Questões sobre Vocabulário

The word “chagrin” (l.33) means

• A.

  fear or concern.

• B.

  hope or disillusion.

• C.

  disappointment or annoyance.

• D.

  worry or shame.

• E.

  embarrassment or confusion.

“around” (l.39) is the same as

• A.

  round.

• B.

  about.

• C.

  near.

• D.

  above.

• E.

  under.

The word “comply” in paragraph 7 means:

• A.

  obey;

• B.

  oppose;

• C.

  reject;

• D.

  decline;

• E.

  resist.

The word “nonsensical” in “I am beginning to get fed up with the amount of nonsensical rubbish I take all day and every day” means:

• A.

  silly;

• B.

  untrue;

• C.

  impossible;

• D.

  uninteresting;

• E.

  insensitive.

The statement which describes accurately the meaning relationship between the pair of words is

• A.

  “offset” (line 5) means compensate for.

• B.

  “softening” (line 10) is the opposite of reduction.

• C.

  “constrained” (line 22) and restrained are antonyms.

• D.

  “spur” (line 24) could be replaced by discourage.

• E.

  “boosted” (line 36) and hindered are synonyms.

In "This is helping to drive up global soy prices," (lines 33-34), "drive up" (line 33) could be replaced by

• A.

  alter

• B.

  control

• C.

  recuce

• D.

  raise

• E.

  manipulate

Read the text below entitled "The European Union Budget at a glance" in order to answer questions 68 to 70:

In paragraph 2, the text enumerates a wide range of activities funded in the Member States including employment and health. These two terms are respectively translated into Portuguese as

• A.

  políticas sociais and pesquisa.

• B.

  educação and emprego.

• C.

  pesquisa and infra-estrutura.

• D.

  políticas ambientais and treinamento.

• E.

  emprego and saúde.

In the text,

“validity” (l.7) means valuable.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

“undertaken” (l.18) is the same as carried out.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text,

• C. Certo
• E. Errado