likely indica

• A.

  probabilidade.

• B.

  preferência.

• C.

  comparação.

• D.

  conflito.

• E.

  condição.

No terceiro parágrafo, a expressão aside from em – In fact, aside from better public health, one of the major benefits of developing sanitation solutions for the developing world… – equivale a

• A.

  por causa da.

• B.

  proveniente de.

• C.

  ao invés de.

• D.

  ao contrário da.

• E.

  além da.

No segundo parágrafo, o termo while em – GOES satellites are owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) while the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) manages the design, development and launch of the spacecraft. – é corretamente substituído por

• A.

  due to.

• B.

  otherwise.

• C.

  therefore.

• D.

  whereas.

• E.

  such as.

O trecho do primeiro parágrafo – Since a database system is basically a software system (albeit complex), it too possesses an architecture. – pode ser reescrito, sem alteração de sentido, da seguinte forma:

• A.

  Any database system possesses a complex architecture such as its software system.

• B.

  Only complex systems are thought to have an architecture, which is the case of quite a few database softwares.

• C.

  No matter how complex it is, a database system provides software for basic architecture.

• D.

  Although complex architecture systems can be applied to software, this seldom describes a database system.

• E.

  A database system has an architecture because it is essentially a complex software system.

In the excerpt of the fourth paragraph – Paramagnetic properties are due to the presence of some unpaired electrons – the expression due to can be replaced, without changing its meaning, for

• A.

  because of.

• B.

  although.

• C.

  aside from.

• D.

  in spite of.

• E.

  rather than.

O trecho do quinto parágrafo – workers not actively seeking a job – pode ser reescrito, sem alteração de sentido, como

• A.

  employers that aren’t actively pursuing a job.

• B.

  workers whose job wasn’t active.

• C.

  workers which found an active employment.

• D.

  workers who weren’t actively looking for a job.

• E.

  active employees that have just found work.

O excerto do primeiro parágrafo – ... electronic discourse tends to be more lexically and syntactically complex than oral discourse... – pode ser corretamente parafraseado, em inglês, como

• A.

  ... syntax and meaning are more difficult to understand in written electronic language than in conversational English...

• B.

  ... the pronunciation of English tends to be harder to grasp when oral language is heard by means of the Internet...

• C.

  ... language used in the Internet is normally more complex than that used in newspapers or magazines...

• D.

  ... it is easier to read printed media than it is to read on the Internet, due to the latter’s more complex nature...

• E.

  ... the word choice and sentence structure in written language used in the Internet is usually more elaborate than the one used in the oral variety...

No trecho do segundo parágrafo – since there are so many ways to integrate the Internet into classroom instruction, – a palavra since pode ser substituída, mantendo-se o mesmo sentido da frase, por

• A.

  regardless of.

• B.

  subsequently.

• C.

  because.

• D.

  although.

• E.

  while.