13 Questões de Língua Inglesa do MACKENZIE 2019

“Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence with water on two sides of it, anybody who went out of it or into it had to pass over that hill road and so run the unseen gauntlet of Mrs. Rachel’s all-seeing eye.” From this last sentence in the second paragraph, we can infer that: (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) There’s not much to do but take care of others’ lives.
2. B) There’s much to do but not to take care of other’s lives.
3. C) There’s not much to do but not to take care of other’s lives.
4. D) They don’t mind about other’s lives.
5. E) They don’t care about anyone.

Look at the comic strip and answer the following question: Lucy needs to prove (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) She thought she was right, but she knows now she’s wrong.
2. B) She insists she’s wrong.
3. C) She’s right, even though that’s no butterfly.
4. D) She doesn’t know what a butterfly is like.
5. E) She eats the potato chip.

A: You can take this, but only as much as you need for the duration of the trip, even if this exceeds the 100ml limit. But you will be required to prove the need. You will need prior agreement from the airline you are travelling with and bring a doctor’s note. Q: I need to feed my baby, surely I can carry baby food? A: You can take as much liquid baby food or sterilised water required for the journey itself. You may be asked to taste it. You can top up by buying more from the shops on the other side of security or at your destination. Individual containers of breast milk must hold no more than 2,000ml and you cannot take frozen breast milk. From: https://www.thetravelmagazine.net Access on April 6th, 2019. Imagine that someone asks you the following question: “Can I pass more than one handbag through airport security?”. Based on the text, the proper answer would be: (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) You can carry more than one bag, because the restriction was broken in January, 2008.
2. B) You’d better ask the airline and check the specific airport rules.
3. C) You can carry one bag that is not larger than 40cm x 20cm x 25cm.
4. D) You can carry one handbag, one laptop bag and a small backpack.
5. E) If you are traveling with EasyJet or Ryanair, you should pay for the second bag.

According to the text, concerning baby food and medicines, choose the FALSE alternative: (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) For medicines, you must prove the need. For baby food, you can carry just the necessary for the trip itself.
2. B) There are also restrictions about medicine and baby food.
3. C) If you are carrying medicine, you may be asked to prove the need so you need to carry the prescription or a doctor’s letter with you.
4. D) Breast milk can be carried if it is frozen and if it doesn’t exceed 2,000 ml.
5. E) Airport security can ask you to taste the food.

In the text, Washington Fajardo, an architect in Rio, asserts that: (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) Authorities in Brazil are so interested in leading the country to modernity that they forget the past.
2. B) Authorities are worried about the country’s cultural patrimony.
3. C) The prisons in Brazil are planned and modern.
4. D) Modernity is concerning the Brazilian government.
5. E) Government and business leaders don’t agree on projecting Brazil to the world.

Look at the following sentence transcribed from the text and choose the alternative that best explains it: “(…), whose cash-starved curators, even before the fire, became so desperate that they took to crowdsourcing funds to repair tattered displays.” (Mackenzie 2019)

1. A) Curators were only asking money for the government to repair the museum.
2. B) After the fire, curators tried different paths to raise money to repair the museum.
3. C) Curators were so desperate that they tried other possibilities of raising money, such as crowdsourcing funds.
4. D) Curators intended to replace the old displays.
5. E) Even before the fire, curators were desperate with the crowded museum.