Questões de Text Structure and Cohesion

Questão 1CesgranrioELETROBRASAdministrador2010

The expression in boldface introduces the idea of consequence in

1. A “Instead, most use wood, coal or even dung to heat and cook their homes —” (lines 4-5)
2. B “…but, except for periodic jumpstarts during election season,” (lines 16-17)
3. C “Access to adequate, affordable and basic modern energy services is thus crucial to achieving sustainable human development.” (lines 38-40)
4. D “However, in the same region, mobile phones are widespread,” (lines 47-48)
5. E “All of this exists despite the absence of a convenient outlet in which to plug basic electronic appliances.” (lines 50-52)

Questão 2Cesgranrio

In the fragment of paragraph 5 “and they produce power even at night or on calm days”, they refers to

1. A “environmentalists” (paragraph 4)
2. B “nuclear power plants” (paragraph 5)
3. C “solar or wind farms” (paragraph 5)
4. D “calm days” (paragraph 5)
5. E “renewables” (paragraph 5)

Questão 3Cesgranrio

The controversial future of nuclear power in the U.S. (texto completo na página anterior)

In the fragment of paragraph 5 “and they produce power even at night or on calm days”, they refers to

1. A “environmentalists” (paragraph 4)
2. B “nuclear power plants” (paragraph 5)
3. C “solar or wind farms” (paragraph 5)
4. D “calm days” (paragraph 5)
5. E “renewables” (paragraph 5)

Questão 4Cesgranrio

In Text I, in terms of reference, the boldfaced word

1. A it in “it gave a community hospital” (line 4) refers to hospital in neighbouring Ontario (line 4).
2. B it in “we care what’s in it” (line 9) refers to head (line 9).
3. C them in “rather than steal them” (line 30), refers to skills (line 40).
4. D them in “many of them” (lines 42-43) refers to languages (line 43).
5. E This in “This is popular” (line 68) refers to their role (line 65).

Questão 5Cesgranrio

In terms of reference, it is correct to affirm that

1. A “...it...” (line 10) refers to “...presentation...” (line 8).
2. B “The others...” (line 23) refers to “...handouts...” (line 23).
3. C “...ones...” (line 26) refers to “...alignment(s)...” (line 26).
4. D “...them...” (line 32) refers to “...jokes...” (line 31).
5. E “...it,” (line 54) refers to “...presentation...” (line 52).

Questão 6Cesgranrio

The expressions “in a similar vein” (line 52) and “just to name a few” (lines 70-71) express ideas that are similar to those denoted by, respectively,

1. A likewise; for instance.
2. B moreover; especially.
3. C in addition; accordingly.
4. D nonetheless; in sum.
5. E in view of that; justifyingly.

Questão 7Cesgranrio

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

1. A Although
2. B Altogether
3. C Nevertheless
4. D Thus
5. E In spite of