CESPE/UnB/CEBRASPE – 2017 – DIPLOMATA – CACD – 1ª FASE – TPS – LÍNGUA INGLESA – CONCURSO DE ADMISSÃO À CARREIRA DE DIPLOMATA – PROVA COM GABARITO.

❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: CESPE/UnB/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE-13/08/2017.

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❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:

➭ 9 TFQs (True False Questions) / 4 Options Each Question.
➭ Text (1) – | Getting Our Way | 500 years of adventure and intrigue | the inside story of british diplomacy |

➭ Text (2) – | Getting Our Way ! 500 years of adventure and intrigue | the inside story of british diplomacy.

➭ Text (3) – | No longer so male and stale |

➭ Text (4) – | When Did Colonial America Gain Linguistic Independence? |

➭ Text (5) – | The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America. |

➧ TEXT I:

01 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  CCEX__

➭ STYLE OF QUESTION = INFERENCE QUESTION.

(1) Neste tipo de questão, você vai ter que identificar qual é a intenção ou o sentido das palavras do autor do referido texto.

(2) Identifique os VERBOS DE CADA QUESTÃO, pois os verbos são a chave para reconhecer a intenção da referida questão: 

• It can be correctly inferred that ... there tends to be presently...
• It can be correctly concluded that...have fuelled ... created...
• ... holds has to do with
• didn’t expect the author to reveal his true opinions.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

(Decida se as seguintes afirmações estão certas (C) ou erradas (E) de acordo com o texto I.)

1. It can be correctly inferred from the text that there tends to be presently more female diplomats, as well as diplomats with more diverse social backgrounds, than in 1966.

(Pode-se inferir corretamente do texto que tende a haver atualmente mais diplomatas do sexo feminino, bem como diplomatas com origens sociais mais diversas, do que em 1966.)
2. It can be correctly concluded from the text that the recruitment methods adopted in the past have fuelled suspicion against diplomats and created a fallacious idea about their work.

(Pode-se concluir corretamente do texto que os métodos de recrutamento adotados no passado alimentaram suspeitas contra os diplomatas e criaram uma ideia falaciosa sobre o seu trabalho.)
3. For the author, the bad reputation diplomacy holds has to do with the frequent international negotiations in which diplomats deal with foreign officials.

(Para o autor, a má reputação que a diplomacia carrega, tem a ver com as frequentes negociações internacionais em que diplomatas lidam com autoridades estrangeiras.)
4. The woman mentioned in the first paragraph didn’t expect the author to reveal his true opinions.

(A mulher, mencionada no primeiro parágrafo, não esperava que o autor revelasse suas verdadeiras opiniões.)

02 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  EECE__

➭ STYLE OF QUESTION = VOCABULARY , GRAMMAR & DIRECTLY STATED INFORMATION.

• the words .... could be correctly replaced by ... (questionando ASPECTOS SEMÂNTICOS de termos -  VOCABULARY)
• the passage ... if it were replaced by... (questionando ASPECTOS SEMÂNTICOS de sentenças inteiras -  VOCABULARY)
• the excerpt ...  could be correctly replaced by (questionando ASPECTOS SEMÂNTICOS de trechos de sentenças - VOCABULARY)
• ... WAS ...(Verbo declarativo - DIRECTLY STATED INFORMATION- must find the information in the text)

Decide whether the following statements

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

1. The words “clad” (R.18) and “quaffing” (R.19) could be correctly replaced by dressed and sipping without this altering the meaning of the sentence, although this substitution would make the text less humorous.

2. There would be no change in the meaning of the passage from “Often” (R.2) to “duplicity” (R.4) if it were replaced by Even though it is often confused with espionage, which is its illegitimate cousin, diplomacy has been linked with misbehaviour and duplicity for centuries.

3. The excerpt “that you get from diplomats” (R.7 and 8) could be correctly replaced by which one gets from diplomats without this changing the meaning of the text.

4. The recruitment policy of the British diplomatic service was designed and planned by elite academics and university intellectuals.
➧ TEXT II:

03 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  CCEE__

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

(Considerando as ideias e o vocabulário do texto II, decida se as afirmações abaixo estão certas (C) ou erradas (E).)

1. After all stages of the Civil and Diplomatic Service entrance exams, the number of candidates admitted was around 20.

(Após todas as fases dos concursos públicos e diplomáticos, o número de candidatos admitidos rondava os 20.)

2. With the expression “And that was that” (R.10 and 11), the author reinforces the idea indicated by “the lack of formal preparation for the job” (R.2).

3. The word “genial” (R.15) means unusually intelligent.

4. It can be correctly inferred that, when it came to hiring, the Foreign Office had a clear preference for bright young people.

(Pode-se inferir corretamente que, na hora de contratar, o Foreign Office tinha clara preferência por jovens brilhantes.)

04 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  ECCC__

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).

1. The fact that the author didn’t know the meaning of the word “roselle” and translated it as “jute” was prejudicial to the British Minister.

2. The passage “a wet-behind-the-ears but fully functioning British diplomat” (R.12) indicates that the author’s inexperience didn’t prevent him from getting a position of responsibility in the Foreign Office.

3. From the author’s account, it can be correctly inferred that he was expected to be able to translate from French to English and vice versa, as part of his job as a diplomat.

4. The word “unsparingly” (R.13) can be correctly replaced by unmercifully, without this changing the meaning of the text.
➧ TEXT III:

05 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  CEEC__

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

1. In spite of some passages which might be taken as ironic, it is correct to conclude that the text considers the changes in French diplomacy to be positive.

2. According to the text, the foreign minister Laurent Fabius was appointed immediately after Mrs. Alliot-Marie’s term.

3. The mentioning of “fine cuisine” (R.3) suggests that the French ambassadors were in Paris also to learn about French gastronomy, due to its relevance in French culture.

4. The contrast between the images created by the expressions “monochrome, middle-aged and male” and “silk scarves and coloured jackets” functions as a rhetorical resource which reinforces the idea that French diplomacy is becoming a more feminine realm.
➧ TEXT IV:

06 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-

1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  EEEC__

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

1. According to the text, the fact that social origin was not as easy to identify based on the koine of eighteenth-century Americans as was the case with contemporary Britons reflected the early American colonies’ egalitarian ethos.

2. It can be said from the text that to British ears, contemporary American accents belie declining grammar standards in America as compared to Colonial times.

3. The author criticizes Krapp’s argument that exemplars of transplanted languages or dialects such as Acadian French are more archaic than the original ones, which continued evolving in their home countries.

4. The author asserts that the early dialect of colonial Americans was not influenced and shaped by large waves of immigrants from many origins.
07 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  CEEE__

In text IV, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, “pinpoint” (R.10) could be replaced by (mark right - C- or wrong -E-)

1. ascertain.
2. determine.
3. compare.
4. convey.
08 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  CCEX__

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

1. The word “assimilated” (R.52) could be correctly replaced by blended, without altering the meaning of the passage.

2. The adjective “compelling” (R.25) could be replaced by thorough in this particular context.

3. The expression “hold their tongue with” (R.54 and 55) could be replaced by uphold their dialect against without altering the meaning of the sentence.

4. The expression “a bunch of” (R.45) could be replaced by a cluster of without altering the meaning of the passage.

➧ TEXT V:

09 – (CESPE/CEBRASPE-2017-DIPLOMATA-CACD-1ªFASE)

__Gabarito:  EEEC__

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text V, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

1. The expression “on a par” (R. 20 and 21) means competing.

2. The text asserts that facts should be judged to be the sole standard against which to define beliefs.

3. The word “contingent” (R.34) is synonymous with necessary.

4. The word “enjoined” (R.27) cannot be replaced by endorsed in this particular context.