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

Choose the option which does NOT present a distinctive feature of the audiolingual method, but of the communicative approach to language teaching:

• A.

  Native-speaker-like pronunciation is sought.

• B.

  Reading and writing are deferred till speech is mastered.

• C.

  Accuracy, in terms of formal correctness, is a primary goal.

• D.

  Communicative activities only come after a long process of rigid drills and exercises.

• E.

  Dialogues, if used, center around communicative functions and are not normally memorized.

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

Choose the option that presents the semantic equivalents for the following words from the text: UNDERPIN, SHIFT, INSIGHTS (first paragraph), MAINSTAY, FOSTERING (second paragraph), respectively:

• A.

  highlight / transition / images / chief support / avoiding

• B.

  undermine / transition / deep understanding / weak support / preventing

• C.

  contradict / change / superficial understanding / weak support / promoting

• D.

  form the basis of / change / deep understanding / chief support / promoting

• E.

  be a counterargument / purchase / superficial understanding / chief support / avoiding

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

Choose the alternative which presents the ideas expressed by the following discourse markers in the text:AS (first paragraph),AS WELL, FOR INSTANCE (second paragraph), respectively:

• A.

  result / purpose / contrast

• B.

  concession / purpose / addition

• C.

  time / addition / exemplification

• D.

  addition / exemplification / purpose

• E.

  exemplification / concession / addition

Mark the alternative that contains a word which uses the same prefixo f negation a sin INCONSEQUENTIAL(first paragraph):

• A.

  ___ real

• B.

  ___ polite

• C.

  ___ believable

• D.

  ___ acceptable

• E.

  ___ experienced

The preposition used in “EMPHASIS ON LEARNING […]” (first paragraph) also follows:

• A.

  Contrary ___ fact.

• B.

  Interest ___ animals.

• C.

  Insistence ___ change.

• D.

  Aprotest ____ violence.

• E.

  Learning ___ experience.

The idea expressed by the modal verb CAN in: “The shift in emphasis [...] can already be seen […]” (second paragraph) is:

• A.

  possibility.

• B.

  prohibition.

• C.

  impossibility.

• D.

  polite request.

• E.

  hypothetical situation.

The same use of the suffix in -er BROADER (first paragraph) can be found in:

• A.

  Volunteer work.

• B.

  Asix- footer man.

• C.

  Learners are active.

• D.

  All types of encounters

• E.

  Larg visions of science.

Choose the option which provides the word classes of the following words from the text: STRUCTURED, THROUGH, LEARNING ( f i rst paragraph) , respectively:

• A.

  verb/ noun / adjective

• B.

  adjective / preposition / verb in noun form

• C.

  preposition / conjunction / verb in noun form

• D.

  verb in noun form / preposition / conjunction

• E.

  conjunction / verb in noun form / preposition

The sentence: “Rainforests help to control global warming because they absorb carbon dioxide” could be rewritten, without change of meaning, as:

• A.

  As rainforests absorb carbon dioxide, they help to control global warming.

• B.

  Rainforests help to control global warming. Thus they absorb carbon dioxide.

• C.

  Rainforests help to control global warming hence they absorb carbon dioxide.

• D.

  Rainforests absorb carbon dioxide whereas they help to control global warming.

• E.

  In spite of rainforests absorb carbon dioxide, they help to control global warming.

Choose the alternative that presents the passive voice equivalent of the following sentence:

Farmers are cutting down the trees to clear the land for farming.

• A.

  The trees are been cut down to clear the land for farming.

• B.

  The trees are being cut down to clear the land for farming.

• C.

  The trees have been cut down to clear the land for farming.

• D.

  The trees are cut down by farmers to clear the land for farming.

• E.

  Farmers have been cutting down the trees to clear the land for farming.