Questões sobre Vocabulário

Regarding the language underlined in the text, it can be said that

• A. "officers" and "officials" are interchangeable.
• B. "stake" is the American spelling for the word "steak".
• C. "shaped" could be replaced by "molded".
• D. "while" places emphasis on duration.
• E. "in the face of" means the same as "in lieu of".

No trecho sublinhado acima, comprehensive significa

• A.

  completa.

• B.

  fácil de entender.

• C.

  rápida.

• D.

  econômica.

• E.

  fácil de implementar.

In the text, the word in italics describes the idea expressed by the boldfaced word in

• A.

  argued (line 8) - asked

• B.

  actually (line 10) - really

• C.

  talented (line 13) - unskilled

• D.

  income (line 16) - input

• E.

  path (line 17) - origin

The failures of Latin American education systems have been pointed out by

• A.

  students

• B.

  the job market

• C.

  the private sector business

• D.

  a team of education researchers

• E.

  business leaders such as Marina Bassi and Jaime Vargas

Based on the meanings in the text, the boldfaced verbal expression describes the same as the verb in:

• A.

  giving up (line 55) - resisting

• B.

  puts it (line 57) - says

• C.

  to catch up with (lines 58-59) - to leave

• D.

  rely on (lines 60-61) - divide

• E.

  put up with (line 68) - test

The term over in – “Asphalt over concrete” – that’s the standard. – means that

• A.

  both materials should be used together.

• B.

  neither concrete nor asphalt meet the requirements.

• C.

  both concrete and asphalt are good.

• D.

  concrete is a harder material.

• E.

  asphalt is the preferred one.

Considerando o contexto, o termo “heat exchanger” pode ser corretamente traduzido por

• A.

  calor residual.

• B.

  topo do gabinete.

• C.

  trocador de calor.

• D.

  recipiente principal.

• E.

  principal componente.

No âmbito do texto, a melhor tradução para o termo excelled in, dentre as apresentadas, é:

• A.

  aperfeiçoou.

• B.

  destacou-se.

• C.

  equivocou-se.

• D.

  estudou.

• E.

  excedeu-se.

Considerando o contexto, o termo nothing to do tem o significado apresentado em:

• A.

  nada a ver.

• B.

  nada a fazer.

• C.

  nada de mais.

• D.

  nada a ocorrer.

• E.

  nada a considerar.

No texto, a expressão and so on pode ser substituída, sem perda de sentido, por:

• A.

  and finally.

• B.

  certainly.

• C.

  et cetera.

• D.

  otherwise.

• E.

  thereby.