2631 Q618379
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

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 passage “a wet-behind-the-ears but fully functioning British diplomat” (l.12) indicates that the author’s inexperience didn’t prevent him from getting a position of responsibility in the Foreign Office.
2632 Q618378
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).

From the author’s account, it can be correctly inferred that he was expected to be able to translate from French to English and vice versa, as part of his job as a diplomat.
2633 Q618377
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

!FimDoTexto! Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

In spite of some passages which might be taken as ironic, it is correct to conclude that the text considers the changes in French diplomacy to be positive.
2634 Q618376
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

!FimDoTexto! Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

According to the text, the foreign minister Laurent Fabius was appointed immediately after Mrs. Alliot-Marie’s term.
2635 Q618375
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

!FimDoTexto! Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The mentioning of “fine cuisine” (l.3) suggests that the French ambassadors were in Paris also to learn about French gastronomy, due to its relevance in French culture.
2636 Q618374
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

!FimDoTexto! 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.
2637 Q618373
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

According to the text, the fact that social origin was not as easy to identify based on the koine of eighteenth-century Americans as was the case with contemporary Britons reflected the early American colonies’ egalitarian ethos.
2638 Q618372
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

It can be said from the text that to British ears, contemporary American accents belie declining grammar standards in America as compared to Colonial times.
2639 Q618371
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

The author criticizes Krapp’s argument that exemplars of transplanted languages or dialects such as Acadian French are more archaic than the original ones, which continued evolving in their home countries.
2640 Q618370
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2017
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

The author asserts that the early dialect of colonial Americans was not influenced and shaped by large waves of immigrants from many origins.