Questões de Língua Inglesa da CESGRANRIO

#Questão 488758 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., Profissional Júnior

The text says that research on green gasoline has

A) had no printed space in scientific journals.

B) not received support from scientific foundations.

C) found no interest among the military and the businessmen.

D) been neglected by academic laboratories and graduate research programs.

E) had to overcome problems to discover an efficient means of producing and marketing this fuel.

#Questão 488760 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., Profissional Júnior

According to this text, it might be said that corn ethanol and soy biodiesel have

A) contributed to the greenhouse gas problem.

B) increased consumption in cars by 30 percent.

C) produced residues such as wood chips or corn stover.

D) produced residues such as wood chips or corn stover.

E) generated a smaller carbon footprint than green gasoline.

#Questão 488762 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., Profissional Júnior

Paragraph 4 (lines 24-31) informs that UMass researchers produce green gasoline by

A) creating a hot liquid from standard gasoline adding catalysts.

B) using cellulose with liquids that catalyze gasoline in less than two minutes.

C) applying moderate heat to compounds found in gasoline to produce a solid catalyst.

D) slowly cooling the product of solid catalystic reactions which will produce cellulose.

E) heating cellulose with specific catalysts and then cooling the product so it transforms into a liquid.

#Questão 488764 - Língua Inglesa, Gramática, CESGRANRIO, 2008, Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., Profissional Júnior

Mark the sentence in which the idea introduced by the word in bold type is correctly described.

A) “Even though it may be 5 to 10 years before green gasoline arrives at the pump or finds its way into a jet airplane,” (lines 12-14) – comparison

B) “…while fitting into the existing infrastructure today.” (lines 22-23) – consequence

C) “…then rapidly cooled the products to create a liquid that contains many of the compounds found in gasoline.” (lines 27-29) – contrast

D) “‘Green gasoline is an attractive alternative to bioethanol since it can be used in existing engines…’” (lines 32- 33) – reason

E) “‘Making it from cellulose sources such as switchgrass or poplar trees grown as energy crops,” (lines 40-42) – addition

#Questão 488766 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., Profissional Júnior

Which alternative contains a correct correspondence of meaning?

A) “speed up” (line 26) means accelerate.

B) “rapidly” (line 27) is the opposite of quickly.

C) "entire” (line 29) could not be replaced by whole.

D) “residues” (line 43) and leftovers are antonyms.

E) “surfaced” (line 45) and emerged are not synonyms.

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