Inglês
Prova objetiva realizada no dia 11/12/98
Questões
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Text 1
At the start of the 20th century, immigrant labor and During the next decade, barring a change in government And they'll play a critical role in providing the workers It's not all about sheer numbers, of course. To lift productivity Just as crucial, the array of education and skills immigrants Compare that job market to the prospective immigrant Indeed, foreign-born workers have shown an extraordinary That, of course, will raise immigrants' living standards,
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Extracted and reduced from a text by Howard
Gleckman in Business Week; August 31, 1998. |
The best title for this text is...
(A) A Powerful Manufacturing Nation
(B) Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
(C) The Changing Face of Immigrants
(D) Immigration Drives Workforce Growth
(E) American Information - Technology Boom
According to the passage...
(A) all immigrants have difficulty in adjusting to life in the U.S.
(B) the lives of today's immigrants in the U.S are extremely difficult and dangerous.
(C) less skilled immigrants are more likely to obtain low-skill jobs.
(D) foreign workers are more creative and educated than most native Americans.
(E) immigrants from Latin America and South Asia will work mainly in restaurants.
From what we read in this text, we can infer that the author's intention was to...
(A) comment on the increasing importance of immigrant labor to the U.S. economy.
(B) criticize prejudice against immigrants in the U.S.
(C) discuss the pros and cons of Latin American immigration to the U.S.
(D) inform the reader about the new wave of Asian immigrants to the U.S.
(E) exemplify typical jobs taken by immigrant engineers in Silicon Valley.
The text you have just read was published as part of...
(A) a chronicle on ethnic violence in the U.S.
(B) an essay about ethnic wars in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
(C) a newspaper article about ethnic cleansing in the U.S.
(D) a short story about ethnic minorities in the American labor force.
(E) a magazine article about ethnic diversity in the American labor force.
The pronoun "those" in "... the same as those we have here ..." (line 25) refers to the word "people" (line 24). Identify the item which contain an INCORRECT correspondence.
(A) "they" (line 15) refers to "new arrivals" (line 12)
(B) "their" (line 20) refers to "the next 30 years" (lines 19-20)
(C) "she" (line 33) refers to "Linda Levine" (line 30)
(D) "they" (line 38) refers to "immigrants" (line 37)
(E) "their" (line 45) refers to "some less skilled workers" (lines 44-45)
In "Just as crucial, the array of education...could fit neatly with the supply..." (lines 28-30), the modal could indicates that the writer tries to transmit an idea of ...
(A) certainty
(B) impossibility
(C) obligation
(D) ability
(E) probability
The only option in which make up has the same meaning as "... while immigrants make up only 12% of today's workforce ..." (lines 37-38) is...
(A) "The committee is made up of representatives from all the university".
(B) "You must make up what you owe before the end of the month".
(C) "She never goes without making herself up first".
(D) "I can make up a bed for you on the floor".
(E) "He made up an incredible story about his holiday".
The sentence "Yet immigrants also...degree" (lines 39-40) introduces ...
(A) a conclusion. (B) a definition.
(C) a contrast. (D) a result.
(E) an example.
The sentence "Indeed, foreign-born workers have shown an extraordinary ability to assimilate and flourish" (lines 43-44) means that ...
(A) immigrant workers are indeed remarkably similar to American ones.
(B) immigrant workers have shown a remarkable ability to assimilate English.
(C) foreign workers go to the U.S. to learn English and to work with flowers.
(D) foreign-born workers are outstanding gardeners.
(E) immigrant workers have a talent for mixing and succeeding.
Check the only word from the text that could be used in the plural form.
(A) information (line 4)
(B) land (line 11)
(C) research (line 14)
(D) energy (line 23)
(E) employment (line 34)
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Text 2
As you are reading these words, you are taking part in one Language is so tightly woven into human experience that
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Extracted and reduced from The Language Instinct
by
Steven Pinker. 1995. |
The writer believes that...
(A) telepathy is an artistic activity.
(B) mind control is an obsessive science.
(C) language is a noisy phenomenon.
(D) reading is one of the wonders of the natural world.
(E) language is a remarkable human ability.
According to the text, in our social relationships...
(A) the brawny parent wins the game.
(B) articulate speakers tend to be the most successful people.
(C) aphasia is an element of success.
(D) the silver-tongued seducer defeats the spellbinding orator.
(E) swift children are likely to beat their parents.
When the writer says "For you and I belong to a species ... precision." (lines 2-4), the conjunction for can be understood as
(A) however.
(B) already.
(C) and.
(D) because.
(E) therefore.
The suffix -ly in words like uncontroversially (line 7), simply (line 8), reliably (line 9), and tightly (line 13) indicates...
(A) manner.
(B) frequency.
(C) emphasis.
(D) comparison.
(E) quality.
Which of the words below has a negative conotation as it is used in the text?
(A) wonders (line 2)
(B) remarkable (line 3)
(C) exquisite (line 4)
(D) blunt (line 6)
(E) miracle (line 12)