Questões sobre Vocabulário

No texto, o termo aware tem o significado de

• A.

  preocupado.

• B.

  indiferente.

• C.

  insensível.

• D.

  consciente.

• E.

  desinformado.

O termo therefore no terceiro parágrafo – The characteristics of shape memory alloys are complex and therefore difficult to predict. – implica

• A.

  contraste.

• B.

  causa.

• C.

  exclusão.

• D.

  consequência.

• E.

  ênfase.

In the fourth paragraph, the term thoroughly in – How can a component be produced that has such small dimensions, is elastic, can be thoroughly sterilized and has no joints? – is correctly replaced by

• A.

  completely.

• B.

  actually.

• C.

  seldom.

• D.

  fairly.

• E.

  almost.

• A.

  whether.

• B.

  unless.

• C.

  since.

• D.

  because.

• E.

  until.

O termo likely em – People who drank four cups a day were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with depression during the 10-year study period than those who drank no coffee. – transmite a ideia de

• A. preferência.
• B. propensão.
• C. impossibilidade.
• D. exclusividade.
• E. diminuição.

The expression indie workers, found in lines 10 and 90, refers to

• A.

  retired civil servants

• B.

  lazy businessmen aiming for profit

• C.

  self-employed independent professionals

• D.

  expert employees at international organizations

• E.

  workaholic employers in large companies

In the fragments “and to seek out collaboration within and across fields” (lines 36-37) and “the grouplet came up with a campaign based on posting episodes” (lines 65- 66), the expressions seek out and came up with mean, respectively,

• A.

  get rid of / banned

• B.

  search for / produced

• C.

  come upon / discarded

• D.

  turn down / devised

• E.

  track down / excluded

A palavra que preenche, no contexto, a lacuna A é

• A.

  Buildability.

• B.

  Installability.

• C.

  Documentation.

• D.

  Integration.

• E.

  Learnability.

No quarto parágrafo, a expressão make up em – In this case, the acid steals away electrons that make up the bond between nickel and oxygen in the ring. – é corretamente substituída por

• A.

  divide.

• B.

  renew.

• C.

  create.

• D.

  remove.

• E.

  weaken.

In the text, “In addition” means

• A.

  in spite of.

• B.

  furthermore.

• C.

  once and for all.

• D.

  now and then.

• E.

  beside