Questões sobre Vocabulário

Read the sentence below.

The learner context is arguably the most critical factor for teachers to comprehend and the most secure foundation from which to launch their instruction.

The underlined word can be replaced by

• A.

  without any doubt

• B.

  within some probability

• C.

  by chance

• D.

  open to dispute

Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank spaces of the sentence below.

In fact, the influence of English ______ to such ______ that by 1600 it was more or less restricted to a small ______ on the east coast.

• A.

  grew/ amount/ fort

• B.

  dwindled/ an extension/ area

• C.

  waned/ an extent/ enclave

• D.

  waxed/ numbers/ county

Choose one alternative to fill in the blank space of the sentence below.

One of the most enduring of the problems that beset the teacher of English in schools is what to do in the name of Knowledge about Language (KAL), where the term refers to ______ area of overt teaching about language, including grammar.

• A.

  that exclusive

• B.

  a specific

• C.

  such an

• D.

  any

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The expression “strung up” (l.30) could be replaced by anxious without effecting a change in the original meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the article above, judge the following items.

The word “incidentally” (l.23) is a more formal equivalent of by the way.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the article above, judge the following items.

The term “timeworn” (l.3) could be replaced by old without effecting any change in the original meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking the text above into consideration, judge the following items.

The term “figures” (l.3) could be replaced by representatives without effecting a change in the original meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking the text above into consideration, judge the following items.

The term “onset” (l.16) could be replaced by peak without effecting a change in the original meaning of the text.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Segundo o texto,

• A.

  o ChkDsk do Windows 8 não exige que o usuário pare de usar o computador enquanto o utilitário escaneia o disco rígido.

• B.

  está ficando mais difícil rodar o ChkDsk porque a capacidade dos discos rígidos é cada vez maior.

• C.

  apesar das melhorias, o ChkDsk do Windows 8 ainda pode levar algumas horas para terminar o diagnóstico do disco rígido.

• D.

  o Windows 8 dispõe de um novo utilitário que diagnostica e repara imediatamente quaisquer problemas no disco rígido.

• E.

  com as inovações no Windows 8, o NTSF passou a considerar o disco rígido como uma unidade única a ser diagnosticada.

The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underline idiom in the passage “Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010” is

• A.

  turned out

• B.

  ran along

• C.

  ran in

• D.

  turned upon

• E.

  got down to