Questões sobre Vocabulário

The sentence, in Text I, in which the boldfaced expression introduces an idea of addition is

• A. “Although far fewer women work in the oil and gas (O&G) industry compared to men, many women find rewarding careers in the industry.” (lines 1-3)
• B. “I chose the oil and gas industry because of the challenging projects,” (lines 17-18)
• C. “Even though my Master’s thesis was more geared toward environmental studies,” (lines 31-32)
• D. “as well as other business relationships abroad.” (lines 76-77)
• E. “but there are times when I get calls at night or on weekends from a rig or other geologists for assistance with a technical problem.” (lines 91-94)

The words in the text that mean SECA, ENCHENTE, CALOReCHUMBOare, respectively:

• A.

  flood / melt / heat / lead

• B.

  drought / melt / hot / coal

• C.

  flood /drought / heat / coal

• D.

  drought / flood / heat / lead

• E.

  flood / drought / hot / unleaded

In Text I, the expression “turn down” in “I couldn’t turn down the great starting salary and a chance to live in New Orleans” (lines 12-14) could be replaced, without change in meaning, by

• A. refuse
• B. take
• C. accept
• D. request
• E. understand

The linker BUTin “But carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere trap the sun's heat” could be replaced, without change of meaning, by:

• A.

  Despite

• B.

  Although

• C.

  However

• D.

  Therefore

• E.

  Otherwise

Consider the sentences below:

1. Global warming ___________ by the greenhouse effect.

2. When ice in the poles melt, sea levels ____________.

3. Carbon dioxide __________ the sun's heat.

4. An American scientist ___________ holes in the ozone layer.

Choose the alternative which presents the correct verb forms that complete the above sentences, respectively:

• A.

  causes / raises / trap / discovered

• B.

  is caused / rises / trap / discovered

• C.

  is caused / rise / traps / has discovered

• D.

  causes / raise / is trapped / discovered

• E.

  is caused / raise / traps / has discovered

This aid is becoming increasingly popular in schools and institutions that can afford it. It permits the projection and manipulation of digitalized teaching content, both original and published. This aid is known as:

• A.

  visual aids.

• B.

  video recorder.

• C.

  overhead projector.

• D.

  high definition television.

• E.

  interactive whiteboard.

The correct for to write the number 29 in its ordinal form is:

• A.

  twenty nine

• B.

  two nine

• C.

  twenty-ninth

• D.

  twentieth-ninth

Ao passarmos a frase abaixo para o inglês, obteremos: “Hoje foi um dos piores dias da minha vida.”

• A.

  Today was an amazing day of my life.

• B.

  Today was one of the worst days of my life

• C.

  Today was the worst day of my life.

• D.

  I never had a day in my life like today.

In the sentence “There are some real bargains, especially at the top of the market”, the idea brought by the expression in bold is:

• A. expressly expensive.
• B. clearly overvalued.
• C. really magnified.
• D. specially costly.
• E. actually cheap.

A expressão que preenche a lacuna 1 corretamente é

• A.

  in addition.

• B.

  in fact.

• C.

  for instance.

• D.

  in contrast.

• E.

  on purpose.