Questões de Inglês

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E). The recruitment policy of the British diplomatic service was designed and planned by elite academics and university intellectuals.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E). The words “clad" (l. 18) and “quaffing" (l.19) could be correctly replaced by dressed and sipping without this altering the meaning of the sentence, although this substitution would make the text less humorous.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E). The expression “a bunch of" (l.45) could be replaced by a cluster of without altering the meaning of the passage.

In text IV, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, "pinpoint" (l.10) could be replaced by (mark right — C — or wrong — E) ascertain.

In text IV, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, "pinpoint" (l.10) could be replaced by (mark right — C — or wrong — E) compare.

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E). The contrast between the images created by the expressions “monochrome, middle-aged and male" and “silk scarves and coloured jackets" functions as a rhetorical resource which reinforces the idea that French diplomacy is becoming a more feminine realm.

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E). The fact that the author didn't know the meaning of the word “roselle" and translated it as “jute" was prejudicial to the British Minister.