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AS QUESTÕES DE 26 A 50 REFEREM-SE À LÍNGUA INGLESA
Read the text and answer the questions 26, 27, 28 and 29
1 The first roller skates were made in 1760 by
Joseph Merlim, a Belgium musician. He worked
hard on his wonderful invention. People at a dance
couldn’t believe it when Merlin arrived on his
5 roller skates playing the volin.
Unfortunately his skates had no breaks so he
couldn’t stop; he went straight across the dance
floor and crashed into a large mirror. Both the
mirror and the violin were broken, and Merlim
10 was badly hurt. It was the last time anyone
triedroller-skating for another hundred years.
(Something to Read – Cambridge University Press)
26 - According to the text,

a) the musician got upset because he broke his violin.
b) only the violin was broken when he crashed into the mirror.
c) no one attempted to go roller-skating for another hundred years.
d) Joseph Merlim made his roller skate before acting as a musician
27 - All the words, underlined in the text, are adverbs, except:

a) last
b) hard
c) badly
d) unfortunately
28 - What’s the active voice for “The first roller skates were
made in 1760 by Joseph Merlim”.
Joseph Merlim the first skates in 1760.
a) made
b) makes
c) has made
d) was making
29 - In “Unfortunately his skates had no brakes so he couldn’t

stop...”, the underlined conjunction expresses
a) time.
b) result.
c) reason.
d) addition.
30 - Choose the best alternative to answer the question below.

Whose homework is that?
a) It’s hers.
b) They’re mine.
c) It’s over there.
d) They’re difficult.
31 - Choose the alternative that best completes the blank.

Some men ___________ no jobs lately.
a) haven’t found
b) have found
c) doesn’t find
d) has found
32 - In “The destruction of the Amazon forest could have serious

ecological consequences”, the underlined verb is closest in meaning to
a) do.
b) keep.
c) make.
d) cause.
33 - Choose the best alternative to answer the question below.

What do you do?
a) We are pilots.
b) I’m fine, thanks.
c) I live in New York.
d) We are 20 years old.
Read the paragraph and answer the questions 34, 35 and 36.
An umbrella a very ordinary object. It people
against the rain and hot sun. You can fold most umbrellas, so it is
easy them.
34 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks in the

paragraph.
a) is / puts / to hide
b) was / keeps / to help
c) was / brings / to buy
d) is / protects / to carry
35 - “You can fold most umbrellas, ...” means that we can
a) enlarge them.
b) open them easily.
c) hardly carry them.
d) make them smaller.
36 - The pronoun “it”, underlined in the paragraph, refers to

a) the sun.
b) the rain.
c) a person.
d) the umbrella.
38 - Choose the right alternative to complete the text grammatically correct.

“Computer viruses can travel _ one place to another _ _ fast __ _ a phone call.”
a) from / as / as
b) over / as / than
c) to / more / than
d) between / ∅ / than
37 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks.

Julie was born __ _July 3, _ night _____ New York.
a) in / at / at
b) on / at / in
c) in / at / in
d) on / in /a
38 - Choose the right alternative to complete the text grammatically correct.

“Computer viruses can travel _ one place to another _ _ fast _ ____a phone call.”
a) from / as / as
b) over / as / than
c) to / more / than
d) between / ∅ / than
39 - Read the paragraph below:

“You are new in your city, and feel sad. You think about
your family, your friends and your old home. How can you make
friends in your new home? Here are some answers ... ”.
In the underlined sentence above, the speaker intends to
a) warn.
b) predict.
c) suggest.
d) advertise.
40- Read the sentence below:

“In Mexico, 60% of men and 40% of women are overweight.”
According to the sentence above, we can conclude that the
percentage of overweight men is
a) lower.
b) highest.
c) higher.
d) lowest.
Read the text and answer the questions 41 and 42.

WE COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT IT …
1 American researchers presented a list of five
inventions for the interviewees to indicate
was more important.
In fifth place was the microwave; in fourth, the
5 cellular telephone; in third, the personal computer
and in second, the automobile. And to a lot of
people’s surprise, the toothbrush, one of the
simplest invention in history, finished in first
place.
10 In Brazil, the Globo network developed the same
research and the toothbrush again finished in first place.
41 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the text.

a) who
b) where
c) which
d) whose
42 - In “And to a lot of people’s surprise”, the underlined words can be replaced by

a) it.
b) us.
c) her.
d) them
43 - Choose the best alternative to have the paragraph completed correctly.

The stepmother smiled and said: “Of course you go,
Cinderella. If you your work first and if you a
dress to wear.”
a) may – do – have
b) could – was – bought
c) might – are doing – lend
d) ought to – would finish – washed
44 - Choose the alternative in which the definite article is used correctly.

a) The Brazilians are very friendly.
b) The old man is arriving right now.
c) The spring is the season of flowers.
d) The New York is a very beautiful city.
45 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the sentence.

Mary is hurt. She cut ________ while she was cooking.
a) myself
b) herself
c) himself
d) yourself
46 - The underlined word in the sentence below means:

The appropriate response to “How are you?” that anyone
expects to hear is an automatic “ I’m fine”.
a) wish
b) answer
c) excuse
d) greeting
47 - In “Scientists agree about certain differences between the

sexes”, we conclude that scientists
a) have no idea of the topic.
b) are not sure about the topic.
c) are still discussing the topic.
d) have the same idea of the topic.
48 – Read:
“ ... two or three dormitories, full of facilities around and a
very good rental.”
The extract above was taken from an advertisement about
a) travel brochure.
b) hotel reservations.
c) apartments for hire.
d) old movies for sale.
49 - In the sentence:
“Television has contributed to change the values and

perceptions of Americans”.
The underlined word is closest in meaning to

a) cultures.
b) behaviour.
c) information.
d) conceptions.
50 - In “It was a fair game”, we conclude that the game was played
a) well.
b) badly.
c) honestly.
d) brilliantly.
GABARITO:
26-C 27-A 28-A 29-B 30-B 31-B 32-D 33-A 34-D 35-D 36-D 37-B 38-B 39-C 40-C 41-C 42-A
43-A 44-B 45-B 46-B 47-D 48-C 49-D 50-C
Read the text and answer questions 26, 27 and 28.
“These are some of the questions that parents ask themselves as

their children grow up and move on:
Will they sleep through the night?
Will they learn to read?
Will they get good grades?
Will they avoid drugs?
Will they be responsible about sex?
Will they get into a decent school?
Will they go to college?”
26 – According to the text,

a) children don’t want to grow up and move on.
b) children ask all these questions to their parents.
c) parents are worried about their children’s future.
d) parents don’t want to know anything about their children’s life.
27 – The sentences with “will”, in the text, were used to

a) change habits.
b) ask for advice.
c) give permission.
d) question about future.
28 – “move on”, (line 2), is closest in meaning to

a) marry.
b) go away.
c) have fun.
d) give a party.
29 – According to the use of the definite article, choose the best alternative.
a) He is learning guitar and piano.
b) The France is famous for its wine.
c) The Biology is an important science.
d) The Queen of England lives in London.
30 – According to the text, Brenda

a) decides how and when to do her housework.
b) doesn’t mind if the housework is repetitive.
c) should clean the bathroom first.
d) is very efficient.
31 – We can infer from the text that people only care about the
housework when they realize
a) the bathroom is really clean.
b) how repetitive the housework is.
c) they can’t find clean clothes to wear.
d) how difficult is to organize the house.
32 – “Brenda is a housewife” means that she works

a) for another family.
b) as a housekeeper.
c) in a hotel.
d) at home.
Read the extract and answer the question.

This week Teen Magazine’s competition is for all you young
inventors. Do you have any good ideas? If you answered yes, make
a drawing and describe your invention; then send us the design.
There is a prize the best idea.
33 – Choose the best alternative to have the text completed:

a) of
b) for
c) from
d) about
Read the joke and answer the question.
“Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I’m invisible.”
“Who that?”
34 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the dialog.

a) said
b) did say
c) do you say
d) did you say
Read the joke and answer the question.
Teacher: “Johnny, how can you prove

the world is round?”
Johnny: “I never said it was, miss.”
35 – The modal verb, underlined in the dialog, expresses

a) ability.
b) advice.
c) possibility.
d) permission.
Read the text and answer questions 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40.
Who Sleeps?
1 Reptiles, birds and mammals all sleep. Some fish and
amphibians reduce their awareness but do not ever
become unconscious like the higher vertebrates do.
Insects do not appear to sleep, although they may
5 become inactive in daylight or darkness.
By studying brainwaves, it is known that reptiles do

not dream. Birds dream a little. Mammals all dream
during sleep. Whales and dolphins are “conscious
breathers” and because they need to keep conscious
10 while they sleep in order to breathe, only one half of
their brain sleeps at a time.
GLOSSARY:
awareness = consciência

a) all animals fall asleep.
b) frogs are never asleep.
c) reptiles neither sleep nor dream.
d) insects are very active to become unconscious
.
37 - In “... although they may become inactive...”, (line 4), the
underlined word implies an idea of
a) addition.
b) purpose.
c) contrast.
d) comparison.
38 – “... only one half of their brain sleeps...”, (lines 10 and 11 ), means that
a) they keep conscious half a day.
b) the largest part of their brain sleeps.
c) just fifty percent of their brain is asleep.
d) dolphins and whales dream half an hour.
39 – “Birds dream a little”, (line 7), means that

a) they dream a bit.
b) they don’t dream at all.
c) only some birds can dream.
d) just a few birds dream while sleeping.
40 – In “... like the higher vertebrates do”, (lines 3 and 4), the
underlined word was used
a) as an adverb.
b) for emphasis.
c) as a main verb.
d) as an auxiliary verb.
41 – Choose the best alternative to fill in the blanks.

A: Do you have book on Biology?

B: No, I have . But I know there are at the library.
a) some / any / some
b) any / none / some
c) any / some / none
d) some / none /any
42 – In “ A microscope has many uses. Medical scientists use

microscopes to see tiny organisms.”, the underlined word means
a) harmful.
b) invisible.
c) biological.
d) extremely small.
Read the extract and answer questions 43 and 44.

Britain has one of the longest coastlines in Europe: 12,500
kilometres of varied and spectacular shoreline that has shaped the
character of this island nation. Over the years, many people have
landed at and embarked from British beaches: invaders and
explorers, sailors and fishermen, merchants and missionaries. The
most numerous visitors, however, have holidaymakers.
GLOSSARY:
shoreline = costa, litoral
holidaymakers = turistas
43 – Choose the best alternative to have the text completed.

a) been
b) gone
c) visited
d) arrived
44 – Choose the alternative that presents an irregular plural form

of the noun.
a) beaches
b) fishermen
c) kilometres
d) missionaries
Read the cartoon and answer questions 45 and 46.
45 – According to this cartoon, we conclude that

a) she herself set the table.
b) the boy set the table by mistake.
c) the boy made a grammar mistake.
d) she could help him do the housework.
46 – In “I did it by myself”, the boy wanted to say that

a) no one helped him.
b) his mother never helps him.
c) he likes to help his mother.
d) he helps his mother every single day.
Read the text and answer the question.

Linda Bates is a teacher at Allentown Adult School. She
teaches English as a second language. Students say, “Ms Bates is
a very good teacher. She works very hard.” Students like her
classes. They say, “Her classes are interesting. We learn a lot
from her.”
47 – According to the text, we can conclude that Ms Bates

teaches
a) well.
b) children.
c) hard things.
d) two languages
Read the extract and choose the best alternative to fill in the blank.
When you read you sometimes want to find specific
information, such as a price, a phone number, or an address. You
don’t read every word. You only look for the information you
want. This skill is called scanning
48 – “scanning”, underlined in the text, is for reading.

a) a rule
b) an advice
c) a technique
d) some information

Jade Barbosa lost her mother when she just nine years
old. At thirteen she had to leave her father and brother in Rio to
train at the Curitiba training center. At just sixteen she is the new
star of Brazilian gymnastics. In the Pan American Games she
won one gold medal, one silver and one bronze.
(Taken from Maganews – October 2007)
49 – Complete the text with the missing verb.

a) was
b) got
c) had
d) made
50 – According to the text, it is not true to say that

a) Jade’s parents died.
b) she isn’t an only child.
c) she moved to Curitiba.
d) she won three medals as gymnast.
GABARITO:
26-C 27-D 28-B 32-D 33-B 34-A 29-D 30-A 31-C 35-A 36-B 37-C 38-C 39-A 40-D 44-B 45-C
46-A 50-A 41-B 42-D 43-A 47-A 48-C 49-A 50-A
Read the dialog and answer questions 26 and 27.
Interviewer: When you starred as Selena, in the movie, did you
identify with her?
J.LO: Very much. Edward James Olmos, who played Selena’s

father, told me, “You’ll never have a part where you’re so
perfectly suited.” I had a lot to learn from it.
Interviewer: What did you learn?
J.LO: To not wait till tomorrow. You just don’t know what’s
going to happen. Selena was 23 when she died.
26 – According to Edward James Olmos,
a) J.LO will never play in another movie.
b) J.LO needs to learn how to act in a movie.
c) J.LO’s performance has been her best till now.
d) J.LO wore perfect clothes, as Selena, in the movie.
27 – According to the text, we can infer that J.LO learned from
the movie that
a) nobody knows when one will die.
b) we must live intensively every moment.
c) she has to make things happen in the same day.
d) things we can do today shouldn’t be postponed till the
following day.
Read the excerpt and answer questions 28 and 29.
Although it is good to be friendly, do not spend to ___time
chatting to colleagues. You have work to do. If a colleague is
distracting you , be polite and say you have _ work to do.
Ask if you can carry on the conversation after office hours.
28 – Choose the correct alternative to complete the text, respectively.
a) little - no
b) few – some
c) many – any
d) much – some
29 – The excerpt is a kind of some useful advice about
a) manners.
b) education.
c) friendship.
d) qualification.
Read the excerpt and answer question 30.

Many people are afraid of this. It may be that you dislike takeoff and landing or that you do not like the feeling of
being trapped in a small space. If you get sick , during it, you could be offered sickness tablets.
GLOSSARY:
trapped = preso
30 – The text tells us that a lot of people have fear of
a) flying.
b) sickness.
c) darkness.
d) traveling.
Read the saying and answer question 31.
31 – The old saying “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” means that
Depending on the way you behave when you meet people for the first time,
a) you can confuse them.

b) you must impress them.
c) your image may be changed after that.
d) you can create a false impression forever.

1 In China the government is fighting to save a national
symbol – the giant panda. There are very few pandas
today and they are running a big risk of extinction.
Pandas are vegetarians. They live in the mountains of
5 central China, in forests of pine trees and bamboo. Pandas
eat flowers, grass, and sometimes small animals and
honey. But bamboo is their main food. Because their
digestive tracts extract little nutritive value from the plant,
they consume enormous amounts, spending 50 to 75
10 percent of the day eating. A giant panda needs 20 kilos of
bamboo a day, and he eats for about 15 hours!
Scientists are making a special study of the panda, its way
of life, home, and food. They are also trying to breed
pandas in new zoos, and to grow different kinds of
15 bamboo in special natural reserves for pandas. Man, the
principal problem for animals, is starting to work with
nature. But there isn’t much time. Are we doing enough to
save wild animals?
32 – All the alternatives are correct EXCEPT,
a) Pandas are disappearing.
b) Pandas spend long time eating bamboo.

c) Pandas are not a hundred percent vegetarians.
d) Mankind does not represent a threat to the animals.

– “honey”, (line 07), is a substance.
a) sour
b) salty
c) bitter
d) sweet
34 – “its”, underlined in the text, (line 12), refers to
a) panda’s way of life.
b) the government system.
c) the nature environment.
d) man’s attitude towards animals.
Read the paragraph and answer question 35.
“ Finding a job is pulling a star out of the sky”.
35 – Choose the right alternative to fill in the blank.
a) the harder
b) the hardest
c) harder than
d) more hard than
Read the excerpt and answer question 36.
I am just like any typical physicist. My office may look messy,
but I know where every atom is.
36 – “messy”, underlined in the excerpt, means
a) clean.
b) noisy.
c) not neat.
d) organized
Read the text and answer questions 37, 38, 39 and 40.
How horses can sleep standing up and not fall over?
1 Most of us need eight hours sleep a night. Horses

can get by with only half that amount – and unlike
us they are able to fall asleep standing up, without
falling over!
5 In the wild, horses are prey to wolves and other
animals. Lying down, they are much more

vulnerable than they are standing up. So over
millions of years their bodies have developed a way
of staying upright even when they are asleep.
Although most horses no longer live in the wild,they
can still fall asleep as their ancestors used to. The
reason they are able to do this is a unique system of
ligaments – the cords which bind bones together . A
horse’s ligaments act like a sling over
15 its whole body. These can lock its joints into a fixed
position, so it can stand upright without any
conscious muscular effort while it sleeps. It is a pity
human beings have not developed a way of doing
this. It could be very handy for long queues or
travelling on crowded trains!
a) horses need less than four hours sleep a night.
b) most wild animals, like horses, stand upright when they sleep.
c) in the wild, horses weren’t accustomed to standing upright while sleeping.
d) horses fall asleep standing up because of their unique system of ligaments.
38 – “are able to”, (line 12), can be replaced by
a) can.
b) may.
c) could.
d) should.
39 – “handy”, (line 19), means
a) boring.
b) useful.
c) pleasant.
d) relaxing.
40 – “...travelling on crowded trains!”, (lines 20), means that the trains are
a) full.
b) fast.
c) empty.
d) moving.

Batman – The Dark Knight, by Christopher Nolan

1 Expectations are high regarding the new adventure of
Batman. Firstly, because the previous one was well
received both by critics and fans with its dark, realistic
mood. And also because the film presents the last
5 screen performance of actor Health Ledger (Brokeback
Mountain) , deceased in January. He plays Joker, the
villain who brings hell to Gotham City. To defeat him,
Batman (Christian Bale) is helped by public attorney
Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), but they have
10 conflicting ideas on how to combat crime. Morgan
Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Cain play the
same characters as they did before, while Maggie
Gyllenhaal comes as a substitute to Kate Holmes in the
hero’s search for romance.
By Alex Xavier
41 – We can infer from the text that

a) the new adventure of Batman must be a success.
b) Harvey Dent and Batman didn’t agree that Joker was responsible for the crime.
c) Kate Holmes is still searching for the hero’s romance in this new adventure of Batman.
d) Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Cain have never played any characters in Batman’s movies before.
42 – “deceased” , (line 6), is the same as
a) dead.
b) fired.
c) divorced.
d) murdered.
43 – “him”, underlined in the text, (line 7), is related to
a) the dark.
b) the crime.
c) the villain.
d) the public attorney.
Read the text and answer questions 44 and 45.
The Horse and the Donkey

One day, a man went on a journey, and took with him his horse
and his donkey. He put a very heavy load on the donkey’s back,
but nothing on the horse’s back. After a while, the poor donkey
the horse to help him. But the horse, who was very selfish, refused.
Further along the road, the donkey started to feel very tired, and
again the horse to take some of the load. And again the horse .
Finally, the donkey fell exhausted at the side of the road and died.
So the man took the whole of the heavy load and put it on the
horse’s back, together with the skin of the dead donkey, and they
continued on their journey.
44 – The correct words to fill in the blank are, respectively
a) ordered / said / told
b) spoke / asked / replied
c) asked / asked / refused
d) said / begged / answered
45 – What is the moral of this fable?
a) Helpful people are never alone.
b) Don’t be disobedient.
c) You get nothing from being selfish.
d) Lazy people usually get what they want.
Read the passage and answer questions 46, 47, 48 and 49.
1 Before the second World War, travel was difficult to

organize, expensive and sometimes dangerous.
Nowadays, people can easily organize their next trip
anywhere in the world through a travel agent. If you
5 shop around, many travel agents can offer you cheap
package tours to many popular destinations depending
on the season. Air travel is generally more expensive
towards the end of the year, during the Christmas and
holiday season. This is the peak period for travel, and
10 people often make travel reservations several months in
advance. If you want to avoid peak travel periods, make
your travel arrangements during the off-peak periods.
Off-peak periods are a good time to travel as it is
usually quieter and cheaper. Sometimes, you can get
15 air, sea or train tickets to see many popular tourist
attractions in the world for half price!
Many young people try to avoid the crowd when they
travel, and they often prefer to travel off the beaten
track. They often have shoestring budgets and travel by
20 hitch-hiking rather than public transport. They also like
to stay at youth hostels and meet other young travellers.
Older people and families often have a bigger budget.
They usually like to go on packaged tours and have all

of their travel arrangements organized by the tour
25 operator. Families prefer to book their holidays at a
resort, often near a lake or close to the beach, where
there are lots of activities for the children to enjoy.
GLOSSARY:
avoid: evitar
budget:
off the beaten track: lugar onde poucas vão
shoestring : com pouco dinheiro
youth hostel : albergue
46 – According to the passage,
a) young people prefer travelling by bus and so the older ones.
b) young people often ask for lifts because their spirit of adventure.
c) people don’t spend too much money on their trips if they make arrangements in advance.
d) off-peak periods are good time to take trips because they are less busy and not so expensive.
47 – “In advance”, (lines 10 and 11), means
a) on time.
b) any time.
c) just in time.
d) before a particular time
48 – The extract states that, unlike young people, older people
a) book their holidays during the off-peak.
b) don’t always have much money to spend.
c) enjoy going to places that are not well-known.
d) usually have their trips arranged by travel agents.
49 – “...usually...”, (line 23) , indicates that they like to do it
a) all the time.
b) now and then.
c) from time to time.
d) on most occasions
Read the cartoon and answer question 50.

50 – According to the cartoon,
a) the daughter was worried about her mother.
b) the mother didn’t know what her daughter wanted.
c) the mother wanted her daughter to be more respectful.
d) neither the girl nor the mother knew what they wanted.
GABARITO:
26-C 27-D 28-D 29-A 30-A 31-D 32-D 33-D 34-A 35-C 36-C 37-D 38-A 39-B 40-A 41-A 42-A
43-C 44-C 45-C 46-D 47-D 48-D 49-D 50-C
Observe this cartoon and answer question 26.
“I don’t have to go to school. My mom teachers me. ”
26 – The cartoonist made a mistake with the intention of saying
something funny. His mistake was in the use of a/an

a) noun.
b) preposition.
c) auxiliary verb.
d) object pronoun.
Read the poem and answer questions 27, 28 and 29.
Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.
I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.
GLOSSARY:
rustle - rastelar
27 – The best title for this poem is:
a) Light Balloons
b) The Noisy Rabbit
c) Collecting Leaves
d) Running Away From Noise
28 – In “ ... bags full of leaves are light as balloons”, the
underlined word gives the idea of
a) result.
b) purpose.
c) condition.
d) comparison.
29 – Choose the right alternative to fill in the blank. is used for eating.
a) Bag
b) Leaf
c) Spade
d) Spoon
The spread of English

1 The cross-cultural spread of English is
unprecedented in other ways. It is used
than any of the other colonial languages like French,
Portuguese or Spanish. It even has a use
5 than some of the languages associated with
international non-Western religious traditions, like
Arabic or Sanskrit. In countries like India and
Nigeria, English is used in local English-language
newspapers and broadcasting, in public
10 administration, in university education, in major
industries, the courts and the civil service. Indeed,
with nearly 200 languages, India needs English to
unify the country.
Professor Lal, a champion of Indian English, who
15 runs a well-known writers’ workshop, claims that in
simple numerical terms, in a country of 840 million,
Indians need to speak English to communicate with
each other You know what Malcolm Muggeridge
said: “The last Englishman left will be an Indian.”
30 – Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks, respectively
a) wider / wider
b) widelier / wider
c) more widely / wider
d) more widely / more widely
31 – The word “like”, underlined in the text, can be replaced by

any of the options except
a) such as
b) instead of
c) for instance
d) for example
32 – The text states that
a) the way English is being spread is completely absurd.
b) India has fewer English speakers than Great Britain.
c) In India and Nigeria, English is used at all levels of society.
d) the use of English is as common as other colonial languages.

33 – “Indeed”, (line 11), can be replaced by
a) however.
b) in reality.
c) questionably.
d) to a certain point.
34 – When Malcolm Muggeridge says that the last English man
left will be an Indian, (line 19), he meant that
a) Indians speak fluent English.
b) English is an international language.
c) Indians think that England is the best place to live.
d) there are more Indians speaking English and writing English than in England itself.
35 – Garfield wants to say in the cartoon that
a) he is always correct.
b) he sometimes makes mistakes.
c) he doesn’t know how to express his ideas.
d) most of the time he is misunderstood.
36- In “Mary, please, don’t sepak to Peter so angrily. You shouldn’t be so impatient with him. He’s just a child”,
the underlined word express
a) advice
b) Opinion
c) Necessity
d) obligation
ANULADA
Duo from Minas is a hit in Brazil

1 Victor is 33 years old and his brother Leo is 32.
They were born in (1) Minas Gerais and began
playing together in 1994, in Belo Horizonte.
Seven years later they went to São Paulo, where
5 they continued to play in bars and clubs. From
(2) 2002 to 2005 they released three CDs –
Victor composed most of the songs. Recently
they released their fourth CD, called
“Borboletas”.
10 Despite their success, they have not managed to
(3) please everyone. A lot of people have a kind
of prejudice against (4) sertaneja music and
think it is cheesy and bland whereas on the
Internet the musicians have been very
15 successful. On YouTube their videos have been
watched by (5) over (6) 20 million people.
Adapted from a text of Maganews
GLOSSARY:
to please = agradar
prejudice = preconceito
cheesy = meloso, brega
bland = sem criatividade, “sem sal”
whereas = enquanto que
despite = apesar de
37 – You can infer from the text that

a) their fourth CD pleased everybody.
b) Victor’s younger brother is a composer.
c) the duo’s latest CD was already released.
d) the brothers gave performances only in São Paulo.
38 – Which of the underlined words, in the text, are prepositions?
a) All of them.
b) Only numbers 1, 4, and 6.
c) Numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
d) Only numbers 1, 2, 5 and 6.
39 – In “later”, (line 4), the suffix – “er” has the same function as the one in
a) differ.
b) player.
c) follower.
d) healthier.

The Grasshopper and the Ants
A grasshopper spent the summer singing and dancingin the
sun. One day he saw an ant hurrying by. She looked
very tired and hot.
“Why are you working on such a lovely day?” asked
5 the grasshopper.
“I’m collecting food for the winter,” said the ant, and
went on her way. She joined all the other ants
carrying food to their store. The grasshopper sang
another song and carried on dancing.
10 When the winter (1) and there was snow on the
ground, the grasshopper had nothing to eat. He was
very hungry so, he went and asked the ants to give
him some food.
“We worked all summer to collect our food. What did
15 you do?” said one of the ants.
“I (2) ,” replied the grasshopper.
“Well, if you sing all summer and do no work,” said
the ant, “then you must starve in the winter.”
40 – Fill in the blanks with the suitable verb forms, respectively

a) is coming / sings
b) comes / is singing
c) was coming / sang
d) came / was singing
41 – “Nothing”, (line 11), means
a) little.
b) a little.
c) not a thing.
d) no such thing .
42 – Reading the fable, we can conclude that it is necessary to
a) have free time sometimes .
b) make arrangements for sad days.
c) help people who is always in trouble.
d) avoid unpleasant situations in the future by planning in advance.

Read this joke and answer question 43.
A strange pain...
A man goes to the doctor.
– “Doc”, he says pointing to different parts of his body, “when I
touch my arm it hurts. When I touch my neck it hurts. And when
I touch my stomach it hurts. Do I have some rare disease?”
– “No”, the doctor replied, “you have finger.”
43 – Choose the best word to fill in the blank in the joke.
a) a gentle
b) an index
c) a broken
d) a delicate
Read this paragraph and answer question 44.
Worms are cold-blooded creatures. If you accidentally cut an

earthworm in half while gardening, only half will die. They are
able to grow a new tail, but not a new head.
44 – According to the paragraph, worms can even survive
a) after an accidental event.
b) if they lose their tails.
c) in the garden with other earthworms.
d) in cold weather because they are cold-blooded animals.
Read the extract and answer questions 45, 46 and 47.
Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She is from India. “I’m afraid to

try new foods because they might contain beef.
I’m a Hindu, and my religion forbids me to eat meat from the
cow. That’s why I can’t eat hamburgers or spaghetti with
meatballs.”
45 – According to the extract, Chandra
a) prepares her own food.
b) can taste any kind of food.
c) can eat meatballs with hamburgers or spaghetti.
d) is not allowed to eat beef because of her religion.
46 – The modal verb, underlined in the extract, expresses
a) advice.
b) ability.
c) possibility.
d) permission.
47 – In “I’m afraid to try new foods...”, the underlined word expresses
a) fear.
b) sorry.
c) relief.
d) courage.

A CARIBEAN HOLIDAY
Club Med is offering two lucky readers a fabulous holiday on the
sensational island of St Lucia, with its marvellous white beaches,
verdant rainforests and hot volcanic springs.
A two-week break at the newly renovated resort of Sainte-Lucie
you refreshed and revitalised, whether you’re chilling
out by the pool, riding the waves on a windsurf board, or
exploring the glorious treasures of reefs at the foot of The Pitons,
the island’s unusual twin peaks.
How to participate
For your chance to win this fantastic prize, call 0901 601 4035
and answer the following question:
What are St Lucia’s twin mountains called?
GLOSSARY:
springs = nascentes
to chill out = relaxar completamente
reefs = corais
48 – Choose the correct verb form to fill in the blank.

a) has left
b) will leave
c) would have left
d) has been leaving
49 – The adjectives, underlined in the text, refer to
a) the luxury of the hotel.
b) the facilities of the club.
c) the beauty of the island.
d) the comforts of the resort.
a) the competition is only for Club Med members.
b) the readers have to write a letter to take part in the event.
c) all winners will spend two weeks surfing in the white beaches of St Lucia island.
d) a fabulous holiday will be offered as a prize to two readers on the island of St Lucia.
GABARITO:
26-A 27-C 28-D 29-D 30-C 31-B 32-C 33-B 34-D 35-A 36-ANULADA 37-C 38-C 39-D
40-D 41-C 42-D 43-C 44-B 45-D 46-C 47-A 48-B 49-C 50-D
Look at the charge and answer question 26.
26 – According to the charge, Fred interpreted the word “Compact” as
a) a verb.
b) a noun.
c) an adverb.
d) an adjective.
Read the paragraph and answer questions 27, 28 and 29.
1 There is a saying in English: “That looks good enough
to eat.” None of the saying’s applications is so true as
in the description of Japanese food. _Japan, the
preparation and arrangement of food are just as
5 important as the taste. In effect, the restaurant
customer gets art to eat.

27 – Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
a) On
b) At
c) In
d) From
28 – The paragraph reveals that Japanese people
a) just mind about flavors.
b) have a good taste for art.
c) enjoy both the taste and appearance of food.
d) believe that the smell of food is better than its arrangement.
29 – The underlined word, in the text, can be replaced by
a) nothing.
b) anything.
c) any of them.
d) not even one of.
1 Air travel is such an everyday experience these days

that we are not surprised when we read about a
politician having talks with the Japanese Prime
Minister one day, attending a conference in Australia
5 the following morning and having to be off at midday
to sign a trade agreement in Bangkok. But frequent
long-distance flying can be so tiring that the traveller
begins to feel his brain is in one country, his digestion
in another and his powers of concentration nowhere –
10 in short, he hardly knows where he is. The fatigue we
normally experience after a long journey is accentuated
when we fly from east to west or vice versa because
we cross time zones.
30 – We can infer from the text that the traveller normally experiences fatigue
a) after long-distance flights.
b) when he flies towards the west.
c) only when he crosses time zones.
d) when he feels his brain is nowhere.
31 – In “... attending a conference...”, (line 4), the underlined word is closest in meaning to
a) following.
b) assisting at.
c) being present at.
d) paying attention to.
32 – “hardly”, (line 10), can be replaced by
a) easily.
b) sharply.
c) not at all.
d) almost not.
SHARKS - SAFER THAN SODA

MACHINES!
1 Are you scared of sharks? A recent survey
found nearly 40 percent of people are scared
of sharks.
Some people blame movies like Jaws. In
5 reality, sharks are more scared of people. In
fact, sharks are safer than soda machines!
Researches say these machines kill more
people than sharks do. The soda machines fall
on people when they get angry and kick
10 machines to get a soda or money back.
33 – In “Researches say these machines kill more people than

sharks do.”, (lines 7 and 8), we can infer that
a) sharks are safe from people.
b) some sharks can kill people.
c) everybody thinks sharks are killer
d) soda machines cause people to die more than sharks do.
34 – “nearly”, (line 2), is closest in meaning to
a) away.
b) along.
c) almost.
d) among.
35 – “like”, (line 4), can be replaced by
a) as.
b) about.
c) enjoy.
d) for example.
36 – “do”, underlined in the extract, is being used
a) for emphasis.
b) as a modal verb.
c) to avoid repetition.
d) as a question word.
1 A long time ago, people _ a way to

create a nice smell. They put nice-smelling wood or
leaves into a fire. A nice smell _ through the
smoke. That is how we got the word perfume. In Latin
5 “per” means “through”, and “fumus” means “smoke”.
Scientists are finding that some smells make people feel
better. They help us to relax, to sleep, or to feel happier.
Scientists found that the smell of apples with spices can
make our blood pressure go down. In the future, we may
10 use perfume in a completely different way.
37 – The correct verbs to fill in the blanks are, respectively
a) find / comes
b) found / came
c) has found / came
d) had found / comes
38 – According to the text, all the alternatives are correct, except
a) Some smells make people feel better.

b) The word perfume has its origin in Latin.
c) The perfume came from unpleasant smoke.
d) In ancient times, people discovered a way to create a nice smell.
39 – “They”, in bold in the text, is related to
a) people.
b) scientists.
c) some smells.
d) wood and leaves.
Read the extract and answer questions 40, 41, 42 and 43.
What makes a good school?

1 What makes a good school? There are no stock
answers, but there are some universal truths. A good
school is a community of parents, teachers and
students. A good school, like a good class, is run by
5 someone with vision, passion and compassion. A good
school has teachers ,
no matter what their age or experience. A good school
prepares its students not just for college entrance tests
but also for the world out there.
40 – Choose the correct sentence to have the blank filled.
a) still enjoy the challenge.
b) who still enjoy the challenge.
c) whom still enjoy the challenge.
d) which still enjoy the challenge.
41 – All the alternatives are closest in meaning to the underlined word in the extract, except :
a) unusual
b) common
c) standard
d) customary
42 – “The teachers enjoy the challenge no matter what their age or experience” reveals that
a) only experienced teachers enjoy challenge.
b) teachers don’t care about their age or experience.
c) whatever teachers do they need some experience
d) the teachers like the challenge no matter how old they are or how long they have taught.
43 – Based on the extract, we can conclude that
a) good schools also prepare their students for life.
b) teachers in a good school are usually afraid of facing the challenge.
c) good schools choose their students according to their knowledge.
d) students must have some common beliefs to be part of a good school.
Read the text and answer questions 44, 45 46 and 47.
A Passion For English

1 Marit grew up in the Netherlands. She is bilingual
because her mother is German and her father is Dutch.
In high school, Marit studied English, but it was

difficult for her. She didn’t like her English classes.
5 They didn’t practice conversation. Marit wanted to
learn to speak English so she could learn about people
from different cultures.
Marit decided to study in an English-speaking
country. She went to school in London when she was
10 17 years old. Marit was self-disciplined. She made
new friends from other countries. They spoke English
together. Soon she became comfortable speaking
English. English sounded beautiful to her.
When she was 19 years old, Marit made a plan. She
15 decided to study at a college in the United States. At
first, the classes were very hard for her.
Marit graduaded 4 years later. She was very proud.
She was fluent in English! The college gave her a job
as an English teacher, and then she married her
20 American boyfriend a year later. Today, Marit tells her
English students, “Hard work and passion pay off! ”
44 – According to the first paragraph,

a) Marit wanted to learn a third language.
b) Marit’s parents have the same nationality.
c) Marit learned how to speak a good English in high school.
d) Marit had to learn English because it was her mother’s language.
45 –When the author says that Marit was self-disciplined,

(Line 10), we can infer that she
a) studied English hard without anyone else forcing her to do it.
b) protected herself against her friends who were attacking her.
c) behaved confidently because she felt sure of her abilities or value.
d) learned English without being taught by a teacher at high school.
46 – When Marit said that she was very proud, (line 17), we can conclude that she
a) was satisfied with her friends.
b) didn’t need anyone to help her.
c) had a good relationship with her teachers.
d) was very pleased about what she had done.
47 – When Marit says that “hard work and passion pay off! ”, (line 21), she means that
a) English is very difficult to learn.
b) studying in a foreign country cost her a lot of money.
c) learning English was a great achievement and worth all her effort and dedication.
d) her American boyfriend helped her during the language learning process.

1 Dolphins have become a popular attraction at zoos in

recent years. They are more interesting than lions and
tigers because they are livelier and perform tricks, like
circus animals. But although they are more willing to
5 cooperate with the trainer than other mammals in
captivity, they get bored if they are asked to do the
same trick twice. This is one reason for believing that
they are very intelligent.
GLOSSARY:
captivity = cativeiro
48 – According to the extract, we conclude that dolphins

a) are the most popular attraction at zoos.
b) can play tricks better than circus animals.
c) get bored when they have to repeat the same trick.
d) are very intelligent because they perform tricks with the trainer.
49 – In “They are more interesting than lions and tigers ...”, (lines 2 and 3), it means that
a) dolphins, lions and tigers are equal in some way.
b) tigers and lions are less interesting than dolphins.
c) there are no circus animals so interesting as dolphins.
d) dolphins compared with lions and tigers are less interesting.
50 – The opposite of “willing”, (line 4), is

a) alive.
b) active.
c) lively.
d) reluctant.
GABARITO:
26-B 27-C 28-C 29-D 30-A 31-C 32-D 33-D 34-C 35-D 36-C 37-B 38-C 39-C 40-B 41-A
42-D 43-A 44-A 45-A 46-D 47-C 48-C 49-B 50-D
Read the text and answer questions 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling?
1 Everyone wants to be Irish on March 17th, the party
of the patron saint of Ireland.
But nowhere is this more fun than in Dublin, where
anyone can put on a green hat and participate in
5 Ireland’s biggest annual celebration.
A four-day event, the St. Patrick’s Festival attracts
over 1.3 million people from around the world. Free
events, including street theater and fireworks, are
programmed around the city and are all accessible by
10 foot.

a) St. Patrick’s day is just celebrated in Ireland.
b) Irish people don’t like to celebrate St. Patrick’s day.
c) just Irish people are able to celebrate the party of the patron of Ireland.
d) there’s no place where the celebration is more exciting than in the capital of Ireland.
27 – Irish people celebrate Saint Patrick’s day

a) just once every two years.
b) every year on May 17th.
c) once a year in March.
d) monthly.
28 – People around the world are attracted by the Saint Patrick’s

Festival, where they can enjoy themselves
a) for a week.
b) for four weeks.
c) over the weekend.
d) for four days.
29 – At St. Patrick’s party, people

a) need transportation.
b) enjoy indoor theater.
c) have free entertainment.
d) see firefighters on the street.
30 – Choose the best alternative to fill in the blanks.

People in that traditional celebration, usually wear a piece of clothing in .
a) red
b) black
c) green
d) yellow
31 – The underlined verbs, in the text, are in the

a) simple past.
b) past perfect.
c) simple present.
d) present perfect.
1 Sometimes we procrastinate doing something because we
think that we will do a bad choice. If you feel nervous
about a task, stop and think positive thoughts. Think about
what you are good at. Think about times in the past when
5 you have done something good. Positive thoughts make
work easier.
(Adapted from Access Reading 2)
GLOSSARY
procrastinate – adiar
choice – escolha
task – tarefa
32 – We can infer from the text that we sometimes procrastinate because we feel we are .
a) angry
b) nervous
c) anxious
d) insecure
33 – In “Positive thoughts make work easier.”, the underlined word, gives the idea of
a) advice.
b) result.
c) comparison.
d) conclusion.
34 – The verb tense in “have done”, (line 5), is in the

a) past perfect.
b) passive voice.
c) past participle.
d) present perfect.
35 – The verbs “stop and think”, (line 3), are being used in the
a) future.
b) imperative.
c) simple past.
d) simple present.
36 – “thoughts”, (line 5), is

a) a verb.
b) a noun.
c) an adverb.
d) an adjective.

Let the music play!
1 Many states the U.S. are taking the Mozart Effect
seriously. It is the theory that classical music’s complex
melodies help stimulate brain activity in the first three
years a child’s life, when 90 percent of brain
5 development occurs.
(Adapted from Speak Up # 149)
37 – Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blanks, respectively

a) at/ of
b) in / at
c) at / to
d) in / of
38 – “occurs”, (line 5), is closest in meaning to

a) exist.
b) happen.
c) realize.
d) notice.
39 – Based on the text, we can conclude the Mozart Effect helps

a) 90 percent of the children develop their brains.
b) stimulate young children’s brains.
c) children to learn classical music.
d) develop children’s speaking.
1 Are you hardworking, anxious, introverted and
conscientious? If so, you’re probably a victim of workplace
bullying. Researchers at Hull University have suggested a
personality test to recognize people at risk of being bullied.
5 The study that companies give potential victims
adequate training and social support at work so that they can
be prevented from feeling ignored and humiliated.
GLOSSARY
bullying – gozações, perseguições, isolamento no trabalho.
at risk – que corre o risco.
40 – The correct verb form to fill in the blank is

a) recommend.
b) recommends.
c) recommended.
d) would recommend.
41 – Based on the text, we can conclude that

a) only anxious people can be bullied.
b) hardworking people are introverted.

c) the personality test at work will humiliate potential victims.
d) companies can help potential victims in the prevention ofbullying.
42 – The words, underlined in the text, are

a) nouns.
b) adverbs.
c) adjectives.
d) conjunctions.
43 – In “researchers”, (line 3), the suffix – “er ” has the same function as the one in
a) nicer.
b) harder.
c) worker.
d) transfer.
44 – Someone who is conscientious is about his work.

a) careless.
b) annoyed.
c) frightened.
d) very careful.
A place of superlatives
1 Antarctica is a place of superlatives: it is the coldest,
windiest, driest, highest and most remote continent on
earth. The continent’s large mass of snow and ice
contains around 85 percent of all freshwater in the world.
5 The first tourists to reach it arrived in 1957.
Nowadays, the variety of Antarctica travel itineraries,
activities and prices is wider than ever before.
(Adapted from Speak up # 149)
GLOSSARY
freshwater – água doce
to reach – chegar
travel itineraries – roteiros de viagem
wide – amplo
45 - According to the text, all the alternatives are correct, except

a) the tourism in Antarctica is significant.
b) prices, travel itineraries and activities are going up.
c) Antarctica contains all the freshwater in the world.
d) the first tourists arrived in Antarctica 53 years ago.
46 – The adjective “remote”, (line 2), is closest in meaning to

a) dry.
b) near.
c) close.
d) far away.
47 – Choose the best alternative to answer the question below: What is Antarctica like?
a) It is a cold, windy and dry continent.
b) Its tourism is wider than ever before.
c) Its exploration started in 1957.
d) It is far from other continents.
48 - “It”, (line 5), underlined in the text, refers to

a) Antarctica.
b) freshwater.
c) place.
d) 1957.
49 - In “I’m just taking inventory”, Francis wants to say that he is

a) making a list of all objects.
b) trying to sell the products.
c) organizing the closets.
d) cleaning the room.
50 - In “Francis, this place is an impossible mess! ”, it means that the place is

a) disorganized.
b) Clean
c) Clear
d) dry
GABARITO:
26-D 27-C 28-D 29-C 30-C 31-C 32-D 33-C 34-D 35-B 36-B 37-D 38-B 39-B 40-B 41-D 42-C
43-C 44-D 45-C 46-D 47-A 48-A 49-A 50-A
Read the text and answer the questions 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.
Dream Therapy
Did you know you’ll have about 197,100 dreams by the time you’re 60?
Our dream experts reveal how to use your night visions as daytime therapy.
♦ Train your memory
Dreams do have something to tell you. Keep a dream diary for
two weeks to help analyse your state of mind. “Record whether
you feel frightened, sad, angry or happy and note any images,
pictures or phrases you remember,” advises dream specialist
Professor Petruska Clarkson. This will help you work out which
issues you need to deal with, and in which order.
♦ Face your fears
If you’re having recurring dreams, ask yourself whether there is
any issue you need to face. “I encourage patients to face their
pursuer or fear head on in the dream. Once they do this, the
dreams stop and they feel more at ease they’re awake,”
says psychologist and sleep expert Cliff Arnall.
♦ Have an open mind
“Don’t take dreams literally – for example, dreaming of
pregnancy doesn’t mean you’re expecting a baby in real life. It
may indicate you are ready to create something new in your work
or relationship”, explains Clarkson.
♦ Take positive action
Anxiety dreams, relating to a forthcoming stressful event, are
very common. “If you feel that worries or concerns are being
played out in advance, learn to use your dreams as motivators,”
says Arnall. “Write a list of problems or obstacles that were
brought to the surface – there may be things you previously
didn’t consider – and take positive steps to solve them.”
31 – The correct word to fill in the blank is

a) when.
b) where.
c) which.
d) wherever

a) we can predict from our dreams what is likely to happen to our lives.
b) dreaming about being pregnant may be interpreted as a new period of creativity.
c) the dream experts believe that is not advisable to use our dreams as daytime therapy.
d) the dream therapy can increase anxiety because people staR thinking about their fears and worries
33- “recurring dreams” means that the dreams

a) probably occur.
b) seldom come true.
c) sometimes appear.
d) happen several times.
34 – In “Dreams do have something to tell you.”, the underlined verb is being used
a) for emphasis.
b) as a main verb.
c) for questioning.
d) instead of make.
35 – Choose the indirect speech for “Don’t take dreams literally”

Clarkson told us _.
a) that we should avoid taking dreams literally.
b) that we wouldn’t take dreams literally.
c) that we couldn’t take dreams literally.
d) not to take dreams literally.
36 – “any”, underlined in the text, means

a) every.
b) one at a time.
c) it doesn’t matter which.
d) not one and not the other.
Tongue Studs Cause Infections

1 The British Dental Association has reported that the
tongue studs used in tongue piercing cause infections,
orthodontic problems and speech impediments.
, studs are at risk of being swallowed or
5 inhaled if they become loose, not to mention causing

tongues to become swollen, which then interferes with
breathing in some cases. The Association also warned
that non-sterilized equipment could lead to HIV and
hepatitis.
GLOSSARY:
studs: pinos
37 – Choose the best alternative to have the text completed correctly.

a) in addition
b) in advance
c) on purpose
d) in response
38- Based on the text, all the alternatives are correct, except
The British Dental Association _
a) has warned tongue piercing users not to wear tongue studs.
b) has reported that the tongue studs can cause infections.
c) tells us that loose studs are at risk of being swallowed.
d) has advised tongue stud users to manipulate the equipment properly.
39- A similar meaning to “could”, (line 8), is

a) may.
b) must.
c) have to.
d) ought to.
1 An Englishman living near Sheffield recently had a
most unlucky day’s fishing. He was standing on a
low bridge when he had the misfortune to knock his
tin of bait into the river. Leaning over the side of the
5 bridge, he tried to hook the tin and pull it out of the
river. As he did so, his car keys fell out of his pocket
and disappeared in the water.
Feeling thoroughly annoyed with himself and his
luck, the fisherman lent over the bridge to try to see
10 where his keys had gone. As he did so, the bridge
collapsed and he fell into the river. This was the last
straw. The fisherman crawled out of the river and
went back to his car. There he discovered that he
had locked the doors and could not get in. His anti-
15 thief lock had immobilized his car. There was
nothing left for him to do but walk sadly home.
40– Reading the text throughout, we can come to the conclusion that the man
a) shouldn’t have stood on a low bridge.

b) could have tried to hook the tin of bait again.
c) shouldn’t have gotten out of his bed that day.
d) ought to have kept his car keys in a safe place
41- “ thoroughly”, (line 8), is closest in meaning to

a) badly.
b) slightly.
c) completely.
d) accordingly.
42 – According to the text, the last straw is
a) the fall of the bridge.

b) walking sadly home.
c) the loss of the car keys.
d) the loss of the tin of bait.
43 – Fill in the blank with the suitable option.

a) is.
b) were.
c) will be.
d) must be.
Read the text and answer questions 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49.
Choosing the Right Words
1 The most crucial factor in flirting is body language.
What you actually say counts only 7% in your success
or failure. But your love boat will never float if you
don’t first break the ice with an incisive chat-up line.
5 Guides to dating and internet sites provide countless
conversation-openers for introducing yourself to
attractive strangers.
Unfortunately, most are terrible.
Success with a line like, “That dress looks good on
10 you, but it would look better on my bedroom floor”,
takes devastating good looks, expensive designer
clothes or fame. The best that most men can expect
from this is a slap on the cheek.
To identify the best ice-breakers, a British company
15 surveyed a thousand young adults. The
successful lines include “You don’t know me but I
dreamt about you last night”, “Did it hurt when you
fell from heaven?” and “Do you believe in love at
first sight or shall I walk past you again?”.
20 But the line guaranteed to bring the best results of all,
at least with British women, is “Can I buy you a
drink?”. The makers of the survey concluded that the
best way to find love is to be simple and direct. But if
you are ready to face humiliating public rejection here
25 are some of the more ambitious approaches, “ I’ve lost
my phone number, can I have yours?” ; “When they
made the alphabet they should have put U and I
together.”; “Was your father a thief, because he stole
the stars and put them in your eyes?”; “There must be
30 something wrong with my eyes, I can’t take them off
you”; “Hi, I need your help! My mom says that if I
don’t get a date by tomorrow, she’s putting me up for
adoption.”
GLOSSARY:
chat-up line: frase para iniciar uma conversa.
conversation-openers: cantadas
44 – Fill in the blank with the suitable option:

a) less
b) most
c) more
d) worse
45 – According to the author, when the issue is “flirting”,

a) words are better than actions.
b) people’s gestures count only 7%.
c) people always know what to say.
d) the most important aspect is body language.
46 – In “There must be something wrong with my eyes. I can’t

take them off you”, (lines 29 and 30), the underlined sentence means
I cannot help .
a) loving you
b) staring at you
c) thinking of you
d) dreaming about you
47- In “Do you believe in love at first sight ...” the underlined expression means you
a) are very much in love.
b) fall in love for the first time.
c) begin to be in love with someone.
d) love someone in a romantic way the first time you see them.
48- Based on the text, we can conclude that the best way to find love is to
a) add spice to the conversation-openers.

b) use the Internet to arrange romantic meetings.
c) be natural and say exactly what you mean in an honest clear way.
d) make a list of all conversation-openers for introducing yourself.
49- “countless”, (line 5), can’t be replaced by

a) limited.
b) uncounted.
c) numberless.
d) innumerable.

The sun, the beach and the coconut water – the three ingredients
that guarantee a perfect summer for millions and millions of
Brazilians. Nothing beats drinking cold coconut water to quench
your thirsty. It is such a healthy drink that it should not be left
only for summer, but should be drunk year round. Coconut water
contains a high level of vitamin C and is rich in minerals.
Nutritionists say it is very beneficial to human health. It is good
for the skin, and digestion, and is also a kind of natural
tranquilizer. During the Second World War coconut water was
used as saline solution to treat soldiers injured in combat.
GLOSSARY:
nothing beats = nada melhor (expressão idiomática)
saline solution = soro fisiológico
50 – The words, underlined in the text, can be, respectively, replaced by

a) to cure / spoiled
b) to care for / insane
c) to take care of / upset

d) to apply medical care to / wounded
51 – According to the text, coconut water has shown to be

a) the substance that can cure skin diseases.
b) the syrup that relaxes everybody who tastes it.
c) an irresistible drink because of its sweet flavor.
d) a beverage that can benefit the health of those drinking it.

A good many parents still don’t know how to introduce their
children to the world of money in a healthy way. According to
psychologists, it should start early, more precisely between the
ages of three and four, emphasizing the process of
autonomy, putting them in contact with social and ethical
responsibility. This process, if well guided, leads to the necessary
balance when planning to earn or simply use money. Something
that , and greatly, in the world of globalized competition.
There are people who are literally “sick” in their eager to spend.
The fact is that the effect of buying with no moderation, for
someone who is sick, has a similar effect to that taking a
happiness drug. And since there is no medicine for this, you can
opt for (once the disease is diagnosed) a psychological treatment
or group treatment. Believe it or not: an association for this, the
Anonymous Debtors, in Brazil in 1977.
52 – The correct verb tenses to fill in the blanks are, respectively

a) conquering / lacks / was created
b) conquering / are lacking / created
c) conquered / has lacked / had created
d) conquer / is lacking / has been created
53 – The text provides

a) some advice about bringing up children.
b) some information about unmeasured consumption.
c) an explanation about children’s excessive spending.
d) some help for people’s group that purchase without control.
Read the joke and answer question 54.

A: Why do you only take your wife to nightclubs?
B: By the time she gets ready, no other place is open.
54 – According to the joke, we can conclude that

a) whenever he picks her up she’s ready to get away.
b) she isn’t able to have a get-together at nightclubs.

c) she spends most of her time trying to get in shape.
d) it takes her too much time dolling herself up before going out.
Read the text and answer question 55.

Cigarettes are more addictive for women than for men. This is
the conclusion arrived at by research carried out amongst 6,000
people in São Paulo. The study was coordinated by psychiatrist
Célia Lídia da Costa. “Most men only smoke for pleasure. On
the other hand, depression affects many more women than men.
Many women smoke cigarettes to forget the negative symptoms
of depression and anxiety. This means women are
psychologically more dependent on cigarettes than men are”,
Costa says in an interview published by Folha Online.
According to her, when men and women look for medical help
to quit smoking, men take an average of three months to quit,
while women take a year.
55 – According to the survey on women’s addiction to cigarettes, we can conclude that
a) it is tougher for women to stop smoking than for men.

b) women manage to quit their habit in less time than men.
c) most women need a psychiatrist’s help in order to succeed in being cured.
d) women are unable to overcome their dependence because it’s pleasant.
Mind reading “a step closer to reality.”
BBC, 13 March 2009
Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging at University
College London told reporters: Mind reading comes a
step closer as scientists map people’s brain.
The hippocampus is widely known to be integral to
memory, but researchers say they now see how images
are stored and recalled in the part of the brain. Neurons
in the hippocampus, also known as “place cells”,
activate when we move around to tell us where we are.
Using a computer keypad, four young male volunteers
navigated virtual reality rooms, choosing to “stand” in
one of four locations marked by a rug. The British
scientists were able to tell where an individual had been
“standing” inside a virtual reality room from records of
the volunteers’ brain activity. Their heads had been
placed in a functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI) scanner, allowing their brain activity to be
monitored. This piece of equipment highlights brain
regions as they become active. Focusing on the
hippocampus, the small area of the brain vital to
navigation, memory recall and imagining future events,
the scientists measured blood flow related to neural

activity.
“We asked we could see any interesting
patterns in the neural activity that could tell us what
participants were thinking, in this case where
they were.”, said Professor Eleanor Maguire.
Are people lying?
Surprisingly, just by looking at the brain data the
scientists could predict exactly where the volunteers
were in the virtual reality environment.
“By looking at activity over tens of thousands of
neurons, we can see that there must be a functional
structure – a pattern – to how these memories are
encoded.”, said Professor Maguire.
But the researchers stressed that the prospect of
genuinely reading someone’s most intimate thoughts- or
working out if they were lying- was still a long way off.
It is brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s which could
stand to benefit from such research.”
Understanding how we learn and store memories could
aid our understanding of conditions in which memory is
compromised and potentially help patients in the
rehabilitation process,” said Professor Maguire.
56 – Fill in the blanks with the suitable option:

a) if / and
b) whether / or
c) whether / and
d) or / whether
57 - Based on the text, all statements are correct except

a) Mind reading comes-to a step closer as scientists operate on people’s brain.
b) The scientists used a brain scanner to decipher memories in the brain of four volunteers.
c) Scientists said they have understood someone’s thoughts by looking at what their brain was doing.
d) The breakthrough in reading mind will help research into memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
58 – Based on the text, we can infer that

a) the four volunteers were all men of middle age.
b) the researchers found the cure for memory disorders.
c) the research revealed a lack of interest in learning and storing memories.
d) British experts can track a person’s movements around a
computer-simulated room by watching the way their brain lights up.
59 – “...a long way off. ”, (line 37), means

a) at one time.
b) far away in time.

c) for a limited time.
d) for a short period of time.
60 - “... marked by a rug. ”, underlined in the text, is doing the same work as a/an
a) noun.
b) adverb.
c) adjective.
d) relative pronoun.
GABARITO:
31-A 32-B 33-D 34-A 35-D 36-C 37-A 38-A 39-A 40-C 41-C 42-A 43-B 44-B 45-D 46-B 47-D
48-C 49-A 50-A 51-D 52-A 53-B 54-A 55-A 56-B 57-A 58-D 59-B 60-C
PROVAS ANTERIORES
2011

Air traffic controller: orchestrating aerial and
ground movements
An airfield in a war zone is like an orchestra of aerial and
ground activity. That’s the case at Sather Air Base,
Iraq, located next to Baghdad International Airport.
It’s one of Iraq’s busiest airfields. An average of 320
5 transient aircraft and 6,200 passengers through
the base each week. Needless to say, there’s a lot of
activity. Airmen work on aircraft, loading them with
munitions or filling their fuel tanks. Of course, there’s
always the threat of terrorist attacks. The potential for
10 accidents is high. Conducting the symphony, are air
traffic controllers like Sgt. Carter. One wrong direction
could result in people dying or the loss of millions of
dollars worth of equipment. “It’s a complex job,” he
said. “We must make sure aircraft make it to the field
15 so the mission can be performed.” “To do the job well
requires great communication skills”, he said.
“Initially, I was challenged by the language barrier,”
he said. “But I soon learned to be more patient. And I
was able to figure out what was being said, so we
20 could complete our mission.”
One major difference for controllers in a war zone is
that they have to deal with things they don’t normally
deal with at their home bases. At Sather, the challenge
was the helicopter traffic, Carter said. “Helicopters
25 were swarming everywhere in that country,” he said.
Soon after arriving at the base, the sergeant had to
educate himself about how to control helicopters.
Carter admits feeling nervous when he first found out
he was deploying to Iraq because of the media
attention on terrorist attacks. But, to his surprise, his
tour has been relatively calm. Carter said his Sather
tour has been extremely rewarding, despite his earlier
misgivings.
(Adapted
from Air
Force News
Agency
31 – The correct verb form to fill in the blank is

a) pass.
b) passes.
c) passed.
d) will pass.

a) terrorist attacks aren’t likely to happen on Sather Air Base.
b) air traffic controllers in a war zone just deal with civilian air traffic.
c) an air traffic controller controls not only the skies but also the ground.
d) when Sergeant Carter was deployed to Iraq, he was used to the helicopter traffic
33 – All the alternatives show comparative or superlative

adjectives except in
a) busiest (line 4).
b) earlier (line 32).
c) barrier (line 17).
d) more patient (line 18).
34 – “Needless to say,”,(line 6), is used when you are telling someone

a) that you did not want something to happen.
b) something that they probably know or expect.
c) about something new that has never happened before.
d) that something is unnecessary and could have been avoided.
35 – The -ing form in “Helicopters were swarming …”, (lines

24 and 25), is being used in the same way as in
a) Carter admits feeling nervous […]
b) Soon after arriving at the base, […]
c) […] when he first found out he was deploying to Iraq […]
d) Carter said his Sather tour has been extremely rewarding, […]
36 – The indirect speech for “I was challenged by the language

barrier, he said.” is
a) He said he is being challenged by the language barrier.
b) He said that he had been challenged by the language barrier.
c) He told us that he has been challenged by the language barrier.
d) He asked us if he was being challenged by the language barrier.
Night flight
1 "This is your captain, John Cook, speaking. We’ve
reached our cruising altitude and I’ve just turned off
the Fasten seat belt sign. Our estimated time of arrival
in New York is 1:00 a.m., so we’ve got a long flight
5 ahead of us. I hope you enjoy it. Our flight attendants
will be serving dinner shortly. Thank you.”
It was Christmas Eve 1959. A lot of the passengers
were travelling home to spend the holidays with their
families. It was a quiet flight. The flight attendant had
10 just finished picking up the trays when the first

buzzers sounded. One of the flight attendants went
down the aisle to check. She looked surprised; two
people have gotten sick. Twenty minutes later nearly
half the passengers were violently sick. Several were
15 moaning and groaning, some were doubled up in pain,
and two were unconscious. Fortunately, there was a
doctor on board, and he was helping the flight
attendants. He said, “I’d better speak to the pilot. This
is severe case of food poisoning. We’d better land as
20 soon as possible. I had the beef for dinner, and I’m
fine. The passengers who chose the fish are sick.”
The flight attendant led him to the cockpit. The captain
and the copilot were lying unconscious, and the
engineer was trying to revive them. The plane was on
25 the automatic pilot. A passenger who had been a pilot
sat down at the controls and the engineer connected
him to Air Traffic Control. An hour later, the lights of
New York appeared on the horizon. He could see the
lights of runway shining brightly by a lake.
(Adapted from Streamline unit 19– intermediate)
GLOSSARY
buzzer – buzina, alarme
to moan – reclamar, lamentar
to groan – gemer
to double up – dobrar -se, curvar-se
37 – “…as soon as possible.” (lines 19 and 20), means that the

pilot should land
a) as quickly as he can.
b) with some delay.
c) in advance.
d) on time.

a) all passengers were poisoned by food.
b) the engineer was in charge of the whole flight.
c) the doctor found out the cause of the sickness.
d) the captain and the copilot had beef for dinner.
39 – In “...He could see the lights of runway brightly by a

lake.”, (lines 28 and 29), the underlined word is
a) a conjunction.
b) a preposition.
c) an adjective.
d) a pronoun.
40 – There are two actions in “the flight attendant had just

finished picking up the trays when the first buzzers sound.”
(lines 9, 10 and 11). It means that
a) the flight attendant picked up the trays at the same time the
first buzzers sounded.

b) the first buzzers sounded before the flight attendant had
picked up the trays.
c) the first buzzers sounded after the flight attendant had
picked up the trays.
d) the flight attendant picked up the trays after the first buzzers sounded.
41 – According to the text, we can infer that the flight was

a) a nightmare.
b) a relief.
c) terrific.
d) safe.
42 – “Fortunately”, (line 16), is closest in meaning to

a) fatally.
b) luckly.
c) promptly.
d) immediately.
Women in Control
1 A survey that British men are happy to let
their wives make all the decisions in the home and
often ask them to control the domestic finances.
Women also take the lead in disciplining children, with
5 only ten percent of men now involving themselves in
what used to be seen as a male preserve.
Women also dictate where to go on holiday and what
friends to see. But when it comes to television and
cars, men still want to rule the roost. Nearly a third of
10 the men in this recent survey confessed to deciding
what TV programs were watched, regardless of what
their partners might want to see, and only 12 per cent
of women had a say in buying a new family car.
( Speak up # 137)
GLOSSARY
to rule the roost – ditar as regras
43 – Choose the correct verb form to fill in the blank.

a) will find
b) has found
c) could have found
d) would have found

a) men do not respect their wives decisions.
b) only women take the lead to everything in the house.
c) there is a role confusion between husbands and wives.
d) men prefer when their wives control the domestic budget.
45 – “...wives...” (line 2), have the same plural form as, except
a) life
b) shelf
c) thief
d) belief
46 – “their and themselves”, underlined in the text, are respectively

a) relative pronoun / objective pronoun
b) possessive pronoun / reflexive pronoun
c) reflexive pronoun / possessive adjective
d) possessive adjective / reflexive pronoun
47 – Based on the text, all the statements below are correct, except
a) women also decide where to go on holiday.
b) British men agree that their wives make the decisions in the home.
c) a small percentage of women help their husbands choose a new family car.
d) only ten percent of women involve themselves in disciplining children.
48 – “regardless”, (line 11), is similar in meaning to

a) despite
b) besides
c) without
d) throughout

The heaviest rains in decades caused floods and
landslides in Rio de Janeiro
1 Mudslides swept away shacks in Rio’s hillside slums,
turning the city’s main lake and the sea brown during
the round-the-clock heavy rains.
Morning flights in and out of the city of six million
5 people – which will host the 2014 soccer World Cupand
the 2016 Olympics – were canceled or seriously
delayed.
Most victims died in more than 180 mudslides,
authorities said. A spokesman for Rio’s fire service
10 said at least 40 injured people were taken to hospitals
as the search went on for others reported missing.
“The situation is critical. Roads are flooded and
blocked,” Mayor Eduardo Paes said. “We recommend
people stay at home.”
49 – “which”, underlined in the text, refers to

a) city.
b) people.
c) flights.
d) World Cup
50 – A similar meaning to “as”, (line 11), is

a) like.
b) while.
c) though.
d) because.
51 – Another way to express the same idea as “ …the search

went on for others reported missing.” can be:
a) Missing people were still being searched.
b) The search for survivors was abandoned.
c) There was na chance of people being found alive.
d) Police are investigating the disappearance of people.

The stunning legacy left by Zilda Arns the founderand
coordinator of Pastoral da Criança
1 In 1983, with the backing of CNBB, Zilda founded
Pastoral da Criança. She had developed an efficient
method to help the poorest families. The work
involved, among other things, feeding children under
5 six, hygiene, preventive healthcare, and complete help
for poor pregnant women. On January 12th she was in a
church in Port-au-Prince, talking to a group of local
religious leaders. She intended to introduce that
methodology to Haiti. , an earthquake
10 completely destroyed the church and Brazil lost one of
the greatest women in its history. The aim of her work
was to reduce malnutrition and Brazil’s infant
mortality.The efficient methodology used by Pastoral
da Criança has saved thousands of lives over the last
15 three decades and has been exported to 20 countries.
(Adapted from Maganews # 47)
GLOSSARY
stunning – impressionante
legacy – legado

a) Unless
b) Besides
c) However
d) Therefore
53 – The correct passive voice for “She had developed an

efficient method…” is: An efficient method

a) has developed
b) had been developed
c) has been developing
d) was being developed
54 – Which of these ideas can be inferred from the text?

a) Newborn children have been supported by CNBB and thePastoral da Criança.
b) The poorest countries imported the methodology developed by Zilda Arns.
c) The poor nutrition and death rates increased after Zilda Arns had died.
d) Zilda was concerned not only with expectant poor mothers but also with
the development of their children.

Service Animals
A Therapy Dog is a kind of service animal – an animal
that helps people. The most common service animal is
a seeing eye dog. A seeing eye dog helps blind people.
However, dogs help people in many other ways.
Hearing ear dogs help people with hearing problems.
These dogs listen for specific noises, such as a fire
alarm. When the dog hears the sound, the dog touches
the owner. However, if it’s an emergency, the dog may
pull the owner out of danger. Usually small dogs are
hearing ear dogs because they are easy to care for.
Wheelchair assistance dogs are much larger because
the dog’s main job is pulling the wheelchair. These
dogs also open doors and get items for their owners,
such as magazines.
(Adapted from Access Reading – Thompson)
55 – According to the text, a seeing eye dog is, except

a) a blind dog.
b) a kind of service animal.
c) an animal that helps people with eye damage.
d) a dog that provides assistance to people who are unable to see.
56 – According to the text, hearing ear dogs don’t

a) pull the wheelchair.
b) listen for specific noises.
c) help people with hearing problems.
d) pull the owner out of danger when it’s an emergency.

1 Because so many English words sound similar,
misunderstandings among English-speaking people
arecommon. Every day people speaking English ask

one another questions like these: “Did you say
seventy or seventeen?” “Did you say that you can
come or thatyou can’t?” Similar-sounding words
can also be confusing for people who speak English
as a second language.
English is not the only language with similar-sounding
10 words. Other languages, too, have words that can
cause misunderstandings, especially for foreigners.
When similar-sounding words cause a
misunderstanding, probably the best thing to do is just
laugh and learn from the mistake.
(Adapted from Even More true stories – Longman)
57 – According to the text, similar-sounding words

a) can be misunderstood only in English.
b) can confuse non-native speakers of English.
c) don’t cause misunderstandings among foreigners.
d) aren’t difficult for English-speaking people to understand.
58 – The words, underlined in the text, are similar in meaning to

a) others.
b) everyone.
c) each other.
d) both of them.
Read the text and answer question 59 and 60.

The Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is widely recognized as the
most famous painting of all time. She has aroused admiration,
curiosity and suspicion for over 500 years. She can provoke a
reaction known as the Mona Lisa Syndrome: the viewer is
enchanted by her legendary smile, which becomes
increasingly enigmatic the more you look at it.
As it will never be sold, the Mona Lisa is priceless, although
for insurance reasons it is believed to be valued at anything up
to $ 1 billion.
(Adapted from Move – Intermediate)
GLOSSARY
To arouse – despertar
To enchant – encantar
Legendary – fabuloso, lendário
Insurance – apólice de seguro
59 – According to the text, the Mona Lisa

a) has no price.
b) was painted 500 years ago.

c) becomes enigmatic because of her eyes.
d) causes an illness called the Mona Lisa Syndrome.
60 – The underlined part, in the text, means that the Mona Lisa
is the most famous painting that
a) never existed.
b) has ever existed.
c) will exist forever.
d) existed a long time ago.
GABARITO:
31-A 32-C 33-C 34-B 35-C 36-B 37-A 38-C 39-B 40-C 41-A 42-B 44-D 45-D 46-D 47-D 48-A
49-A 50-B 51-A 52-C 53-B 54-D 55-A 56-A 57-B 58-C 59-A 60-B
PROVAS ANTERIORES
2013
Read the excerpt and answer questions 26 and 27.

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, none of us can promise
our children a safe world, but we can all learn lessons from that
horrendous event: 1) that families and relationships are more
crucial than ever before, and 2) that demonstrating resilience and

strong values for our children may be the most important roles
we can play as parents and grandparents.
(Adapted from Family Circle Magazine, 2002)
GLOSSARY
resilience – capacidade de voltar a ser forte, feliz, ou bemsucedido novamente, após uma situação ou evento
difícil.
26- In “...strong values for our children may be the most...”,

the underlined word is closest in meaning to
a) must.
b) might.
c) have to.
d) ought to.
27 - All information below is provided by the excerpt, except:

a) September 11 has made strong family ties more important.
b) The lessons learnt after the September 11 attacks could not
have been taught any other way.
c) One of the most important roles a parent or grandparent can
play is to teach children how to be tough.
d) Horrifying as they were, the attacks occurred on Sept 11
have taught the world valuable things.
Read the excerpt and answer questions 28, 29 and 30.

Many people think that dialects are corrupt versions of the
standard language, and that dialect forms are mistakes, made
by ignorant people who have not learnt correct grammar.
In fact, this is not at all true: dialects have their own
systematic – but different – grammars.
Dialect forms are not incorrect in but they can be out
of place in formal styles where only the standard language is
normally used.
(Adapted from Practical English Usage by Michael Swan)
28 - Fill in the blank with the suitable option

a) their.
b) itself.
c) theirs.
d) themselves.
29 - In “...they can be out of place in formal styles where...”, the

words in bold type mean

a) lost.
b) obvious.
c) inappropriate.
d) in the incorrect order.
30 - The first paragraph in the excerpt leads to the conclusion that

a) ignorant people make more grammar mistakes.
b) mistakes made by ignorant people are seldom seen as dialects.
c) more often than not, dialects corrupt the standard language.
d) a large number of people assume dialects are incorrect forms
of the language.
Read the excerpt and answer questions 31, 32 and 33.

Fifty years ago, ever considered that a life full of
household chores, not shared by her husband, might take a toll
on a mother’s mental state.
Husbands, who weren’t expected to be involved with
their children, were passionately caught up in developing their
own careers, yet at-home mothers often seemed frustrated,
dissatisfied and tired of being homebodies.
(Adapted from Family Circle Magazine, 2002)
GLOSSARY
household chores – tarefas domésticas
take a toll on – ter um efeito negativo sobre
passionately – intensamente
homebodies – pessoas que passam muito tempo em casa
31 - Fill in the blanks with the suitable options, respectively:

a) none – much
b) nobody – any
c) no one – much
d) no one – many
32 - In “...were passionately caught up in developing...”, the

underlined phrasal verb is closest in meaning to
a) absorbed.
b) separated.
c) distracted.
d) indifferent.
33 - “own”, in bold type in the excerpt, refers to the

a) careers.
b) mothers.
c) children.
d) husbands.
London 2012: Great-grandmother prepares for
torch role
Diana Gould will be 100 when she takes part in the
Olympic Torch Relay.
“I’m up and down _ a candlestick, ” said 99-
year-old Diana Gould, who is the oldest among the
8,000 people who will carry the Olympic flame.
The great-grandmother of six, who lives in a retirement
flat in Kenton, north-west London, did not know that
her granddaughter Alexandra Antscherl had nominated
her to be a torchbearer.
But since being selected she has been for the
300-yard walk.
“I was delighted when Alexandra told me and when I
heard I was definitely accepted I started to get really
excited.”
“I’ve seen the torch now – I think the design is lovely
and it’s fairly comfortable to hold.”
“As long as the walk is on the flat I think I’ll be OK.
The biggest challenge will be the weight of the torch.”
“I can’t walk quick because I walk with a stick. About
halfway I think I will have to change arms because of
the weight of the thing!”
(By Debabani Majumdar, BBC News, London)
GLOSSARY
candlestick – candelabro
yard – jarda (0,9144 de um metro)
stick – bengala
34- Choose the right alternative to have the blanks filled, respectively:
a) walking – held – prepared
b) walking – holding – preparing
c) going to walk – can hold – prepared
d) going to walk – will hold – preparing
35- The words, in bold type in the text, are adjectives, except:
a) lovely
b) excited
c) delighted
d) nominated
36- “torchbearer”, (line 9), refers to a person who

a) designed the original torch.
b) carries the torch during the Olympic Torch Relay.
c) weighs the torch before the Olympic Games begin.

d) first carried a torch in an international sports competition.
37 - According to the text, all alternatives are correct, except:
a) An elderly woman, who walks with a stick, will be in charge
of carrying the Olympic torch in London.
b) Diana Gould, whose granddaughter nominated her to take
part in the Olympic Torch Relay, is very pleased that she will
be one of the torchbearers.
c) The great-grandmother of six, who will be the eldest
torchbearer in the London Olympic Games, will face the
challenge of supporting the weight of the torch.
d) The great-grandmother, who has been trained for supporting
the weight of the London Olympic Games torch, will walk as
fast as she can during the Olympic Torch Relay.
Japan tsunami ‘ghost ship’ drifting to Canada
1 A Japanese fishing vessel swept away by the March
2011 tsunami has been spotted adrift off the west coast
of Canada by the coastguard.
An aircraft patrolling the seas off British Columbia
5 saw the 15m vessel seen floating 275km from the
Haida Gwaii islands on Friday.
It is believed to be the first large item from the millions
of tonnes of tsunami debris to cross the Pacific.
No one is believed to be aboard the ship, registered in
10 Hokkaido, Japan.
Canada’s Transport Ministry is monitoring the vessel
for marine pollution and to see if it becomes an
obstruction.
The tsunami last March generated more than 25
15 million tonnes of debris, say researchers at the
University of Hawaii. Between four and eight million
tonnes were washed into the ocean, with one to two
million tonnes still floating on the surface.
The main mass of the debris is not expected to make
20 landfall in North America until March 2014.
Maria Cantwell, US senator for Washington state, said
the boat was expected to drift slowly south.
(Adapted from BBC news)
GLOSSARY
vessel – embarcação
to be swept away – ser arrastado
landfall – o ato de chegar à costa
adrift – sem rumo
to drift – ser arrastado pela correnteza.
38 - The correct active voice for “A Japanese fishing vessel has

been spotted adrift off the west coast of Canada by the

coastguard.”, (lines 1, 2 and 3), is:
a) A Japanese fishing vessel was spotted adrift off the west
coast of Canada.
b) A Japanese fishing vessel was being spotted adrift off the
west coast of Canada.
c) The coastguard spotted a Japanese fishing vessel adrift off
the west coast of Canada.
d) The coastguard has spotted a Japanese fishing vessel adrift
off the west coast of Canada.
39 - “debris”, in bold type in the text, is related to

a) clouds of toxic gas caused by pollution in Japan.
b) the dark oil spill spread over the ocean in Canada.
c) unwanted materials that were left on the west coast of Canada.
d) pieces of items that were washed into the ocean during the
tsunami in Japan.
40 - In “No one is believed to be aboard the ship...”, the

underlined word has the same meaning as
a) beside.
b) outside.
c) on board.
d) disembarking.
41 - In “Maria Cantwell said the boat was expected to drift

slowly south.”, (lines 21 and 22), it means that she
a) wishes the boat would sail for the south.
b) will wait until the boat returns from the south.
c) believes that the boat is likely to move slowly towards the south.
d) hopes that coastguard will be able to guide the boat to the south.
Read the article and answer questions 42, 43, 44 and 45.
Aviation English Language –
The Importance of Communication in Aviation
1 English is the international language of aviation, and
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
requires all pilots and air traffic controllers to be
competent in English. Both air traffic controllers and
5 pilots must have sufficient language proficiency to be
able to manage the complex tasks they have to
undertake if they are going to do them with safety.
The English that is spoken in communication between
pilots and air traffic control is quite restricted, and is
10 referred to as standard phraseology – a large fixed set of
words and phrases used to cover most operating

procedures and some eventualities.
You might expect that miscommunication would be
rare when people are working with a very restricted
15 code. But this is not the case. One of the most frequent
problems is caused by pronunciation, but grammatical
and lexical problems are not unusual .
If anything out of the ordinary happens,
misunderstandings can be compounded by intercultural
20 communication problems and lack of flexibility in
language use.
(Taken from http://languagetesting.info)
42 - Choose the alternative so as to have the article completed correctly:

a) neither
b) either
c) also
d) too
43 - Reading the article leads to the conclusion that, except:

a) effective communication in English is an essential
prerequisite to safety.
b) aviation will be free of accidents if pilots and air traffic
controllers use phraseology effectively.
c) cultural differences between crew members and air traffic
controllers could be a language barrier to successful
communication, when unusual events occur.
d) breakdown in the communication process could be avoided
if both pilots and air traffic controllers have the necessary
autonomy in using English language to deal with their tasks.
44 - In “One of the most frequent problems is caused by

pronunciation, but grammatical and lexical problems are just as
important to achieve effective communication.”, it is revealed that
a) grammar and vocabulary have been a low priority for
aviation personnel.
b) neither grammar nor lexis is high priority for pilots’ and
controllers’ work.
c) communication error is most related to mispronouncing the
standard phraseology.
d) not only pronunciation but also grammar and lexis play a
crucial role in communicating effectively.
45 - “lack of”, in bold type in the text, can mean, except:

a) none of.
b) plenty of.
c) absence of.
d) shortage of.
Read the article and answer questions 46, 47 and 48.

Peppermint perks
Not just a breath freshener, studies have also shown that
peppermint could help alleviate symptoms of IBS
(irritable bowel syndrome) by reducing abdominal
pain, gas and diarrhea. “Peppermint tea in particular
5 helps soothe indigestion caused by a bug or IBS,” says
Eric Yarnell, professor of botanical medicine.
Strong mints and even candy canes may help tame an
upset stomach, too, as long as you don’t have heartburn.
Peppermint is also appreciated for the soothing effect
10 it has in treating headaches, migraines, skin irritations,
nausea, and menstrual cramps.
(Adapted from Reader’s Digest)
GLOSSARY
peppermint – tipo de menta (hortelã-pimenta)
bug – virose
46 - Based on the article, peppermint

a) is only available in tea bags.
b) is always prescribed by health professionals.
c) is good for calming an upset stomach even if there are
symptoms of heartburn.
d) can be used in the treatment of gastrointestinal problems,
apart from being also used as a breath freshener.
47 - “Perks”, in the title of the article, refers to the

of peppermint.
a) benefits
b) downside
c) pros and cons
d) disadvantages
48 - The third paragraph of the article reveals that peppermint

a) can cure chronic diseases.
b) can be considered a multipurpose herb.
c) is said to be a very effective allopathic medicine.
d) itself is highly recommended to combat acute diseases.

Santa knows he has to be more careful. One

more accident pilot error, and the FAA
would take away his pilot’s license for good.
GLOSSARY
FAA – Administração Federal de Aviação
49 - All alternatives complete the blank, except:

a) due to
b) owing to
c) in spite of
d) because of
50 - According to the cartoon, if Santa causes one more

accident, the FAA will
a) force him to retake his driving test.
b) take his pilot’s license permanently.
c) make Santa stop driving his vehicle.
d) not allow Santa to deliver Christmas gifts ever again.
GABARITO:
26-B 27-B 28-D 29-C 30-D 31-C 32-A 33-D 34-B 35-D 36-B 37-D 38-D 39-D 40- 41-C 42-B
42-B 43-B 44-D 45-B 46-D 47-A 48-B 49-C 50-B
Read the dialog and answer question 26.

A: Today is my birthday, Mary!
B: Oh Mike, I didn’t know your birthday was September.
A: Yes, it is. It’s September the 24th.
26 – The correct prepositions to fill in the blanks are,

respectively:
a) on / in
b) at / on
c) in / on
d) on / at

Peter is a very good professional. He is the in his
company. He is always than his friends. Everybody says
that Peter is punctual employee.
27 – The correct words to fill in the blanks are, respectively:
a) good/ early/ the less
b) best/ earlier/ the most
c) better/ earlier/ the less
d) most/ the earliest/ the more
Read the sentence and answer question 28.

Lucy and Monica are sisters. They have a relationship based on
mutual respect.
28 – “sisters”, underlined in the sentence, can be replaced by
a) cousins.
b) parents.
c) siblings.
d) daughters.
29 – In “After twenty-three days, the Portuguese reached

Calicut, in India. They were the first Europeans to reach India by
sea.”, the underlined verb is closest in meaning to
a) go.
b) sail.
c) arrive.
d) travel.

A: Look! That’s John over there.
B: Let’s call him.
A: John, come here!
30 – The correct negative form of the sentence underlined in the
dialog is:
a) John, don’t come here!
b) John, won’t come here!
c) John, didn’t come here!
d) John, doesn’t come here!

A: Good morning! My TV set is in need of repair.
B: I’m sorry, there’s here right now.
A: Isn’t there you can send to my house later?

B: Well, I could send tomorrow morning.
A: That’s great, thanks.
B: You’re welcome.
31 – Fill in the blanks with the correct indefinite pronoun,
respectively:
a) somebody / nobody / anybody
b) nobody / anybody / somebody
c) anybody / somebody / nobody
d) somebody / anybody / nobody

John is taller than his brother Bob; Bob is taller than his baby
brother”. The shortest one is _.
32 – The correct word to fill in the blank is:
a) Bob.
b) John.
c) your brother.
d) the baby brother.
33 – In “I enjoy dancing every Saturday.”, the underlined verb is

closest in meaning to
a) like.
b) hate.
c) need.
d) want.
34 – In “What are your parents doing?”, the correct answer to

this question is:
a) She is cooking dinner.
b) He is reading a magazine.
c) You are studying your lesson.
d) They are talking to their friends.

New York city is often called “Big Apple”. Jazz musicians made
up the phrase to describe something which is the ultimate in size,
excitement and achievement.
GLOSSARY
ultimate – a maior
achievement – avanço
35 - Based on the paragraph, we can conclude that New York
a) is of a good size.
b) has great Jazz musicians.
c) is a huge and terrific city.
d) has few local entertainments.
36 – In “The destruction of the Amazon forest could lead to

serious ecological consequences”, the underlined words are
a) do.
b) keep.
c) make.
d) result in
Read the proverb and answer questions 37 and 38.

“When we have love in heart, we can see beauty in
everything.”
37 – Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.
a) our
b) ours
c) their
d) theirs
38 – “beauty”, in the proverb, is a(an)

a) noun.
b) adverb.
c) adjective.
d) conjunction.

LIFE ...
1 It is not very common for a person to be hit by
lightning, so imagine someone being hit seven
times. That was exactly what happened to the
American Roy Sullivan, between 1944 and 1977 and
5 the most incredible thing is that in all of these
accidents he only suffered slight burns. In 1983,
however, Roy committed suicide after a romantic
relationship failed. Life, huh?
(Taken from a Maganews article.)
39 - According to the text, we can infer that Roy

a) is still a lucky man.
b) was burnt seriously.
c) had a happy romantic relationship.
d) survived after being hit seven times by lightning.
40 – In “It is not very common…”, (line 1), the underlined

words are closest in meaning to
a) unreal.
b) unusual.
c) impossible.
d) improbable.
Read the dialog and answer questions 41, 42 and 43.

A: Sorry I arrived late, Mr. Bloom. I had some car trouble this
morning.
B: No problem, Kathy. Try to be here on time tomorrow.
A: Thanks, Mr. Bloom.
41 – According to the dialog, we can infer that
a) Kathy is the boss.
b) Kathy had no problem.
c) the employee was late.
d) Mr. Bloom had a car trouble.
42 – In “Try to be here on time tomorrow.”, the sentence means

that she .
a) should arrive on the dot

b) mustn’t arrive on time
c) might arrive earlier
d) can’t arrive late
43 – According to the dialog,

a) Kathy’s car was broken.
b) Mr. Bloom crashed Kathy’s car.
c) Kathy had a problem after a long work day.
d) Mr. Bloom advised Kathy to be on time on the following
work day.
44 – In “I have lived here for three years”, the sentence means that I
a) lived here.
b) still live here.
c) used to live here.
d) do not live here right now.
45 – All sentences below are being used for the future, except:
a) Sara has left by plane recently.
b) Sara will leave by plane next year.
c) Sara is going to leave by plane next month.
d) Sara is leaving by plane tomorrow morning.
46 – In “Astronomers feel excited that humanity has entered a
new era in which new worlds are going to be subject to
exploration.”, the underlined word means

a) atônito.
b) eufórico.
c) atordoado.
d) apreensivo.
Read the extract and answer questions 47, 48, 49 and 50.
Today, parents are increasingly worried about the safety of their
children, and because of this, they are not letting their children
out to play. As a result, children are no longer playing outside
but shutting away in their rooms and losing in
individualistic activities such as television viewing and computer
games.
(Adapted from Inglês Doorway)
GLOSSARY
increasingly – cada vez mais
to shut away – confinar; prender
47- The correct reflexive pronouns to fill in the blanks are,

respectively:
a) itself / itself
b) himself / himself
c) ourselves / ourselves
d) themselves / themselves
48- Based on the extract,

a) children prefer to stay only indoors today.
b) parents are worried about violence against their children.
c) parents prefer to see their children playing out of the house.
d) just computer games and TV programs interest children
nowadays.
49- “such as”, underlined in the extract, is closest in meaning to

a) but.
b) so that.
c) instead of.
d) for example.
50 – “As a result”, in bold type in the extract, expresses

a) cause
b) purpose
c) emphasis
d) consequence
GABARITO:
26-C 27-B 28-C 29-C 30-A 31-B 32-D 33-A 34-D 35-C 36-D 38-A 39-D 40-B 41-C 42-A 43-D
44-B 45-A 46-B 47-D 48-B 49-D 50-D

Are you a procrastinator?
1 Following a schedule and doing things on time
is extremely important in today’s busy world.
Using time effectively is a valuable skill that
everyone must master. Catching a bus, getting
5 to work or school on time, and even meeting
friends requires managing time. Unfortunately,
not everyone is very good at doing this. Many
people are procrastinators; they put off doing
things that they need to until it’s too late. We all
10 procrastinate sometimes in life.
26 – According to the text, procrastinators

a) delay things until there isn’t enough time to execute them.
b) know how to manage their time well.
c) carefully make plans in advance.
d) are always busy and tired.
27 – “... not everyone is very good at doing this.”, (line 7),

means that
a) no one can use time well.
b) everyone is able to use time successfully.
c) anyone is capable of using time properly.
d) not everybody can manage time effectively.
28 – “Put off”, (line 8), is similar in meaning to

a) forget.
b) cancel.
c) expect.
d) postpone.
The food that everyone loves
1 Several studies in recent years have found
that chocolate could be more beneficial

than harmful. It can be bad for you if you
overdo it: in this case, it can trigger
5 migraines or digestive disorders, besides
making you fat. Doctors and nutritionists
recommend that daily consumption should
not exceed 50 grams. The good thing
about chocolate, especially dark chocolate,
10 is that it has a high level of substances
called flavonoids, which help slow the
aging process and help reduce the risk of
heart disease. _ _ being delicious,
chocolate is nutritious because it contains
15 vitamins A, B, C, D and E, and minerals –
such as iron and phosphorus.
29 – Fill in the blank with the appropriate word to complete the text.
a) But
b) Besides
c) Therefore
d) In spite of
30 – According to the text, dark chocolate

a) can improve your health.
b) can never be bad for you.
c) could help relieve strong headaches.
d) is appetizing because of the vitamins it contains.
31 – In “It can be bad for you if you overdo it…”, (lines 3 and
4), the text suggests that chocolate
a) could cause deadly diseases.
b) may help people lose weight.
c) can be harmful to people over a certain age.
d) should not be consumed in large quantities every day.
32 – “Such as”, in bold type in the text, could be replaced by

any of the following, except:
a) like
b) for granted
c) for instance
d) for example
A celebrity crusade
1 The actress Kim Basinger has launched a
crusade to help American’s circus animals.
She complains that they are often badly
treated and poorly looked after. “These
5 animals are kept in horrific conditions.
They’re dragged around cities suffering in the
name of entertainment.” Basinger was
mobilised into action following a circus
tragedy in Albuquerque. An African elephant
10 named Heather was found dead inside a
steamy, poorly ventilated trailer. She
belonged to the King World Circus. As a
consequence, two circus handlers were
charged with cruelty to animals and the
15 travelling circus was forced to hand over its
two surviving elephants to a local zoo park.
33 – The text is focused on

a) Circus
b) Celebrities
c) Entertainment
d) Animal Rights

a) the handlers never take care of elephants.
b) Kim Basinger will be the new owner of the circus.
c) Heather was struggling to survive inside the trailer.
d) the local zoo park became responsible for the two surviving
elephants after the tragedy.
35 – In “... its two surviving elephants...”, (lines 15 and 16), the

underlined word expresses the idea of possession related to
a) circus.
b) handlers.
c) zoo park.
d) elephants.
36 – The personal pronoun “she”, underlined twice in the

text, refers respectively to:
a) a handler / Heather
b) Heather / an actress
c) a celebrity / an actress
d) Kim Basinger / Heather

The men who guard the Queen
1 If you’ve been to London, you’ve
probably seen them: they are the soldiers in
bright red jackets or shining helmets who
stand outside Buckingham Palace. They are
5 men who can stand absolutely still, even
when tourists tell them jokes, touch them,
push them, or try to make them move. They
may look identical and even march like
robots, but they are in fact some of the besttrained soldiers in the British army. Some
10 people are surprised to learn that the guns
that the soldiers carry are not just for show:they are loaded!
a) ever
b) even
c) never
d) always
38 – According to the text, the soldiers who guard the Queen

a) carry weapons under their uniforms.
b) wear plain clothes not to call attention to themselves.
c) cannot move when they are standing outside the Palace.
d) are better trained than any other soldiers all over the world.
39 – In “The guns are not just for show…”, in the text, the
sentence means that the guns are
a) real.
b) fake.
c) only on display.
d) used during special events

Facebook makes users envious and dissatisfied
1 In a recent research study conducted by two German
universities, Facebook members answered questions
about their own feelings after using the platform.
More than one-third of the respondents reported
5 predominantly negative feelings, such as frustration.
The researchers identified that envying their
seemingly more successful ‘Facebook friends’ is the
major reason for this result. In general, online social
networks allow users brand-new insights on relevant
10 others, which would be more difficult to

obtain offline.
a) many
b) some
c) much
d) a few
41 – According to the text, after using Facebook, some people
a) felt unpleasant feelings.

b) made more online friends.
c) asked each other questions.
d) completed their scientific researches quickly.
42 – In “…their seemingly more successful ‘Facebook friends’…”,

(lines 6 and 7), the underlined word can be replaced by
a) surely.
b) positively.
c) apparently.
d) undoubtedly.
English ghost stories
1 Many of Britain’s ancient castles have ghosts. One of
the most famous “haunted castles” in England is
actually the Tower of London. During the Tower’s
long history, many men and women were thrown into
5 its dark dungeons, or executed outside its gates.
_ the most famous was Lady Jane Grey, Queen
of England, who was beheaded outside the Tower on
19th July 1554. Since then, it is said that the ghost of
Lady Jane Grey wanders through the rooms and
10 corridors of the Tower of London. This is just one of
Britain’s well-known ghosts; but there are lots of
ghosts too who aren’t quite as famous.
GLOSSARY
dungeons – masmorras, prisões, calabouços
a) One
b) Among
c) Between
d) Considering
44 – “Actually”, (line 3), is similar in meaning to

a) in fact.
b) presently.
c) currently.
d) not really.
45 – In “…Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England, who was

beheaded outside the Tower…”, (lines 6 and 7), the underlined
words could be replaced by
a) was crowned.
b) lost her temper.
c) had minor injuries.
d) had her head cut off.
46 – The last two lines in the text reveal that
a) visitors see the ghost of Lady Jane Grey more often than
others.
b) not all of the ghosts in Britain are as famous as Lady Jane
Grey’s.
c) the ghost of Lady Jane Grey is the most famous one in Britain.
d) apart from Lady Jane Grey’s, the ghosts in Britain are not
famous at all.
Mad car disease
1 It was in the summer of 1992 that Britain’s
two main motoring organisations, the RAC
(Royal Automobile Club) and the AA
(Automobile Association), started to issue
5 warnings about an increase in aggressive
behaviour on the roads.
The RAC noted that more and more drivers
were losing their temper behind the wheel,
and there were reports of fights between
10 motorists.
In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, a 78-year-old
man died after he had been punched by a
driver half his age during a dispute at a set of
traffic lights. In another incident a pedestrian
15 who forced a van driver to brake suddenly
was beaten senseless by a vehicle’s two
occupants.
47 – The text is about:

a) Careless drivers.
b) Reckless pedestrians.
c) Constant traffic jams.
d) Increasing violence in the traffic.
48 – “... more and more drivers were losing their temper

behind the wheel”, (lines 7 and 8), means that drivers
a) need to control their temper.
b) became bad-tempered while repairing their wheels.
c) were lost because they didn’t know where they were.
d) were becoming so angry that they couldn’t control
themselves while driving.
49 – What’s the active voice for “A 78-year-old man died

after he had been punched by a driver.”?
A 78-year-old man died after a driver him.
a) has punched
b) had punched
c) was punching
d) would have punched
50 – The relative pronoun “who”, in bold type in the text,

refers to
a) van driver.
b) pedestrian.
c) government.
d) a 78-year-old man.
GABARITO:
26-A 27-D 28-D 29-B 30-A 31-D 32-B 33-D 34-D 35-A 36-D 37-A 38-C 39-A 40-C 41-A 42-C
43-B 44-A 45-D 46-B 47-D 48-D 49-B 50-B

A trip to Los Angeles
James Hall has a new job with Lemon Computers in Philadelphia.
He’s 22 and just out of college. As part of his training, he has to
spend six weeks at company headquarters near Los Angeles. It’s
his first business trip, and he’s packing his suitcase. He lives with
his parents, and his mother is helping him.
(New American Streamline)
GLOSSARY
headquarters – matriz / sede principal
26 - According to the text, which alternative does not complete

the blank correctly?
James Hall .
a) works in Philadelphia
b) has just finished his college
c) usually goes on business trips
d) has to spend six weeks at company headquarters
27 - “his”, in bold type in the text, is a(n)

a) demonstrative adjective.
b) possessive adjective.
c) subject pronoun.
d) object pronoun.

1 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain
Tom Brown. We’d like to welcome you aboard flight 811
and to apologize for the delay. We had some bumpy
weather over the Atlantic, and arrived late from London.
5 Now we are experiencing another slight delay as we waitfor
clearance from Air Traffic Control. We don’t expect itwill
be more than five minutes, and we hope to arrive in Los
Angeles at about 7:30 local time.
(New American Streamline)
GLOSSARY
bumpy – instável, turbulento
clearance – permissão
28 - According to the text, we can conclude that

a) flight 811 arrived late in London.
b) the captain experienced more than one delay.
c) the captain didn’t mind that there was a delay.
d) the crew expected the delay would be more than five
minutes.
29 - “slight”, (line 05), is closest in meaning to

a) considerable.
b) short.
c) long.
d) big.
30- In “… we hope to arrive in Los Angeles at about 7:30 local

time.”, (lines 7 and 8), we can lead to the conclusion that the
captain
a) is certain that the delays always happen.
b) would like to get to Los Angeles on time.
c) sounds optimistic about arriving in L.A at about 7:30.
d) doesn’t believe in the possibility of having any more delays.
1 A husband and wife, both 60 years old, were

celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. During
their party, a fairy appeared, to congratulate them and
grant them each one wish. The wife wanted to travel
5 around the world. The fairy waved her wand and,
then, suddenly, the wife had a ticket in her hand for a
world cruise. Next the fairy asked the husband what
he wanted. He said, “I wish I had a wife 30 years
younger than me.” So the fairy picked up her wand
10 and, then, suddenly, the husband was 90.
GLOSSARY
fairy – fada
grant them – conceder-lhes
wand – varinha mágica
cruise – cruzeiro marítimo

a) the wife and husband got two wishes each.
b) a couple was celebrating their 35th birthday.
c) the wife’s wish was to travel to different places in the world.
d) the fairy decided to offer tickets to the couple for a world
cruise.
32 - Based on the text, we can conclude that

a) only the wife’s wish came true.
b) the husband’s wish was to be 90 years old.
c) at the end, the wife became 30 years older.
d) both wife and husband got what they asked for.
33 - The underlined word, in the text, means that something

a) finished quickly.
b) appeared slowly.
c) ended successfully.
d) happened quickly and unexpectedly.
34 - The correspondent ordinal forms for the numbers 60, 30

and 90 are, respectively:
a) sixth / third / ninth
b) sixty / thirty / ninety
c) sixtieth / thirtieth / ninetieth
d) sixteenth / thirteenth / nineteenth
35 - All the alternatives below follow the same comparative

form as “younger than”, (line 9), except:
a) fast
b) clean
c) cheap
d) careful
Read the extract and answer question 36.

Before my grandfather died, he said to me: “Don’t waste your
time! Travel around the world! Have a beautiful house! Be with a
person you love! Go to the beach! Have a lot of friends!”
(Adapted from Inglês no Mundo do Trabalho)
36 - The imperative form of the verbs underlined in the extract

expresses
a) habits.
b) requests.
c) directions.
d) some advice.
37 - Fill in the blank with the correct response:

My friend’s mother is sick, but she avoids to the
doctor.
a) goes
b) to go
c) going
d) not to go
Read the anecdote and answer questions 38, 39 and 40.

Mother to small son: “Be sure to wash your arms before you put
on your new shirt.”
Small son: “Should I wash for long or short sleeves?”
38 - The underlined word, in the anecdote, is a(n)
a) verb.
b) noun.
c) adverb.
d) adjective.
39 - In “Mother to small son:”, the opposite of the underlined

word is
a) big.
b) only.
c) little.
d) Young.
40 - All words below describe male family members, except:

a) son
b) uncle
c) mother
d) grandfather
Read the paragraph and answer questions 41 and 42.

Angry Birds
Angry Birds are fat and round. Angry Birds cannot fly. But
Angry Birds are superstars. Millions of people around the world
are addicted to them. It’s the number one game for smartphones.
GLOSSARY
addicted to – viciado em
41 - Based on the text,

a) Angry Birds are famous movie star animals.
b) people are crazy about Angry Birds because they’re fat and round.
c) people around the world buy a great number of smartphones.
d) many people like Angry Birds so much that they can’t stop
playing it.
42 - The affirmative form of the underlined modal verb, in the

paragraph, expresses
a) obligation.
b) necessity.
c) advice.
d) ability.

Man on the Moon
July 21, 1969, 2:56 a.m. (Greenwich Mean Time) the
American astronaut Neil Armstrong left the lunar module of
Apollo 11 and put his left foot on the surface of the moon.
(Adapted from Password English Book)
43 - The correct prepositions to fill in the blanks are, respectively:
a) In / at
b) In / on
c) On / on
d) On / at
Read the extract and answer the question 44.

Once upon a time there was a young girl lived near the
forest with her mother and father. She was pretty, nice and kind.
So everybody loved her very much.
(Mariza Ferrari e Sarah G. Rubin)
44 - Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank.
a) who
b) which
c) whom
d) whose

year 1665 was very bad for England. epidemic of
terrible disease, bubonic plague, killed over seventy
thousand people just in London.

45 - Fill in the blanks with the correct articles:
a) The / A / a
b) The / An / a
c) An / The / a
d) A / An / the
46 - All words below are countable nouns, except:

a) mice
b) news
c) sheep
d) children

Every week, millions of dollars are spent, and won, on the lottery
tickets. The jackpot in many lotteries can be as much as 100
million, and winners suddenly find _ with more money
than ever before.
(Active- Skills for reading)
GLOSSARY
jackpot – aposta total , prêmio
47 - Fill in the blank, in the extract, with the appropriate

reflexive pronoun.
a) themselves
b) ourselves
c) yourself
d) himself

Since astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in
space in 1961, scientists what effects space travel has
on the human body.
(Adapted from Active Skills)
48 - Fill in the blank with the correct verb tense.
a) have studied
b) has studied
c) studied
d) study

Brazil’s national drink, cachaça is already the third most
consumed liquor in the world, and now it is much more exported
because consumers in the United States have taken a liking to
the caipirinha. Caipirinha is usually produced using cachaça.
There are more than 40,000 cachaça producers in Brazil, but only
1 percent of that cachaça is exported.
GLOSSARY
liquor – bebida alcoólica

have taken a liking – tomaram gosto

a) cachaça is an American drink.
b) caipirinha is usually made of cachaça.
c) cachaça is the most famous drink in the world.
d) Brazil exports more than 40,000 caipirinhas to the USA.
50 – Fill in the blank with the correct response:

I can understand English I can’t speak it.
a) so
b) or
c) but
d) because
GABARITO:
26-C 27-B 28-B 29-B 30-C 31-C 32-D 33-D 34-C 35-D 36-D 37-C 38-D 39-A 40-C 41-D 42-D
43-D 44-A 45-B 47-A 48-A 49-B 50-C
Read the letter and answer questions 25, 26, 27 and 28.
1 Dear Maggie,
My son just announced that he is going away to school.
Bobby is a good student, and I am very proud of him.
Any college would be lucky to have him!
5 My only concern is that he’s never lived away from
home before. Will he be able to take care of ?
What if there’s an emergency?
Give me some advice so that I can relax!
Doubtful Dad
25 – Choose the right alternative to have the blank filled in the letter:
a) itself
b) herself
c) himself
d) yourself
26 – Based on the letter, all alternatives are correct, except:

a) Bobby is proud of himself.

b) Bobby told his father about his plans.
c) Bobby’s dad is worried about his son.
d) It’s the first time Bobby’s going to live away from home.
27 – “be able to”, underlined in the letter, gives us an idea of

a) ability.
b) necessity.
c) probability.
d) permission.
28 – “lucky”, in bold type in the letter, is a(n)

a) verb.
b) noun.
c) pronoun.
d) adjective.
Read the text and answer questions 29 and 30

Pete is joining the rock climbing club. He believes rock
climbing is cool. He doesn’t like team games and he loves to
be outdoors, so this is the sport for him. The bad thing is the
equipment is expensive.
29 – Based on the text, we can infer that Pete
a) enjoys indoor activities.
b) thinks that the equipment is cheap.
c) loves sports like volleyball and baseball.
d) is becoming a member of the rock climbing club.
30 – “cool”, underlined in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) calm.
b) interesting.
c) unpleasant.
d) unattractive.

Tobacco will kill 1,200 people in the United States today.
Maybe fewer of US citizens would die from cigarettes if
_ fewer cigarettes ads.
But please only rip out ads from magazines you own. Thank
you.
GLOSSARY
ads (advertisements) – anúncios
rip out – destaque, rasgue
31 – Choose the best alternative to have the extract completed:
a) there is
b) there are
c) there was
d) there were
32 – “Maybe”, underlined in the extract, expresses

a) result.
b) certainty.
c) uncertainty.
d) consequence.
33 – Reading the cartoon leads to the conclusion that, except:

a) the boy lied to his mom.
b) the PC was out of order.
c) the boy had a poor grade in his English test.
d) the boy surfed a social network instead of studying English

How to reduce your sugar intake
1 Begin by replacing sugar in drinks with saccharin
or aspartame. Drink low-calorie soft drinks. This
means that you will get an immediate reduction in
calorie intake without having to change your taste for
5 sweet things.
Stop buying biscuits, sweets and chocolates, and
choose fruit and vegetables _. If you must
have cakes, make your own, using half the quantity of
sugar given in standard recipes.
10 Watch out for what you eat!
(Adapted from The Sunday Times ABC Diet and Body Plan)
GLOSSARY
intake – ingestão
34 – Choose the correct alternative to have the text

completed correctly:
a) yet
b) still
c) ever
d) instead
35 – According to the text, people who want to reduce their

sugar should
a) have a sugar-controlled diet.
b) give up having healthy food.
c) cook food on their own.
d) avoid sugar at all costs.
36 – The underlined words in the last paragraph reveal that

people have to
a) be careful of their diet.
b) stop worrying about food.
c) reduce their daily food intake.
d) stop having food they used to have.

Hi everyone!
1 Greetings Phunket. We’re having a great time
here. We arrived Bangkok last Saturday and
we went The “Golden” Temple. It was
fascinating. There was an enormous statue the
5 Buddha. We’re enjoying a lot.
Love,
Gus and Dolly.
37 – The correct prepositions to fill in the blanks are,

respectively:
a) of/ to/ in/ from
b) in/ of/ from/ to
c) from/ in/ to/ of
d) to/ from/ of/ in
38- “Golden”, (line 3), in bold type in the text, suggests that
the temple
a) is beautifully colored.
b) has a bright yellow color.
c) has a strange orange color.
d) is the darkest one in Phunket

1 In Iran, New Year’s Day isn’t in January. It’s called
“Nowruz” and it’s in March. People always new
clothes and their houses. They special
food like meat and rice. They visit all the people in
5 their families and them presents. It’s a very
busy time.
39 - The correct verbs to fill in the blanks are, respectively:

a) buy/ make/ give/ clean
b) buy/ clean/ make/ give
c) give/ buy/ clean/ make
d) make/ give/ buy/ clean
Smart traveler, expert opinion about the airport
1 The first piece of advice is, people should always
carry a good book. It helps to pass the time as you
wait for your delayed flight. Don’t forget to take a
sweater or a jacket on the plane. It can get very cold
5 on a long night flight. And then there is airline food.
Take a snack (cookies or fruit) with you. Sometimes
the food is late, sometimes it doesn’t arrive at all, and
it’s never very good.
40 – Based on the text, we can infer that
a) flights are always delayed.
b) the food served on the plane is excellent.
c) the airline companies never serve fruit or cookies.
d) people should take warm clothes, in case the temperature
goes down on the plane.
41 – “snack”, (line 6), underlined in the text, means

a) lunch.
b) dinner.
c) a great feast.
d) a small meal.
42 – “get”, (line 4), underlined in the text, can be replaced by

a) turn. ANULADA
b) result .
c) change.
d) become.
43 – In “…people should always carry a good book”, should is

used to
a) give an order.
b) show surprise.
c) ask for permission.
d) give a pice of advice.
44 – The words “sometimes” and “never”, in bold type in the

text, are adverbs of
a) time.
b) place.
c) manner.
d) frequency.
1 The US space organization, NASA developed and built
the first space shuttle. The shuttle was the first rocket to
fly into space, come back to earth and fly again. The
first shuttle to fly in space was Columbia. It took off on
5 the 12th April 1981. In January 1986 the shuttle
Challenger exploded at take-off. Everyone on the
shuttle died. This accident slowed down the shuttle
programme for the next six years. A new shuttle,
Endeavor, replaced Challenger in May 1992.
10 On 25th April 1990, NASA used the shuttle Discovery
to put the Hubble Space Telescope into space at a
distance of 512 kilometres from the earth. Hubble
travels around the earth and sends back photos of the
stars and planets.
GLOSSARY
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
45 – According to the text, the first space shuttle was

a) a rocket.
b) the stars.
c) the earth.
d) the telescope.
46 – The nouns that correspond to the verbs in bold type, in the

text, are, respectively:
a) take off / explorer
b) take-off / explode
c) take off / exposure
d) take-off / explosion
GABARITO:
25-C 26-A 27-A 28-D 29-D 30-B 31-D 32-C 33-B 34-D 35-A 36-A 37-C 38-B 40-D 41-D 42-D
43-D 44-D 45-A 46-D

PROVAS ANTERIORES
2014

1 Thick smog in China forced airlines to cancel
flights, as heavy-polluting factories in Beijing were
temporarily shut down to ease the pollution.
Street lamps and outlines of buildings were barely
5 visible in the Chinese capital, as pedestrians donned
face masks to guard against the smoke. The
government advised residents to stay indoors as much
as possible because the pollution was “severe”.
The flight cancellations prevented the passengers
10 from flying during the first week of the country’s
busiest period of travel, due to the Chinese New Year
on February 10. Many passengers were left waiting at
the airport, as information was scarce.
GLOSSARY
smog – neblina misturada com poluição, nevoeiro com
fumaça
25 – According to the article, we can infer that heavy-polluting

factories in Beijing
a) were advised to cease operations for good.
b) had to suspend their production because of flight
cancellations.
c) had to stop operating for a short time in an attempt to
reduce smog levels.
d) were closed down because of the effects of industrial
pollution on the population.
26 – In “Street lamps and outlines of buildings were barely

visible …”, (lines 4 and 5), it means that they were
a) visible only with great effort.
b) not visible at all.
c) clearly visible.
d) highly visible.
27 – In “... pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the

smoke.”, (lines 5 and 6), it means that
a) masks had to be worn to avoid breathing deadly fumes.
b) pedestrians had their masks on so as to stop them from
breathing.
c) pedestrians had to put face masks on to protect themselves
against smoke.
d) pedestrians were given face masks by the government
owing to “severe” pollution in Beijing.
28 – The last paragraph reveals that

a) passengers usually get stuck during Chinese New Year

celebrations.
b) the passengers were stranded at the airport because of flight
cancellations.
c) the airport gets busy for the best part of February due to
Chinese New Year celebrations.
d) the airlines were forced to cancel their flights because there
were no more seats available.

Unbeetable: The humble root which fights cancerand
lowers blood pressure
1 With its sweet, earthy taste and ruby-red interior,
beetroot is a favourite of foods, but there’s far more to
it than that.
The majority of beetroot’s benefits stem from the
5 unusually high level of nitrates it contains.
Nitrates have suffered a bad reputation because of
their use as a food additive. However, recent studies
have shown that nitrates in beetroot lower blood
pressure.
10 A study carried out in 2010 also found that the
the blood pressure, the the drop observed.
If beetroot juice is consumed widely, there will be
reduction in death from cardiovascular disease.
Among other benefits, beetroots may also slow
15 progression of dementia and growth of tumours.
29 – Choose the alternative so as to have the article completed

correctly:
a) high – great
b) higher – greater
c) higher – greatest
d) highest – greatest
30 – Based on the article, beetroot

a) is only enjoyed because of its sweet flavour.
b) contains a substance that can lower blood pressure.
c) is not as healthy as other vegetables due to its high level of
nitrates.
d) among other benefits, it is also recommended to combat
contagious diseases.
31 – The title of the article reveals that beetroots are

a) unbeatable.
b) unavailable.
c) unavoidable.
d) unaccountable.

1 Leonardo da Vinci has long been praised as one
of the finest artists of Renaissance,
working far ahead of his time and producing some of
the world’s most recognizable works.
5 But da Vinci has finally received _
credit he deserves for his startling medical accuracy
hundreds of years in advance of his peers, as scientists
compare his anatomical drawings with modern day
MRI scans.
10 In a series of 30 pictures, an organization in
England intends to show just accurate da Vinci was.
(Adapted from www.telegraph.co.uk)
GLOSSARY
praised – considerado, visto
startling – surpreendente, impressionante
MRI scans – imagens de ressonância magnética
32 – Fill in the blanks with the suitable options, respectively:

a) a - a
b) a - the
c) the - a
d) the – the
33 – In “...the world’s most recognizable works...”, (lines 3 and

4), the underlined word is closest in meaning to
a) easily identified.
b) artistically made.
c) readily available.
d) commercially priced.
Read the text and answer questions 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40.
Charles Lindbergh’s achievement
1 On 20th May 1927 a small fixed-wing single
engined aeroplane loaded with its maximum capacity
of fuel (450 gallons) struggled to get airborne as it
bounced down the runway at Roosevelt Field, New
5 York. To avoid extra weight, the parachute, the radio
and even the brakes had been removed by the
mechanic. At last it lifted off, just avoiding some
telephone wires, and disappeared into the distance.
Thirty hours later a hundred thousand Parisians
10 lined up at the Le Bourget Airport to wait for the
arrival of the plane. It was 10 o’clock at night.
Burning lanterns marked out the runway. Then came
the low-pitched sound of an engine and a wave of
excitement swept through the crowd. The Spirit of St.
15 Louis touched down and rolled to the end of the
runway. Out of the plane stepped a tall handsome
American – Charles Lindbergh. He’d just become the

first person to fly solo across the Atlantic, and he was
destined to become one of the most famous men in the
world.
GLOSSARY
get airborne – decolar
bounced – “deu um solavanco”
lined up – enfileiraram-se
34 – All words underlined in the text are adjectives, except:
a) fixed-wing
b) low-pitched
c) disappeared
d) single-engined
35 – “At last”, (line 7), is closest in meaning to

a) when.
b) while.
c) finally.
d) as soon as.
36 – In “He’d just become the first person to fly solo across the
Atlantic, ...”, (lines 17 and 18), the underlined word has the same
meaning as
a) alone.
b) ground.
c) open land.
d) accompanied.
37 – In “At last it lifted off, just avoiding some telephone wires

...”, (lines 7 and 8), it means that Lindbergh
a) clipped the telephone wires as he lifted off.
b) hit some telephone wires before the plane had lifted off.
c) flew high over some telephone wires during his landing.
d) could prevent himself from hitting the plane on some
telephone wires.
38 – The correct active voice for “The parachute, the radio and
even the brakes had been removed by the mechanic.”, (lines 5-7), is
a) The parachute, the radio and even the brakes were removed.
b) The parachute, the radio and even the brakes had to be
removed.
c) The mechanic has removed the parachute, the radio and
even the brakes.
d) The mechanic had removed the parachute, the radio and
even the brakes.
39 – “a hundred thousand”, (line 9), is expressed in number as:

a) 100,000
b) 1,000,000
c) 10,000,000
d) 100,000,000
40 – In, “He’d just become the first person ...”, (line 17), the
underlined letter is a contracted form of:
a) did
b) had
c) could
d) should
1 An 82-year British tradition of voting on a Thursday
could be broken under plans to create a common
European Union voting day, as a step to cement a
political union in Europe.
5 Recommendations from the European Commission
propose that Europe has a common voting day for the
2014 elections to choose the next President of the
Commission.
Currently in almost all European countries voting
10 day is on a Sunday.
1931 the British people have always
voted on a Thursday. A change to the voting date could
cause a decrease in the number of voters in Britain.
41 – Fill in the blank with a suitable option:

a) In
b) For
c) Since
d) During
42 – In “...as a step to cement a political union...”, (lines 3 and4),

the underlined word is closest in meaning to
a) widen.
b) loosen.
c) weaken.
d) strengthen.
43 – According to the text, an old British tradition

a) has existed for at least eight decades.
b) can help promote a political union in Europe.
c) will have to be broken for the 2014 elections.
d) is being unfairly broken by the European Commission.
44 – According to the text, a common European Union voting

day is
a) unlikely to secure fewer votes in Britain.
b) being challenged by the British government.
c) recommended by the European Commission.
d) needed to keep the peace between countries in Europe.

1 During a two-day referendum last week, the
people of the Falkland Islands (known in Brazil as
“Malvinas”) voted overwhelmingly to remain a British
overseas territory.
5 Shortly after the referendum result, David
Cameron, the British Prime Minister, said that
Argentina must respect the wishes of the Falkland
islanders.
“They want to remain British and that view
10 should be respected _ everybody, including
Argentina”, Mr. Cameron said.
GLOSSARY
overwhelmingly – em uma maioria esmagadora; em uma
grande maioria
45 – Fill in the blanks with the suitable options, respectively:

a) by - by
b) to - to
c) for - for
d) from - from
46 – In “...Argentina must respect the wishes of…”, (line 7),

the underlined word can be replaced by
a) would like to.
b) is likely to.
c) is able to.
d) needs to.
47 – According to the text, we can conclude that David

Cameron
a) supports the referendum result.
b) said that he is likely to remain British.
c) finds it hard to respect everybody’s wishes.
d) expressed his views and opinions before the referendum hadended.
48 – According to the cartoon, the interviewee being

successful.
a) is too out of shape for
b) is not fat enough for
c) has little chance of
d) has no chance of
GABARITO:
25-C 26-A 27-C 28-B 29-B 30-B 31-A 32-D 33-A 34-C 35-C 36-A 37-D 38-D 39-A 40-B 41-C
42-D 43-A 45-A 46-D 47-A 48-C
PROVAS ANTERIORES
2015
1 After a series of building problems and public protests
in Brazil, the governing body of world football, Fifa,
repeatedly warned there would be “no compromise” over
the delivery of World Cup stadiums. But with Fifa’s end
5 of-year deadline looming, several stadiums are well
behind schedule and one host city, Cuiaba, has told the
BBC that not only will it be unable to finish its stadium on
time, but there are not even enough hotel rooms for
visiting fans.
10 Even though Fifa only insisted on a minimum of eight
stadiums to host the World Cup, Brazil decided to go with
12, such was the interest and demand from all parts of this
huge nation to be part of the tournament. But, in hindsight,
has Brazil bitten off more than it can chew? Up in the
15 city of Manaus, they are finishing an arena that
bears some resemblance to the famous Bird’s Nest
Stadium in Beijing: an elaborate steel structure, imported
from Portugal, envelops the playing area like an
indigenous woven basket.
(Taken from www.bbcnews.com)
GLOSSARY
looming – expiring
in hindsight – looking back now

a) northern
b) northerner
c) northbound
d) northeastern
26 – According to the article, all alternatives are correct,

except:
a) the stadium in Manaus has a complex design.
b) both host cities Cuiaba and Manaus won’t be able to finish
their World Cup stadiums on time.
c) Brazil has decided to go with 12 stadiums so as to have the
huge nation involved in the tournament.
d) Cuiaba declared scarcity of affordable hotel rooms as well
as problems with the delivery of its stadium.
27 – The question, in bold type in the article, makes us reflect

that Brazil
a) tried to build more stadiums than it was able to do.
b) didn’t agree to build the stadiums imposed by Fifa.
c) didn’t have any doubts about delivering the stadiums on
time.
d) was cautious when deciding the number of stadiums needed
for the World Cup.
28 – In “…an arena that bears some resemblance to the famous
Bird’s Nest Stadium…”, (lines 16 and 17), it means that the

stadium in Manaus the one in Beijing.
a) is the same as
b) is as huge as
c) looks like
d) lookalike
Read the extract and answer questions 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33.
1 Different ways of speaking are part of gender. As

adults, men and women sometimes face difficulties in their
communication with each other. Studies of communication
show that if a woman tells her husband about a problem,
5 she will expect him to listen and offer sympathy. She may
be annoyed when he simply tells her how to solve the
problem. Similarly, a husband may be annoyed when his
wife wants to stop and ask a stranger for directions to a
park or restaurant. Unlike his wife, he would prefer to use a
10 map and find his way by himself.
Language is also part of the different ways that men
and women think about friendship. Most men believe that
friendship means doing things together such as camping or
playing tennis. Talking is not an important part of
15 friendship for most of them. Women, _,
usually identify their best friend as someone with whom
they talk frequently. Experts believe that for women,
talking with friends and agreeing with them is very
important.
(Adapted from Different Ways of Talking)

a) also
b) therefore
c) increasingly
d) on the other hand
30 – Similarly, in bold type in the extract, could be replaced by:

a) Likewise
b) Unlike
c) Likely
d) Like
31 – In the extract, when the woman expects her husband to

offer sympathy, (lines 4 and 5), she wants him to
a) be nice to her.
b) sort her problems out.
c) understand and care about her problems.
d) believe that she really has something to overcome.
32 – Reading the extract, we can lead to the conclusion that
a) men are keen on sharing problems.

b) men gain respect by agreeing with their peers.
c) similarly to men, women enjoy being outdoors with their
friends.
d) gender differences can be seen in the way men and women
communicate with each other.
33 – In “... he would prefer to use a map and find his way by

himself.”, (lines 9 and 10), it means that he
a) would rather use a map instead of asking for directions.
b) gets bored when people don’t give him the right direction.
c) never asks for directions because he always has a map with him.
d) he would rather drive alone because his wife’s attitude
makes him annoyed.
Read the text and answer questions 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.
Understanding the Five Elements
1 Water is represented by the color black and the calm
stillness of winter. People _ dominant element is
water prefer salty foods. They tend to be peaceful and
introspective, though they can also be stubborn
5 individuals. Water people value privacy and rarely share
their personal thoughts with others.
Wood is represented by the color green and the rebirth of
spring. People dominant element is wood prefer
sour foods. They tend to be driven, assertive individuals,
10 which can sometimes make them argumentative and
difficult to get along with. However, they can also be

understanding, helpful individuals who are happy to assist
others in need.
Fire corresponds to the color red and the season of
15 summer. People dominant element prefer bitter
foods. They tend to be optimistic, energetic, unpredictable
individuals. Fire people often have strong opinions, and
are risk takers: they are passionate people who love
excitement and change. Like fire, though, they can also be
20 destructive and rude.
Earth is represented by the color yellow and is related to
late summer – a time of wellbeing when things are in
balance. People dominant element is earth prefer
sweet foods. Earth people are slow to change their minds
25 and rarely lose their tempers. They tend to be patient,
easygoing, caring, and nurturing, although like some
parents, they can also be overprotective.
Metal is represented by the color white and is related to
the season of autumn. People dominant element is
30 metal prefer spicy foods. They tend to be systematic and
refined, but are sometimes viewed by others as somewhat
distant or unfriendly.
GLOSSARY
nurturing – supportive
somewhat – more than a little but not very
34 – Choose the alternative so as to have the text completed

correctly:
a) who
b) which
c) whom
d) whose
35 – All alternatives complete the blank below, except:

The text .
a) describes each element in detail
b) shows the tastes of food that each individual may like
c) outlines the effects each element has on an individual’s
personality
d) explains what happens when an individual lacks one of the
five elements
36 – “Though” and “although”, underlined in the text, are

a) if.
b) when.
c) because.
d) however.
37 – “Value”, (line 5), was used in the text as a/an

a) verb.
b) noun.
c) adverb.
d) adjective.
38 – Choose one negative personality adjective for each

element: water, wood, fire, earth and metal, in this order:
a) calm – helpful – passionate – patient – distant
b) peaceful – assertive – optimistic – easygoing – systematic
c) introspective – understanding – destructive – caring – refined
d) stubborn – argumentative – rude – overprotective – unfriendly
39 – “Tend”, in bold type in the text, means

a) to attempt.
b) to seem tender.
c) to show tenderness.
d) to have a tendency to.
40 – All words below are adjectives, except:

a) salty (line 3)
b) spicy (line 30)
c) happy (line 13)
d) privacy (line 5)
41 – Put the following adverbs: sometimes, often and rarely in

order, from the least frequent to the most frequent.
a) often – sometimes – rarely
b) rarely – sometimes – often
c) sometimes – often – rarely
d) often – rarely – sometimes
42 – According to people’s preference for food, detailed in the

text, we can infer that
a) Fire people probably like the taste of lemons and vinegar.
b) Metal people probably enjoy cooking recipes with chili peppers.
c) Water people probably avoid eating French fries and salted peanuts.
d) Wood people probably appreciate beverages such as coffee
and strong black tea.
1 There’s an old cliché in linguistics that a language is a
dialect with an army and navy behind it. This isn’t merely a
joke. Defining when a new language is born is
than defining when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. In the
5 process by which a dialect becomes a language there is no
easy empirical equivalent of the point when the butterfly
emerges from the larva able to take off. So no linguist can
look back and say: “That’s it, Wednesday 5 May 1213,
that’s when the English language finally got wings.”
GLOSSARY
caterpillar – lagarta
43 – Fill in the blank with the correct option:

a) hard
b) hardly
c) harder
d) hardening
44 – The pronoun “it”, in bold type in the text, refers to

a) linguistics.
b) dialect.
c) cliché.
d) navy.
45 – “take off”, (line 7), means

a) start flying.
b) become upset.
c) return to Nature.
d) accept its destiny.
46 – “got”, (line 9), can be correctly replaced by

a) grew.
b) grow.
c) grown.
d) growing.

a) English was created in May 1213.
b) you need wings in order to learn English.
c) it’s impossible to discover exactly when English was born.
d) the process for a dialect to become a language is empirical.
48 – Reading the cartoon, we can infer that Garfield thinks that

a) despite the fact that the dog is fierce, he won’t bite because
of the meat.
b) the dog is well-behaved, that’s why Garfield likes feeding
him with some meat.
c) he is afraid of dogs and has decided to give him poisonousmeat.
d) he always carries meat because he gets along with fierce dogs.
GABARITO:
25-A 26-B 27-A 28-C 29-D 30-A 31-C 32-D 33-A 34-D 35-D 36-D 37-A 38-D 39-D 40-D 41-B
42-B 43-A 44-B 45-A 46-A 47-C 48-A

Read the text and answer the questions: 25, 26 and 27.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1 Can evolutionary theories also explain why
gentlemen prefer blondes? Yes, argues Nancy Etcoff of
the Harvard Medical School in Survival of the Prettiest.
The Science of Beauty.
5 She suggests that men choose blondes over
brunettes for the fairness of their skin. The lighter skin
tone allows men to detect the flush of sexual
excitement, making these women appear more fertile.
American women are taking this to heart. A 1991
10 study found that the largest group of girls, who were
born in America, was brunette and only 16 per cent of
the American girls were born blonde, although 80 per
cent of American boys prefer blondes to brunettes. In
response to this pressure, half of all American women
15 today color hair, with 40 per cent choosing
light shades.
25 – Fill in the blank, (line 15), with the appropriate response.

a) my
b) her
c) your
d) their

a) 80 per cent of American girls color their hair.
b) most of American women wish to be redheads.
c) the light skin allows men to detect the kindness of women.
d) an evolutionary study can explain the reason for gentlemen
prefer blondes.

a) blondes are more fertile than brunettes.
b) most of American girls were born brunette.
c) American men prefer brunettes to blondes.
d) half of American women color their hair with light shades.
1 Dear,
It was great to hear from you. Sorry it’s taken me a while
to reply, but I’ve been up to my eyes in work recently.
I’m happy to hear that you’re having such a good time at

5 college and that you’ve made lots of new friends. David
sounds nice. Three weeks? That must be a record for
you!!
I’m writing to ask you what you’re doing the last
weekend in May. I was wondering if you’d like to come
10 and spend a few days at the shore. How about bringing
David with you? (Can he cook?!) Please try to come.
I’m really looking forward to seeing you.
Write soon and let me know.
Lots of love.
GLOSSARY
up to my eyes in – muito envolvido em algo.
28 – In “I’m looking forward to”, the underlined words, in the

text, is closest in meaning to, to be .
a) unpleasant
b) unhappy
c) hopeless
d) excited
29 – According to the text, we can infer that all alternatives are

correct, except:
a) It’s a letter of invitation.
b) David is someone’s boss.
c) The letter is very friendly.
d) It’s supposed to be a letter between friends.
30 – According to the text, all alternatives are correct, except:

a) David was invited to a trip.
b) Someone is planning to travel to the shore.
c) Someone wants to spend time with another one.
d) Someone refused an invitation to go to the beach.
31 – According to the text, we can infer that, the letter wasn’t

replied immediately, because
a) the work has demanded lots of attention.
b) there was no interest to answer the letter.
c) the time hasn’t been short.
d) the letter wasn’t received.
Read the text and answer the questions 32, 33 and 34.
Thanksgiving
1 In 1620 one of the first British settlements in
America was established in Massachusetts. These settlers
known as Pilgrims had come to America to freely
practice their religion. They arrived in November, when

5 it was too late to plant crops. many people died,
the Pilgrim settlement survived the winter because of
help from Indians who lived nearby. The Indians taught
the Pilgrims about corn and showed them where to fish.
The next November, after the crops were harvested, the
Pilgrims gave thanks to God at a feast to which they
invited the Indians.
Every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.
Families and friends get together for a big feast. The
meal usually includes roast turkey with stuffing and
15 gravy, a sweet sauce made from cranberries, sweet
potatoes, and pumpkin pie. What a meal! It’s not
surprising that a recent Thanksgiving tradition is to sit
after dinner in front of the TV watching a professional
football game.
(Adapted from Inglês Doorway)
GLOSSARY
harvested – colhido
cranberries – mirtilo

a) Besides
b) Because
c) Although
d) Therefore
33 – According to the text, we can infer that

a) turkey, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie are seldom served on thanksgiving.
b) Thanksgiving is a celebration among families and friends to thank God.
c) it’s traditional to watch football game on TV before the dinner.
d) Americans celebrate thanksgiving every other year.
34 – According to the text, all the alternatives are correct, except:

a) Pilgrims learned how to plant and where to fish with Indians.
b) All Pilgrims were established in Massachusetts.
c) Indians were responsible for Pilgrims survival.
d) The Pilgrims invited the Indians to their feast.

Flight attendant
1 Within every elegant and friendly flight attendant
exists a very well trained professional. They graduate
from courses recognized by the Civil Aeronautical
Department (DAC). For six months, this professional
5 learns the basic functions of a plane as well as flight
procedures. Security issues, either in the air or on the
ground, are dealt with in detail. A flight attendant is
taught how to handle first – aid procedures for passengers
and he or she also gets survival training in case of an

10 accident. After , the flight attendant must pass a
test at the DAC to obtain a license. Only now can this
professional be part of the crew. The courses require just
a basic knowledge of English, but to develop in the
career, to crew international flights, fluent English is a
15 must.

a) graduate
b) graduates
c) graduated
d) graduating
36 – In “A flight attendant is taught how to handle first – aid

procedures for passengers…” (line 10), the underlined verb is
closest in meaning to, except:
a) to calm down
b) to cope with
c) to deal with
d) to manage
37 – According to the text, all the alternatives are correct,

except: Flight attendants
a) must have some knowledge about the plane and flight
rules.
b) are very well trained in security problems on board or on
the ground.
c) are elegant and friendly, but also highly trained
professionals.
d) must have only basic skills of English to crew
international flights.

Halloween
1 the 31st of October many people England, in
the United States and even in Brazil prepare to celebrate
Halloween, or the Witches Day. Halloween has a pagan
origin, dating back to Roman and Celts times.
5 Many years later in England, farmers used to go
house house to ask for food. It was meant to
bring good luck to them. This gave origin to the “trick or
treat” tradition: groups of children dressed like witches
and ghosts visit many houses to ask for sweets. If they do
10 not get their treats, they play a trick.
In the United States another tradition is famous.
Houses and schools are decorated with pumpkins with a
candle inside.
(Adapted from Inglês de olho no mundo do trabalho)
38 – Fill in he blanks with the suitable option

a) for – to – on – in
b) on – in – from – to
c) to – from – in – for
d) since – for – from – to
a) Halloween has a religious origin.

b) In Brazil people don’t celebrate the Witches’ Day.
c) The “trick or treat” tradition began with children asking for food.
d) A pumpkin with a candle inside is used to adorn the houses

in Halloween in the United States.
40 – “Trick or treat”, in bold type, in the text, means

a) a celebration of someone’s birthday.
b) an event in which is someone’s wedding.
c) a day when people thank for the end of the harvest.
d) an activity in which children knock on door of houses to ask
for candies
1 Rio de Janeiro presented what they are calling the
largest ever floating Christmas “tree” on the Rodrigo de
Freitas Lagoon on Saturday night.
The giant structure was with a firework
5 display during an event that featured lights and musical
performance, drawing thousands of people to the lagoon.
This year’s theme celebrates the importance of light in
people’s lives, by the sun, the moon and the
stars.
10 The 280 ft. tall structure is by 3.1 million
lights and it will be lit every night until 6 January.
(Adapted from www.telegraph .co. uk)
41 – Choose the best alternative to fill in the blanks

a) inaugurated – showed – inaugurated
b) featured – inaugurated – symbolized
c) symbolized – presented – inaugurated
d) inaugurated – symbolized – illuminated
42 – In “The giant structure was inaugurated with a firework

display...” the correct active voice is: “Someone the
giant structure”.
a) inaugurated
b) inaugurates
c) is inaugurating
d) was inaugurating
43 – “featured”, in bold type, in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) made
b) included
c) represented
d) demonstrated
44 – “largest”, (line 2), was used in the text as a

a) superlative.
b) comparative of equality.
c) comparative of inferiority.
d) comparative of superiority.
Pepsi versus Coke
1 Pepsi is in trouble. For a long time now, it’s been
the second most popular cola drink in the United States,
after Coke. But now it’s in third place, with Coke and
Diet Coke in the number one and two positions. But
5 PepsiCo (the producer of the famous drink) is
determined to fight back. It plans to spend 30% more on
advertising this year. Some think this might lead to
another Cola War (the name given to the battle between
Coke and Pepsi for market dominance in the ‘70s and
10 ‘80s). More worrying for both companies is the fact that
US consumers are spending less on fizzy drinks every
year, preferring healthier options such as fruit juice or
tea.
(adapted from “hot English magazine” nº 4)
45 – According to the text, it’s correct to say that in the U.S.A., Pepsi
a) was always the most popular cola drink.
b) is the third most popular cola drink these days.
c) had to fight to be in the third position after Coke.
d) has been struggling against Coke for a long time in order to
get the second position.
46 – In the text, when PepsiCo says that it is determined to fight

back, (lines 4, 5 and 6), it means that the producer
a) plans to attack Coke investing in advertisement.

b) wants to advertise for another Cola War.
c) will resist until the end of the Cola War.
d) is dominating the market of cola drinks.
47 – In ... “it’s been the second most popular drink...” (lines 2

and 3), the underlined letter is a contracted form of:
a) is
b) has
c) was
d) does
48 – Fizzy drinks, in bold type, in the extract, can be replaced

by drinks.
a) still
b) fresh
c) freezing
d) sparkling
GABARITO:
25-D 26-D 27-B 28-D 29-B 30-D 31-A 32-C 33-B 34-B 35-D 36-A 37-D 38-B 39-D
40-D 41-D 42-A 43-B 44-A 45-B 46-A 47-B 48-D

GLOSSARY
snap – perder o controle, não se conter.
25- Reading the cartoon leads to the conclusion that the police
officer arrested the English teacher, because
a) he didn’t know English grammar.
b) she wrote the question wrong.
c) the grammar was not correct.
d) vandalism is not allowed.
26- “excuse” is closest in meaning to, except:

a) justification.
b) explanation.
c) accusation.
d) reason.

1 Laura had parked her car _ a local shopping
mall, and she was taking a shortcut through the side door
a restaurant. Halfway across the restaurant,
she spotted her father eating a hamburger and French fries;
5 he often eats there. She sneaked up behind him, put her
hand over his shoulder, took a French fry off the plate,
dipped it in the ketchup, and ate it. Then she realized that
the man was not her father! She was so embarrassed! She
couldn’t say a word!
GLOSSARY
shortcut – atalho
spotted – avistou, viu, notou
sneaked up – de mansinho, sorrateiramente, na ponta dos pés
dipped – mergulhou, molhou
27 – Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions,

respectively:
a) in / on
b) on / of
c) at / of
d) at / on
28 “so embarrassed”, in bold type in the text, is

closest inmeaning to, except:
a) extremely comfortable
b) pretty disconcerted
c) really red-faced
d) very ashamed

a) Laura was very pleased taking a French fry off the plate.
b) the man eating a hamburger was Laura’s father.
c) Laura ordered hamburger and French fries.
d) Laura’s father often eats in that restaurant.

Don’t drink and ride
Alcohol can increase your risk of being hurt in a car accident,
even if you aren’t behind the wheel. A new University of
Michigan study reports that men who have been drinking are 50
percent more likely to experience a serious injury during a car
accident than sober passengers.
30 – According to the text, all the alternatives

are correct,except:
a) Based on a study, men who have been drinking will probably
be hurt in an accident.
b) Drunk passengers suffer more injuries than those who don’t
drink anything.
c) The risk of being hurt in a car accident is higher when you
drink alcohol.
d) Only the drivers can suffer injuries in a car accident.
31 – The word “who”, underlined in the text, can be replaced by

a) whose.
b) which.
c) whom.
d) that
Read the text and answer question 32 and 33.

Investigators trying to find out what happened to a Malaysia
Airlines jet that disappeared en route to Beijing on Saturday
morning were examining the causes of plane crashes: mechanical
failure, pilot error, bad weather. But the discovery that two of the
passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the
possibility of criminal violence.
32- “find out”, in bold type in the text, is closest in meaning to
a) discover ANULADA
b) think.
c) reach.
d) have
33 – The underlined verbs in the text are in the

a) present progressive.
b) past progressive.
c) simple present.
d) future.
The sun and the moon
1 The sun is a star. It’s a ball of fire. The moon is rocky andhard.
It’s not hot. The sun sends out light, but the moon
doesn’t. In fact, the moon reflects the light.
The moon is about 240.000 miles away from us; the sun is
5 93 million miles; that’s why the moon looks almost aslarge
as the sun.
GLOSSARY
send out – produzir
34 – Based on the text, all the alternatives are correct, except:

a) The moon is nearer to the earth than the sun is.
b) The moon doesn’t make its own light.
c) The sun just reflects the moon light.
d) The sun is larger than the moon.
a) the moon and the sun are the same size. A N ULADA
b) the moon is smaller than the sun.
c) the sun is smaller than the moon.
d) the moon and the sun are small.
36 – The underlined words, in the text, are

a) adjectives.
b) pronouns.
c) adverbs.
d) nouns.
37 – “almost”, in bold type in the text, is closest in meaning

to , except:
a) approximately
b) entirely
c) close to
d) nearly

Dear Matthew,
I was really upset to hear about your accident. It sounds terrible!
You’re lucky to have only one broken leg! Hope you’re back on
your feet soon!
Love, Rachel
38 – We can infer that the text is a

a) get well message.
b) piece of advice.
c) business letter.
d) love letter.
The Goose and the Golden egg
1 There was once Countryman who
possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine,
for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had
laid a beautiful, glittering, Golden egg.
5 The Countryman took the eggs to the market and
soon began to get rich. But he grew impatient with
Goose because she gave him only a single
Golden egg a day. He was not getting rich fast enough.
Then one day, after he had finished counting his
10 money, he thought that he could get all the Golden eggs
at once by killing the Goose and cutting it open. But
when he killed her, he didn’t find a single Golden egg
and his precious Goose was dead.
(Adapted from “The Goose and the Golden egg”)
GLOSSARY
nest – ninho
glittering – brilhante
39- Fill in the blanks, in the text, with the appropriate articles,
respectively:
a) a / a
b) a / the
c) the / a
d) the / the
40 – “can”, (line 2), gives us an idea of

a) intention.
b) necessity.
c) deduction.
d) possibility.
41 – “At once”, in bold type in the text, can be replaced by

a) at the same time.
b) a long time ago.
c) in a short time.
d) all the time.
42 – “enough”, underlined in the text, is

a) a preposition.
b) an adjective.
c) an adverb.
d) a verb.
43 – Based on the text,

a) after some time the Countryman sold the Goose at the market.
b) the Countryman killed his Goose because of his greed.
c) the Countryman found many eggs inside the Goose.
d) the Goose laid eggs once a week.
Read the extract and answer questions 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48.
A very healthy food
1 A recent study, carried out by the Federal University
of Pará, concluded that açaí helps prevent cardiovascular
diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes. The fruit also
has other benefits for our health: it helps the intestines
5 work well and efficiently. It also delays the aging process
in cells. In addition to all these benefits, other studies
done recently that the fruit is also good for
our sight and stimulates our memory.
(Adapted from www.maganews.com)
GLOSSARY
carried out – realizado
stroke – derrame
44 – Fill in the blank with the correct verb tense:

a) shows
b) showing
c) has shown
d) have shown
45 – “delays”, (line 5), is closest in meaning to

a) stops.
b) prevents.
c) postpones.
d) accelerates.
46 – All words, taken from the text, are adverbs, except:

a) well
b) healthy
c) recently
d) efficiently
47 – “such as”, (line 3), is closest in meaning to

a) so.
b) then.
c) instead.
d) for example
48 – Choose the word below that refers to one of the five

senses:
a) sight
b) aging
c) health
d) memory
GABARITO:
25-D 26-C 27-C 28-A 29-D 30-D 31-D 32-A 33-B 34-C 35-B 36-D 37-B 38-A 39-B 40-D 41-A
42-C 43-B 44-D 45-C 46-B 47-D 48-A

PROVAS ANTERIORES
2016
The flight
1 Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, took off at 10:01
a.m. on March 24 from Barcelona, bound for
Dusseldorf. The plane had 144 passengers and six crew
members on board.
5 According to French aviation accident
investigators, the plane began descending from its
cruising altitude of 38,000 feet at 10:31 a.m. It lost
contact with French radar at an altitude of 6,175 feet at
10:40 a.m., the investigators said.
10 Transponder data shows that the autopilot was
reprogrammed by someone inside the cockpit to change
the plane's altitude from 38,000 feet to 100 feet,
according to Flightradar24, a website that tracks
aviation data.
15 The aircraft crashed in a remote area near Digne-
les-Bains in the Alpes de Haute-Provence region.
Adapted from http://edition.cnn.com
25– Choose the correct active sentence to replace “The

autopilot was reprogrammed by someone” (lines 10 and
11).
a) Someone had reprogrammed the autopilot.
b) Someone has reprogrammed the autopilot.
c) Someone reprogrammed the autopilot.
d) Someone reprograms the autopilot.
25 – Cockpit, (line 11), means the

a) kitchen on a plane.
b) back part of a plane.
c) area in a plane where the pilot sits.
d) part of a plane where goods are stored.
26 – The pronoun “It” (line 7) refers to

a) accident.
b) altitude.
c) plane.
d) feet.
28– Complete the statement taken from the text (lines 1-2)
withthe correct question tag:
“Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, took off at 10:01 a.m on March
24 from Barcelona, ”?
a) won’t it
b) didn’t it
c) wasn’t it
d) doesn’t it
29– In the sentence “Beware of the dog. He bites really hard;

however, he can be bribed”, which word can replace
“however”without interfering in the meaning?
a) Because
b) Moreover
c) Therefore
d) Nevertheless
1 Germanwings and its parent company, Lufthansa, are
still reeling from the disaster. Senior managers are facing a
barrage of questions about Lubitz and the company's policies.
Lubitz passed his annual pilot recertification medical
5 examination in summer 2014, a German aviation source toldCNN.
An official with Lufthansa said that the exam only tests
physical health, not psychological health. The company
was never given any indication Lubitz was depressed, the
official said, and if he went to a doctor on his own he would
10 have been required to self-report if he had been deemed unfit
to fly.
The company has already changed its rules following the
crash to ensure that two crew members are in the cockpit at all
times. Many other airlines have taken similar steps or been
15 advised by authorities to do so.
More and more information is coming to light about the lives
of the passengers and crew members on Flight 9525.
They include Iranian sports journalists who had been working
at covering a big Spanish soccer game between Barcelona and
20 Real Madrid; a group of young students from a German town
who were returning from a school trip; two successful
German opera singers who had performed at a Barcelona
theater; and an American mother and daughter from Virginia.
Most of the people on the flight were from Germany or
25 Spain, officials have said. Searchers at the mountainside crash
site are continuing with their precarious mission to recover the
remains of the dead.
Adapted from http://edition.cnn.com
GLOSSARY
deemed – considered
to reel – to be confused or shocked by a situation

a) the company’s policies are in trouble because of the disaster.
b) the company was aware of Lubitz’s physical health and
psychological health.
c) the airline has not ensured that two crew members are in the
cockpit at all times.
d) an annual pilot recertification medical examination was not
performed by the co-pilot Lubitz.
31 – “Unfit to fly”, lines 11 and 12, means
a) able to fly.
b) ready to fly.
c) unable to fly.
d) acceptable to fly.
32 – “Crew members”, (line 13), means all the people who

a) work on a plane.
b) buy things on a plane.
c) go into a plane and steal things.
d) are involved in illegal activities.
33 – According to the text, write (T) for the true statements and
(F) for the false statements.
( ) There were artists on Flight 9525.
( ) There were only elderly people on board.
( ) All the passengers on Flight 9525 were Spanish.
( ) The journalists on board were returning from a vacation
trip.
Choose the alternative which corresponds to the order.
a) T – F – F – F
b) F – T – T – F
c) T – F – F – T
d) T – T – F – F
Read the cartoon and answer the question 34.
34 – According to the cartoon, we can affirm that

a) The boy would not marry the girl at all.
b) “If” and “unless” have exactly the same meaning.
c) The girl was happy, because the boy accepted to marry her
when she grows up.
d) There is only one way that the girl would marry the boy:
being the last girl on Earth.

1 New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts have declared states of emergency
and 50 million people are expected to wake up to foot
of snow on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.
5 In other development:
- 6,500 flights in and out of airports along East
Coast cancelled;
- schools and businesses stopped early on Monday;
- New York’s subway and bus services stop at 23:00
10 local time;
- wind gusts of 75 mph or more are forecast for
coastal areas of Massachusetts; and
- Boston’s Logan Airport said there would be no
flights after 19:00 local time.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30978320
35 – Fill in the blank in lines 3 and 6 with the right words:

a) a – an
b) a – the
c) an – the
d) the – the

a) many services will not be available because of the snow.
b) people expect to wake up with their feet on the snow on
Tuesday.
c) Boston’s Logan Airport will start operating after 19:00 local
time.
d) after 23:00 local time, people will have to go home by bus
or subway.

Winter sports
1 Only two areas of the USA are mild in winter, the coasts,
especially Florida and southern California, and the
southern part of the Mississippi basin.
Everywhere else it gets cold, often very cold. By the
5 end of November, many American states are often
covered in snow; and although recent winters have been
less cold, sport in winter usually means winter sports, or
indoor sports.
By January, many people in North America will have
10 temperatures of -30°C; not every day, of course, but such
low temperatures are not rare. In Chicago and
Minneapolis, the temperature can fall below -40°.
When it is very cold, especially when there is a cold
wind, people want to go outside, unless they
15 have to; but on sunny winter days, winter sports are
popular.
In the large flat regions in the middle of North
America, winter sports are snowmobiling, snow
shoeing and cross-country skiing. Ice-skating is popular
20 too; lakes and rivers freeze, and many towns and cities
have free open-air skating rinks. In many places, these
are flood-lit after dark, so that people can enjoy skating
in the evening.
Adapted from http://linguapress.com/intermediate/wintersports.usa.htm
37 – Fill in the blank, (line 14) with the suitable option:

a) much
b) many
c) little
d) few
38 – “Mild”, (line 1), in the text, means

a) cold.
b) freezing.
c) fairly warm.
d) extremely hot.
39 – Choose the alternative so as to have the text completed

correctly, (line 18):
a) more popular than
b) less popular than
c) the most popular
d) as popular as
40 – Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right form of

the reported speech for what the boy said.
BOY: The teacher sent me an email with my grades, but I
deleted it. The boy said that his teacher
a) had not sent him an email with his grades, but he had
deleted it.
b) has sent him an email with his grades, but he has deleted it.
c) sent him an email with his grades, but he has deleted it.
d) had sent him an email with his grades, but he deleted it.
1 What could have prompted Lubitz to deliberately
destroy the aircraft, killing everyone on board,
remained the focus of investigations in Germany.
Officials said Lubitz was not known to be on any
5 terrorism list, and his religion was not immediately
known.
He had passed medical and psychological testing
when he was hired in 2013, said Carsten Spohr, CEO of
Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings.
10 While the ailment Lubitz had sought treatment for

hasn’t been revealed, that he was declared unfit for
work is an important detail, aviation analysts say. Pilots
are required to maintain their fitness to fly and must tell
their airline if they’re found unfit, CNN aviation analyst
David Soucie said.
41 – According to the article, the German pilot Lubitz

a) was responsible for a terrorist attack
b) planned to destroy the aircraft.
c) was hired to destroy the plane.
d) revealed his sickness.
42 – In the sentence “Pilots (…) must tell their airline if they’re

found unfit.” (lines 13-14), the expression in bold can be
replaced by:
a) can
b) should
c) have to
d) ought to
43 – The sentence “(…) he was hired in 2013 (…)” (line 8)

has the same meaning as:
a) The airline hired Lubitz in 2013.
b) Lubitz hired Carsten Spohr in 2013
c) Lufthansa hired Carsten Spohr in 2013.
d) Carsten Spohr hired the CEO of Lufthansa in 2013.
44 – In the sentence “(...), said Carsten Spohr, CEO of

Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings”. (Line 8-9), the word in
bold refers to
a) CEO.
b) Lubitz.
c) Lufthansa.
d) Carsten Spohr.

1 Radiotelephone communications lack the facial cues,
body language, and listening cues found in usual face-
to-face situations. Communications without such cues
are considered to be more difficult and challenging,
5 requiring a higher degree of language proficiency, than face-
to-face interactions. In addition, other features of
radiotelephone communications make it a unique kind
of communicative event, for example:
- The sound quality may be poor, with distracting
10 sounds.
- The communicative workload of the air traffic
controller or a pilot may be heavy, with a corresponding
need for efficiency and brevity.

- In addition to their communicative tasks, pilots must
15 also attend to all of the tasks involved in operating their
aircraft.
sounds.
- The communicative workload of the air traffic

controller or a pilot may be heavy, with a corresponding
need for efficiency and brevity.
- In addition to their communicative tasks, pilots must
also attend to all of the tasks involved in operating their
aircraft.
Adapted from Document 9835 (ICAO, 2010, p. 2-6).
45– Write (T) for the true statements and (F) for the false
statements, according to the text.
( ) Radiotelephone communications need to be efficient and
brief.
( ) The sound in radiotelephone communications may not be
good.
( ) In radiotelephone communications, there is no body language.
( ) Radiotelephone communications do not require a good level
of language proficiency.
Choose the correct alternative, according to the order of the
sentences.
a) T – T – T – F
b) T – F – T – F
c) T – T – F – T
d) F – T – F – T
46– The words “efficiency” and “brevity” (both in line 13)

follow, respectively, the same rule of word formation as in
a) policy – party.
b) agency – plenty.
c) fancy – security.
d) proficiency – clarity.
Read the cartoon to answer question 47.
47– According to the cartoon, all the sentences are correct,

except:
a) Jon said that Garfield looks too heavyset.
b) Jon thinks Garfield needs to put on weight.
c) Garfield thinks that he is heavy because of the gravity on
Earth.
d) Garfield knows that gravity on Earth is stronger than in
some other planets.
48– Read the cartoon and write (T) for the true statements and (F) for the false statements.
( ) The toothbrush said that the toilet paper’s job is the best.
( ) The toothbrush said that it has the worst job in the world and
the toilet paper agreed.
( ) The toilet paper’s thinking conveys the meaning that there is
always someone who has a worse job.
( ) The toilet paper’s thinking was ironic, possibly interpreted
as “so, you do not know what I actually do”.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the correct order:
a) T – T – T – F
b) F – F – F – T
c) F – F – T – T
d) F – F – T – F
GABARITO:
25-C 26-C 27-C 28-B 29-D 30-A 31-C 32-A 33-A 34-D 35-B 36-A 37-D 38-C 39-C 40-D 41-B
42-C 43-A 44-C 45-A 46-D 47-B 48-C

25 – In the sentence: “Dude, now my peanuts are on the floor…

MEE-Yow!” “…MEE- You!” can be correctly replaced by
a) , isn’t it? ANULADA

b) , are they?
c) , aren’t they?
d) , aren’t the peanuts?
Read the text and answer the questions 26, 27, 28 and 29.
1 The job of a pilot is difficult and risky, but prestigious.
Airline pilots often travel thousands of kilometers and can
find themselves in a different time and climate zones every
day. see all parts of the world and get to know new
5 people almost all the time. But a pilot also faces problems.
often suffer from jet lag and can become tired when
flying through different time zones. spend many
days away from home and families.
Although many people think it is a real dream job,
10 pilots must be responsible people, because they have the
lives of up to a few hundred passengers in their hands.
They have to have hundreds of hours of training before
they can do their job. Pilots must remain calm in
dangerous situations and always have to make the right
15 decisions. They need to see and hear perfectly.
About 60 % of all pilots fly commercial airplanes, the rest
fly cargo and private planes, as well as air force planes.
On average pilots spend about 70 to 100 hours a month
in the air.
(Adapted from http:// www.english.online.at/travel/airline-pilot)
26 – Fill in the blanks with the correct options, respectively.

a) They – They – Them – them
b) They – Their – Them – their
c) They – They – They – their
d) They – They – They – them
27 – According to the text, the great number of pilots fly

a) commercial airplanes
b) air force planes
c) private planes
d) cargo planes
28 – “Jet lag”, in bold type (line 6), means

a) the tired and confused feeling after flying a very long distance.
b) a feeling of satisfaction when flying a very long distance.
c) the warm and friendly feeling towards the crew members.
d) a feeling of claustrophobia from being in a small place.
29 – The numbers “70 and 100” (line 18), are expressed in

English as
a) seventy and a hundred
b) seventy and a thousand
c) seventeen and a hundred
d) seventeen and a Thousand
30 – In the sentence: The steward is arriving in the airport now.

The feminine of the word in bold type is
a) woman steward
b) female steward
c) stewardwoman
d) stewardess
31 – Choose the sentence that corresponds to the right form of

the reported speech for the dialogue:
The mother said to the son:
– Do not watch TV after midnight!
a) The mother told her son to does not watch TV after midnight.
b) The mother told her son do not to watch TV after midnight.
c) The mother told her son to not watch TV after midnight.
d) The mother told her son not to watch TV after midnight
32 – Choose the alternative that does not complete the sentence

below.
It is possible to pass an exam, you study hard.
a) if ANULADA
b) unless
c) as long as
d) provided that
33 – According to the cartoon, Leo is having an uncomfortable

flight
a) because of the wind.

b) because of an engine failure
c) because the pilot has a problem with himself.
d) with movements up and down due to heavy traffic.

1 You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen”
before, but they are very important for students who are
entering university.
“Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds, the fifteen pounds
5 added to a student’s weight in his or her first year.
There are a number of reasons why first-year university
students gain weight, but it is encouraging to know that
freshmen don’t have to add these harmfull fifteen pounds.
Some students visit the kitchen many times while
10 studying and also have less time for walking, running and
doing sports due to their amount of schoolwork.
(Adapted from Active skills for Reading)
34 – Which of the underlined words in the text is an adjective?

a) doing
b) walking
c) running
d) encouraging
35 – According to the text, a freshman is a student in the

a) last year of university.
b) first year of university.
c) second year of university.
d) year before the final year of university.
36 – Read the dialogue and complete it with the right form of the
verb.
WAITER: Are you ready to order?
CLIENT: Would you mind me the menu?
WAITER: Of course not. Here you are.
a) to bring
b) brought
c) bringing
d) not bring

Why study abroad?
1 Have you considered studying abroad, but are not sure
whether it’s worth your time? If you ask anybody who has
studied abroad, he or she will most certainly tell you that it
is a life-changing experience and one of the most rewarding
5 things he or she has ever done. Perhaps you’re not certain
what benefits you can reap from an extended stay in a
foreign country. There are many reasons why you should

take the plunge.
37 – The adjective that follows the same superlative rule as in
“the most rewarding” (line 4) is
a) the most cheap
b) the most cruel
c) the most safe
d) the most old
38 – According to the text, studying abroad

a) is an experience that changes someone’s life.
b) is a waste of time.
c) has no benefits.
d) is very risky.

Interview with Tony Hawk (TH) - Wheels on Fire
(WOF) Magazine
1 WOF: Let’s start with the high point of your career.
Can you pick one out to share with us?
TH: Oh, yes, definitely. For me, the high point came
when I was traveling to France and I had to fill out a tourist
5 information card. You know, the thing you fill out when
you’re entering a new country? Well, I got to write down
“skateboarder” as my occupation. How cool!
Taken from BARTON et at. Northstar. 2.ed. New York: Longman, 2004, p. 22.
39– According to the text, the high point of Tony Hawk’s career
was when he
a) traveled to France to work.
b) filled out a form declaring his goods.
c) had to write his job - skateboarder - on a form.
d) worked as a tourist information guide in France.
40– The expression “pick (...) out” (line 2) has the same
meaning as
a) choose
b) invent
c) come
d) enter

1 As a scientist working in Antarctica, I spend most of
my time in the lab studying ice. (…) Antarctica is the
center of important scientific research, and it must be
preserved for this purpose. (…) When tourists groups came
5 here, they take us away from our research. Our work is
difficult, and some of our projects can be damaged by such
simple mistakes as opening a wrong door or bumping into
a small piece of equipment.
41– Write (T) for the true statements or (F) for the
falsestatements.
( ) Antarctica must be preserved for research purposes.
( ) Tourists don’t need the scientists to visit Antarctica.
( ) Simple mistakes can be damaged by opening the wrong
door.
( ) Tourists can make simple mistakes and damage some
of the researchers’ projects.
Choose the correct alternative.
a) T – F – F – F
b) T – T – T – T
c) T – T – F – T
d) T – F – F – T
42– According to the text, the word “it”, in line 3, refers to

a) ice
b) scientist
c) Antarctica
d) scientific research

1 Until the 1960's, team sports were not played on
a global scale. In Europe, people European games,
and in North America we played American games.
The only real "global" sports individual sports,
5 such as golf and tennis.
At that time, rich Americans could travel to Europe
on holiday, and play these two games; but whole teams
of sportsmen did not often travel around the world,
it was too complicated and slow!
10 The first worldwide sports competition was the
Olympic Games; but originally the Olympics were only
concerned with athletics; they did not include the wide
variety of sports that they now cover.
So as far as team sports are concerned, America has
15 grown up with its own tradition; we love our “football”
and our baseball and our basketball. We don't mind if
these sports are not popular in other countries. That way,
we can organise the “World Series” baseball
championship, knowing that a US team will almost
20 always win.
Adapted from http://linguapress.com/intermediate/sports-american-style.htm
GLOSSARY
On a global scale – all over the world
43 – Fill in the blanks with the correct options.

a) play – is
b) plays – are
c) played – were
44 – The expression “has grown up” (lines 14 and 15), in bold
type in the text, means
a) has developed gradually.
b) has finished completely.
c) has escaped from.
d) has given.
45 – According to the text, choose the correct alternative.

a) Affluent Americans could play golf and tennis in Europe.
b) Team sports were played on a global scale until the 1960’s.
c) The Olympic Games have always covered a wide variety of
sports.
d) Only baseball and basketball were considered global sports
until the 1960’s.

1 Should we fear that someday a huge asteroid would
fulfill one of the apocalyptic scenarios envisaged for
Earth, when a space rock smashes into our planet causing
a global disaster? Judit Gyorgyey-Ries, an experienced
5 astronomer at the University of Texas’ McDonald
Observatory becalms the worried doomsdayers with a
scientific approach to the matter. In an interview with
astrowatch.net, she discusses potential asteroid threats,
her current research and misinterpretation of her words
10 by tabloid newspapers.
Taken from www.spacedaily.com/Deep_Impact.html
46 – In the text, the meaning of “misinterpretation” (line 9) is to

A) forget to interpret.
B) interpret correctly.
C) interpret in a wrong way.
D) interpret and report to the news.
47 – The only word that has the same suffix as in “astronomer”

(line 5) is
A) matter
B) disaster
C) newspaper
D) doomsdayer
Read the cartoon and answer questions 48.

48 – Replace the numbers (1) and (2) in the cartoon with the
right form of the verbs.
a) (1) will look – (2) had sink
b) (1) would look – (2) had sank
c) (1) would look – (2) hadn’t sunk
d) (1) wouldn’t look – (2) haven’t sunk
GABARITO:
25-C 26-C 27-A 38-A 29-A 30-D 31-D 32-B 33-C 34-D 35-B 36-C 37-B 38-A 39-C 40-A 41-D
42-C 43-C 44-A 45-A 46-C 47-D 48-C

“Miss Emlyn read us some of it. I asked Mummy to read

some more. I liked it. It has a wonderful sound. A
brave new world. There isn’t anything really like that,
is there?”
5 “You don’t believe in it?”
“Do you?”
“There is always a brave new world”, said Poirot, “but
only, you know, for very special people. The lucky
ones. The ones who carry the making of that world

10 within .”
(Adapted from Agatha Christie, Hallowe’en Party)
25 – Fill in the blank, in the text, with the appropriate

reflexivepronoun.
a) yourselves
b) yourself
c) ourselves
d) themselves
26 – Choose another way of saying “There isn’t

anything reallylike that.”
a) There is nothing really like that.
b) There is anything really like that.
c) There aren’t no things really like that.
d) There are much things really like that.
27 – According to Poirot
a) a brave new world is a public concept.
b) brave new worlds exist without everyone.
c) a brave new world exists only for lucky people.
d) It is extremely easy to carry a world within oneself.

The Greenhouse Effect
1 A greenhouse is a house made of glass. The sun shines
right through the glass and makes it warm inside the
greenhouse. It is possible to grow flowers and
vegetables inside a greenhouse in the winter. Scientists
5 have a theory that a lot of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere will act like the glass in a greenhouse. As
the sun shines through the carbon dioxide blanket, the
atmosphere will get hotter and hotter.
Carbon dioxide is produced by combustion, the burning
10 of fuel. It is being added to the normal atmosphere as
we have more and more cars, more and more houses
and industries. In short, more people produce more
carbon dioxide.
Scientists predict that as a result of more carbon dioxide
15 in the atmosphere, there will be a global warming, or a
long-term rise in temperatures over the earth.
28 – According to the text, we can infer that:

a) Carbon dioxide is only produced by industries and by cars.
b) Scientists believe that the rise in temperatures over the earth
is the main cause of a global warming.
c) As the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
increases, the temperature over the earth will rise.
d) Global warming is the phenomenon in which the atmosphere

temperature is hotter than the earth’s surface.
29 – In the sentence “It is being added to the normal

atmosphere” (line10), we can find the passive voice of which
verb tense?
a) future
b) simple present
c) past progressive
d) present progressive
30 – “A lot of” (line 5) is closest in meaning to all the

alternatives, except:
a) a few ANULADA
b) much
c) lots of
d) a big amount of
31 – Select the alternative that best completes the extract below.

Doctors suggest not much fat and sugar.
Patients suffering from cardiopulmonary diseases also
should not avoid _ to the doctor.
a) to eat – to go
b) eating – to go
c) to eat – going
d) eating – going

1 Dear Sam,
I’m having a wonderful time in Paris. I didn’t have
time to write last week because I took a tour of
some flea markets. I bought beautiful vintage
5 clothes. I also got some interesting old books for you.
(…)
Love,
Anna.
(Adapted from: BONNER, M; FUCHS, M. Grammar
Express Basic – For Self-Study and Classroom Use. 1
ed. New York: Longman, 2001. p. 99).
32– Fill in the blanks, in the text, with the

appropriatequantifiers:
a) any – a
b) any – some
c) some – any
d) some – some
32 – Select the alternative that best completes the dialogue.

Mr. O’Brian: Hi, I’m Paul O’Brian. I’m from
insurance company. Do you have middle name?
Mr. Calas: Yes, my full name is Antonio Carrera
Calas.
Mr. O’Brian: Right. Where do you live, Mr. Calas?
Mr. Calas: I live in apartment in San Colorado.
Mr. O’Brian: San Colorado, I see. And what do you
do for a living?
Mr. Calas: I’m real estate agent.
a) an – a – an – a
b) a – an – an – a
c) an – an – a – a
d) an – an – an – a
Read the dialogue and answer questions 34 and 35.

Child: Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired.
Mom: He may have stayed up all night.
33 – “May”, in bold type in the dialogue, expresses

a) impossibility.
b) possibility.
c) permission.
d) certainty.
34 – “So”, underlined in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) such
b) much
c) many
d) very
35 – Select the alternative that contains the passive

voice of thesentence below:
Somebody has hurt Ronaldo during the soccer match.
a) Ronaldo is hurt during the soccer match.
b) Ronaldo was hurt during the soccer match.
c) Ronaldo had been hurt during the soccer match.
d) Ronaldo has been hurt during the soccer match

Lufthansa Now Says It Knew of Co-Pilot Andreas
Lubitz’s History of Depression
1 The co-pilot at the controls of the German jetliner that
crashed last week had informed Lufthansa in 2009

about his depressive episodes, the company said
Tuesday.
5 In a statement, Lufthansa said the co-pilot had
conveyed the information when he sought to rejoin the
airline’s flight school after a monthslong pause in his
studies.
French prosecutors said that Mr. Lubitz appeared to
10 have intentionally crashed the jet into the French Alps
on March 24. The plane descended a little under 10
minutes before it struck the earth, killing all 150 people
aboard.
Prosecutors in Germany said Monday that he had been
15 treated for suicidal tendencies.
(Adapted from www.nytimes.com)
GLOSSARY
conveyed – transmitiu
sought – procurou
monthslong – com duração de meses
prosecutors - promotores

a) Lufthansa was informed about the co-pilot’s depressive
episodes.
b) Lufthansa prosecutors believe the co-pilot intentionally
crashed the plane.
c) The co-pilot took a long pause in his studies before he was
diagnosed with depression.
d) The co-pilot Andreas Lubitz hadn’t informed Lufthansa
about his psychological condition before the accident.
38 – “struck”, underlined in the text, is the past tense of:

a) strucken
b) struggle
c) striked
d) strike
Read the dialogue and answer question 39.

1 Ana: Do you ever go to museums?
Martin: Yes, I enjoy them.
Ana: Would you like to go to a museum now?
Martin: No, I’m hungry. I suggest visiting – going
5 restaurant.
39 – Select the alternative that best

completes the dialogue:
a) visiting – to go
b) to visit – to go
c) to visit – going
to a
40 – Select the alternative in which the use of “so” does not

express the result of an action:
a) I don’t have a nice dress, so I’m not going to the party
tonight.
b) Water is running out, so people must save it as much as they
can.
c) Lightning is dangerous to everybody, so a lot of people don’t
worry about it.
d) There are weather balloons and satellites to help predict the
weather, so meteorologists must know how to use them in
order to deliver precise forecasts.
41 – Select the alternative that indicates the type of conditional

in the sentence below.
According to scientists, if the amount of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere increases, there will be a global warming.
a) zero conditional
b) first conditional
c) third conditional
d) second conditional

42 – The boy’s mother is nervous because the
a) computer’s desk is dirty.
b) boy got dirty when he was surfing the net.
c) pictures on the computer screen are confused.
d) boy is getting dirty pictures on the internet.
43 – The boy’s mother is expressing a

a) threat
b) request
c) stimulus
d) commitment

Plane crashed in France
1 A plane which was flying Barcelona
Dusseldorf crashed in the French Alps last Tuesday.
Nobody survived of the 144 passengers and 6 crew on
board.
5 Among the passengers were 16 school children and two
teachers from a German school. It is also thought that
two babies were on board the aeroplane.
The German airline says that it believes that the crash
was an accident, but it’s still working to establish the
10 exact cause.
GLOSSARY
Crew - um grupo de pessoas que trabalham na aeronave
45 – Fill in the blanks, in the text, with the appropriate

preposition, respectively:
a) of / from
b) from / to
c) of / for
d) at / of
45 – “Establish”, in bold type in the text, is closest in meaning to

a) find out
b) stabilize
c) think
d) have
Read the text and answer questions 46.

Sister Cities
1 Vancouver is a city located in Canada. It became a city
in 1886. Its population is over 560,000 people. During
the summer, temperatures are up to 18ºC. Its sister city,
Yokohama, is located in Japan. It became a city in
5 1889. Temperatures during the summer may get to
24ºC. It has 3,500,000 people.

a) Vancouver is younger than Yokohama.
b) Yokohama isn’t as big as Vancouver in population.
c) Yokohama is larger in population than Vancouver.
d) Vancouver is as warm as Yokohama during the summer.
Read the dialogue and answer question 47.

Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: HIJKLMNO.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.
Teacher: No! I said H20. You’ve heard me wrong.
47 – We can infer that

a) The student said that the teacher was wrong.
b) The student wanted to spell the whole alphabet.
c) The formula for water consists of more than two letters.
d) The pronunciation of the number “two” and the preposition
“to” is the same.

Corruption Scandal at Petrobras Threatens Brazil’s
Economy
1 The accusations of corruption at Brazil’s state
controlled petroleum giant Petrobras have already led to
a political scandal and a change in management. Now,
the problems are threatening other Brazilian companies

5 and may even tip the country into recession.
In the wake of a police investigation, called Operation
Car Wash, that indicated that Petrobras’s suppliers and
subcontractors had bribed executives in return for
inflated contracts, the company has halted payments on
10 many projects. Petrobras has also prohibited new
contracts with some of the country’s biggest engineering
and oil services firms.
The drop in the company’s spending will probably
shave 0.75 percent off growth of the nation’s economy
15 this year.
(Adapted from: www.nytimes.com)
GLOSSARY
threatens - ameaça
tip into - arrastar para
suppliers - fornecedores
bribed - subornou
halted - interrompeu
shave off – reduzir
48 – According to the text, all the alternatives are correct,

except:
a) In the wake of Operation Car Wash carried out by police
agents, Petrobras has authorized new contracts.
b) A political scandal and a change in management were
caused by accusations of corruption at Petrobras.
c) Operation Car Wash had pointed out bribes among Petrobras
executives and company’s suppliers and subcontractors.
d) There is a possibility of a recession in Brazil’s economy due
to the crisis in Brazil’s state controlled petroleum giant
Petrobras.
GABARITO:
25-D 26-A 27-C 28-C 29-D 30-A 31-D 32-B 33-A 34-B 35-D 36-D 37-A 38-D 39-D 40-C 41-B
42-D 43-A 44-B 45-A 46-C 47-D 48-A
25 – Select the alternative that best completes the

sentence belowgiving idea of comparison.
He is a good artist and he sings a professional when

he is on stage.
a) as
b) like
c) such
d) as if
26 – Select the alternative that best completes the

extract below.Workplace Accident Statistics
Every year, millions of people in United States are hurt on
the job. Each day 16 workers die from injuries at work and
more than 17,000 are injured. Accidents also cause the
companies to spend more. Last year, total cost was more
than $121 billion.
a) the – a
b) a – the
c) the – an
d) the – the
27 – Select the alternative that completes the sentence

below inthe third conditional.
If she hadn’t read the news magazine, she .
a) hadn’t seen the ad
b) would see the ad
c) couldn’t see the ad
d) wouldn’t have seen the ad
28 – Select the alternative that best completes the dialogue

below.
Jude: I (see) Mary last Sunday.
John: Really? I (not/see) her for years. How is she?
a) saw – haven’t see
b) saw – haven’t seen
c) have seen – didn’t see
d) have seen – haven’t seen
29 – Select the correct alternative according to the extract below.

Pan Pacific is a five stars hotel in Yokohama.
It has 485 rooms, 25 floors and it’s 100km far from the
airport. If you want to save money during your stay
in the Japanese city, you may want to stay at the
Grand Hotel. With 31 floors, it offers 600 rooms and
is 106 km from the airport.
a) The Grand is as big as the Pan Pacific Hotel.
b) The Grand is higher than the Pan Pacific Hotel.
c) The Grand is less expensive than Pan Pacific Hotel.
d) The Grand is closer to the airport than Pan Pacific Hotel.
Read the text below and answer question 30.

Economists have recognized that physical beauty affects wages,
even in occupations where appearance does not seem relevant to
job performance. It seems that attractive men and women
are paid more than ordinary people for the same work.
30 – Choose the best alternative that presents the

correct verbtense and the voice of the verbs underlined in
the text, respectively.
a) present perfect/active voice; simple present/passive voice.
b) simple present/passive voice; present perfect/active voice.
c) simple past/passive voice; present perfect/active voice.
d) past perfect/active voice; simple present/passive voice.
Read the dialogue below and answer question 31.

1 Dad: Frog, I like frog. It runs through a maze for some
cheese…
Child: Noooooooooo, that's mouse!
Dad: Oh, mouse. I see. Mouse. I like mouse. I like how
5 it swims in the ocean…
Child: No! That's fish.
Dad: Oh, I see. Fish. I like fish. I like how it scratches at
fleas and bark at the mailman…
Child: No, no, no, no.
10 Dad: No?
Child: You don't know anything about animals, daddy!
(Adapted from “The Elephant Song”, by Eric Herman)
31 – Choose the alternative that presents the plural of

the nouns“mouse” and “fish” (lines 4 and 7), in the text,
respectively.
a) mice – fish
b) mice – fishs
c) mouses – fishs
d) mouses – fishes
32 – Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue

below.
Mary: Whose pencil is that? Is it yours, Paul?
Paul: No, it’s not . I saw Susan using it. I think it’s .
a) mine - him
b) mine - hers
c) my - hers
d) my – her
Read the paragraph below and answer question 33.

In 1829, a poor tailor in Paris, Barthelémy Thimonnier,
invented the first sewing machine in the world and made eighty of
them.
33 – Which of the following questions cannot be
answered withinformation from the text?
a) Where did the inventor of the first sewing machine die?
b) Who was the inventor of the first sewing machine?
c) When was the first sewing machine invented? A
d) How many sewing machines were made?
34 – In the sentence “Maria learns fast”, the

word “fast”,in bold type, is
a) a noun
b) an article
c) an adverb
d) an adjective
35 – Select the correct modal verb that fills in the

blank in theparagraph below.
Paul feels very sick and dizzy. I think he has been drinking
all night again. He get out of bed this morning.
a) will
b) must
c) can’t
d) could
36 – Choose the alternative that fills in the blank in the

sentencebelow.
Scientists say that when a person stops very soon,
the chances of getting cancer and other diseases reduce.
a) smoke
b) smokes
c) smoked
d) smoking
Read the cartoon below and answer question 37.
37 – According to the cartoon, Garfield

a) wants to build his career.
b) intends to work hard.
c) has something in his mind as a plan to complete his studies.
d) actually wants to spend his time doing nothing but planning.
Read the text below and answer questions 38, 39 and 40.
A Region’s Soccer Strongmen are facing a hard fall

1 After rising as a governor under Brazil’s military
dictatorship, José Maria Marin became such a towering
figure in the world of Brazilian sports that the
headquarters of the nation’s soccer federation was
5 recently named in his honor.
Now, the United States Justice Department’s charging
Mr. Marin, 83, and 13 other senior sports officials and
executives across the Americas with taking part in a
sweeping bribery and kickback scheme within FIFA, the
10 governing body of global soccer. Of the 14 men
named as defendants in the indictment,all but two of
them are citizens of Latin American and Caribbean
nations, a reflection of the investigation’s focus on
corruption in the hemisphere.
(Fonte: www.nytimes.com)
GLOSSARY
but: exceto
bribery: suborno
headquarters: sede
38 – According to the text, all the sentences bellow are correct,

except:
a) José Maria Marin used to be a governor during military
dictatorship.
b) Mr. Marin was accused of participating in a corruption
scheme within FIFA.
c) of the 14 men named as defendants in the accusation, only two
are Latin American and Caribbean citizens.
d) the United States Justice Department is accusing Mr. Marin,
among other senior sports officials and executives of bribery.
39 – All the words below, in the text, are adjectives, except:

a) Brazilian
b) Americas
c) Caribbean
d) Latin American
40 – All the extracts below, in the text, present a

possessivenoun, except:
a) “…the nation’s soccer federation…”
b) “…under Brazil’s military dictatorship…”
c) “…a reflection of the investigation’s focus…”
d) “…the United States Justice Department’s charging
Mr. Marin…”
41 – The verb “clear”, in the cartoon, can be replaced by

a) clean
b) bright
c) prohibited
d) authorized

The story of a blind girl
1 There was a blind girl who hated herself just because
she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving
boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she
could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
5 One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and
then she could see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, “Now that you can see the world,
will you marry me?”
The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend
10 was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend
walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying:
“Just take care of my eyes dear.”
Fonte: http://academictips.org/
42 – According to the text, all the alternatives are true, except

a) The girl could see everything because she was donated a pair
of eyes.
b) The girl has unpleasant feelings for everyone but her
boyfriend.
c) Her boyfriend became blind because he gave her his pair of
eyes.
d) The girl refused to marry her boyfriend because he was ugly.
43 – The underlined verbs, in the text, are in the

a) Simple Past
b) Simple Present
c) Present Perfect
d) Present Continuous

1 Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials
in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none
worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our
work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
5 Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long
way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two
thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good
light bulb.”
(Adapted from academictips.org)
44 – According to the text, Thomas Edison

a) got satisfied with his new invention.
b) learned a lot from his previous mistakes.
c) used two thousand elements to create the light bulb.
d) has two thousand more elements that can be used to make the
light bulb.
45 – The sentence “We have learned nothing”, in the text, can be

replaced by
a) We have learned anything.
b) We haven’t learned anything.
c) We haven’t learned something.
d) We haven’t learned everything.

Will’s experience at the airport
1 After his return Rome, Will couldn’t find his luggage
in the airport baggage area. He went to the lost luggage
office and told the woman there that his bags hadn’t arrived
on the carousel.
5 She smiled and told him not to worry because they were
trained professionals and he was in good hands.
Then she asked Will, “Has your plane arrived yet?”
(Adapted from academictips.org)
46 – The correct preposition that fills in the blank in the text is

a) at
b) by
c) for
d) from
GABARITO:
25-B 26-D 27-D 28-B 29-B 33-A 34-C 35-C 36-D 37-D 38-C 39-B 40-D 41-D 42-D 43-A
44-D 45-B 46-D

PROVAS ANTERIORES
2017

Why do planes crash?
1 Navigational errors are among the most common causes of
plane crashes. Planes are flown into a mountain or the sea
out of a variety of reasons. Sometimes weather conditions
are bad, in other cases pilots have made bad judgements.
5 In 1996 a Peruvian airliner crashed into the sea after the
computer stopped working. The crew had almost no data left
to work with and didn't know at which height they were
flying when they hit the water.
In 1977 almost 600 people got killed when two planes
10 were heading at full speed towards each other and collided in
heavy fog on the runway in Tenerife. The crash happened
after planes had been guided to Tenerife because Gran
Canary airport was closed.
In June 2009 an Air France airbus disappeared off the
15 coast of Brazil. Although the wreckage was found after
a few days it took investigators almost three years to find out
what had really happened to the plane.
Pilots are criticising the way planes are . In the past
decades the structure of planes has changed. More computers
20 and automated systems are taking over, the pilot often has no
alternatives left.
(Adapted from http://www.english.online.at/news-articles/technology)
25 – Complete the sentence in the text (line 18) with

the correctoption
a) building
b) builds
c) build
d) built
26 – According to the text, write (T) for the true statements and
( ) In 1977 two planes collided in Tenerife.
( ) In 1977 almost 600 people were killed due to heavy fog on
the runway.
( ) In 1977 two planes collided when they were heading for
Gran Canary airport.
( ) In 1977 two planes were guided to Gran Canary airport
because Tenerife was closed.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the order.
a) T – T – F – F
b) T – F – F – T
c) F – T – F – F
d) F – F – T – T
27 – “Wreckage” in bold type, (line 15) means
a) the parts of a plane that are left after it has been destroyed in
an accident.
b) a piece of equipment on plane that records what happens on
a flight.
c) the main part of a plane, in which people sit or goods are
carried.
d) the large flat part that sticks out from the side of a plane and
helps to keep the plane in the air.
28 – The sentence “I wouldn’t marry you, unless you

were thelast girl on Earth” has the same meaning as:
a) I would marry you only if you were the last girl on Earth.
b) If you were the last girl on Earth, I wouldn’t marry you.
c) If you weren’t the last girl on Earth, I would marry you.
d) If I married you, you would be the last girl on Earth.

1 The U2 was one of military planes of the Cold
War. It was designed to fly high over a foreign country, take
pictures and gather information.
The U2 was built in Area 51, a secret place in
5 Nevada, known for UFO sightings. The US Air Force built
the area to create such a secret plane and test new weapons.
The single-pilot plane could fly at an altitude of over
20 km above the earth's surface. With its special cameras
it could take detailed photos and close-ups of objects on the
10 ground. Today, the US Air Force still operates a modified
version of the U2, however it is not used as a spy plane any
more. Current planes have a larger fuselage and need less
fuel than their predecessors of the Cold War. They are also
equipped with more sophisticated instruments. Some of
15 them fly over Afghanistan and support American soldierson
the ground. They also saw action during the Gulf War and
the conflict in the Balkans.
U2s are also used for research. NASA uses the
former spy planes for tests in the atmosphere.
(adapted from http://www.english-online.at/news-articles/history/u2-spy)
29 – Choose the correct alternative to complete the article (line 1).

a) as famous as
b) the most famous
c) less famous than
d) more famous than
30 – According to the article, all the sentences are correct,

except:
a) Nowadays a new version of the U2 is operated as a spy plane.
b) The US Air Force built a secret area to work on the U2.
c) During the Cold War, the U2 was used as a spy plane.
d) The U2 could identify objects on the ground.
31 – In the article, the word in bold type (line 7) expresses

a) advice
b) ability
c) request
d) preference
32 – Choose the alternative so as to have the passage completed

correctly.
Many people believe that pilots earn a lot of money.
But the real fact is the airline is, pilots’ salary is. Smaller
budget airlines can not afford to pay their pilots that much.
a) the largest – the highest
b) the larger – the highest
c) the largest – the higher
d) the larger – the higher
33 – Read the dialogue and mark the right expression to

complete it correctly.
A: _ have you been working as a sergeant?
B: For about 2 years.
a) How
b) How long
c) How much
d) How many

Throughout history, butterflies have been seen as symbols of
many things - not only transformation and purity,
but also death and sin. Today though, scientists study them
to see what they can tell us about our changing planet, writes
Mary Colwell.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news
34 – The underlined word in line 1 can be replaced by only one

of the words below. Choose the right alternative.
a) Since
b) Below
c) Before
d) Through
35 – According to the text, butterflies:

a) don’t symbolize purity.
b) are also symbols of death and sin.
c) have been studied by scientists throughout history.
d) cannot tell anything about the changes in the planet.
36 – According to the cartoon, we can affirm that:

a) Hagar speaks French.
b) Hagar’s friend speaks some French.
c) Hagar is afraid of the other soldiers.
d) Hagar and his friend don’t want to hurt the soldiers.
37 – If Hagar’s friend had told the soldiers what he was asked

to in English he would have said:
a) If you go away, we will not harm you.
b) If they go away, we will not harm you.
c) If you went away, we will not harm you.
d) If they will go away, we will not harm you.
38 – Read the cartoon and write (T) for the true statements and
( ) The pilot is fed up with the passengers’ questions.

( ) The pilot is concerned about the in-flight movie and meal.
( ) The passenger is concerned about the in-flight movie and
meal.
( ) The pilot and the passenger are engaged in a conversation
about flying a jet safely.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the correct order.
a) T – F – F – T
b) F – T – T – F
c) T – F – T – F
d) F – F – T – T
Read the passage and answer question 39.

1 There are many things that a pilot must do before the
flight. They must check out weather conditions on the flight
path and around the landing area. They also have to check
flight plans, fill in forms and do a lot of paperwork. Before
5 takeoff pilots brief their crew and do a complete check of the
airplane to see if everything works the way it should.
Pilots must calculate how much fuel they have to take with them.
39 – “Must” in bold type (lines 1 and 2) can be correctly

replaced by:
a) can – can ANULADA

b) can – could
c) could – could
d) have to – have to
40 – The sentence “If young people don’t control the

hours theyspend on-line, they won’t stay out of trouble.” can
be correctly replaced by:
a) Unless young people control the hours they spend on-line,
they will stay out of trouble.
b) Unless young people control the hours they spend on-line,
they won’t stay out of trouble.
c) If young people controls the hours they spend on line, they
will unless stay out of trouble.
d) Unless young people don’t control the hours they spend on
line, they won’t stay out of trouble.

Rio de Janeiro
1 In a quick and decisive military sweep, Brazilian
security forces seized control of this city’s most notorious
slum on Sunday, claiming victory in a weeklong battle
against drug gangs that has claimed dozens of lives.
5 Drug gangs have stained the reputation of this seaside
city and contributed heavily to giving it one of the highest
murder rates in the world. For the past two years, (1)
government has carried out (2) ambitious campaign to
pacify (3) most violent slums and regain control of the city
10 in advance of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic
Games. The police have since wrested more than three
dozen communities from criminal gangs, installing special
community police forces there.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/americas/29brazil.html?_r=0
41 – Complete the text with the correct article.

a) (1) the – (2) an – (3) the
b) (1) the – (2) the – (3) a
c) (1) the – (2) a – (3) the
d) (1) a – (2) the – (3) a
42 – According to the text:

a) military forces swept all the slums in Rio de Janeiro.
b) Rio de Janeiro had its reputation regained after many murders.
c) the government wants to pacify violent slums in Rio before
2016 Olympic Games.

d) the police has protected more than three dozen criminal gangs
by installing police forces in the slums.
43 – The doctor’s joke is funny only if the reader knows that

a) men cannot have a hernia.
b) Hagar knows everything about English grammar.
c) there is a different name for the same disease in men and
women.
d) there’s not a disease called hisnia and it was a trick with the
possessive adjectives her (female) and his (male).
44 – Choose the alternative that completes the sentence

correctly.
You wouldn’t believe him, ?
a) do you
b) don’t you
c) would you
d) wouldn’t you
45 – In the cartoon, “hovering” is

a) a verb
b) a noun
c) an adverb
d) an adjective
46 – Choose the alternative that contains the right use of the

relative pronoun, in order to write the two sentences below as
a single sentence:
That is the teacher. I spoke to her about my grades.
a) That is the teacher to whom I spoke to about my grades.
b) That is the teacher to who I spoke to about my grades.
c) That is the teacher to whom I spoke about my grades.

d) That is the teacher who I spoke about my grades.
47 – Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence.

After landing safely pilots and crew will have a few days
of rest .
a) if they have been on a long distance flight.
b) if they will be on a long distance flight.
c) if they were on a long distance flight.
d) if they are on a long distance flight.
48 – Read the sentences and write T for the correct matching

between the phrasal verb and the meaning or F for the incorrect
matching:
( ) May I close the door? It is too cold. (ask for permission)
( ) Nobody answers the phone. They must be busy. (obligation)
( ) She should talk to him to apologize. (suggestion)
( ) They might not come for dinner. (prohibition)
Choose the correct alternative:
a) T – F – T – F ANULADA
b) T – T – F – T
c) T – F – F – F
d) F – F – T – T
GABARITO:
25-D 26-A 27-A 28-A 30-A 31-B 32-D 33-B 34-D 35-B 36-B 37-A 38-C 39-D 40-B 41-A 42-C
43-D 44-C 45-A 46-C 47-D 48-A

Hijacked jets destroy Twin Towers: a creeping horror
1 The horror arrived in epsodic bursts of chilling disbelief,
signified first by trembling floors, sharp eruptions, cracked
windows. There was the cruel sight of bodies helplessly
tumbling out, some of in flames.
5 Finally, the high and impressive towers themselves were
reduced to nothing. Dense plumes of smoke raced through the
downtown avenues, coursing between the buildings, shaped
like tornadoes on their sides.
Every sound was cause for alarm. A plane appeared
10 overhead. Was another one coming? No, it was a fighter jet.

But was it friend or enemy? People scrambled for
lives, but didn’t know where to go. Should people go
north, south, east, west? Stay outside, go indoors? People hid
beneath cars and each other. Some contemplated jumping
15 into the river (…).
GLOSSARY
chilling disbelief – incredulidade assustadora
trembling floors – o tremor dos andares
to scramble – lutar
25 – Choose the best pronouns to have the text completed,

respectively:
a) them – their – they
b) they – them – their
c) their – they – them
d) them – they – their
26 – The text is about

a) a terrorist attack.
b) a bomb explosion.
c) a terrific day of horror.
d) an implosion of some buildings.
27 – Which word, from the text, is being used as an adjective?

a) creeping (title)
b) coursing (line 7)
c) tumbling (line 4)
d) jumping (line 14)
28 – ‘hid’, (line 13), is the past tense of the verb

a) hit.
b) hike.
c) hint.
d) hide.

A lack of sleep affects your mood
1 When a person cannot sleep or sleeps only a few hours a
night, a lot of damage is done. A person gets bad-tempered,
loses their drive, feels angry and tired, and also gets bags
under their eyes. Poor sleep can also make a person
5 emotionally unstable and even affect their immune system.
A good tip to improve the quality of sleep is to avoid heavy
meals at night and to avoid drinking beverages with a high
caffeine content, such as soft drinks and coffee.
Fonte: Maganews
29 – According to the extract,

a) a bad night’s sleep doesn’t result in skin damage.
b) a good night’s sleep makes a person less energetic.
c) a bad sleep leads to a change in behaviour.
d) sleeping badly is harmless to our health.
30 – A helpful piece of advice, mentioned in the extract, is:

a) Stay away from heavy meals at night.
b) Be away from alcoholic drinks.
c) Give up drinks with caffeine.
d) Skip meals when it is night.

Airports ‘vunerable’ to attack
1 The 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack was a
terrorist ramming attack which occurred on Saturday 30 June
2007, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane
canisters was driven into the glass doors of the Glasgow
5 International Airport terminal and set ablaze. It was the first
terrorist attack to take place in Scotland. Security bollards
outside the entrance stopped the car from entering the
terminal, although the doors were damaged.
Security consultant Chris Yates said many of the changes
10 put in place at Glasgow had been copied at other UK airports.
But he said that although some “weak points” in airport had
been addressed, others remained.
Since the attack, cars no longer drop off passengers
outside the main terminal building, which was fitted with
15 bomb-proof glass.
GLOSSARY
(car) ramming attack – ataque no qual um veículo choca-se

contra um local
propane canister – container de metal contendo gás propano
bollard – poste usado para manter um veículo fora de uma área
em particular
31 – According to the article, the main terminal building was
a) rebuilt by using glass against bullet.

b) supplied with glass proofed against bomb.
c) fitted with security locks made by bomb-proof glass.
d) fitted out with sophisticated anti-collision equipment.
32 – In ‘(…) a Jeep Cherokee was driven into the glass doors

and set ablaze’, (lines 3 - 5), it means that the vehicle hit into the
glass doors and , except:
a) burnt
b) blew up
c) caught fire
d) burst into flames
33 – Choose the alternative that reflects the information provided

by the article.
a) Security hasn’t been improved at Glasgow Airport since the
attack happened.
b) The security at Glasgow Airport has been neglected by the
United Kingdom authorities.
c) In spite of the damages at Glasgow Airport, the drop-offs are
still allowed outside the terminal building.
d) The airports in the United Kingdom aren’t secure enough to
prevent the possibility of another terrorist attack.
1 Greenpeace against environmental degradation
since 1971 when a small boat of volunteers and journalists
into the U.S. atomic test zone of Amchitka, Alaska.
Our focus has been on the most crucial worldwide threats
5 to our planet’s biodiversity and environment. It’s also our
responsibility to expose environmental criminals, and to
challenge governments and corporations when they fail to act
appropriately in order to protect our environment and our
future.
Fonte:www.greenpeace.org
34 – Choose the best verbal form to have the text

completed,respectively:
a) has campaigned – sailed
b) had campaigned – sailed
c) campaigned – was sailing
d) was campaigning – has sailed
35 – According to the text, Greenpeace

a) is concerned about a range of environmental issues.
b) campaigns actively for the deforestation of the forests.
c) presents a threat to planet’s biodiversity and environment.
d) blames politicians and business companies for environmental
degradation.
36 – ‘in order to’, underlined in the text, is used to

a) give orders.
b) express purpose.
c) indicate personal opinion.
d) talk about a sequence of ideas.
37-The sentence ‘It’s also our responsibility to expose

environmental criminals.’ means that Greenpeace ,
except:
a) sole responsibility is to expose criminals.
b) exposes environmental criminals, among other things.
c) is responsible for exposing environmental criminals, too.
d) is responsible for exposing environmental criminals, as well.
38 – Reading the text leads to the conclusion that Facebook

a) may lessen depressive feelings.
b) alone doesn’t cause people to be more depressed.
c) is a social tool that can help loneliness if it is used in a healthy
way.
d) can lead to unconscious envy that will result in depression
feelings.
39 – In ‘(...) when used as a surveillance device (...)’, (lines 3

and 4), it means that Facebook is used for
a) updating the news.
b) keeping track of others.
c) exchanging the information between more people.
d) surveying people in order to find out their attitudes or
opinions.
40 – Reading the last paragraph can lead to the conclusion that

a) Facebook is highly addictive.
b) a healthy relationship with Facebook means no use of it at all.
c) heavy Facebook users should get rid of social media in order
to have a feeling of well-being.
d) Facebook, when it is not used in a healthy way, can affect the
state of people’s mental health, making them feel very unhappy.
Read the fable and answer questions 41, 42, 43 and 44.
The Crab and His Mother
Mamma Crab to Baby Crab when she that he was
walking sideways. Mamma Crab said, ‘Why are you walking
sideways like that, my son? You have to walk straight.’
Baby Crab replied, ‘Show me how, dear mother, and I’ll follow
your example.’
Mamma Crab tried and tried, but her efforts were in vain. She
could not walk straight herself. Then, she saw how foolish she
had been to find fault with her child.
Fonte:Aesop’s Fables
41 – Choose the best verbal form to have the fable completed,

respectively:
a) talked – was noticed
b) was talking – noticed
c) has talked – was noticing
d) has been talking – has noticed
42 – The moral of the fable is

a) ‘practice is our best friend’.
b) ‘example is the best teacher’.
c) ‘the only way to retain love is to give it away’.
d) ‘never give up persuading someone to copy you’.
43 – Change the sentence below into indirect speech.

Baby Crab said to Mamma Crab, ‘Show me how to walk straight
(…).’
Baby Crab told how to walk straight (…).
a) his mom to show
b) to his mom show
c) his mom showing
d) to his mom shows
44 – ‘could’, underlined in the fable, was used to
a) express prohibition.
b) refuse permission.
c) talk about ability.
d) give an order.
Why I stopped mispronouncing my Igbo name
In Nigeria, the language spoken by one of the largest ethnic
groups, the Igbo, is in danger of dying out – which isodd
because the population is growing. In the past this didn’t
worry Nkem Ifejika, who is himself Igbo but never
5 learned the language.
When he is in Nigeria, he says his parents are Igbo. He
might throw in that he partly grew up in the United
Kingdom. In Britain, He says he’s Nigerian, though he often
adds explainers about having been educated at British
10 schools and lived outside Nigeria since he was 12 years old.
Nkem Ifejika can speak English, French among others.
However, he can’t speak the language of his ancestors. Igbo
is a tonal language, so the words with the wrong stresses and
tones either change their meaning, or worse, become
15 unintelligible. In Igboland, as it’s informally known, names
have meaning and history. Nkemakonam means “may I not
lack what is mine”, while Ifejika means “what I have is
greater”. By mispronouncing his names, he was throwing
away generation of history, and disregarding his parents’
20 careful choice.
His indefatigable and proudly wife, who is also Igbo,
helped him out when they met. Now he knows how to

pronounce his name properly, with the correct tones and
with pride.
Fonte: BBC NewsWorld Service
45 –
According to the article, Nkem Ifejika ,
except:
a) has been able to speak his ancestors’ tongue since he was a
child.
b) didn’t use to pronounce his name properly.
c) was taught in the United Kingdom.
d) was partly brought up in Nigeria.
46 –
In ‘(...) the Igbo is in danger of dying out (...)’, (line 2), it
means that the language is in danger of .
a) being minority
b) being less spoken
c) becoming unclear
d) going into extinction
47 – In ‘Igbo is a tonal language, so the words with the

wrong stresses and tones either change their meaning, or
worse, becomeunintelligible.’, (lines 12-15), it means that
mispronouncing the words in Igbo can
a) have little change on their meaning as well as their
understanding.
b) affect not only their meaning but also the understanding of
them.
c) change their meaning but hardly ever their intelligibility.
d) make the understanding easy.
48 – All underlined words in the article have a

negative prefix,except:
a) disregarding
b) indefatigable
c) unintelligible
d) mispronouncing
GABARITO:
25-A 26-A 27-A 28-D 29-C 30-A 31-B 32-B 33-D 34-A 35-A 36-B 37-A 38-B 39-B 40-D 41-B
42-B 43-A 44-C 45-A 46-D 47-B 48-B
25 – Choose the alternative that presents the

passive voiceof the sentence below.
The expanding Hispanic population in the U.S. still hasn’t
created a market for Spanish-language pictures.
a) A market for Spanish-language pictures hasn’t been created by
the expanding Hispanic population.
b) A market for Spanish-language pictures hadn’t been created
by the expanding Hispanic population.

c) A market for Spanish-language pictures isn’t being created by
the expanding Hispanic population.
d) A market for Spanish-language pictures wasn’t being created
by the expanding Hispanic population
26 – In the sentence “I hardly ever watch TV

at night.”,the expression in bold type is an adverb
of
a) place
b) manner
c) frequency
d) probability
27 – Choose the correct form for the passive

voice of thefollowing sentence.
‘They have taken her to the hospital.’
a) She was taken to the hospital.
b) She is being taken to the hospital.
c) She has been taken to the hospital.
d) She had been taken to the hospital.
(Fonte: http:blog.flightstore.net)
28 – According to the captain speech:

a) passengers are being asked to calm down.
b) there is a failure in the pressurization system.
c) there is a problem in the fuselage of the aircraft.
d) there is no oxygen mask available for the passengers.

(Fonte: www.a320homecockpit.de)
29 – According to the cartoon, the pilot

a) intended to make a stopover on the water.
b) asked swimmers to swim towards the coast.
c) asked passengers who don’t swim to remain in the plane.
d) landed the plane for the passengers to dive in the water.
Read the text and answer to question 30.

Are you a couch potato?
1 A couch potato is a person who spends leisure time passively
or idly sitting around, especially watching TV.
They don’t get involved in any kind of strenuous exercise.
As a matter of fact, they can’t stand any kind of physical
5 activity.
What’s more, they rarely eat healthy, nourishing food;
they’d rather have hamburgers, fires, soft drinks and that kind
of stuff.
(taken from http:inglesnapontadalingua)
GLOSSARY
strenuous: fatigante
nourishing food: comida nutritiva
30 – Based on the text, couch potato is a person

a) addicted to the internet.
b) that loves eating healthy food.
c) that loves doing exhaustive exercise.
d) that spends a lot of time sitting down and not moving or
exercising very much.
31 – Choose the alternative that best completes the sentence

below.
I stayed in London a few days during my vacation.
I came back to Brazil May 1st.

a) in – at
b) for – in
c) in – on
d) for – on
32 – In the sentence “We mustn’t enter the party.

It’s private”, the modal verb in bold type expresses
a) request
b) obligation
c) prohibition
d) lack of ability
Read the text below and answer questions 33, 34 and 35.
1 Did you remember it’s April Fools Day today? My sister
loves playing jokes. At breakfast, she said, “Robert and
I going to elope! We’re going to Robben Island. It’s the
place where Nelson Mandela was in prison. My guidebook
5 say it is a “place forever connected with the fight for
freedom”. So, if you receive a phone call today about winning
the lottery or something, don’t get excited. It’s probably
an April Fools joke.
33 – Select the alternative that fills in the blank in the text.

a) have
b) am
c) are
d) is
34 – The verb “get” (line 07), in the text, can be replaced by

a) become
b) stay
c) have
d) need
35 – The sentence “We’re going to Robben Island” (line3), in the

text, refers to the
a) past
b) future
c) present
d) daily action
36 – Fill in the blank with the correct response according

to grammar rules:
I don’t mind alone, but I prefer to travel with
my friends.
a) not travel
b) traveling
c) to travel
d) travels
37 – Choose the sentence that contains a one-word adverb.

a) We are having lunch in a big Japanese restaurant.
b) I’ve bought an old table for my kitchen.
c) She lives in an amazing white house.
d) Maria slowly opened her present.
38 – Choose the correct alternative, according to the cartoon.

a) Garfield was disappointed because the cheeseburger was
spoiled.
b) Garfield was disappointed because the ticket wasn’t valid.
c) Garfield expected to eat at McDonald’s.
d) Garfield prefers birds to sandwiches.

1 A pilot from Northwest Airlines flight was less than pleased
with the food which was to be served on the flight.
He decided to find some better food, so he left his aeroplane,
and then left the airport to find food even though he had
5 a plane to fly. The passengers were left to wait 90 minutes
until the pilot came back and when the pilot came back
he was fired on the spot for “abandoning his plane”.
39 – According to the text, all the alternatives are true, except:
a) the pilot wasn’t satisfied with the food on board.
b) the pilot searched for a better food out of the airport.

c) when the pilot returned to the plane, he was immediately fired.
d) the alleged reason for losing his job was dissatisfaction with
the airline food.
40 – The ordinal form for the number ninety (line 05), in the text, is
a) ninth
b) nineth
c) ninetieth
d) nineteenth
41 – The conjunction “so” (line 03), in the text, can be replaced by

a) because
b) however
c) even though
d) and therefore

Summer Wine
1 Hot-weather drinking requires its own genre of wines: light,
easygoing, blithe and, above all, refreshing. These sorts of
wines are enjoyable year-round, but in the sweaty summer
months, the desirable becomes the imperative.
5 It’s not a question of red or white or even pink. All are good
as long as they come in the proper summer weight. Just as
winter wools are stored away, so are enervating heavy wines
that weigh you down, rather than pep you up.
These summery wines are especially appealing when the
10 price is equally untaxing. I’ve long asserted that the greatest
values in wines are in the $15 to $25 range.
GLOSSARY
Winter wools: cobertor de inverno
to Pep up: animar
42 – According to the text, all the alternatives below are correct,

except:
a) refreshing wines are enervating and not exciting.
b) light, easygoing and refreshing wines are suitable for summer.
c) heavy wines must be stored away during the summer like the
winter wools are.
D] refreshing wines are desirable during the whole year, but a must the summer.
43- The word “appealing” (line 9), in the text, is a(n)

a) verb
b) noun
c) adverb
d) adjective

1 An aeroplane was forced to circle for more than half an
hour after an air traffic controller dozed off. The pilot of the
cargo plane said he attempted a number of times to contact
the controller for permission to land – but got no answer.
5 He was forced to circle Nice Airport in France until
the sleepy controller was woken up by security officials more
than 30 minutes later. French air traffic control service
DGAC described the case as ‘extremely rare’ and said the
cargo plane ‘had never been in difficulty’.
10 An internal investigation has now been set up to discover
why the controller fell asleep on the job.
44 – According to the text, all the alternatives are true, except:
a) the air traffic controller in charge of the control slept on the

job.
b) the pilot had to fly around the airport because he didn’t getpermission to land.
c) although the plane waited more than 30 minutes to land,it wasn’t in difficulty.
d) there will be an internal investigation to establish the reasonwhy the air traffic controller fell asleep.
45 – The verb “discover” (line 10), in the text, is closest inmeaning to
a) realize
b) decide
c) suppose
d) establish
A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some ofyour
hairs turning grey?”
The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child:
“It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will
5 turn one of my hair grey!”
The child replied innocently: “Now I know why

grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”
46 – According to the text, the mother told the child

her hair isturning grey because
a) she hasn’t a dye.
b) of her child’s bad behavior.
c) his grandmother has only grey hair.
d) she wants to teach her child a lesson.
47 – The word “innocently” (line 06), in bold type in

the text, isan adverb of
a) time
b) place
c) manner
d) probability
48 – Select the alternative that completes the extract below.

1 One day, Billy was playing basketball in his friend’s garage
in Kokoma, Indiana. He was having a great time. Suddenly,
it became dark. A very loud noise frightened him. He looked
up and saw the sky was very grey; it became very windy.
5 Without warning, a gust of wind broke the garage into pieces.
Billy was very . That storm was really .
a) frightened – scared
b) frightened – scaring
c) frightening – scared
d) frightening – scaring
GABARITO:
25-A 26-C 27-C 28-B 29-B 30-D 31-D 32-C 33-C 34-A 35-B 36-B 37-D 38-B 39-D 40-C 41-D
42-A 43-D 44-C 45-D 46-B 47-C 48-B
PROVAS ANTERIORES
2017
The New York’s Secret Life
1 In 2008, the photographer and film director Francesco
Carrozzini bought a townhouse in Greenwich Village for $6.8
million. Ostensibly, he got a home built in 1844 with low
ceilings and small dark rooms. But luxury real estate is never
5 about the basics.
The house is part of the Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens
Historic District a landmarked community of 21 row homes.
Between them is a large interior courtyard shaded by maples,
sycamores and palms. It’s a secret garden in the middle of the
10 city, hidden from the street. Each home comes with its own
small backyard that borders on the larger common area
shared by all.
Adapted from:http://www.nytimes.com
25 – Choose the best alternative for the written form of “1844”.

a) eight fourty – four
b) one eight four four
c) eighteen forty-four
d) eighteen fourth-four
26 – All words bellow are landmarks, except:

a) skyscraper
b) monument
c) bleary
d) bridge
27 – The verbs “got” and “ built” (line 3), are in the
a) Present Perfect tense ANULADA

b) Simple Past Tense
c) Past Progressive
d) Future tense
28 – Based on the text:

a) All the houses didn’t come with small backyard.
b) It’s easy to find this landmark around famous streets.
c) The luxury house was built with high roof and large rooms.
d) The house which was bought is surrounded by wooded area.
29 – All the alternatives below are into imperative, except:

a) A water bath helps it cook gently and stay moist.
b) Whisk 1/3 of white eggs into chocolate mixture.
c) Beat white eggs with salt until soft peaks form.
d) Butter a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
25 – Choose the best alternative that shows the irregular plural form:
a) mice, children, goose, woman.

b) mice, children, geese, women.
c) mouses, kids, goose, women.
d) mice, child, geese, woman.
30 – Fill in the blank with the suitable prepositions.

a) from / from
b) from / to
c) at / from
d) to / from
31 – Choose the best response according to the text:

a) The flight is not so much comfortable and safe but it’s quick.
b) You can fly anywhere in less than 10 hours without
complains.
c) You can cross a coast depending on departure and arrivals
destinations.
d) Nevertheless, air travel may receive complains related to
speed and safety.
32 – Look at the following statements and choose the correct

question tags:
1 – It snowed last night, ?
2 – She shouldn’t be aggressive to people, ?
3 – You haven’t closed the door, _?
4 – You are going to the party with us, ?
a) doesn’t it – shouldn’t she – aren’t you – going you
b) didn’t it – should she – have you – aren’t you
c) did it – should she – haven’t you – aren’t you
d) didn’t it – ought to – have you – will you

Can you be too old to donate blood?

1 In general, you can never be too old to donate blood.
Though you can be too young or too thin.
The American Association of Blood Banks used to bar
people over 65 from donating blood, but it scrapped the rule
5 in 1978 after studies found that older people stored
their own blood prior to surgery did well, said Dr. Steven
Kleinman, the association’s senior medical adviser. Now
most blood banks are happy to accept blood from older
volunteers.
34 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blank

in the text(line 5).
a) which
b) where
c) when
d) who
35 – Choose the best alternative according to the text:

a) Your weight cannot interfere when you want to donate blood.
b) Nowadays, all blood banks accept donation from older people.
c) After studies they found that older people that stored own
blood had a satisfactory surgery.
d) It’s important to bar people less than 60 from donating blood
according The American Association of Blood Banks.
36 – The verb “bar” (line 3), in the text above, is

closest inmeaning to:
a) release
b) support
c) block
d) flow
Read the movie review below and answer question 37.

The Cutting Edge
Skating fans, listen up! The Cutting Edge is a romantic movie
with skaters. The stars are practicing for the Winter
Olympics. Kate Mosely looks on the ice, but she isn’t a
_ person. All her partners leave . Then her coach
introduces her to Doug Dorsey. Doug was a hockey star, so he
skates well. At first, they argue. To Kate, Doug is the wrong
choice (he is not a dancer). To Doug, ice dancing isn’t a serious
sport.
Adapted from: Grammar Express Basic – For Self-Study and Classroom Use
37 – Choose the best alternative that completes the

blanks withadjectives or adverbs.
a) well – beautifully – nicely – mostly
b) badly – beautiful – nicely – worst
c) well – beautifully – nicely – slow
d) great – beautiful – nice – quickly

Increasing CPR training to save lives
1 In August, Jeffrey Feig, a 50-year-old financial executive in
Manhattan and father of three young sons, became one of
the more than 350,000 Americans who each year suffer a
sudden cardiac arrest. His heart went into an erratic and
5 ineffective rhythm and he stopped .
But unlike 90 percent of people similarly afflicted,
Mr. Feig not only lived to tell the tale but survived his
near-death experience without any damage to his heart
muscle or his brain, an outcome rarely seen following an
10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
38 – Complete the blank (line 5) with the right verb:

a) is breathing
b) breathing
c) brought
d) breath
39 – According to the text, choose the best alternative:
a) Three young sons entered in the list of Americans who

suffered a cardiac arrest.
b) Each year a young person suffers from a heart attack. c) Around 90 percent of people died of a cardiac arrest.
d) Mr. Feig survived with damage in his brain.
“I find the easiest way to expand my vocabulary is to make upwords.”
40 – The underlined word in the cartoon implies an idea of:

a) comparative adjectives
b) superlative adjectives
c) comparisons
d) adverb
41 – The phrasal verb “make up” in this cartoon can be replaced by:
a) build up
b) go away
c) look up
d) go on
42 – The modal verbs underlined in each sentence express:

1 – She might be at the party.
2 – Can you drive a dump truck?
3 – He mustn’t sleep during the class.
4 – You ought to learn Aviation English.
a) ability, possibility, advice, prohibition
b) possibility, ability, prohibition, advice
c) permission, possibility, request, wish
d) ability, request, prohibition, offers
43 – Choose the alternative that presents the

imperative form of the sentence:
Doctor: You should drink less alcohol.
a) You ought to drink much alcohol.
b) Don’t drink too much alcohol.
c) Don’t drink less beer.
d) Don’t drink alcohol.
44 – Choose the best alternative that completes the first balloon.

a) I have
b) I’d have
c) I’ll have
d) I’ve had
45 – “It”, underlined in the text (third balloon), refers to:

a) Character’s hat.
b) Character’s headache.
c) The doctor’s examine.
d) The doctor’s medicine.
Read the synopsis and answer questions 46 and 47.

The Secret life of pets
Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building,
Max’s life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his
owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to
put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable
white bunny named Snowball is building an army of lost pets
determined to take revenge.
46 – A similar meaning to “as”, in bold type in the passage, is

a) like
b) when
c) while
d) though
47 – Complete the sentences below using make or do:

1 – She forgot to her homework.
2 – During the text, try not to a noise.
3 – She needs to an appointment to see the destist.
4 – Every morning I my bed.
a) make – make – make – make
b) make – make – do – make
c) do – make – make – make
d) do – do – make – make
GABARITO:
25-C 26-C 27-B 28-D 29-A 30-B 31-B 32-C 33-B 34-D 35-C 36-C 37-D 38-B 39-C 40-B 41-A
42-B 43-B 44-D 45-A 46-A 47-C


1 My neighbors love Christmas, but I don’t. In fact, if I can
be completely honest, I hate Christmas. Maybe it’s because
Christmas was always a little depressing when I was a young
boy. Anyway, my neighbors really love Christmas and every
5 year they decorate the inside and outside of their house with
big, bright lights. This year, however, they really
exaggerated: their lights are so bright that I can’t sleep at
night! Tomorrow I am going to speak to my neighbors and
ask that the lights _ reduced or removed.
25 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the text.

a) be
b) are
c) were
d) have been
26 – The word “can”, in bold in the text, expresses .

a) quality
b) permission
c) prohibition
d) importance
27 – According to the text, the narrator doesn’t like Christmas,

possibly because _.
a) it was not a happy time of the year when he was growing up
b) it reminds him that life is short and that time passes by
quickly
c) his religious beliefs are different from the people in his
neighborhood
d) it makes him feel bad that his house is not decorated with
Christmas lights
28 – The word “anyway”, underlined in the text, was used to

.
a) indicate a place that does not exist
b) return to a previous topic in the text
c) state the good or bad quality of something
d) mention the time at which something happened

I am from New Zealand, which is country that is in
Pacific Ocean. Wellington is name of capital of my
country.
29 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks in the text.
a) a – a – a – the
b) the – a – a – the
c) a – the – the – the
d) the – a – the – the

1 The pilot of a Beech Baron airplane noticed that one of
his engines was on fire. He contacted the nearest air traffic
control center to ask for help.
The voice the radio answered, “This is the
Control Tower. “Please inform your altitude”.The
pilot replied, “We are at 30,000 feet”.

a) on
b) for
c) into
d) until
31 – The correct way of writing the cardinal number 30,000

using words is .
a) third thousand
b) thirty thousand
c) thirteen thousand
d) thirtieth thousand
32 – The word “inform”, in bold in the text, is a verb in the

.
a) infinitive
b) imperative
c) subjunctive
d) passive voice

Good day! My name is Sheila. I’m from Melbourne,
Australia. My _ is from Montreal, Canada. We live
in Sydney. A lot of living in Australia come from
other _.
33 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks in the text:
a) husband – peoples – country
b) husband – people – countries
c) husbands – persons – country
d) husbands – person – countries

A fact about Australia is that one Australian
family in three (that’s approximately 33%) speak another
language, apart from English.
a) surprises
b) surprised
c) surprising
d) surprisingly

A fact about Australia is that one Australian
family in three (that’s approximately 33%) speak another
language, apart from English.
a) surprises
b) surprised
c) surprising
d) surprisingly
35 – The word “approximately”, in bold in the text, means

.
a) exactly
b) roughly
c) precisely
d) undoubtedly

Homeless crack addict revitalizes small square in
downtown São Paulo
1 A homeless man has chosen to occupy his free time
revitalizing a small square on the corner of avenues São João
and Duque de Caxias, in downtown São Paulo. He planted
pau-brasil, palm, banana and avocado trees. He also planted
5 boldo, sweet potatoes, beans, peppers and ornamental plants,
such as snake plants. Residents noticed the square’s gradual
changes and congratulated the author for the modifications.
Fonte: Folha de São Paulo Internacional – 21/03/2017
36 – The words “small”, “sweet” e “ornamental”, underlined in

the text, are .
a) nouns
b) adverbs
c) pronouns
d) adjectives
37 – Choose the alternative that is NOT in the Simple Past:

a) A man has chosen to occupy his free time revitalizing a
square.
b) People congratulated the man for the gradual changes in the
square.
c) He planted a number of pau-brasil, palm and banana trees.
d) Residents noticed the square’s changes.

Economic crisis increases consumption of rice and beans
in Brazil
1 The economic crisis is making the Brazilian consumer
exchange meat for the traditional dish of rice and beans. High
unemployment and falling incomes, together with the low
prices of these products, caused by good harvest, are
5 responsible for the increase in demand, will be
15% to 20% this month, compared to the prediction for the
year. The average consumption per capita is around 3,5 kilos
of rice and 1,5 kilo of beans.
GLOSSARY
harvest = colheita
average consumption = consumo médio
38 – Choose the alternative that best completes the blank

in the text:
a) who
b) which
c) whom
d) whose
39 – The words “is making”, underlined in the

text, form a verbin the .
a) simple past
b) future tense
c) simple present
d) present progressive
40 – According to the text, the Brazilian consumer is .

a) changing rice and beans for meat
b) having more rice than beans on average
c) paying a very high price for rice and beans
d) reducing the demand for the traditional dish of rice and beans
1 It’s never too late to make changes to prevent diseases
that may end your flying career. And becoming healthier
doesn’t mean you have to make major changes. Here are
some tips on what you can do today to keep yourself in the
5 air for years to come.
- take the stairs instead of riding the elevator;
- limit red meat;
- consume more vegetables;
- wear UV-blocking sunglasses;
10 - walk more;
- try a yoga class;
- don’t smoke;
- drink a lot of water;
- find an activity that you love after retirement.
Fonte:http://goo.gl/W3uCrU Acess 30/05/2017
41 – The word “yourself”, in bold in the text, is a

pronoun.
a) personal
b) reflexive
c) possessive
d) demonstrative
42 – The adjective “healthier”, underlined in the text, is a

_.
a) superlative
b) comparative of equality
c) comparative of inferiority
d) comparative of superiority
43 – According to the text, in order to live a healthy life for

years, you should .
a) eat a lot of red meat
b) ride the elevator all the time
c) find a hobby that you enjoy, after you retire
d) consume many candies and cakes during the day
44 – In the sentence “It’s never too late to make changes to

prevent diseases that may end your flying career”, the modal verb
“may” expresses .
a) ability
b) necessity
c) deduction
d) possibility

“Cracolândia” drug addicts have already spread to morethan
20 different areas in São Paulo
1 Five days after a police operation in Cracolândia
(Crackland) in the center of São Paulo, drug addicts
have spread to various parts of the region, such as Paulista
avenue, as well as the space underneath the João Goulart
5 overpass, which is also known as the Minhocão.
The officers from the GCM (the Metropolitan Civil
Guard) have accompanied the movement of those who
belonged to the “flow” (fluxo) – a term used to describe
outdoor areas where people negotiate and consume drugs.
Fonte: Folha de São Paulo – Internacional – 26/05/2017
GLOSSARY
overpass = viaduto, elevado
45 – The words “after”, “in”, “of” and “from”, in bold in the

text, are .
a) articles
b) adverbs
c) pronouns
d) prepositions
46 – The sentence “People negotiate and

consume drugs”,in the Passive Voice is:
a) Drugs are negotiated and consumed.
b) Drugs were negotiated and consumed.

c) Drugs will be negotiated and consumed.
d) Drugs had been negotiated and consumed.
47– The verbs “have spread” and “have

accompanied”,underlined in the text, are in the .
a) simple past
b) future tense
c) present perfect
d) past progressive

Finding a taste of Japan in São Paulo’s Liberdade
neighborhood
1 Home of the largest Japanese community outside of
Japan, São Paulo’s Liberdade neighborhood is a city within a
city, with many specialty shops for Japanese food and home
products.
5 Since most of the products are imported directly from Japan,
and many do not contain a Portuguese ingredient
version, shop owners and employees are always at hand for a
quick translation.
Fonte: The Rio Times/Brazil News
48 – The words “at hand”, underlined in the text, mean .

a) busy
b) distant
c) worried
d) available
GABARITO:
25-A 26-B 27-A 28-B 29-C 30-A 31-B 32-B 33-B 34-C 35-B 36-D 37-A 38-B 39-D 40-B 41-B
42-D 43-C 44-D 45-D 46-A 47-E 48-D

25 – Read the cartoon and choose the best response.
http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2010/04/snoopys-got-bead-on-chuck.html
According to the cartoon,

a) the little boy suggests that the girl is bossy.
b) the dog becomes forever the girl’s dog.
c) the dog tries to teach the girl to jump.
d) the girl wants to buy a dog for her.
http://www.englishoutsidethebox.com/2014/04/10/cartoon_fri_food/pizza-is-salad/
According to the cartoon, the man

a) convinces his companion on the nutritional composition of the
mass.
b) persuades her to choose the same dish and add a salad.
c) describes technically and praises his favorite dish.
d) proves that pizza and salad are the same in theory.
27 – Read the text and choose the correct alternative.

In the film “The accountant”, a man on the autism spectrum
is a number cruncher by day, while involving himself in seedier
activities at night.
This scene occurs in a conference room after the lead
character, Christian (Ben Affleck), is hired to review a company’s
financial records. He spends an entire night writing out figures,
using whiteboards and eventually the room’s glass walls.
For the scene, Mr. O’Connor wanted to take the audience
inside the mind of the character. During an interview,
he explained how he used a real forensic accountant to get the
numbers right and also a creative approach to covering walls with
tidy handwriting.
www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/movies
a) the director, Mr. O’Connor, wanted to show the viewer what

goes on in the head of the character.
b) the director. Mr. O’Connor, put the audience inside the mind
of a real forensic accountant.
c) the main character, Christian, spends the night studying for

presentation work.
d) the main character, Christian, suffers from panic disorder.

a) The students were supposed to tell what they did during the
summer.
b) During the summer all the students communicated through
twitter.
c) Every student knew what Kayla did on vacation.
d) Kayla follows all the students on social network.
29 – Read the sentences and decide if they are Active (A) or

Passive (P).
( ) Magazines are sold at newsstands everywhere.
( ) Many readers subscribe to the magazine.
( ) A large type edition is also printed.
( ) They also recorded it.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
a) A – A – P – A
b) P – A – P – A
c) P – P – A – P
d) P – A – P – P

1 Pilates is a unique combination of , and _.
It improves circulation and body alignment. It engages the
powerhouse of the lower abs, hips and lower back in almost
every movement. Throughout the workout, practitioners try
5 to stay united from shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip,
making sure the neck and limbs are used in long, graceful
movements.
(Adapted fromhttp://www.grammarbank.com/paragraphs-fitness)
30 – Fill in the blanks with the correct

alternative,respectively:
a) stretching – strengthening – breathing
b) stretched – strengthened – breathed
c) stretches – strengthens – breathes
d) stretch – strengthen – breathe
31 – “workout”, (line 4), in bold type in the text, means
a) a period people rest.
b) a period of mental exercise.
c) a period of physical exercise.
d) a period people spend repairing things at work.
Read the text to answer questions 32 and 33.

The Pilot Fatigue Problem

1 For years, pilot fatigue has been a real issue. Airline
pilots, as well as cargo, corporate and charter pilots can all
face fatigue while on the job. While pilot fatigue can be
common and overlooked, it poses a very troubling threat to
5 aviation safety and should be taken seriously.
Pilot fatigue has been a real problem since the beginning
of air travel. Charles Lindbergh fought to stay awake on his
record-breaking 33.5-hour transatlantic flight from New
York to Paris on the Spirit of St. Louis. Long-haul pilots
10 have reported falling asleep at the controls. Cargo pilotsthat
fly at night face fatigue from challenging the body's
natural internal clock.
The Lindbergh flight provides a great example for the real
issue today that fatigue is an acceptable risk and one
15 that isn't given enough credit. Lindbergh flew from New
York to Paris without falling asleep. Similarly, pilots today
get away with flying tired all the time. If you ask an
average pilot how much sleep he got the night before a
flight, it's probably on a par with the average American,
20 which is about six and a half hours.
This might be an acceptable amount of sleep if you have
a desk job.
(Source: www.thebalance.com/the-pilot-fatigue-problem)
32 – “on a par with”, (line 19), in bold type, means

a) at the same level.
b) at the same local.
c) at different points.
d) at different standards
33 – Write (T) for the true statements and (F) for the false
statements.
( ) Pilot fatigue is affecting only charter pilots.
( ) The Lindbergh flight shows that fatigue poses no risk for
aviation.
( ) If pilots sleep about six and a half hours before a flight. He
won’t face operational risks.
( ) There are accounts that pilots have falled asleep at the
controls due to very long commute.
Choose the alternative that correspond to the right order.
a) T – F – T – F
b) F – T – T – F
c) F – F – F – T
d) T – F – F – T
34 – Complete the sentence with the correct response.

Frida Kahlo, a master the art of surrealism, is
icon of Mexican popular culture.
a) from – the
b) to – the
c) by – an
d) of – na

Human's Best Friend
1 We know that dogs are human's best friends. They love
us and we love them. However, we're not so sure where
they came from. Many scientists think they came from
wolves 15,000 years ago. Although wolves are wild and
5 dogs are tame, they're still a lot alike. Both wag their tails
when happy and put their tails between their legs when
scared.
Dogs are easy to educate. Well-educated dogs are
sometimes used as watchdogs. A watchdog can stop a
10 creature that is five to six times bigger. It is interesting,
though, that these dogs, which can become terrifyingly
wild in times of danger, pose no harm to their owners. In
the face of a threat, they put their lives in danger to save
their owners.
(Adapted from http://www.grammarbank.com)
35 – Write (T) for the True statements and (F) for

the Falsestatements, according to the text.
( ) Dogs and wolves present features that make many scientists
think that dogs came from wolves.
( ) Although dogs are human’s best friends. People don’t know
their origin, exactly.
( ) Watchdogs can put their owners in danger in times of
threatening.
( ) Well-educated dogs when in danger are always tame.
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the correct order.
a) T – F – T – F
b) T – T – T – F
c) T – T – F – F
d) T – F – F – T
36 – Choose the correct alternative to have the

passive voicefrom the sentence, in bold type, in the text.
Their lives in danger to save their owners.
a) is put
b) are put
c) was put
d) were put
Read at the extract and answer questions 37 and 38.

Some situation call for a lot of patience. We were going to call
on some friends. But I had traveled to São Paulo and it was
raining hard.
Because of the weather all flights to Rio were call off.

So I couldn’t come. I called her up to explain, and then she called
me down!
37 – “call for”, in bold type in the text, means

a) demand
b) cancel
c) phone
d) visit
38 – Choose the correct alternative to replace the

phrasal verb,underlined in the text.
a) reprimand
b) deprive
c) refuse
d) visit
39 – Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.

“An archeologist is a man work is the study of ancient
things.”
a) whose
b) which
c) how
d) who
40 – Write (T) for true and (F) for false

according to theexplanation of the tenses in
parenthesis.
( ) When you are looking back from a point in past time, and
you are concerned with the effects of something which
happened at an earlier time in the past. (Past perfect )
( ) When you are concerned with the present effects of
something which happened at an indefinite time in the past.
(past perfect continuous)
( ) When you are talking about something which continued to
happen before and after a particular time. (past continuous)
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
a) T – F – F
b) T – F – T
c) F – T – F
d) F – F – T

Twenty-First Century Birdwatching
1 Our ancestors could spot natural predators from far by
their silhouettes. Are we equally aware of the predators in the
present-day? Drones are remote-controlled planes that can be
used for anything from surveillance, to rescue operations and

5 scientific research. Most drones are used today by military
powers for remote-controlled surveillance and attack, and
their numbers are growing. The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) predicted in 2012 that within 20 years
there could be as many as 30.000 drones flying over U.S. Soil
10 alone. As robotic birds will become commonplace in the near
future, we should be prepared to identify them.
(Adapted from https://medium.com/looking-up/21st-century-birdwatching)
41 – “Their”, (line 7), underlined in the text, refers to

a) powers.
b) drones.
c) numbers.
d) surveillance and attack.
42 – In the text, all the nouns bellow refer to drones, except:

a) predators (line 2)
b) ancestors (line 1)
c) robotic birds (line 10)
d) remote-controlled planes (line 3)
43 – According to the text, the number of drones used by military

powers is
a) increasing in terms of surveillance and attack.
b) preventing remote – controlled surveillance.
c) continuing the same as in 2012.
d) decreasing in terms of attack.

The first man drew a small circle in the sand and told the
second man, “This is what you know”, and drawing a circle
around the small one, “This is what I know”. The second man
took the stick and drew an immense ring around both circles:
“This is where both of us know nothing”.
(Adapted from Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), american poet)
44 – The first man thought the second man knew .

a) more than he did
b) very much
c) very little
d) nothing
45 – the word “one” in bold type refers to .

a) First man
b) Second man
c) circle
d) sand
46 – According to the passage

The first man declared that he had more than the second
man.
a) knowledge
b) wisdom
c) circles
d) rings
47 – According to the extract, what is the alternative that

contains the right explanation about the gerund in bold type?
“Swimming is an amazing exercise. It’s healthy, fun, relaxing
and a low-impact sport. I know this from personal experience.
Last year while I was jogging I injured my left knee. I don’t go
jogging anymore, now I’m considering joining a swimming
competition.”
The gerund is:
a) The direct object of the sentence.
b) The progressive form of the verb.
c) The indirect object of the verb.
d) The subject of the sentence.
Read the text to answer question 48.

Your parents tell you to wear sunscreen when you're
outside in the summer. And they are certainly right.
Sunscreen protects your skin from ultraviolet light rays. Too
much ultraviolet is bad for your skin. If you spend a long
time outside without any sunscreen on, you a sunburn
because of the ultraviolet rays.
(Adapted from http://www.grammarbank.com)
48 – Choose the alternative to have the text completed

correctly.
a) would have got
b) might have got
c) might get
d) would get
GABARITO:
25-A 26-D 27-A 28-A 29-B 30-A 31-C 32-A 33-C 34-D 35-C 36-B 37-A 38-D 39-A 40-B 41-B
42-B 43-A 44-C 45-C 46-A 47-D 48-C


The birds and the bees
1 My little boy came in the other day with a really serious
look on his face and said, ‘Dad, do you mind if I ask you a
question? Where do I come from?’ I’d been dreading this
question for ages, but like a good father, I sat him down and
5 gently told him all about the birds and the bees. When I’d
finished, he was very quite. He then got up and went, ‘thank
you, Dad’ and headed for the door. I said, ‘So what made you
ask me?’ and he turned around and said, ‘I just want to know,
because Bobby next door says HE comes from Manchester!’

Fonte: Innovations/ Thompson
25 – In “I’d been dreading this question for ages

(...)”, we caninfer that
a) the father wasn’t expecting that question.
b) his father’s words could be perfectly understood.
c) the father was well prepared to answer the question.
d) the father feared the day his son would ask him questions
about sex.

a) children are always polemic.
b) no adults are prepared to answer some issues.
c) after simple questions, it’s better to give simple answers.
d) fathers and sons almost always have difficulty in getting
along.
27 – ‘headed’, underlined in the text, means

a) turned the head.
b) went towards.
c) looked.
d) pushed.
JetBlue ... The crisis? Never heard of it…
1 The domestic air transport market in the USA must seem
highly unstable to newcomers, including low-cost carriers.
Of the 82 airlines formed in ten years followed
deregulation in 1978, only two have survived - America West
5 and Mid-west Express. Statistics show that three-quarters of
all projects never even get off the ground and that most of the
others crash in less than five years.
Paradoxically, Southwest Airlines, the No.1 success
story in the US air transport today, was founded before
10 deregulation (in 1972), though it did take advantage of it.
Many of those who tried to imitate the Southwest model
came to grief. Not JetBlue, just four years after it was
formed is continuing to grow at a spectacular rate.
Fonte: Revista Planet Aero-Space
GLOSSARY
come to grief – falir
deregulation – desregulamentação
28 – The best alternative to complete the text is:

a) that / how
b) when / that
c) that / which
d) which / when
29 – According to the text, all alternatives are correct, EXCEPT:

a) there’s no crisis for JetBlue.
b) JetBlue has been growing for four years.
c) crisis is something never heard by JetBlue.
d) JetBlue sales are going down at a spectacular rate.
30 – ‘Paradoxically’, in bold in the text was used to express

a) similar ideas.
b) opposite features.
c) additional information.
d) negative consequences.
31 – According to the text, it’s correct to say that

a) just a few airlines have survived the crisis.
b) big companies get better results than the others.
c) none of the 82 airlines formed in 10 years has failed so far.
d) domestic air transport market in the USA is not really
vulnerable to newcomers.
1 The practical impacts of climate change can be hard to
predict the large scales of time and geography over
which changes are occurring. But more frequent jolts in midair could be one way in which individuals will soon
literally
5 feel the effects.
A new scientific study says that severe turbulence could
become two to three times more common later this century
when there is twice as much carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere.
10 ‘Our new study paints the most detailed picture yet of
how aircraft turbulence will respond to climate change,’ says
author Dr. Paul Williams. ‘Even the most seasoned frequent
fliers may be alarmed at the prospect of a 149% increase in
severe turbulence, which frequently hospitalizes air travelers
15 and flight attendants around the world.’
Climate change is expected to lead to stronger vertical
wind shears in the jet stream, at the cruising altitude for most
jet aircraft. Wind shears can become unstable and cause
turbulence.
20 Williams used supercomputers simulations that calculate
clear-air turbulence along Transatlantic routes in winter and
found all turbulence strength levels will increase in a world
with twice as much CO2. The computer models show the
average amount of light turbulence will increase by 59%,
light-to-moderate turbulence by 75%, moderate by 94%,
moderate-to-severe by 127%, and severe by 149%.
Ironically, or perhaps poetically, aviation has long been
recognized as a major contributor of greenhouse gases to the
atmosphere.
32 – Choose the best word to have the text completed correctly:

a) because of
b) a major cause
c) one good reason
d) for the purpose of

a) Aviation is a contributory factor in 20 % of all carbon dioxide
emissions.
b) there used to be three times more severe turbulence than
nowadays.
c) an increase in all categories of turbulence will occur in the
years to come.
d) it will take a considerable time to people experience the
effects of climate change.
34 – As used in (line 16), ‘lead to’ can be replaced by

a) result in.
b) forecast.
c) encounter.
d) accompany.
35 – Which of the following is being used in the Passive Voice?

a) Williams used supercomputers simulations (…) (line 20)
b) But more frequent jolts in mid-air could be one way (…)
(lines 3 and 4)
c) The practical impacts of climate change can be hard to predict
(…) (lines 1 and 2)
d) Climate change is expected to lead to stronger vertical wind
shears (…) (lines 16 and 17)
36 – Which of the following are examples of Comparative and

Superlative adjectives, respectively?
a) severe (line 14) / major contributor (line 28)
b) stronger (line 16) / the most seasoned (line 12)
c) more frequent (line 3) / twice as much (line 23)
d) more common (line 7) / most jet aircraft (lines 17 and 18)
Read the cartoon and choose the best response.

37 – According to the cartoon,

a) the guy is arguing with his parents about his graduation gift.
b) the guy’s father is being intentionally sarcastic about the
issue.
c) the guy’s parents are discussing about their present
graduation.
d) the guy’s parents are expecting to win a great gift for his
graduation.

To be or not to be
Every one knows that ‘To be or Not to be, that is the question’
comes from Hamlet, but when someone says ‘Neither a
borrower nor a lender be’, they are probably unaware that they
also quoting from the same play.
Innovations/ Thompson
38 – The quotation, in bold in the extract, means
a) If you borrow something, you must refuse to give it back.
b) If you are not a borrower, you can’t be a lender.
c) Don’t be a lender or a borrower.
d) It’s better to borrow than save.
Brazil takes on the European Refugee Crisis
1 In 2016 significantly less refugees in Europe than
the year before. The Organization for Migration and the EU
border agency Frontex have reported a notable decline in the
number of migrants arriving on Europe’s shores by nearly
5 two-thirds. These numbers, however, are by no means an
indication of improvement in the international situation of
refugees.
It’s evident that something has to change in the
international mindset to bring an end to the enduring human
10 rights violations concerning millions of people. Surprisingly,
a potential wind of change has come from Brazil, a country
facing a deep economic and political crisis.
Brazil is one of the biggest recipients of refugees in Latin
America. In 2013 they introduced a humanitarian visa
15 program for Syrians, processing 8.450 humanitarian visas on
basis of which more than 2.000 Syrian refugees have already
settled in Brazil. Brazil has several reasons to pursue a
recipient immigration policy. Receiving immigrants from all
over the world helps to boost the country’s international
20 reputation and to turn around its negative image regarding a
high crime rate and an even higher external debt. Immigrants
in Brazil also seem to be perceived as less as a (financial)
burden than in many European countries.
Fonte: www.dailymail.com.uk
GLOSSARY
mindset – atitudes das pessoas
enduring – resistente, duradoura
financial burden – carga financeira
39 – Choose the best verbal form to have the text completed

correctly:
a) arrived
b) had arrived
c) have arrived
d) have been arriving
40 – ‘a potential wind of change has come (…)’ in

bold in thetext, means
a) there’s a possibility of change.
b) the changing has just started.
c) the changing has happened.
d) there’s a hope of changing.
41 – According to the text, we can say that

a) just Syrians refugees are settled in Brazil.
b) Brazil has supported many Syrian refugees.
c) Brazil has no interest in humanitarian programs.
d) due to the huge crisis, Brazil has refused foreigners.
42 – As used in (line 5), ‘however’ is closest in meaning to

a) besides.
b) although.
c) moreover.
d) in addition.
Inside Lilium, The World’s First Vertical Takeoff And
Landing Private Jet
1 Wonder what’s in store for the future of private jet flying?
Here’s a glimpse. A start-up company – hosted in a European
Space Agency (ESA) business incubator center in Bavaria –
released an idea for an egg-shaped two-seater plane called
5 Lilium that’s currently in the works. With a top speed of 250
mph and a range of 300 miles, the plane can travel roughly
between Munich and Berlin in about 90 minutes. And
according to the ESA, if testing succeeds, this the
world’s first vertical takeoff and landing private jet.
10 The project came about when Daniel Wiegand – one of the
four founders of Lilium – wanted to realize flying for the
masses in a fast, inexpensive, efficient and eco-friendly way.
‘Our goal is to develop an aircraft that doesn’t need the
complex and expensive infrastructure of an airport, can be
15 used close to urban areas, and doesn’t produce too much

noise and pollution,’ he said. So to produce this new class of
airplanes that could take off and land vertically anywhere
with a surface area of 250 square feet by 2018, Wiegand and
his team in Germany came up with a design using electric
20 engines and incorporated movable fan turbines.
Fonte: www.forbes.com
GLOSSARY
glimpse – uma ideia para entender melhor algo
43 – Choose the best verbal form to have the text completed

correctly:
a) is
b) was
c) will be
d) would be
44 – As used in (line 5), ‘currently’ can be replaced by

a) now.
b) finally.
c) actually.
d) eventually.
45 – Which word, in bold in the text, means approximately?

a) by
b) about
c) close to
d) between
46 – Choose the alternative in which the prefix ‘in-’

was used toform an opposite.
a) incubator (line 3)
b) inexpensive (line 12)
c) incorporated (line 20)
d) infrastructure (line 14)
47 – According to the text, Lilium

a) is a European Space Agency business incubator center.
b) is a helicopter with a vertical takeoff and landing system.
c) is an electric jet with lower cost for short range journeys.
d) is an unmanned aircraft which is affordable for the masses.
48– Write (T) for true statements and (F) for false statements
and choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
( ) The noise created by Lilium is too loud.
( ) Lilium will be a sustainable form of air transportation.
( ) Lilium has fan engines and an innovative technology to cut
pollution.
( ) A European Space Agency designed an amazing aircraft

with space for more than two people to sit.
a) F – F – T – T
b) T – F – F – T
c) T – T – T – F
d) F – T – F – F
GABARITO:
25-D 26-C 27-B 28-C 29-D 30-B 31-A 32-A 33-C 34-A 35-D 36-B 37-B 38-C 39-A 40-C 41-B
42-B 43-C 44-A 45-B 46-B 47-C 48-D
PROVAS ANTERIORES
2019

1 Renata, from Brazil: I just kiss them on the cheek. Just
one kiss, because I’m from São Paulo. I have friends from
Rio and they always kiss twice.
Guillermo, from Chile: When it’s the first time I’m
5 meeting someone or in formal situations, I shake hands. With my
male friends, I give them a hug or a pat on the back but If I’m
greeting a female friend, it’s different: I give her a kiss
on the cheek and sometimes I hug her. Women greet each
other the same way: kissing and sometimes hugging.
10 Marco, from Italy: I shake hands in formal situations.
Where I live, kissing is acceptable. It’s OK for men to kiss
each other, for men to kiss women or for women to kiss each
other. But with my male friends I usually just give a hug or a
pat on the back.
15 Molly, from the USA: When I greet close friends
I give them a hug. For casual friends, I just say “Hi”. For
men it’s a little different. Where I live they never hug each
other, it’s just “Hey, man”. In formal situations I always
shake hands, and it’s important to shake hands firmly. When
20 I’m saying good-bye to people I’m not very close to, I also
shake hands, be it a man or a woman. Kissing is not usual
around here, unless it’s among really close family members.
Adapted from www.rachacuca.com.br
25 – According to the text, we can conclude that _.

a) in Italy, people only kiss each other to greet
b) Molly shakes hands when she says good-bye to close friends
c) if someone is from São Paulo, kissing once when greeting is
the usual
d) where Molly livves, men hug each other and say “Hey man”
when they greet
26 – According to the text, choose the best alternative.

a) Shaking hands when greeting people in formal situations is
more common in various countries.
b) People greet each other the same way, in different states in
Brazil.
c) If a man lives in Chile he greets males and females the same
way.
d) In many countries it is normal for men to kiss each other.
27 – The word “bored”, used twice in the cartoon, is NOT

closest in meaning to .
a) refreshed
b) impatient
c) sleepy
d) tired

1 When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens on Dec.
18 and, for the first time in nearly a decade, moviegoers can
return to that galaxy of long ago and far, far away, they will
find that it contains two new stars. The film,
5 is directed by J. J. Abrams and continues
the interstellar saga of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and
Han Solo some 30 years after the events of “Return of the
Jedi” (1983), is also a launching pad for two young actors
who are barely half as old as the “Star Wars” franchise itself.
10 Daisy Ridley, who plays a mysterious scavenger named
Rey, and John Boyega, who plays a disaffected stormtrooper
named Finn, are among the new heroes of “The Force
Awakens” and are bracing themselves for the biggest roles of
their careers. (www.nytimes.com.br)
28 – Choose the best alternative to complete the text.

a) whose
b) which
c) where
d) who
29 – The word themselves, in bold in the text, refers to .

a) Daisy Ridley and John Boyega
b) Princess Leia and Han Solo
c) The Force Awakens
d) roles and careers

1 It was a beautiful summer afternoon with the sun shining
brightly. I excitedly phoned my friends asking them to come
over later for a barbecue.
After making the calls I quickly drove into town to buy
5 some food and drink. I arrived at the shops I was
very surprised at _ busy it was. Everyone must

have been shopping for a barbecue!
The first butchers I visited had completely run out of
sausages. The next shop had some left so I happily bought

10 some. After visiting a few more shops I had finally finished
my shopping. But I was starting to worry as it was 6 p.m. and
I had invited my friends to visit at 6:30 p.m.
I hastly rushed to the car park with all of my shopping
and threw it in the boot. Suddenly I notice that the cars were
15 moving really slowly out of the car park and there was a bit
of traffic jam. It was past 6:30 p.m. I arrived home
and I was extremely worried. As a drove into my drive
I smiled happily when I saw my friends sitting in my front
garden. Luckily they had realized I was stuck at the shops
20 and they waited for me.
Fonte: www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
30 – Choose the alternative that best completes the text.

a) when / where / when
b) which / how / where
c) where / was / whose
d) when / how / when
31 – The four words in bold, in the text, are:

a) Nouns
b) Adverbs
c) Pronouns
d) Adjectives

1 Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932) was born in
Brazil and educated in Paris. He made his first balloon
ascent in 1898 and, soon after that, began constructing
dirigible airships. In 1901 he won a Paris air race and
5 international fame. (After the race, he asked Louis Cartier
for a timepiece that would keep his hands free - the first
wristwatch.)
Turning to heavier-than-air machines, Santos Dumont
built his 14-Bis in 1906, three years after the Wright
10 brothers’ initial flight. His flight was the first in Europe,
and his plane was the first anywhere to lift off the ground
under its own power. In 1909 Santos Dumont designed the
Demoiselle monoplane, the first modern light plane.
In 1901 Santos Dumont fell ill with multiple sclerosis
15 and retired from flying. He returned to Brazil in 1916.
Ill and despondent over the use of aircraft in warfare, he
committed suicide in 1932.
(Adapted From “Leaders of the Century”)
32 – According to the text, Santos Dumont

a) developed hot air balloons, dirigible airships and heavier-thanair machines.
b) drew the Demoiselle cargo airplane, the most modern plane.
c) died of multiple sclerosis before returning to Brazil.
d) was the only man interested in flying, at the time.
33 – Choose the statement about Santos Dumont that is NOT

correct, according to the text:
a) He made a balloon before making a dirigible airship.
b) His plane lifted off the ground under its own power.
c) He got sick but he didn’t stop flying.
d) He became famous in 1901.
34 – The words balloon, plane and dirigible airships, in bold

in the text, are different kinds of .
a) air races
b) aircraft
c) flights
d) skies
35 – In the famous words by John Lennon: “You may say I’m a

dreamer but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us
and the world will be as one”, the modal verb in bold indicates
that:
a) He knew that he could dream about peace and try to help
everybody.
b) He understood that he could be seen as a dreamer.
c) He was not able to dream about peace and love.
d) He considered himself the only dreamer.
36 – Choose the best alternative according to the text.

1Sometimes you don’t have to read an article completely to
get the necessary information. Often you can move your eyes
quickly over the reading to find facts, names, dates, titles. For
example, if you are looking for a date, you should move your
5eyes down the page looking for numbers. If you are looking
for a person’s names, you should find capital letters.
Punctuation is also a clue for finding specific information.
Quotation marks (“), commas (,), parentheses ( ), and dashes
(--) all separate special information.
a) You always need to read the entire article when you are
looking for information.
b) Occasionally you can get necessary information by skimming
an article.
c) It’s not possible to find a person’s name if you read all the
words.
d) Capital letters are not used to find specific information.
37 – Choose the best alternative, according to the text.

1 Vidigal is Rio’s most foreigner-friendly slum, with
guesthouses, coffee houses, restaurants and even a sushi-bar
aimed at the tourist market. It is relatively small and
picturesque, with spectacular views over the Atlantic, and an
5 hour-long walking trail that winds from its upper limits to the
top of the Dois Irmãos mountain.
When pacified in 2012, Vidigal was already popular with
artists, young Brazilians and foreigners. Scottish school
librarian Graeme Boyd, 34, lived there for two six-month
10 periods, in 2009 and 2011. “As long as foreigners respect the
locals, make a contribution and use the business inside the
favela, they will be welcomed,” he said. “People reacted to
me as if I had lived there all my life”.
(adapted from www.theguardian.com)
GLOSSARY:
slum = favela
guesthouses = pousadas
a) Foreigners are welcome as long as they contribute to the
business in Vidigal.
b) Graeme Boyd was popular between Brazilian artists in 2009
and 2011.
c) Tourists cannot find Japanese food and places to rest.
d) Local residents prefer to disrespect foreigners.

Dear Mary,
1 My younger sister just told us she’s been accepted to her first
choice university. Lee is very intelligent. She will be the first
person in our family to go to college. I got good grades in high
school, too, but when I graduated I went into the family
5 business going to college. I enjoy my new career,
I’m sure that I’ve learned a lot of new things.
With love, Lincon
38 – Fill in the blank with the option that best completes the text.
a) as soon as
b) instead of
c) still
d) yet
39 – Choose the best alternative to complete the dialogue.

Jane: Hi Susan, how are you doing?
Susan: Everything is Okay!
Jane: Do you have any plans for this weekend?
Susan: Not sure… I probably give a party this weekend.
Jane: Cool!
a) am going to
b) am going
c) will be
d) will
1 This recipe for chocolate cookies was sent to The New
York Times several years ago by Mari Pfeiffer, a reader in
California; it’s from the cookbook “Great Cookies,”
published in 2003 by the author and teacher Carole Walter.
5 The cookies are filled with deep flavor from the combination
of cocoa powder, unsweetened chocolate and espresso
powder. Decorate them with royal icing. “Other icings would
spoil the cookie’s simple yet amazing flavor,” said Ms.
Pfeiffer, who often cuts the dough into letters to spell out
10 seasonal messages.
40 – Choose the correct alternative, according to the text.

a) Mari Pfeiffer has developed the recipe for chocolate cookies
and shared with Carole Walter.
b) The New York Times published Carole Walter’s book.
c) New York Times received the recipe from a reader.
d) “Great Cookies” is the name of the recipe.
Read the words by songwriter Jimi Hendrix and answer

question 41.
41 – Choose the alternative that best explains the words in the

picture.
a) Peace will be reached before the search for love or power is
fully completed by all.
b) The love of power is capable of bringing peace into many
people’s lives.
c) We’ll have peace when the love of power is weaker than the
power of love.
d) Peace does not have the power to increase love among men.

1 Illegal levels of arsenic and mercury polluted a river in thedays
after a dam burst at an iron ore mine this month
Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, according
to tests by a state water agency, the Institute for Water
5 Management in Minas Gerais. The agency found arsenic levels
more than 10 times above the legal limit in one place
the river, the Rio Doce, after the dam burst on
Nov. 5, killing at least 13 people. Mercury slightly above the
permitted level was also found in one area. Samarco, the

10 mine operator, and its co-owners, BHP Billiton and Vale,
have repeatedly said that the water and mineral waste
unleashed by the dam burst were not toxic. On Wednesday,
the United Nations human rights agency said “new evidence”
showed that the mud dumped by the flood “contained high
15 levels of toxic heavy metals and other chemicals.”
(Adopted from www.nytimes.com)
42 – Fill in the blanks with the option that best

completes thetext.
a) over / in
b) in / along
c) at / along
d) on / across
43 – Choose the best alternative, according to the text.

a) Levels of arsenic, up to ten times of above the legal limit,
were found in one place beside the river.
b) UN Human Rights Agency said that the mud dumped actually
contained low levels of chemicals.
c) Illegal levels of arsenic and mercury polluted a river before a
dam burst in Brazil.
d) Besides the high levels of arsenic, mercury was also found.

1 The Phoenix airport has introduced new technology that can
see through a person's clothes. The new machine costs
$100,000 to make and is designed to find out if a passenger is
carrying a weapon or explosives. Critics of the new
5 X-Ray scanner, however, say it takes away a person's
privacy.
(adapted from www.inglesonline.com.br)
44 – The number 100,000, in bold

in the text, is expressed inwords as _.
a) a million
b) one hundred
c) one thousand
d) a hundred Thousand
45 – According to the text, the purpose of the new machine is to

.
a) waste money
b) undress passengers
c) find dangerous goods
d) see what people are wearing
46– Choose the alternative that corresponds to the Active Voice

of the following sentence: “Great recipes are made by Carole
Walter”.
a) Carole Walter is making great recipes.
b) Carole Walter has made great recipes.
c) Carole Walter makes great recipes.
d) Carole Walter made great recipes.
GABARITO:
25-C 26-A 27-A 28-B 29-A 30-D 31-B 32-A 33-C 34-B 35-B 36-B 37-A 38-B 39-D 40-C 41-C
42-B 43-D 44-D 45-C 46-C

Chennai floods: Know which flights are cancelled!
1 New Delhi: In the wake of incessant rain and heavy
downpour in Chennai leading to floods that have affected
normal lives, various domestic flights have cancelled their
services to and from the city.
5 Leading domestic carrier IndiGo airlines announced on its
official Facebook page that few flights connecting to Chennai
for Thursday have been cancelled.
“Flight operations to and from Chennai have been
affected due to heavy rains. Few flights connecting following
10 cities to Chennai are cancelled for tomorrow - Hyderabad,
Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkota, Pune, Coimbatore, Delhi &
Vizag”, the company said on its official FB page.
The company, however, assured that all passengers would
be refunded 100 percent.
Adapted from: http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/
chennaifloods-know-which-flights-are-cancelled_1829506.htm
25 – The correct form of the sentence “Flight

operations to andfrom Chennai have been affected due to
heavy rains” – announced IndiGo Airlines”, in the indirect
speech is:
a) IndiGo Airlines announced that flight operations to and from
Chennai would be affected due to heavy rains.
b) IndiGo Airlines announced that flight operations to and from
Chennai had been affected due to heavy rains.
c) IndiGo Airlines announced that flight operations to and from
Chennai will be affected due to heavy rains.
d) IndiGo Airlines announced that flight operations to and from
Chennai was affected due to heavy rains
26 – Considering the underlined expression in the

sentence “Flight operations to and from Chennai have been

affected due toheavy rains” (lines 8 and 9), it is correct to say
that
a) the present perfect tense was used to refer to a temporary
continuing action.
b) the present perfect tense was used to announce news of a
recent event.
c) the past perfect tense was used to say that something was in
progress.
d) the simple past tense was used to announce an earlier past.
27 – Read the cartoon and choose the correct alternative:
a) The air traffic controller duck understood that the duck pilot
was requesting a day of May.
b) The pilot duck was shouting “mayday” because he wanted to
relax.
c) The air traffic controller duck was frantic due to the affliction
of the pilot.
d) The pilot duck was landing due to bad weather.

Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey,
Signs of a Mass Extinction
1 Behind a Lowe’s home improvement store here, scientists
are methodically scraping and sifting through quarry pit
that may contain unique insights to the mass extinction that
eliminated dinosaurs.
5 Back then, about 66 million years ago, oceans
were higher, and this part of southern New Jersey was a
shallow sea, 10 to 15 miles offshore from ancient
mountain range that rose from the water. Today’s quarry pit
was once the sea bottom, and one particular layer about 40
10 feet beneath the surface contains a bounty of fossils.
Kenneth J. Lacovara, a professor of paleontology and
geology at nearby Rowan University, calls the layer
“mass death assemblage.” He believes it may be only
known collection of animal remains that dates from the mass
15 extinction itself.
Taken from www.nytimes.com - Accessed on 06/01/2016.
28 – Complete the text with the right articles. Then

choose thecorrect alternative.
a) a – the – the – a – an – the
b) a – the – the – an – a – the
c) an – the – the – an – a – an
d) a – the – the – the – an – na
29 – The pronoun it (line 13), underlined in the text, refers to

a) “the mass extinction” (line 14 and 15)
b) “Rowan University” (line 12)
c) “a professor” (line 11)
d) “the layer” (line 12)
30 – Choose the alternative that replaces the

sentence belowwithout changing its meaning:
“Today’s quarry pit was once the sea bottom.” (lines 8 and 9)
a) Today is quarry pit was once the sea bottom.
b) Today has quarry pit was once the sea bottom.
c) The quarry pit of today was the sea bottom at once.
d) The quarry pit of today was the sea bottom in the past.
Read the weather forecast for the UK on December 2nd, 2015,

and answer question 31.
Rain becoming slow-moving across central UK today. Winds
largely easing.
Rain across Scotland and Northern Ireland at first will continue
southeastwards, stalling across Wales and parts of northern
England by late afternoon. Brighter, colder conditions will follow
across the northwest, but it will remain cloudy and mild in the
southeast.
Adapted from www.bbc.co.uk/weather. Accessed on 02/12/2015
31-According to the weather forecast, choose the correctalternative:
a) There will be rain in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and north of

England.
b) There will be heavy rain in Wales in the afternoon.
c) The weather will be colder in the southeast.
d) It will be snowy in the northwest.

Ingredients
- 25g butter
- 500g small onions, (about 5 in total), halved and finely sliced
- 2 eggs
- 284ml pot double cream
- 140g mature cheddar, coarsely gratedFor the pastry
- 280g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 140g cold butter
Adapted from www.bbcgoodfood.com - Accessed on 15/12/2015.
31 – The text above is a recipe for:

a) a salmon and watercress quiche.
b) a sticky onion and cheddar quiche.

c) a leek, mushroom and Gruyère quiche.
d) a caramelized onion quiche with cheddar and bacon.
Read the text and answer questions 33, 34 e 35.

The Last Dalai Lama?
1 On a wet Sunday in June at the Glastonbury Festival,
more than 100,000 people spontaneously burst into a
rendition of ‘‘Happy Birthday.’’ Onstage, Tenzin Gyatso, the
14th Dalai Lama, blew out the solitary candle on a large
5 birthday cake while clasping the hand of Patti Smith, who
stood beside him. The world’s most famous monk then poked
a thick finger at Smith’s silvery mane. ‘‘Musicians,’’ he said,
‘‘white hair.’’ But ‘‘the voice and physical action,’’ he added
in his booming baritone, ‘‘forceful.’’ As Smith giggled, he
10 went on: ‘‘So, that gives me encouragement. Myself, now 80
years old, but I should be like you — more active!’’
33 – Match the definitions to the words:

1. clasp (line 5)
2. poke (line 6)
3. giggle (line 9)
4. booming (line 9)
( ) a loud and deep sound.
( ) to laugh in a childlike way.
) to hold someone’s hand firmly.
( ) to push someone or something with the fingers.
Choose the correct order:
a) 1 – 4 – 3 – 2
b) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3
c) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4
d) 4 – 3 – 1 – 2
34 – The correct form of the sentence “more than 100,000 people

burst into a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ ” (lines 2 and 3) in the
present perfect is:
a) More than 100,000 people has bursted into a rendition of
Happy Birthday.
b) More than 100,000 people have bursted into a rendition of
Happy Birthday.
c) More than 100,000 people have burst into a rendition of
Happy Birthday.
d) More than 100,000 people has burst into a rendition of Happy
Birthday.
35 – According to the text, it is correct to affirm that

a) Tenzin Gyatso, the world’s most famous monk, had more than
100,000 people celebrating his 80th birthday.
b) Dalai Lama is celebrating his friend Patti Smith’s 80th
birthday.
c) Dalai Lama would like to have white hair and beard.
d) Patti Smith is considered the 14th Dalai Lama.

Meet the 'homeless man' who flies the world first class
1 For the last year and a half, Ben Schlappig has been
essentially homeless. The 25-year-old American has
fixed address, the keys to his own front door. Why
bother paying rent, he figured, when a bed was only ever a
5 first class ticket away?
Schlappig is a "Hobbyist," as those in the game call it - a
professional traveler with an almost obsessive attention to
fine print, who uses a mixture of frequent flyer miles and
credit card reward points, to zoom around the globe for a
10 fraction of the cost.
Since he first started racking up air miles a little over a
decade ago – yes, he was just 14 when he started this –
Schlappig says he's never flown economy on an international
flight.
36 – Choose the correct verb that can replace the

phrasal verb“racking up” (line 11), according to the text.
a) amass
b) forfeit
c) give up
d) abandon
37 – The correct words to fill in the blanks (line 2

and 3) are,respectively:
a) no – neither
b) neither – nor
c) either – neither
d) not either – not neither

Heathrow expansion should face strict environmental
conditions, say MPs.
1 Final government approval for the expansion of Heathrow
should be withheld until Europe’s busiest airport can
demonstrate that it accepts and will comply with key
environmental conditions, a parliamentary committee has
5 concluded.
MPs on the environmental audit committee have been
hearing evidence on the likely carbon emissions, air quality
and noise levels after the government-appointed Airports
Commission recommended a third runway at Heathrow as

10 the preferred plan for London airport expansion.
(Adapted from www.theguardian/ environment. Acessed on 01/12/2015)
38 – Heathrow airport already has .

a) 1 runway
b) 2 runways
c) 3 runways
d) 30 runways
39 – Choose the synonym in the context for the underlined word

in the title, and its correct part of speech.
a) easygoing – adverb
b) tough – adjective
c) fear – adjective
d) severely – adverb.
40 – Write true (T) or false (F), according to the text:

( ) The expansion of Heathrow airport ought to be blocked until
the busiest airport complies with key environmental
conditions.
( ) The expansion of Heathrow should begin once Europe’s
busiest airport may accept other conditions for weather.
( ) Europe’s busiest airport can accept this change under two
conditions: better air quality and lower noise levels.
( ) Heathrow airport can choose the best alternative for
environmental conditions.
a) T – T – F – F
b) F – F – T – F
c) T – F – F – F
d) F – F – T – T
Taken from http://www.swamp.com.au/archives. Accessed on 26/10/2015
41 – Choose the correct alternative, according to the cartoon.

a) The flying duck understood there was turbulence, because the
winds were strong.
b) The air traffic controller duck didn’t have time to warn about
turbulence.
c) The water in movement caused the wind turbulence.
d) The water turbulence was caused by the alligator.
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AS QUESTÕES DE 26 A 50 REFEREM-SE À LÍNGUA INGLESA

26 - According to the text,

27 - All the words, underlined in the text, are adverbs, except:

29 - In “Unfortunately his skates had no brakes so he couldn’t

30 - Choose the best alternative to answer the question below.

31 - Choose the alternative that best completes the blank.

32 - In “The destruction of the Amazon forest could have serious

33 - Choose the best alternative to answer the question below.

34 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks in the

36 - The pronoun “it”, underlined in the paragraph, refers to

38 - Choose the right alternative to complete the text grammatically correct.

37 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks.

38 - Choose the right alternative to complete the text grammatically correct.

39 - Read the paragraph below:

40- Read the sentence below:

Read the text and answer the questions 41 and 42.

41 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the text.

42 - In “And to a lot of people’s surprise”, the underlined words can be replaced by

43 - Choose the best alternative to have the paragraph completed correctly.

d) ought to – would finish – washed

44 - Choose the alternative in which the definite article is used correctly.

45 - Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the sentence.

46 - The underlined word in the sentence below means:

47 - In “Scientists agree about certain differences between the

“Television has contributed to change the values and

The underlined word is closest in meaning to

AS QUESTÕES DE 26 A 50 REFEREM-SE À LÍNGUA INGLESA

Read the text and answer questions 26, 27 and 28.

“These are some of the questions that parents ask themselves as

26 – According to the text,

27 – The sentences with “will”, in the text, were used to

b) ask for advice.

d) question about future.

28 – “move on”, (line 2), is closest in meaning to

b) The France is famous for its wine.

c) The Biology is an important science.

d) The Queen of England lives in London.

30 – According to the text, Brenda

b) doesn’t mind if the housework is repetitive.

c) should clean the bathroom first.

b) how repetitive the housework is.

c) they can’t find clean clothes to wear.

d) how difficult is to organize the house.

32 – “Brenda is a housewife” means that she works

Read the extract and answer the question.

This week Teen Magazine’s competition is for all you young

a drawing and describe your invention; then send us the design.

There is a prize the best idea.

33 – Choose the best alternative to have the text completed:

Read the joke and answer the question.

“Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I’m invisible.”

34 – Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the dialog.

d) did you say

Read the joke and answer the question.

Teacher: “Johnny, how can you prove

35 – The modal verb, underlined in the dialog, expresses