Auxiliares modais - parte 3

041 | UEL 2000
Andrew Parker, a researcher at the Australian Museum,
discovered that a bevy of tropical beauties are capable of
harnessing solar power for murderous ends.

– A expressão ARE CAPABLE OF significa o mesmo que:

a) can.
b) must.
c) might.
d) should.
e) will.

042 | UEL 2000
The mummies may also provide anthropologists with new
knowledge about capac cocha, the lncas' ritual sacrifice of
children.

– O uso de MAY, na frase acima, indica que o autor:

a) tem certeza do que afirma.
b) evita fazer afirmações categóricas.
c) pede permissão do leitor para fazer afirmações.
d) quer a confirmação para suas afirmações.
e) procura convencer o leitor sobre suas afirmações.

043 | PUCSP 2001
Nas frases:

* Knowledge about the effects of DNA variations among
individuals can lead to revolutionary new ways to diagnose,
treat, and someday prevent the thousands of disorders that
affect us.

* DNA sequences can lead to an understanding of their
natural capabilities.

– A palavra CAN indica a idéia de:

a) conhecimento.
b) permissão.
c) habilidade.
d) confirmação.
e) probabilidade.

044 | UFRRJ 1998
In the sentence "MAY I ask why you do it?", the word that
best replaces the capital word is:

a) should.
b) ought to.
c) need.
d) can.
e) must.





045 | FATEC 1999
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o significado
correspondente mais próximo a "Sales may get a boost":

a) Sales are going to get a boost.
b) Sales are able to get a boost.
c) Sales will get a boost.
d) Sales must get a boost.
e) Sales might get a boost.

046 | MACKENZIE 2000
In which of the statements does the modal MUST express
necessity?

a) There's somebody in the other office. It must be my boss!
b) You mustn't smoke here!
c) She must be a very good student. She always gets A's.
d) I must go right now!
e) Who must he be? There are lots of people around him!

047 | MACKENZIE 2000
In the sentence, "You may be wrong, but you may be right",
MAY means:

a) possibility.
b) permission.
c) ability.
d) deduction.
e) obligation.

048 | UFPEL 2000
A expressão "business may sound complicated and
expensive" traz consigo a idéia de:

a) permissão.
b) possibilidade.
c) certeza.
d) habilidade.
e) obrigação.

049 | PUCMG 2004
Recent advances in human embryology and genetic
engineering have raised the issue of how this knowledge
ought to be used, and it is now a matter of considerable
public concern and debate.

– The words ought to suggest:

a) advice.
b) ability.
c) possibility.
d) prohibition.

050 | PUCRIO 2003

– In "you should start each day with a song... in your soul",
"should" expresses an idea of:

a) certainty.
b) obligation.
c) impossibility.
d) probability.
e) advice.

051 | PUCPR 2003
Match the columns below. Then mark the option which
provides the correct order of the second column:

Coluna I
(1) Shall I switch off
(2) Could I carry
(3) Can I take
(4) I'll help
(5) Would you like

Coluna II
( ) you do the washing up.
( ) your coat?
( ) those bags for you?
( ) something to drink?
( ) the lights?

– The option that shows the correct order of the second
column is:

a) 4 – 3 – 2 – 5 – 1
b) 5 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 4
c) 4 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 5
d) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 5
e) 5 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 1






052 | MACKENZIE 2004
A different and possible ending to the sentence "If I put my
shoes on the right feet" is:

a) ...I can have been consider a normal person.
b) ...I ought to be considered a normal person.
c) ...I would have had considered like normal.
d) ...I should had considered to be normal.
e) ...I must have be considered a normal person.

053 | UFRRJ 2004
In the sentence, "the casualties were fewer than might have
occurred", the underlined word implies:

a) possibility.
b) permission.
c) necessity.
d) assumption.
e) capacity.

054 | UFRS 2004
Consider the following sentences:

I. The magic should come from another place.
II. It would be necessary for the magic to come from
elsewhere.
III. The magic had to come from any other place.

– Which of them means the same as the sentence THE
MAGIC WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE?

a) Only I.
b) Only II.
c) Only III.
d) Only I and III.
e) Only II and III.

055 | ITA 2005
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 we have nothing."
– "It is easy to see that no sensible estimate CAN be
obtained about the rate at which languages have died in the
past."
– "We CAN of course make guesses at the size of the
population in previous eras, and the likely size of
communities, and work out possible numbers of languages."

a) devem; pode; pode.
b) devem; pode; podem.
c) devem; pode; podemos.
d) deve; podem; pode.
e) deve; podem; podemos.

056 | UNESP 2005
Indique a sentença que expressa um conselho:

a) When depressed, teens always ask for adult guidance.
b) Teens see more of what life has to offer and then they
become depressed.
c) Adolescents who never make new friends become
depressed.
d) Adolescents don't try to make new friends when they feel
depressed.
e) When teens become depressed, they should try to ask an
adult for help.

057 | UEL 2005

Disponível em:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/listguid.html
Acesso em: 14 out. 2004.

– Com base no texto, "ought to" é usado para indicar o que é
considerado:

a) Errado.
b) Correto.
c) Necessário.
d) Improvável.
e) Obrigatório.

058 | PUCRS 2005
O verbo da oração principal na sentença "People faced with
mental health concerns can find it difficult to get facts about
symptoms and treatments, the services that are available to
them, or even to find someone who is prepared to listen" é:

a) faced.
b) concerns.
c) can find.
d) get.
e) are.




059 | PUCRIO 2006
In the sentence "One reason TV can become instructive,
when parents explain why children should not copy what
they saw", the word can expresses the idea of:

a) ability.
b) request.
c) inability.
d) permission.
e) possibility.

060 | MACKENZIE 2005

– "Don't have to" and "must not" indicate:

a) absence and lack of obligation.
b) required permission and necessity.
c) lack of necessity and prohibition.
d) no choice and permission.
e) requirements and power.