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

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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.

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It can be inferred from the text that there should be three distinct approaches to the teaching of English, depending on how and why students acquire this language.

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The sentence: “For some people, it is acquired as a first language” (ℓ.15) can be correctly rewritten as For some people, it has acquired as a first language.

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In the fragment “a unique status” (ℓ.25), the use of the article “a” can be explained by the sound of the semivowel at the beginning of “unique”.

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In the fragment “English teachers, therefore, need to appreciate the special status English has” (ℓ. 9 and 10), “appreciate” means like or enjoy.

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The expression “all over the world” (ℓ.2) is synonymous with worldwide.