Questões de Concurso Militar PM-RJ 2012 para Aspirante da Polícia Militar, Inglês

Read the following texts I and II:

I. “Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud… but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for. Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. The first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man; a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope – not blind optimism or wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long.”
(Barack Obama, Democrats Convention, September 6, 2012.)

II. "'And that boy of his, Frito,' added bleary-eyed Nat Clubfoot, 'as crazy as a woodpecker, that one is.' This was verified by Old Poop of Backwater, among others. For who hadn't seen young Frito, walking aimlessly through the crooked streets of Boggietown, carrying little clumps of flowers and muttering about 'truth and beauty' and blurting out silly nonsense like 'Cogito ergo boggum?'"
(H. Beard, The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings, 1969)

Each text is, respectively, an example of

Read the text page “Leading jockey Craig Williams says he will hold Dunaden in higher regard than three-time Melbourne Cup champion mare Makybe Diva if the French raider can carry his hefty weight to back-to-back Melbourne Cups at Flemington today”.
The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underlined word is

Read the following sentences I and II.

I. The tree's bark was a rusty brown.
II. The puppy uses to bark to the mailmen.

Concerning the bold underlined word in each one, it’s correct to say that

It’s correct to say that

Read the statements I and II.
I. The text is aimed just at aged people as one of the bubbles brings an old man talking.
II. As it’s a cartoon, the text is aimed at young people

The statement “the day is terrific” can be understood in different ways:

• An assertion that simply evidences the day is terrific.
• A question, as someone wants to know about the weather: Is the day terrific?
• A suggestion to go for a walk: As the weather is nice, let’s go for a walk.

Concerning the three different ways of being understood, it’s correct to say that

About speech genres, it’s correct to say that

Read the following sentences I, II, III and IV:

I. Go fetch, Fido.
II. Go fetch Fido.
III. Looking at it from the employee’s perspective, I can see we need to change something.
IV. Looking at it from the employee’s perspective I can see we need to change something.

It’s correct to say that

The sentence “One of the brightest students in college has been doing the work”, if properly written in passive voice is

Read the text page: “What an absent minded guy; I’ve never met someone like John who constantly forgets own things everywhere. Last weekend, at the moment he was about to pay the restaurant bill, John had to leave. He said he forgot the wallet”. About the bold underlined sentences it’s correct to say that it takes place