SIMULADO DE INGLÊS

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TESTE DE INGLÊS 
 
 
 
1. Which is not true about work-life balance? 
● It is about how resources, time and energy are allocated, and whether the way they are spent 
matches one’s goals. 
● It is related to building a more satisfying life, which can include both a rewarding career and time 
to take care of other things that matter to you. 
● It is about effectively managing the juggling act between work and other activities that are 
important to climb up the career ladder. 
● A positive balance shows the satisfaction with one’s entire life and can be reached even while 
working long hours. 
 
 
2. Which of the following is true according to the text? 
● It can be suitable to rack up hours at work and take on an ever-increasing workload if one’s 
seeking a balanced life. 
● Giving the utmost prominence to personal over professional life may cause serious financial 
hazards. 
● Focusing only on the individual and not on the whole organization plays an important role in 
achieving true work-life balance. 
● When balance is accomplished, we are solely balancing our professional and family lives, thereby 
neglecting our emotional intelligence. 
 
 
3. We can infer from the text that: 
● People hardly ever have problems regulating their work-life balance in view of financial 
requirements. 
● Working hours should not take up 90% or more of a person’s time because this is harmful to their 
well-being. 
● An executive could be perfectly happy neglecting all his/her family, friends and leisure activities in 
the pursuit of a corporate goals. 
● Life balance is the sole way to reduce stress and restore harmony to one’s professional life. 
 
 
4. According to the text, work-life balance is: 
● Essentially the amount of time and focus a person dedicates to their work versus other aspects of 
their life. 
● Hard to achieve due to strong family ties. 
● Attained only by highly skilled workers who can be rewarded with a good salary. 
● Obtained by equally dividing your time between professional and personal life issues. 
 
 
5. According to the text, which can be the downside of working remotely? 
● Obligations tend to feel heavier and overwhelming as there is no other person with whom to 
share the workload. 
● Since there is no choice monitoring one may have to strive hard in order to maintain 
self-discipline to get the work done. 
● House chores and tasks that would otherwise take only a few minutes can end up taking up 
hours. 
● It might increase business costs, seeing that flexible working arrangements may jeopardize 
productivity. 
 
 
6. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Once ​widely hunted for their fur, meat, and trophy value, polar bears ​are now protected​, ​as a 
consequence of the warning of scientists that they could ​face extinction onto the century if global warming 
continues to melt arctic ice. 
 
 
7. Choose the best answer: 
 
Picasso _____ found computers more provocative had they reached in his time a measure of their current 
evolutionary maturity. 
 
● Had to have 
● Might have 
● Needn’t to have 
● Ought not have 
 
 
8. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Some scientists believe that the African bees, ​that have devastated the Latin American beekeeping 
industry, ​will become gentler​ as they ​interbreed with​ the ​previously introduced​ European varieties. 
 
 
9. Choose the best answer: 
 
_______ subjugate ants of a genus Formica, but come to utterly depend on them for their substance. 
 
● Not only Polyergus ants do 
● Not only do Polyergus ants 
● Not only that Polyergus ants 
● It’s not only that Polyergus ants 
 
 
10. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
In one of his recent interviews, Woody Allen mentioned ​that his knowledge of literature ​had enlarged 
considerable​ since he ​joined​ a reading group. 
 
 
11. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
The faster way​ to get to England from France ​by​ car is ​through the​ tunnel linking ​the two​ countries. 
 
 
12. Choose the best answer: 
 
Mine​ ​are the red packages on the right. 
 
 
13. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
For the last few years, several companies ​developed software products that analyze ​networks’ behavior 
in order to prevent new attacks, ​as well as​ detect the ​signatures of​ documented viruses and worms. 
 
 
14. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Findings from a scientific study into human behavior ​suggest that women ​who enjoy a good early 
relationship with their fathers are more likely to choose boyfriends and husbands who ​look alike​ them. 
 
 
15. Choose the best answer: 
 
Regarded as one of the most eligible bachelors today, the prince ​is used to receiving admiring glances 
from women the world over. 
 
 
16. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Considering all the ​pros and cons of changing the organizational model, your business ​could yield good 
results, but you would really have to ​run a tight boat​ to make it work. 
 
 
 
 
17. Choose the best answer: 
 
Moonlight will make fainter meteors hard to spot, but a strong outburst can still be seen ​despite of the 
bright Moon. 
 
 
18. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
That Old English changed into Middle English around 1100 AD ​may seem to be undisputable, but ​one 
could point out that languages do not just die overnight and that older forms of it ​would still have used for 
long after that. 
 
 
19. Choose the best answer: 
 
I can’t help feeling that it would’ve been better if we ​had never met. 
 
 
20. Choose the best answer: 
 
The Itsukushima shrine ​on​ the coast ​of​ Hiroshima is a perfect example of a traditional Noh theater. 
 
 
21. Choose the best answer: 
 
What time ​are you checking out​ tomorrow, Sir? 
 
 
22. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
New evidence ​suggests people eat a little chocolate daily ​so as not to prevent the formation of 
artery-blocking, ​heart-attack-provoking blood clots, since these clots ​tend to be formed more slowly in the 
blood of chocolate lovers. 
 
 
23. Choose the best answer: 
 
Will you need ​any papers​ to wrap the Christmas gifts? 
 
 
24. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
One advantage of school uniforms is that students ​which parents can’t afford nice clothes ​look the same 
as ​everyone else​ and therefore don’t feel inferior. 
 
 
 
 
 
25. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Nowadays, ​most botanical gardens ​had a wide variety ​of plants, usually for scientific and ornamental 
purposes​. 
 
 
26. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Despite of growing awareness in the UK on the problems ​caused by the indiscriminate use of plastic 
bags, ​there have been no broad actions against the litter problem; however, most stores now ​allow 
customers return​ the bags for recycling. 
 
 
 
27. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
The driver claimed he ​wasn’t drunk​, but when the police officers ​told him to pull over, he ​worried that theywould ​have him taken​ a breath test. 
 
 
28. Choose the best answer: 
 
You ​must​ not refuse an invitation to dinner in Italy. It may cause offence. 
 
 
 
29. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
The Amazon river is ​notoriously known for its piranhas, ​therefore​, there are ​other dangers that ​lurk in the 
river and its tributaries. 
 
 
 
30. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect, identify which is wrong: 
 
Although regular exercise provides a myriad of health benefits for the elderly, a recent survey ​has found 
that ​one half of​ older adults cite musculoskeletal discomfort or disability as a reason for ​not exercise​.