Questões sobre Vocabulário

When “mortgage companies seize properties” (lines 13-14) this means they

• A.

  take them down.

• B.

  take them off.

• C.

  take them away.

• D.

  take them out.

• E.

  take them apart.

According to the text, Brazilian middle class has

• A.

  decreased.

• B.

  dwindled.

• C.

  suffered.

• D.

  spread.

• E.

  merged.

The underlined word in “are more conscious” (line 31) means:

• A.

  eager.

• B.

  dependent.

• C.

  fitting.

• D.

  interested.

• E.

  aware.

In “to look cut-price either” (line 37) either can be replaced by

• A.

  as well.

• B.

  in a sense.

• C.

  anymore.

• D.

  so much.

• E.

  in a way.

The verb in “reaches a conclusion” (line 2) can be replaced by:

• A.

  jumps to.

• B.

  abides by.

• C.

  arrives at.

• D.

  hands down.

• E.

  dallies with.

When the text informs that the court may decide “the other way” (line10), this means the decision may be

• A.

  fair.

• B.

  favorable.

• C.

  unchanged.

• D.

  unexpected.

• E.

  unbiased.

Based on the text, judge the items below.

All over the world the public sector is besieged by those who pay taxes.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, it can be deduced that

"enormous" (L.9) is the same as large.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In Paragraph 6 (lines 34-48), the author uses the expressions "digital natives" and "digital immigrants". Choose the alternative that correctly explains the meanings of these expressions in the text.

• A. "Digital immigrants" refers to the fact that the students are immigrating to a new world, different from the one they were born into.
• B. "Digital natives" means that the educators are familiar with the new electronic devices, because they grew up in this technological environment.
• C. "Digital natives" and "digital immigrants" are used to symbolize the extreme intimacy of students and educators with technology.
• D. "Digital natives" and "digital immigrants" are used to symbolize, respectively, today's students' intimacy and the educators' unfamiliarity with technology.
• E. "Digital natives" refers to both students and educators who make good use of technology, while "digital immigrants" refers only to students who still need to learn to use computers.

Refer to the above text to judge the following items.

"fewer" (L.27) is the opposite of more.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado