INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO, CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIA DO PIAUÍ

IFPI CAMPUS CAMPO MAIOR NOTA

Campo Maior 12 de DEZEMBRO de 2022
Aluno (a):__________________________________________________
Curso: BACHARELADO EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO
Série/Módulo: 2°

DISCIPLINA:
A INGLÊS INSTRUMENTAL PROFESSOR: DR. ISRAEL NOLETTO

2ND SITTING ENGLISH EXAM - READING

For questions 1 through 8, read the text below.

How Busy People Can Develop Leadership Skills
by Darja Kragt

Now the biggest chunk of time — experimenting. Think like a scientist and conduct small experiments to modify
your typical behaviour. Apply something that you have learnt from online courses or by observing other leaders.
For example, if you need to have a difficult conversation with a subordinate, try an approach you wouldn’t
normally follow. Decide ahead of the meeting what specifically you will do. Try it and observe the results. Even
if it fails, you can always fall back on what you already know and move on to the next experiment.

Research shows that experimenting is critical to strengthening your leadership identity or self-perception as a
leader. Over time, acting in new ways will become ingrained in your sense of self.

While experimenting is the largest chunk of your development time budget, it’s also integrated into what you are
doing each day and so it’s important to find time to record and reflect. Take notes about what you try and how it
works. If you don’t already, experiment with a journaling practice to record your thoughts and reflections.

Becoming a Better Leader

Leadership development should be recognised as an ongoing part of professional life. And while dipping in and
focusing on it when time allows is great, time doesn’t always allow it. That doesn’t mean that you can’t develop
your skills. All it takes to become a better leader is dedication and a small investment of time.

If this still feels overwhelming, remember this: We mistakenly think that leadership development only occurs in
the workplace. However, research suggests that most effective leaders learn all the time and everywhere. Being a
parent, a community sports player, or a volunteer — all these roles involve an element of leadership. Think about
what you can learn about leadership from these roles, conduct behavioural experiments in these other contexts,
and reflect on how the learning applies to your work role. I guarantee it will help to accelerate your development
as a leader in key areas you have identified. (Adapted from https://hbr.org/2022/12/how-busy-people-can-
develop-leadership-skills).

01. Choose the alternative with the central idea of the text (1.5):
a) Effective management should encourage self-expression in the work environment.
b) How to become a better leader.
c) How leaders in the workplace can be likeable.
d) Managers, by definition, should be feared figures of authority.
e) Employees and managers should always be good friends who talk about their life experiences.

02. According to the text, research suggests that… (1.5):

a) good leaders always try to minimise conflict.
b) better leaders do not need to share opinions.
c) leaders should not try to talk about anything except work-related things.
d) most effective leaders learn all the time and everywhere.
e) work better from home than at the office.

03. According to the author of the text, those who wish to become better leaders … (1.5):
a) should spend considerable time experimenting with practices.
b) must give orders and just expect that employees will obey.
c) should delegate tough decisions to employees.
d) should relax and let things happen naturally.
e) should meet the employees’ expectations for a leader.

04. According to the author of the text, … (1.5):

a) all it takes to become a better leader is dedication and a small investment of time.
b) leadership development only occurs in the workplace.
c) acting in new ways will become ingrained in the employees’ sense of self.
d) leading should be natural, if it is not, try something else.
e) being likeable should be every leader’s top priority.

05. The text encourages us to think about what … (1.0):

a) managers and executives from big companies lead their subordinates.
b) being a parent, a community sports player, or a volunteer can teach about being a leader
c) one can learn from online courses or by observing other subordinates.
d) one can learn from complaints and negative feedback.
e) one can learn from letting things take their course.

06. Using your knowledge of suffixes, choose the alternative with the best translation of mistakenly (1.0):
a) incorreto.
b) erradamente.
c) enganoso.
d) falho.
e) perversamente.

07. The sentences with the verbs in bold (try, think, take and experiment) are in the … (1.0):
a) Infinitive.
b) Opiniative.
c) Imperfect.
d) Conditional
e) Imperative.

08. In the sentence “Research shows that experimenting is critical to strengthening your leadership identity [...]”,
the verb experiment is in the… (1.0):
a) Gerund.
b) Present continuous.
c) Simple Past.
d) Infinitive.
e) Preposition.
Good luck!