Question

Este texto se refere aos três próximos exercícios

The famous pianist Arthur Rubinstein was asked to examine students at the Academy of Music in Paris. He was told that he I__________ them marks ranging from 0-20.
It was noticed during the exam that Rubinstein gave each student either 0 or 20.
When he was asked why, he said: “Well, either they II_________ play the piano, or they III__________.”

I. The verb form that best fills in the blank I in the text is:

A) can give

B) could give

C) might given

D) may give
20.Choose the verb forms that best fill blanks II and III, respectively:

A may; may not

B can; may not

C may; cannot

D can; can’t
21.The expression “… ranging from 0-20” means that the marks:

A couldn’t oscillate between zero and twenty.

B could be either zero or twenty.

B could be something between zero and twenty.

C could be neither zero nor twenty.
22.Choose the verb form that best completes each sentence

I. The policeman told us it _______ difficult to get through because the road was partially blocked.

A might be

B may been

C can't be

D couldn't be
23.II. The teacher said she ________.

A couldn't drive

B can driven

C may drive

D was able drive
24.III. This kind of drug ___________ control pain but doctors know nothing about its side effects.

A can help

B may helps

C will be able

D could helped
25.IV. He _______ jump very high when he was a young athlete.

A may

B will be able to

C can

D could
26.V. I’m afraid the news ________ true.

A may been

B may be

C might have

D could to be
27.VI. Anybody _________ to ride a bike.

A were able to learn

B could to learn

C may learns

D can learn
28.Assinale a opção que contém as respectivas melhores traduções para os verbos destacados nos trechos a seguir:

But the extinct languages of which we have some historical record in this part of the world [must] be only a fraction of those for which…

… no sensible estimate [can] be obtained about the rate at which…

We [can] of course make guesses

A devem; pode; pode

B devem; pode; podem

C devem; pode; podemos

D deve; podem; pode

E deve; podem; podemos

Answer 1

Resposta:

I = B ) could give

II= D) can ; can't

21. ) B) could be something between zero and twenty

22.) A ) might be

23.) A ) couldn't drive

24.) A) can help control pain

25.) D) could

26.) B) may be

27.) A) were able to learn

28.) E ) deve , pode , podemos

Explicação: