Questões: Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) — com gabarito

The sentences “Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed” (lines 01-03) and “We may not realize this goal in my lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe” (lines 96-98) respectively contain a

The sentences “And yet the war grew out of the same base instinct for domination or conquest that had caused conflicts among the simplest tribes” (lines 27-30) and “The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well” (lines 64-66) contain relative clauses respectively classified as

According to the text, due to the huge changes English has had since it first came from the north of Europe to the British land,

In order to accomplish its function as a means of international communication today, the English language

The text mentions one of the reasons for the changes that have happened in the English language over the years, which is the

The sentence “if the language becomes too diverse it will not remain mutually comprehensible across different social groups.” (lines 127-130) contains a

The sentence “When two languages come into contact, two communities who speak different languages engage with each other” (lines 54-57) is classified as

The sentence “It has changed in terms of its lexis (vocabulary), its orthography (spelling) and its semantics (meaning).” (lines 3-5) is classified as

The sentences “The dominant language often absorbs new items of vocabulary” (lines 23- 24) and “Some loanwords retain their ‘foreign’ appearance” (lines 29-30) contain a/an

The sentence “the nature of that engagement will determine how the languages influence one another.” (lines 58-60) contains a/an