Questões de Concurso Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês

Judge the following items according to the ideas of the previous text and its linguistic aspects.

The deletion of “do” in “Different theoretical interpretations do, however, shed light” (ℓ. 22 and 23) would not change the meaning of the fragment.

Judge the following items according to the ideas of the previous text and its linguistic aspects.

In “As long as a student chooses goals” (ℓ. 7 and 8), “as long as” means after a long time.

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The fragment “prevent them from using” (ℓ. 4 and 5) can be correctly replaced with prevent them to use.

Judge the following items according to the ideas of the previous text and its linguistic aspects.

According to the text, the source of motivation is found inside a person.

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Concerning the previous text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

The fragment “to play a key role in” (ℓ.21) can be correctly rewritten as to have a leading part in, without changing the meaning of the text.

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In the passage “The British linguist David Crystal suggests that English fosters cultural opportunity” (ℓ. 16 and 17), the word “that” can be omitted without this making the sentence grammatically incorrect.

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In the fragment “rather than a practical necessity or reality for many people”(ℓ. 11 and 12), “rather than” means instead of.

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According to the text, it can be said that experts in language seem to hold differing views on the dissemination of English in many parts of the world.

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The subject of the verbal form “is”, in the fragment “is an example of such globalization” (ℓ. 6 and 7), is “English” (ℓ.4).

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It can be concluded from the text that supporters of the linguistic imperialism view defend the dominant role English plays in the world nowadays.

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According to the text, in some countries, the need to learn, speak or use English is artificially created by powerful ideological means or mechanisms.

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The expression “In other words” (ℓ.9) means besides.

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In the text, the words “primary” (ℓ.4) and “dominant” (ℓ.23) mean basically the same thing, both referring to the current status of the English language in the world.

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The ideia contained in the fragment “since it provides for high levels of interconnectedness” (ℓ.2) can also be correctly expressed as because it makes profound interconnectedness possible.

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In “Although some 380 million people speak it as a first language” (ℓ. 28 and 29), the word “some” means more than.

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In the fragment “in countries like Australia, Canada, the United States and Great Britain” (ℓ. 29 and 30) “like” can be correctly replaced with such.

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It can be inferred from the text that some students of English resent it because of the negative feelings that colonialism inspires.

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The word “economic”, in “economic inequality” (ℓ.24), could be replaced by economical, without changing the meaning of the text.

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In terms of word formation, the adjective “international” (ℓ.27) is a case of affixation, as a prefix and a suffix have been added to the root of the word nation.