Questões de Concurso – Aprova Concursos

1)

Q72716 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

In paragraph 9 (lines 50-54), Alexis Madrigal shows concern for the

a) convenient implications of oil addiction to the ecological balance.
b) choice of heavy carbon as an easy alternative fuel to substitute oil.
c) few alternative sources of energy that would effectively replace oil.
d) environmental impact of the sources of energy that might replace oil.
e) optimistic human beings who pay incentives to choose alternatives to oil.

2)

Q72723 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

The authors intention in this text is to

a) complain about the useless efforts and investments in new sources of energy.
b) celebrate the fact that oil has been the worlds cheapest form of energy ever known.
c) support the worldwide view that oil is the only possible source of energy for the future.
d) prove that oil production is large enough to supply all the worlds energy needs for the next 150 years.
e) stress the relevance of oil in the history of civilization and the need for alternative energy sources.

3)

Q72717 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

In the fragment nothing will work to replace oil, but everything might. (lines 66-67) the verbs will and might, respectively, convey the idea of

a) possibility, doubt.
b) fact, high probability.
c) probability, suspicion.
d) future possibility, certainty.
e) certainty, remote probability

4)

Q72718 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

The expression in bold type introduces a consequence in

a) But what began 150 years ago... (line 7)
b) Thus, we need to aggressively look to the future... (lines 17-18)
c) If that search goes poorly (lines 43-44)
d) Yet human with an economic incentive to be optimistic... (lines 50-51)
e) On the other hand, so could advanced biofuels... (line 57)

5)

Q72720 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

In the fragments people came up with all kinds of ideas for what to do with oils energy (lines 35-36) and The amount of energy we get back from drilling oil wells (lines 45-46), the phrases came up with and get back, can be replaced without change in meaning by, respectively,

a) prevented miss
b) proposed recover
c) supplied destroy
d) suggested invest
e) discarded collect

6)

Q72714 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

The title of this text is a reference to all of the facts below EXCEPT for

a) the high return on investments in drilling oil in the last 150 years.
b) the anniversary of the discovery of the first commercial oil source.
c) all of the modern developments that the finding of oil made possible.
d) a need to say goodbye to oil as new energy sources must be developed.
e) the long history of oil as a major economic industry in the modern world.

7)

Q72719 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

The pair of words that express opposing ideas is

a) ...remarkable... (line 11) extraordinary .
b) ...sparingly. (line 25) economically.
c) ...tiny... (line 33) huge.
d) ...drop, (line 47) fall.
e) ...deployed... (line 59) used.

8)

Q72721 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

According to Brian Black in paragraphs 3 (lines 12-19) and 13 (lines 70-72), energy transitions should be

a) understood as phases of uncertainty when historians become more serious and aggressive.
b) celebrated as a special event that represents the end of non-lucrative periods in oil production.
c) seen as opportunities to reflect on past achievements and evaluate the right investments for the future.
d) taken as fearful periods in which people feel hopeless about the unstable supply and distribution of energy.
e) considered serious moments in history since they always bring unexpected and dangerous consequences.

9)

Q72715 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

The fragment energy sources can change, never tomorrow, but always some day. (lines 68-69) implies that

a) energy sources may eventually change.
b) energy sources will certainly change overnight.
c) it is highly unlikely that energy sources will change one day.
d) it is possible to predict when the energy sources should change.
e) it is possible to anticipate the changes energy sources have to go through and their timing.

10)

Q72722 - CESGRANRIO - 2010 - Petrobrás - Profissional Júnior - Direito

Alexis Madrigal comments that oil was

a) initially used to supply energy for lighting purposes.
b) less important as an energy source in the last century than biofuels.
c) a cheap fuel for most industrial uses and will certainly continue to be so.
d) found to be inappropriate to replace wood in providing energy for motors.
e) relatively important due to its by-products, for pharmaceuticals, fertilizers and plastics.

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