A2 INGLÊS INSTRUMENTAL PARA INFORMÁTICA

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1. Código: 29509 - Enunciado: Read the following passage: Google will soon let people check 
their mental health online. People searching for "depression" will get a link to a questionnaire 
with nine questions. This will check to see if you could have depression. Google has partnered 
with America's National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on the project. NAMI said the 
questionnaire can help people decide if they need a doctor. At first, the questionnaire is only 
for people in the USA. The questionnaire could help people get treatment more quickly. Google 
said: "Statistics show that those who have symptoms of depression experience…a six- to 
eight-year delay in getting treatment….We believe that awareness of depression can [enable] 
quicker access to treatment." However, a doctor said Google's questionnaire was the same as 
online information. He said it would be better to offer a chat box to psychological services. 
(Breaking News English, <https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1708/170826-depression-1.html>.) 
Discover at least ten transparent words in the text. 
 
Justificativa: 
Expected answer: Check, mental, depression, link, questionnaire, America, National, Alliance, project, 
decide, doctor, treatment, Statistics, symptoms, experience, online, information, offer, psychological. 
These words are similar to Portuguese and do mean what they seem to. 
 
2. Código: 29494 - Enunciado: It is important to apply strategies and techniques when reading a 
text so as to do it more quickly. Recognize what strategy can we make use of to easily find 
specific information in a text: 
a) Skimming. 
 b) False cognates. 
 c) Scanning. 
d) Transparent words. 
e) Affixation. 
 
Justificativa: 
 Right answer: Scanning.We use scanning to find specific information within the text by looking for 
keywords, such as the ones in the question or related to the context of the question. Eg: If the question 
is: 'How many people are...?' – scan the text for a cardinal number to find the possible answer. 
 Distractors: False cognates and transparent words help us understand the message.Affixation helps 
the understanding of the words.Skimming helps the undenstanding of the general idea (main idea) of a 
text. We use scanning to find specific information in the text. 
 
3. Código: 29501 - Enunciado: Vocabulary is he core of a language, for it is the part of the 
language that carries meaning within the structure. Even if you know a lot of grammar rules, 
you still need to know vocabulary to communicate. When you travel, it is better to take a 
phrase book than a grammar book. Identify the words in the alternatives that can complete 
these sentences: 1. I can't read the __________ in this computer because of the problem in the 
CPU.2. The IT guy __________ that professor when she needed to download the documents.3. 
Do you know when the test is? I'm not sure of the __________.4. My __________ want me to 
get my diploma fast, but my father and my mother are super relaxed. 
 a) Date - supported - data - parents. 
b) Data - supported - date - family. 
c) Date - supported - data - family. 
 d) Data - assisted - date - parents. 
 e) Data - assisted - date - family. 
 
 
Justificativa: 
Resposta correta: Data - assisted - date - family.Because data = dados; assist = ajudar; date = data; 
family = família. 
 
4. Código: 29504 - Enunciado: Texts are not made of isolated senteces. We need to connect 
ideas, but using the suitable conjunction may be hard.Choose the correct conjunctions to 
connect the ideas below: 1. I told her to leave her job, ______ she was very unhappy.2. The 
computer was destroyed, ______ I have to buy a new one.3. I did not help that woman, ______ 
did she help me. The right sequence is: 
 a) so, and, and 
 b) for, so, nor 
c) for, and, but 
 d) so, so, nor 
e) for, but, and 
 
Justificativa: 
Right answer: for, so, norIn the first sentence, 'for' denotes reason; in the second one, 'so' denotes 
consequence; in third sentence, 'nor' denotes negative addition. 
Distractors: 'for, and, but' - wrong because the third sentence does not carry the idea of 
opposition.'for, but, and' - wrong because the second sentence does not carry the idea of opposition 
and the third one does not carry the idea of affirmative addition.'so, so, nor' is - wrong because the first 
sentence does not carry the idea of consequence.'so, and, and' - wrong because the first sentence does 
not carry the idea of consequence, the second one does not carry the idea of addition, and the third 
one does not carry the idea of affirmative addition. 
 
 
5. Código: 29508 - Enunciado: The F.A.N.BO.Y.S. are quite helpful, but we need more 
conjunctions for a better expression of ideas. So, what we have to decide is the meaning we 
want to give to our text and which connection we must use between the sentences to achieve 
it.Read the following sentences: 1. The technician will repair her smartphone ______ tell her to 
buy another one.2. She will buy another one ______ the camera is good.3. Having found a good 
camera, ______ she can focus on the best screen quality.4. She will not buy anything ______ 
she asks the technician for help. Fill in the spaces in a way to express – respectively – 
alternative, condition, continuation and time: 
a) or, even, then, before. 
b) however, if, before, after. 
c) or, if, then, before. 
d) even, or, then, before. 
e) or, even, after, before 
 
 
Justificativa: 
Right answer: or, if, then, before, because they correspond to the functions listed in the command. 
Wrong answers:'However' is used for contrary ideas, and after does not fit number 4 because she must 
talk to the technician before she buys the device.'Even' is used for emphasis before a word, a phrase, or 
a clause. 'After' is used to express subsequent time, in relation a particular event or act. 
 
 
6. Código: 29503 - Enunciado: The addition of prefixes and suffixes is a way to make use of new 
vocabulary. Read the incomplete paragraph below. Sarah was very unhappy with the 
homework she had finished and delivered to the teacher. So, she decided to try again and 
___________ it on the weekend, but it was still not good. She desisted and decided to 
___________ it and go to bed. Find the words to fill in the spaces: 
a) disdo, redo. 
b) undo, reedo. 
c) reedo, disdo. 
d) redo, undo. 
 e) reedo, disdo. 
 
Justificativa: 
 Right answer: redo, undo.The prefix 're-' means 'again', whereas 'un-' means 'not'. The verb to do 
takes these two prefixes to change its meaning. So: Sarah was very unhappy about the homework she 
had finished and delivered to the teacher. So, she decided to try again and redo it (do it again) on the 
weekend, but it was still not good. She desisted and decided to undo it (reverse it / not do it) and go to 
bed. 
Distractors:undo, reedo (wrong sequence and wrong spelling of redo)reedo, disdo (wrong spelling of 
redo; 'dis-' has the meaning of 'not' too, but 'disdo' is not right; it should be 'un-': 'undo')disdo, redo 
('dis-' has the meaning of 'not' too, but 'disdo' is not right; it should be 'un-': 'undo'. The sequence is 
wrong too.)reedo, undo (wrong spellinf of redo) 
7. Código: 29514 - Enunciado: Imagine you are going to convince your friends to buy a gadget. 
Describe good things about it to convince them. Write at least ten sentences and use at least 
three connectors in your list. 
 
Justificativa: 
Expected answer:Example: The iPhone 5S is a small, white cell phone and it's glamorous and 
compact. It has 16 gigabytes but no memory card. It has 4 inches, so you can watch movies. It has a 
camera. The resolution is 8 MP —conjunction connect sentences to convey different ideas. 
 
8. Código: 29495 - Enunciado: Affixation is a process that identifies parts of words which can 
help us understand them in an easier way. Indicate the group of words which contains only 
prefixes: 
 a) Patiently, unfortunately, disrespectful. 
b) Impatient, disrespectfully, fortunately. 
c) Fortunately, disrespect, impatient. 
d) Unfortunate, disrespectful, impatient. 
 e) Unfortunate, disrespect, impatient. 
 
Justificativa: 
 Right answer: Unfortunate, disrespect, impatient.The group UNfortunate, DISrespect, IMpatient is the 
only one which contains only prefixes, as the other groups also have suffixes, such as disrespectFULLY, 
fortunateLY, patientLY, unfortunatelLY and disrespectFUL. 
 
 
 
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