Questões de Inglês — SEEC-RN / Diversas

Questão 1SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, in the sentence “We are supported by several very professional professional associations.” (lines 26-28) the words in boldface type function respectively as

Anumeral, intensifying adverb, adjective, noun and adjectiveBemphatic adverb, quantifying adverb, noun, adjective and nounCquantifying adverb, intensifying adverb, adjective, adjective and nounDintensifying adverb, quantifying adjective, adverb, adjective and nounEnumeral, intensifying adverb, adjective, adjective and noun

Questão 2SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

What does Michael Swan say that can help in the development of procedural knowledge?

AIt is not very clear what can help.BOral exercises can do the trick.CThe knowledge of deviant interlanguage is the solution.DActivity-based fluency practice may help.EConscious knowledge of grammar rules can help.

Questão 3SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, the present simple is used in the excerpt “when a teacher comes up after a presentation and says...” (lines 89-90) to convey

Athe narration of an action that is happening at the moment of the speech.Ba story that happened once in a remote past.Ca habitual story.Da conditional situation in the present.Egreater engagement of the listener in a story that happened in the past.

Questão 4SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, But (line 91) can be correctly replaced by

Questão 5SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

A hummingbird is

Questão 6SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The experimenters say that lab smells like pizza because

Athe tiny particles of olive oil in the air make the lab smell this way.Bthe hummingbirds feed on pizza.Cof the lack of seriousness of the experiment.Dof the tiny particles of sugar water in the air.Ethey often work overtime and when they are hungry they have to order pizza.

Questão 7SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, what anchors the use of the present perfect in “good materials have led professional developments.”? (lines 11- 12)

AA definite time in the past.BA continuous action in the present.CAn action that will take place in the near future.DAn action repeated several times in the past towards the present.EOne past action before the other.

Questão 8SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

What does Michael Swan mean by “students need to be fluent in reasonably good English, not in a highly deviant interlanguage.” (lines 45-47)?

AIf students don’t practice enough with native speakers they will never speak interlanguage.BIf students are not fluent, then they might be speaking a kind of interlanguage.CIf students are not taught the grammar rules, they may attain fluency in a language that is not really English.DIf students are fluent in reasonably good English, then they can also be fluent in interlanguage.EIf students are fluent in reasonably good English then they will have a facility in handling a deviant language.

Questão 9SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The pair “country – nationality” is NOT right in

Questão 10SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, the excerpt “I’ve been teaching for a long time” (lines 90-91) is in the direct speech. Its right transformation into indirect speech is in

A“...when a teacher comes up after a presentation and says that they have been teaching for a long time...”B“...when a teacher comes up after a presentation and says that she/he has been teaching for a long time...”C“...when a teacher came up after a presentation and said that they had been teaching for a long time...”D“...when a teacher comes up after a presentation and says that they had been teaching for a long time...”E“...when a teacher came up after a presentation and said that he/she had been teaching for a long time...”

Questão 11SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

How can the three greatest professional satisfactions pointed by Michael Swan be summarized?

AThe advantage of working exclusively with humans; the engagement with different people; the possibility to defy others.BWorking for exclusive people; teaching a difficult activity; learning from people’s diversity.CEngaging in thinking and being different; working with something complex; defying companies.DThe big possibility of constructing connections among students from different origins, the privilege of working with a fascinating language; the search of successful communication in one’s language.EThe advantage of working with an exclusive human trait; the proximity with human diversity; the pleasure of helping people to attain something difficult.

Questão 12SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

How can the experiment be best summarized?

AHigh speed military cameras document the ballistics involved in the bird’s flight by analyzing the sugar water at the end of the transparent box.BA marker was developed to intercept the bird’s flight trajectory that can be sensed by special cameras whose pictures are later analyzed by a computer software.CStandard movie cameras are able to document the few spritzes of olive oil in the air.DThe hummingbird’s trajectory inside the fair box is captured by a laser-illuminated device.EThe computer analyzes the motion of the oil particles that are illuminated by the laser.

Questão 13SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

Consider some fragments extracted from Text I, the words in parentheses describe the same idea expressed by the words and expressions, in boldface type in:

A“were thin” – lines 6-7 (easy).B“were thin, on the ground, and creating materials” – lines 6-7 (inventive).C“classes took up a lot more of teachers’ time” – lines 7-8 (wasted).D“have led professional developments.” – line 12 (followed).E“would not have taken off” – lines 13-14 (collapsed).

Questão 14SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The word in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the words in boldface type in:

A“from the research front” – line 20 (laboratory).B“a wealth of good textbooks.” – lines 24-25 (variety).C“we are supported by” – lines 26-27 (endured).D“One thing that worries me” – line 30 (aggravates).E“UK-based orthodoxy of the last” – line 33 (flexibility).

Questão 15SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, the definition in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the modal in boldface type in

A“How should one respond” – line 39 (obligation).B“Boots might be important” – line 43 (permission).C“Unpopular as it may have been” – lines 52-53 (advisability).D“if musicians are good, they must have practiced” – lines 55-56 (conclusion based on solid evidence).E“learner drivers have to practice” – lines 56-57 (possibility).

Questão 16SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The two occurrences of the word one in the excerpt “One would be the pleasure of putting people in touch with one another:” (lines 82-83) respectively mean

Athe first and peopleBan instance of satisfaction; a part of a reciprocalCsomeone and somethingDa context and the number 1Ea person and the determiner an

Questão 17SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The definition in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the word in boldface type in:

A“such a complex cognition that” – lines 99-100 (unexpected).B“people, with such multifarious” – line 102 (plain).C“and endlessly engaging ways” – lines 102-103 (depressing).D“in the most defying of all” – line 106 (challenging).E“of all enterprises: learning to communicate” – lines 106-107 (companies).

Questão 18SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

According to Text II, it’s difficult to follow the hummingbird because it

Abuzzes.Balways flies backwards.Celudes observers with its fast-speed aerodynamics.Doutmaneuvers most other flying objects.Ealways flies sidewards.

Questão 19SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

How does the bird conserve energy?

ADuring downstroke they rest their pectoral muscles.BDuring lift.CDuring upstroke, because of the vortices produced by the downstroke.DBy using the whirlpools of air during upstroke.EBy producing lift.

Questão 20SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

Consider some adverbs extracted from Text I. The first one is less intense than the second, in

Questão 21SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, the expression that corresponds to the one in boldface type in “The buzz-words from the research front [...]” (line 20) is

Questão 22SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

According to the Brazilian PCN (Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais), specifically in the annex named QECRL (Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas), 2001 adopted in Brazil, there is a methodological warning about the real need of establishing an effective and balanced relationship between grammar and vocabulary on one side and usage and practice on the other. In Swan’s interview, it becomes clear that he would agree with this methodological warning about foreign language teaching. Swan shows that when he

Astates that he is worried that the teaching of foreign language will tend to disappear in the UK.Buses a metaphor about boots and socks stating that one might be more important than the other but both are useful and not an alternative to one another.Csays that, due to UK-based orthodoxy, foreign language teaching centrally focuses on grammar and pronunciation.Daffirms that activity-based fluency practice has been neglected in the UK and cannot be compensated by the formal teaching of grammar.Edeclares that nowadays there is excellent professional training including focus on grammar and pronunciation.

Questão 23SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

According to Catherine Walter, the role of technology in foreign language learning

Acan aid a lot, but on an individual basis, because not everyone likes to deal with computers.Bcan replace the teacher by raising the pattern of the exercises and their speed, if it is sophisticated enough.Ccan turn unattractive games into fun activities.Dis the best way to develop fluency, for every learner.Eis the only way people can practice forms.

Questão 24SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

Swan is so fascinated with working with language because

Ahe can help people go beyond their limits.Bhe can get to know different ways of thinking about the world.Che gets to know many people that carry different cultural backgrounds.Dwith language it is possible to connect people.Elanguage is very intricate and it is an exclusive characteristic of the human species.

Questão 25SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The expression in parentheses provides an instance of the words in boldface type in:

Ahovercraft – (a train)Ba nectar-loving creature – (a flower)Ctiny bird – (a pigeon)Dflying skills – (flying sideways)Esomething that stays aloft – (a truck)

Questão 26SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The words in parentheses describe the same idea expressed by the words, extracted from Text II, in boldface type in:

A“the hummingbird’s remarkable flying skills” – lines 8-9 (fast).B“in unprecedented detail,” – line 9 (scarce).C“rendering surprising insights” – lines 9-10 (refusing).D“to document ballistics,” – line 14 (the trajectory of bullets).E“a few spritzes of” – line 15 (brushes).

Questão 27SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

How does the hummingbird compare with other flying animals?

AThe hummingbird conserves more energy because it is far smaller.BThe hummingbird cannot be compared to others because it is the only one that uses its pectoral muscles.CThe hummingbird, as well as insects and bats, conserve energy in their upstroke motion.DAccording to other researchers hummingbirds procedures are similar to those of much larger birds.EAccording to other researchers most flying animals use the same procedure to save up energy.

Questão 28SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

In Text I, the demonstrative pronoun this in “This gives today’s teachers a great start [...] (line 9) refers to the fact that

Anow materials are direct and simplified.Bcreating materials usually takes a long time.Cmost of the materials available did not use to be written by the teachers.Dteachers do not have to write all the materials now and have more time left for other activities.Ein the past materials were thin and down to the point and therefore students had to seek for resources on their own.

Questão 29SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

The hyphen in “long-established” (line 26) is used in Text I to connect the elements of

Questão 30SEEC-RN·Diversas·2011Inglês

According to the General Guidelines to the teaching of foreign languages in Brazil, it is essential to emphasize the development of capacities that facilitate a successful learning of formal contents. In this respect, the only aspect that Swan does NOT list as a progress in today’s English teaching approaches is the

Adecline in unattractive textbooks.Bappearance of professional associations.Cexistence of effective professional training.Dblossoming of the field of Applied Linguistics.Eneglect in the teaching of language-specific aspects, such as grammar and pronunciation.