Prova de Inglês
COMANDO DA AERONÁUTICA
ACADEMIA DA FORÇA AÉREA
CONCURSO DE ADMISSÃO 1999
CADERNO DE QUESTÕES DA PROVA DE INGLÊS
CÓDIGO 01
Read the text below to answer
questions from 1 to 4.
ITS MORE THAN FLYING!!
The Air Force is not just airplanes. It's men and
women _______ are integral parts of a closely knit organization.
Being an Air Force cadet says something about you.
Its an indication _______ you have imagination and drive to get things done. Nothing
of real and lasting value can be accomplished without dedicated people. Thats why
the Air Force is seeking people _______ are selflessly loyal to their country, the Air
Force and themselves.
You can become an Air Force officer proudly working
at a demanding and challenging profession _______ calls for dedication, hard work and
discipline, but also offers many personal rewards.
Accept the challenge.
Be an Air Force cadet.
The experience can change your life.
1. Select an alternative to complete the blanks.
a) that / of that / _______ / that
b) who / _______ / who / which
c) which / that / which / _______
d) that / of which / _______ / who
2. In the second paragraph, the pronoun
it refers to
a) an indication.
b) something about you.
c) being an Air Force cadet.
d) nothing of real lasting value.
3. The correct interrogative form of the sentence
The Air Force is not just airplanes. is:
a) Isnt the Air Force just airplanes?
b) Is there just airplanes in the Air Force?
c) Are not just airplanes in the Air Force?
d) Does the Air Force isnt just airplanes?
4. According to the text we could say that
nothing of real and lasting value can be accomplished by
a) the Air Force
b) seeking people
c) dedicate people
d) their imagination
5. Tell where the phrasal verb is not correctly
used according to the meaning of the sentence.
a) Because of the rain they put off the final
game for Saturday.
b) In spite of the bad weather this aircraft will
take over on time.
c) I didnt know these words until I looked
them up in the dictionary.
d) Weve had quite a few problems before, but
we get along with each other just fine now.
6. Which alternative completes meaningfully the
sentence below?
_______ the possibility of an awful storm
they decided not to _______ the match that _______ scheduled.
a) Because / win / is
b) Although / play / was
c) However / cancel / isnt
d) In spite of / call off / had been
7. Observe the articles in these following
sentences:
I Sandra is an engineer and her sister is a
teacher.
II Please, dont give me an advice.
III Ive never seen such a beautiful
day!
IV My father is going to give you a money.
V I cant imagine such patience as the
Browns had with those three babies together.
a) only sentence IV is wrong
b) sentences I, III and V are correct
c) sentences I, II and III are correct
d) sentences II, III and V are correct
8. Talking about numbers, six is to
twelve the same way "_______" is to one thousand.
a) five dozen
b) five hundred
c) half a million
d) five thousand
9. 08:00 p.m. - Mike had several glasses of
wine.
12:00 a.m. - Mike had an accident.
What could you say about Mike at this present
moment?
a) Mike will have gone home earlier then.
b) He has been driving drunk for many hours.
c) Mike can't drive very well after the accident.
d) After he'd drunk several glasses of wine, Mike
had an accident.
10. Growth is a risky business. One cannot
stay safe and grow. To grow means that one must take chances and push oneself beyond
yesterdays limits.
Which of these ideas can be inferred from the
paragraph?
a) You must grow to take chances.
b) Dont take chances and you may never grow.
c) Without growth you can have chances to take.
d) You should stay safe to push yourself beyond
your limits.
11. The sentence just do it, which is
Nike's slogan, is in
a) the present tense.
b) the present perfect tense.
c) the imperative affirmative.
d) the contracted emphatic form.
12. The past tenses are correct in:
a) meant shook understood
shaved
b) taught touched lent earnt
burnt
c) kept trusted bought stealed
owned
d) dreamt spoke hurted
realized thought
13. Choose the right alternative to complete the
blanks.
The airplane _______ at 3000 feet _______ the
airport when the pilot _______ something was happening with one of the engines.
a) had flown/ over/ repaired
b) was flying/ above/ noticed
c) had been flying/ on/ had been
d) has flown/ up/ had communicated
14. Jake began to work out at 5:00 p.m. It's 6:30
p.m. now and Jake's still working.
The sentence tells us that Jake
a) might quit working soon and go home.
b) has been working long hours at the job.
c) has been exercising for 1:30 hours at all.
d) will have gone back inside at any moment.
15. Find the alternative that best completes the
three sentences below.
Microsoft's Explorer aims at _______ its
users with quick access to the web.
As the class was almost over the students
didn't bother _______ the exercise.
She offered _______ us and I think that was
very nice of her.
a) to give / doing / her help
b) providing / to start / to help
c) to provide / answering / helping
d) program / finishing / her helping
Questions from 16 to 19 refer to the text below.
The subject of flight has fascinated us for
thousands of years. Our distant ancestors first envied the birds and scratched pictures of
them _______ rock walls. That was a primitive way of expressing wonder at the phenomenon
of flight and a desire _______ share it. _______ the classical myth, the architect
Daedalus and his son Icarus fastened wings _______ their bodies with wax. Icarus, flying
godlike too near the sun, was destroyed when the wax melted.
16. Complete the text with the missing
prepositions.
a) in / of / In / at
b) on / to / In / to
c) for / to / To / in
d) over / in / From / on
17. We can say that our distant ancestors
a) wished wings like a birds.
b) sent the birds scratches away.
c) flew fast with wings like gods.
d) broke the birds pictures on the wall.
18. In the text we can find
a) one relative pronoun.
b) two personal pronouns.
c) four objective pronouns.
d) three adjective possessive pronouns.
19. The word when belongs to
a) a noun clause.
b) a relative clause.
c) an objective clause.
d) an adverbial clause.
20. Some friends of mine say Robert is dating
my cousin Jane. Ive never seen them together yet. This either is or is not so. In
any way its none of my business.
You can infer from this paragraph that
a) there wont be any way to know if Robert
is dating.
b) Janes cousin cant say whether or not
Robert is dating her.
c) if Robert is dating, Janes cousin must not
care about his own business.
d) if Janes cousin saw either Robert or Jane
they would be actually dating.
In questions 21 to 24 choose the alternatives which
fill in the blanks correctly.
21. The Brazilian economy seemed to be getting
_______ when the Asian financial crisis took place and drastically affected FHCs
government.
a) better and best
b) better and better
c) the best financial
d) heavy and heavier
22. That day Michael managed to control himself
because he's not _______ his brother. He is _______ he should be at his age.
a) as impulsive as / much more reasonable than
b) the most impulsive of / more reasonable than
c) the least impulsive than / the most reasonable
of
d) less impulsive than / very much reasonable than
23. After class we went _______ to the movies
_______ to the theater. We didnt go to bed _______. We started studying for the next
test. Didnt you do it _______ ?
a) also / or / neither / also
b) nor / either / neither / too
c) either / also / either / either
d) neither / nor / either / either
24. The teacher always says: "Open your books,
_______? Let's finish this exercise now, _______?
a) will you / shall we
b) don't you / let's not
c) couldn't you / won't we
d) open not you / would you
25. My friend would still be living in New
York if his father hadnt died in the countryside.
So you can come to a conclusion that he
a) would live in New York if his father died.
b) is taking care of his father in the countryside.
c) still lives in New York and not in the country
now.
d) lost his father in the countryside, not in New
York.
26. Read the paragraph to tell what the underlined
words are respectively.
Spit it out! People who let the world know
how they feel may be healthier than those who keep their remorse to themselves, experts
say. People who never complain may not have enough self-respect. If you don't complain
when you've got a legitimate grievance, it implies you don't think you deserve good
things.
a) relative pronoun / conjunction / relative
pronoun / conjunction
b) conjunction / interrogative determiner /
conjunction / relative pronoun
c) interrogative pronoun / conjunction / relative
pronoun / interrogative determiner
d) relative pronoun / interrogative determiner /
interrogative pronoun / conjunction
27. Prince Charles, heir apparent to the
throne of England, had a story of a deeply troubled marriage with
princess Diana. The pronunciation of the
word heir is just like the word
a) air
b) ear
c) hair
d) hare
28. Select a sequence of words to complete the
following paragraph correctly:
We dont pronounce the sound of the
consonant T in the words _______ and _______. The sound of the vowel E
after the consonant F in the words _______ and _______ isnt
usually pronounced either.
The H is also omitted when we say
______. These are things we must learn in English!
a) startle / often / differentiate / referee /
haste
b) whistle / turtle / conference / preferment /
honest
c) castle / fasten / difference / reference /
honorable
d) wrestle / mostly / preference / different /
horizon
29. Choose the alternative which express the same
idea of the sentence below, but changes all the nouns to its corresponding gender,
masculine or feminine.
The bachelor, who is the widower's son,
should date with our niece, a bright student from
Colorado University.
a) The bacheless, who is the widow's son, should
date our nephewer...
b) The spinster, who is the widower's son, should
date with our nephew...
c) The spinster, who is the widow's daughter,
should date with our nephew...
d) The spinteress, who is the widower's daughter,
should date with our niecetor...
30. Although the ultimate meaning of life is
mysterious, it affects every moment that we live. What we believe about the meaning of
life influences what we value and every choice we make.
The word ultimate in the text is used
as
a) a synonym of "mysterious".
b) a noun that means last one.
c) an adverb of time, the same as
"lately".
d) an adjective that means fundamental.
31. Choose the alternative which has its adverbs in
the most usual order following a verb of movement.
a) There go our bus now down the lane.
b) Vicky danced beautifully yesterday at the party.
c) He sat on the chair very quickly when the
teacher called his name.
d) Mike entered fast by the open door when he heard
she was crying his name.
Questions 32 and 33 refer to the text below
Everyone has something to learn from _______
Kosovo. But _______ keenest students of the war should be those who live in Western
Europe. Other places in _______ world have seen as much or more bloodshed since _______
end of the cold war. But only _______ Europe has medieval hatred taken hold so close to
the heart of what boastfully supposes itself to be _______ rational, sophisticated
civilization.
32. Complete the text above with some articles
where they are necessary or just omit them when they are not supposed to be used.
a) the / ___ / the / the / a / the
b) the / the / ___ / an / the / a
c) ___ / the / the / the / ___ / a
d) ___ / the / the / an / ___ / the
33. The pronoun itself in the text
refers to
a) the heart of a medieval continent.
b) the European continent as a whole.
c) a rational, sophisticated civilization.
d) a continent which is the heart of the world.
Read the text below to answer questions from 34 to
40
A NEW PARK THEME: GLUT
Welcome to troubleland. With seven large parks on
the ground and more on the way, industry analysts are issuing dire warnings: Orlando
is now a zero-sum game, says a media analyst. The theme-park glut promises a brutal
shakeout that could pound the earnings of park owners Disney, Seagram (Universal) and
Anheuser-Busch (Busch Gardens, Sea World).
Disney alone has built at least one park every
decade since the Magic Kingdom appeared in 1971. Last year the company not only opened the
gates to Animal Kingdom (reported cost:
$800 million) but also launched the Disney
Magic ($350 million), its first cruise ship in Florida. A second ship, the Disney Wonder,
is on its way. Analysts see so little economic rationale for these expenditures that
they've begun to label the ships Tragic and Blunder. Disney has
enough land in central Florida to add three more parks. Indeed there are rumors that a
sports-themed park is on the drawing board.
Determined to loosen Disney's choke on hold area
tourism, Seagram's Universal division bought an additional 770 hectares. That's enough for
two more parks. Anheuser-Busch's Sea World, the third big player in central Florida, is
adding a splashy new park in which visitors will be able to swim with the residents. That
interactive attraction is scheduled to open next year.
The can-you-top-this? mentality has not
only raised the ante for thrill rides but also driven up the cost of construction. Finding
workers to operate the parks is another headache. Disney, Universal and Sea World have had
to raise their starting hourly pay to more than $6 an hour (the U.S. minimum is $5.15) to
attract and retain employees.
This building boom is happening just when consumer
demand for theme parks is softening. The economic slump overseas slashed tourism to
Orlando. But experts wonder whether the whole theme-park business is maturing, as the
children of U.S. baby boomers get older and hence reduce the number of repeat trips.
I just don't think it makes a lot of sense to build more parks in Orlando,
says a media analyst. They've reached the saturation point, and profits are going to
come down.
So will prices. The typical family spends about
five days and more than $1000 in Orlando's parks. It's nearly impossible to see
everything. As a result, every park is feverishly baiting tourists away from rivals. If
you've ever had to spend an ungodly amount of money to wait two hours for a six-minute
ride, this may be your chance to get even.
34. The text can make you think that
a) people's interest in theme parks is
increasing lately.
b) a tourism prophecy predicted that theme parks
were coming down.
c) it's not extraordinary when a family spends more
than 1000 dollars visiting parks.
d) the U.S. children are maturing when they wonder
about the park business around.
35. According to the text, Orlando
a) already has more parks than it should have.
b) needs two or three more parks to be complete.
c) will close one or two parks as soon as possible.
d) won't see a new attraction sooner or later this
year.
36. Tragic and Blunder
are words used by analysts to talk about:
a) american cruise ships' high prices.
b) Animal Kingdom's gates opening cost.
c) work beginning on Disney ships prices.
d) Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder high costs.
37. Which idea is not mentioned in the text?
a) Universal intends to cut Disney's monopoly.
b) Disney's building 3 new parks in central
Florida.
c) Analysts don't advise investing more in Orlando.
d) In a new park tourists will have close contact
with sea animals.
38. Construction is becoming more expensive in
Orlando because of
a) the price of land hectares.
b) the world's economic crisis.
c) the hard competition among theme parks.
d) the unemployment problem in the United States
39. The word hence in the 5th paragraph is _______
that could be replaced by _______.
a) a verb / intend
b) a noun / adults
c) a conjunction / because
d) an adverb / consequently
40. To get even in the last line
of the text means
a) to revenge yourself.
b) to have a good time.
c) to save yourself from rivals.
d) to look after new prices and costs.