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❑ PROVA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA: FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO-01/11/2008.
❑ ORGANIZADOR: https://conhecimento.fgv.br/concursos
❑ ESTRUTURA-PROVA:
➧ 10 Multiple Choice Questions / 5 Options Each Question.
➧ Text (1) – The web makes waves in Brazil – http://news.bbc.co.uk (3 questions)
➧ Text (2) – Meet the new neighbours – The Economist (7 questions)
❑ GABARITO:
➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read text I and answer questions 01 to 03:
The web makes waves in Brazil
There is no doubt that the web has caught on in Brazil as
its web-using population has doubled in just three years.
In July 2008 more than 23.7 million Brazilians went online
according to figures gathered by web statistics firm
IBOPE/NetRatings. The figure is up 28% on the same time in
2007 and continues the trend of booming net use.
Proof that it has caught on can be seen in statistics which
suggest Brazilians spend the longest time surfing from home
than any other nationality.
By contrast, North Americans spend 20 hours 30 minutes
and Germans 21 hours browsing the web every month.
While net access is popular in the homes of Brazilians,
with 35.4 million homes connected to the web in July 2008,
internet cafes, or Lan houses as they are known in Brazil, are
becoming hugely popular.
So popular that they are springing up in underground
stations and fast food restaurants…
The dark side
The internet has a reputation for harbouring some dark
areas and for that reason, a rigorous check is done before
anyone can use a computer in a Lan house.
(adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7642224.stm
01 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
The title of this article refers to a movement that is
(A) swaying.
(B) sweeping.
(C) swindling.
(D) swerving.
(E) swinging.
__RESPOSTA (B)__
• O título deste artigo se refere a um movimento que ...
(A) swaying.(está oscilando)
(B) sweeping.(é arrebatador)
(C) swindling.(é fraudulento)
(D) swerving.(está mudando)
(E) swinging.(é oscilante)
02 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
The underlined word in
“While net access is popular” (line12)
can be replaced by
(A) Whereas.
(B) Wherefore.
(C) Whenever.
(D) Whence.
(E) Whereby.
__RESPOSTA (A)__
(A) Whereas.(embora)
(B) Wherefore.(portanto)
(C) Whenever.(Sempre que)
(D) Whence.(donde, de onde)
(E) Whereby.(através do qual)
03 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
When the article informs that it
“has a reputation for
harbouring some dark areas” (lines19-20),
this implies the
Internet can be used for
(A) exquisite ends.
(B) sober objectives.
(C) genuine aims.
(D) sensible reasons.
(E) grim purposes.
__RESPOSTA (E)__
• When the article informs that it “has a reputation for harbouring some dark areas” (lines19-20), this implies the Internet can be used for....
(A) exquisite ends.
• fins requintados.
(B) sober objectives.
• objetivos sóbrios.
(C) genuine aims.
• objetivos genuínos.
(D) sensible reasons.
• razões sensatas.
(E) grim purposes.(propósitos sombrios)
➧ INSTRUÇÃO: Read text II and answer questions 04 to 10:
Meet the new neighbours
The empty house, in a middle-class corner of southern
California, is two storeys high and boasts a three-car garage.
Roses bloom around a kidney-shaped swimming pool, which
is green with algae. Bill Bobbitt, a county inspector, dips a
ladle into the water and brings up half a dozen wriggling
larvae. Mosquitoes, and the West Nile virus that some of them
carry, are thriving in California’s plunging property market.
West Nile virus arrived in America in 1999 and made it to
California three years later. Since then it is known to have
infected 2,300 people in the state, of whom 76 have died… In
theory, owners are supposed to keep their properties in
decent shape whether they live there or not. California has
even passed a bill fining banks and mortgage companies that
seize properties and then allow pools to fester. But Mr. Bobbitt
isn’t waiting for the lawyers. He has treated the pool in Santa
Ana with oil and synthetic growth hormones, which will keep
the mosquitoes adolescent, preventing breeding. Then he tips
in a few dozen mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis), which begin
happily munching larvae. You can buy a lot of the fish for what
a lawyer charges per hour, and some authorities, with
commendable creativity, even provide them free to help
control the pests.
(from The Economist, August 2d, 2008, p. 34)
04 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
The tone of the title is
(A) tragic.
(B) sympathetic.
(C) ironic.
(D) wailing.
(E) enthusiastic.
__RESPOSTA (C)__
05 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
According to the text, the market for buying and selling houses
in California is
(A) dropping.
(B) stable.
(C) rising.
(D) sky-rocketing.
(E) inflated.
__RESPOSTA (A)__
06 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
A kidney-shaped swimming-pool is
(A) triangular.
(B) square.
(C) rectangular.
(D) trapezoid.
(E) curved.
__RESPOSTA (E)__
07 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
The underlined word in
“wriggling larvae” (lines 5-6)
means
that the larvae are
(A) growing.
(B) migrating.
(C) reproducing.
(D) twisting.
(E) dying.
__RESPOSTA (D)__
08 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
The expression
“boasts a three-car garage” (line 2)
reveals an
attitude which is
(A) humble.
(B) haughty.
(C) hopeful.
(D) hospitable.
(E) holy.
__RESPOSTA (B)__
09 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
When
“mortgage companies seize properties” (lines 13-14)
this means they
(A) take them down.
(B) take them off.
(C) take them away.
(D) take them out.
(E) take them apart.
__RESPOSTA (C)__
- IDEIA CONTEXTUAL - AS EMPRESAS HIPOTECÁRIAS ESTÃO CONFISCANDO AS PROPRIEDADES DE SEUS DONOS,
- Cabe o phrasal verb TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM SOMEONE, que no contexto, podemos reescrever como THEY TAKE THEM AWAY, que significa, ELAS (EMPRESAS) ESTÃO CONFISCANDO AS PROPRIEDADES DE SEUS DONOS.
(A) take them down. (TO DISMANTLE or DISASSEMBLE a large object or structure)
- They're taking the statue down today. – Eles estão desmontando a estátua hoje.[The Free Dictionary]
(B) take them off. (TO REMOVE A PIECE OF CLOTING)
- He sat on the bed to take his boots off. – Sentou-se na cama para tirar as botas. [Longman Dictionary]
(C) take them away. (TO CONFISCATE - to officially remove someone’s possessions for legal reasons)
- TO CONFISCATE – to officially remove someone’s possessions for legal reasons [Macmillan Dictionary]
(D) take them out. (TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM INSIDE SOMEBODY'S BODY, especially a part of it)
- How many teeth did the dentist take out? – Quantos dentes o dentista extraiu? [Oxford Dictionary]
(E) take them apart. (TO DISMANTLE - DESMONTAR)
- Suzy loves taking electronics apart and figuring out how to put them back together again. – Suzy adora desmontar eletrônicos e descobrir como montá-los novamente. [The Free Dictionary]
10 – (FGV-2008-SENADO FEDERAL-ANALISTA LEGISLATIVO)
In “provide them free” (line 21)
them refers to
(A) lawyers.
(B) larvae.
(C) authorities.
(D) pests.
(E) fish.
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