EEAR – 2011/2012 – CFS – GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES – TURMA 2 – LÍNGUA INGLESA – ESCOLA DE ESPECIALISTAS DE AERONÁUTICA – PROVA COM GABARITO.

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➧ A pauta aqui é MILITARY ENGLISH.

➧ PROVA : EEAR-2011/2012-CFS-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-TURMA 2.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: Diretoria de Ensino Aeronáutica (DIRENS Aeronáutica) - https://www.www.fab.mil.br

➧ PADRÃO/COMPOSIÇÃO DA PROVA:  30 questões do tipo (A,B,C,D).

➧ GABARITO:

01-C,  02-A,  03-C,  04-D,  05-B

06-C,  07-B,  08-D,  09-D,  10-D

11-A,  12-A,  13-A,  14-D,  15-D

16-A,  17-D,  18-A,  19-D,  20-A

21-C,  22-C,  23-D,  24-D,  25-B

26-A,  27-B,  28-B,  29-D,  30-C

➧ PROVA:

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 01 and 02.

         

Flooding, chaotic traffic, a lack of security, and a deficient public health service. These and other problems are routine for people living in the capital of São Paulo State. However, ___ residents are happier with the city today than they were nine years ago.
        

Despite these problems, São Paulo has much to offer, such as great job and good chances of business, and an excellent range of leisure and service options.

(Adapted from Maganews #53)

GLOSSARY
range – variedade

01 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun:

a) it
b) its
c) your
d) their

02 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

Based on the text, we can conclude that
a) the city is chaotic because of the rains.
b) São Paulo State has become bigger lately.
c) people that live in São Paulo are happier than the others.
d) there are many opportunities for residents in the city of São Paulo.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 03 and 04.

The “Freshman Fifteen”

         

A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds – the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why firstyear university students gain weight; but it’s encouraging to know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.

(Taken from Active Skills for Reading)

GLOSSARY
pound – libra (unidade monetária e medida de peso equivalente a 454 gramas)

03 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

According to the text, the “freshman fifteen” is

a) the fifteen wrong reasons to add weight.
b) the average age students enter the university.
c) weight that first-year university students can gain.
d) the amount of food students eat a day in their first-year college.

04 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“harmful”, in bold type in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) deadly.
b) harmless.
c) beneficial.
d) damaging.

➧ TEXT: Read the advertisement and answer questions 05, 06 and 07.

Split Rock Resort is open to the public. Hours vary and the park is closed Tuesday - Thursday except the week of President’s Day.

Purchase online and save $2 per ticket. Split Rock also offers lodging and water park specials.
Tel 800-255-7625

(From Recreation News)

GLOSSARY
lodging – casa, hospedaria

05 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

According to the advertisement,

a) only the President can come and visit Split Rock.
b) people can enjoy the resort whenever they want to.
c) the resort is always open to public during all week days.
d) the resort is also available to public during the week of President’s Day.

06 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“Thursday” comes

a) before Wednesday.
b) after Monday.
c) before Friday.
d) after Friday.

07 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“Purchase”, underlined in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) buy.
b) sell.
c) chat.
d) search.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 08 and 09.

The importance of faith

         

According to the Princeton University study, having a spiritual life is the most important factor in the pursuit of happiness. Going to church helps people to make new friends and deal better with day-to-day problems.
         

Father Fábio de Melo believes that everyone can be happy, even when facing difficult problems. He also said, in a program aired on TV Canção Nova, that happiness also depends on our choices. When we choose to do good and healthy things for ______ and for the others, happiness increases.

(Taken from Maganews # 58)

GLOSSARY
faith – fé
deal – lidar
aired – divulgado através de
in the pursuit of – em busca de

08 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

Fill in the blank with the appropriate reflexive pronoun:

a) itself
b) himself
c) ourselves
d) themselves

09 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The opposite of “believe”, in

“Father Fábio de Melo believes that …”, (line 5),

is

a) trust.
b) agree.
c) doubt.
d) accept.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 10 and 11.
         

Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional, marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other, one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the Corinthians striker said.

(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

10 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The following phrases, from the text, tell that Ronaldo is stopping working, except:

a) “…ending my career …”
b) “…confirmed his retirement…”
c) “…decided to hang up his boots…”
d) “…have had a long series of injuries…”

11 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The verbs, underlined in the text, are in the
a) past perfect tense.
b) simple present tense.
c) present perfect tense.
d) present progressive tense.

➧ TEXT: Read the extract and answer question 12.

“I have to prepare the country for the World Cup and the Olympics, but I also have another commitment, and that is to work very hard to end absolute poverty in Brazil. We still have 14 million in poverty. That’s my major challenge,” Dilma Roussef, Brazil’s first female president, said.

(Taken from The Washington Post Dec 5, 2010)

GLOSSARY
commitment – compromisso

12 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“hard”, in bold type in the extract, is an adverb of
a) time.
b) place.
c) manner.
d) frequency.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 13 and 14.
        

How to prepare well for an interview

It’s important to be well prepared for a job interview and practice the best answers to possible questions an interviewer could ask. It is common for the interviewer to ask why you are unemployed, why you want to work in that company, what you know about it and what salary you are looking for. Some interviewers can ask questions about current affairs in Brazil and the world (so it is always good to be well informed).

(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)

GLOSSARY
current affairs – assuntos atuais

13 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

All the words below, in the text, are adjectives, except:
a) well
b) prepared
c) important
d) unemployed

14 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The pronoun “it”, (line 4), in bold type in the text, refers to:

a) job
b) salary
c) company
d) interview

➧ TEXT: Read the paragraph and answer question 15.

“Liking to read is a calling, like painting, making music or playing soccer. The person is born predisposed, fascinated by thebook object, by stories,” Ziraldo says.

(Taken from TAM Magazine Ano 4 # 39 )

15 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“calling”, underlined in the paragraph, is closest in
meaning to

a) habit.
b) action.
c) attitude.
d) vocation.

➧ TEXT: Read the paragraph and answer question 16.

“The chocolate analysis must start with the visual aspect. A bar, for instance, has to be uniform, quite flat and bright. A whitish aspect is not a good sign, that means it remained on the shelf and melted,” explains the confectioner.

(Taken from TAM magazine # 38)

GLOSSARY
whitish – esbranquiçado
melted – derretido

16 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The modal verb “must”, in the paragraph, expresses
a) intention.
b) necessity.
c) deduction.
d) strong obligation.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
         

I’m Peter and I live in Germany. In summer I like to travel to Italy, because of the weather and the people there. Last summer I took a plane ___ Munich to Rome. From the airport we went to our hotel_____bus. We stopped at a small restaurant for a quick meal. The driver parked the bus behind the restaurant. Nobody could find the bus and the driver, so we waited outside the restaurant for an hour. The driver was walking through the small park near the restaurant that we did not know. So we were very angry with him. But my holidays were great.
(Adapted from Internet)

17 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The correct prepositions to fill in the blanks are,
respectively:
a) for / by
b) till / with
c) from / by
d) from / on

18 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

All alternatives are in the comparative, except:

a) driver
b) greater
c) shorter
d) smaller

19 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“We stopped at a small restaurant for a quick meal”, (lines 5 and 6), means that they
a) had plenty of time for a meal.
b) wanted something cheap to eat.
c) had something very heavy for a meal.
d) wanted something easier and fast to eat.

20 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

According to the text, all the alternatives are correct,
except:

a) The passengers were nervous with the driver.
b) Everybody could see the driver but not the bus.
c) The passengers couldn’t see the bus and the driver.
d) The driver parked the bus at the back of the restaurant.

21 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

“Nobody”, (line 7), can be replaced by

a) no one.
b) anybody.
c) everyone.
d) any person.

22 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The verbs, underlined in the text, are in the
a) simple past.
b) simple present.
c) present perfect.
d) past progressive.

➧ TEXT: Read the text and answer questions 23, 24 and 25.
         

The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.

(Adapted from Speak up)

GLOSSARY
ticklish – ter cócegas
laterality – lateralidade

23 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

The underlined words, in the text, give us an idea of

a) result.
b) difference.
c) conclusion.
d) comparison.

24 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

In

“The right foot is more ticklish than the left one”,

the word, in bold type, is

a) an article.
b) a numeral.
c) a pronoun.
d) an adjective.

25 – (EEAR-CFS-2011/2012-GRUPOS I E II DE ESPECIALIDADES-T2)

Based on the text,

a) tickle is related to laterality.
b) the left foot is more ticklish.
c) both feet have the same sensitivity.
d) most people declare having more sensitiveness on their right foot.