Utilizador:Thiago Marcel/Esaex/2006/ING
TEXT I
Read the text below to answer the items 01, 02, 03 and 04:
1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- I used to think I could quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didn´t offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest internet café. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when you´re going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. Time, June 10, 2002.
01. The passage tell us that the writer:
(A) believes it´s about time he stopped thinking he can break the e-mail habit any time. (B) is fully aware that he´s a compulsive e-mail checker. (C) used to think only kids wasted whole hours checking their e-mail. (D) didn´t think it would take him years to break the e-mail habit. (E) thinks that once he´s able to stay away from his e-mail for 24 hours, he´ll get rid of his addiction.
02. Choose the correct translation for “... whole hours can go missing”. (line 3):
(A) não sinto falta das horas perdidas. (B) vale a pena desperdiçar várias horas. (C) sou capaz de perder horas inteiras. (D) posso perder totalmente a noção das horas. (E) não me importo em ficar até altas horas.
03. What did the writer´s friend find in her inbox?
(A) Unimportant messages. (B) The writer´s message. (C) An invitation to dinner. (D) No messages at all. (E) Her uncle´s message.
04. According to the passage, the writer´s friend:
(A) was flown to Panama because the cruise ship had made her feel sick. (B) regretted having chartered a helicopter, after she checked her e-mail in the café. (C) left the cruise ship on a helicopter sent by her uncle to check her e-mail in the nearest Internet café. (D) was offered a helicopter to take her to Panama because her cruise ship was stuck. (E) was glad she had left the cruise ship on a helicopter to check her e-mail in the café.
05. Choose the correct alternative that completes the following sentence.
_______ you in Miami last month?
(A) Were. (B) Are. (C) Is. (D) Was. (E) Am.
06. Which alternative contains the right answer to the following sentences.
1. There are __________ irrigated areas in the northeastern region of Brasil. 2. There is not __________ water in the refrigerator. 3. There is __________ superstition among ancient civilizations. 4. We see __________ people destroying natural resourches today.
(A) many ; much ; many ; many. (B) much ; many ; many ; much. (C) many ; many ; much ; much. (D) many ; much ; much ; many. (E) many ; much ; much ; much.
07. Choose the correct alternative that completes the following sentence.
Romeo is telling Juliet that ________ loves ________.
(A) him ; hers. (B) she ; her. (C) he ; her. (D) she ; him. (E) he ; she.
08. Choose the correct alternative that completes the following sentence.
Einstein, __________ theory is very famous, was not American.
(A) whom. (B) which. (C) whose. (D) what. (E) who.
09. The owl, a bird of prey of the order strigiformes is chieftly nocturnal, __________ a broad head __________ large eyes. There are a lot of owls __________ the Mato Grosso Wetherlands.
The blanks of this passage can be adequately filled by:
(A) and ; with ; at. (B) with ; and ; in. (C) of ; and ; around. (D) with ; of ; near. (E) and ; into ; on.
10. Choose the correct alternative that completes the following sentence.
Your shoes are nice. I like ___________.
(A) they. (B) it. (C) theirs. (D) their. (E) them.
11. Choose the best alternative which completes the sentence:
This radio is old, but _______ sound is good.
(A) it. (B) their. (C) its. (D) his. (E) her.
12. Which alternative best completes the question?
Who is _________________ singer in your country
(A) the more famous. (B) the most famous. (C) more famous than. (D) as famous as. (E) most famous.
13. Which alternative is the right one to fill in the blank in “Do you have _______ luggage”
(A) a. (B) an. (C) some. (D) any. (E) no.
14. Choose the alternative which contains the correct sentence.
(A) Bob and I am nice friends. (B) My family and John is here (C) The cat is under the table. (D) Melissa and you am over there. (E) Bob’s is a nice boy.
15. Which sentence contains the correct use of “a” or “an”?
(A) Margaret wears an uniform every day. (B) Peter likes to drink a orange juice. (C) Tom has a new leather coat. (D) My teacher is a honest man. (E) The Smiths bought an house in the center of Rio de Janeiro.
16. Put the words in order. Choose the correct alternative.
apples large two green beautiful
(A) Two beautiful large green apples. (B) Two green large beautiful apples. (C) Two apples beautiful green large. (D) Apples two beautiful large green. (E) Two large green beautiful apples.
17. Choose the alternative that best completes the following statement.
My sister is _________ her thirties. She _________ long hair, and she _________ medium height. She _________ contact lenses.
(A) at ; does ; has ; wears. (B) on ; has ; is ; wears. (C) in ; is ; have ; uses. (D) in ; have ; does ; uses. (E) in ; has ; is ; wears.
18. Choose the correct alternative that completes the following sentence.
Dave and Sue ___________ at the meeting last night.
(A) was. (B) are. (C) is. (D) be. (E) were.
19. Choose the alternative that completes the following sentences.
Look at that yacht _______ the water! We study English _______ Tuesdays and Fridays. Janet is _______ the door waiting for her mother. The money is _______ the box. Just open it.
(A) in ; at ; on ; on. (B) on ; on ; at ; in. (C) on ; on ; in ; at. (D) at ; in ; on ; on. (E) on ; in ; at ; in.
20. Choose the best answer that completes the sentences.
Jane _______________ a baby in the summer. Bye for now. Perhaps _______________ you later.
(A) will have ; I see. (B) will have ; I´m going to see. (C) is going to have ; I´ll see. (D) are going to have ; I´ll see. (E) is going to have ; I´m going to see.