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➧ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESPE-2009-ANAC-ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO, aplicação em 19/7/2009.

➧ BANCA/ORGANIZADOR: CESPE.

➧ GABARITO:

01-E, 02-C, 03-C, 04-C, 05-C

06-E, 07-E, 08-C, 09-E, 10-C

➧ TEXT:

Off the radar screen

          

Days after Air France’s ill-fated Airbus A330 plunged mysteriously into the southern Atlantic Ocean four hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris on May 31st, rescuers were still searching for debris.
          

The wreckage is thought to lie up to some 3,700 metres below the waves, possibly in one of the many trenches that riddle the rocky undersea mountain range west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Its exact location may not be known for several weeks.
          

One of the hazards of flying over oceans is the lack of radar coverage. Even the latest radar equipment can reach out no more than 550 kilometres (300 nautical miles) from land. Once out of radar range, pilots flying intercontinental routes make scheduled radio contact every half an hour or so with air-traffic control stations, behind or ahead of them, to report their positions. The rest of the time, no one knows exactly where they are.
         

A number of countries, especially those surrounded by oceans or by vast expanses of rugged wilderness are none too happy with this. America, Australia and Canada have been among the most active proponents of satellite navigation for commercial aircraft.
          

The Canadian authorities began operation of such a system in January. It uses what is known in aviation circles as ADS-B, short for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast. The technology combines the precise position of the aircraft, as identified by global-positioning satellites, with data about its flight number, speed, direction and attitude (whether it is climbing, descending or turning).
          

Although ADS-B would not have prevented the crash into the Atlantic Ocean, it might well have helped locate the debris more quickly. Knowing the exact location of the accident would allow rescue craft to be on the scene within hours, pulling any survivors from the water. That too would be a great benefit of the new air-traffic-control technology.

Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items about the ideas and the linguistic structures of the text above.

01. America, Australia and Canada, which are surrounded either by oceans or rough wilderness are the most active proponents of satellite navigation for commercial aircraft.

02. The automatic dependent surveillance broadcast would not have prevented the crash into the Atlantic, notwithstanding its technology which combines the precise position of the aircraft with data about its flight number, speed, direction as well as attitude.

03. The word “ill-fated” (R.1) is synonymous with doomed.

04. The verb to plunge in “Airbus A330 plunged mysteriously into the southern Atlantic Ocean” (R.1-2) means to thrust or throw (something or oneself) forcibly or suddenly downwards.

05. The word “wreckage” (R.5) refers to the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked.

06. The wreckage exact location is already known.

➧ TEXT:

Shifting gears

          

That jet engines have evolved over the past few decades will be apparent to any seasoned air traveller. Early jet engines had narrow inlets and were very noisy, but as the diameter of the fans at the front increased, the engines became quieter. Compared with a rowdy 1960s jet, a modern turbofan is some 80% quieter and burns as little as half as much fuel — thus producing fewer greenhouse gases.
          

The aviation industry has set itself a tough
10 target: a 50% reduction in fuel consumption by 2020, to cut CO2 emissions in half. The solution devised by Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a division of United Technologies, is a “geared turbofan” engine called the PurePower PW1000G.
          

Some airlines, however, are wary of gearboxes. They worry that replacing a simple shaft with a complex gearbox will increase maintenance costs and make it more likely that something will go wrong.

Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).

Judge the following items about the ideas and the linguistic structures of the text above.

07. The aviation industry will have a 50% reduction in fuel consumption by 2020, thus cutting CO2 emissions in half.

08. Besides producing fewer greenhouse gases, a modern turbofan is about 80% quieter than 1960 jets.

09. The word “rowdy” (R.5) is synonymous with quiet.

10. In “Some airlines, however, are wary of gearboxes” (R.15), “wary” is synonymous with cautious.