Questões sobre Vocabulário

In “Here’s $100 to make sure” MAKE SURE is closest in meaning to:

• A. Stop.
• B. Help.
• C. Agree.
• D. Certify.
• E. Change.

Assinale a afirmativa que melhor define a palavra sublinhada na frase “dropping the u from colour” (linha 7), no contexto em que se encontra.

• A. To fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
• B. To cause to become less; reduce.
• C. To give birth to. Used of animals.
• D. To fall or roll into a basket or hole.

No contexto onde se encontra (l. 26), a palavra offense quer dizer

• A. ofensa.
• B. crime.
• C. difamação.
• D. calúnia.
• E. descaso.

Considerando o contexto, o termo grifado em “… new problems arise …” pode ser traduzido como:

• A. revolucionam
• B. desaparecem
• C. repetem-se
• D. implodem
• E. surgem

In the fragments of the text: “they may lose the desire to master whatever task you are asking them to do” (lines 12-13) and “then you have to do more than just present lessons in the app” (lines 18-19), the verb forms in bold express the ideas, respectively, of

• A. ability/ intention
• B. necessity/ probability
• C. possibility/ necessity
• D. possibility/ habit in the present
• E. intention/ necessity

In “Even if the government has made... exporter by 2020.” (5º§) EVEN IF means

• A. indeed.
• B. even as.
• C. even then.
• D. nevertheless.

In the sentence of the text: “However, if you want people to continue using the app, and use it frequently and often, then you have to do more than just present lessons in the app” (lines 17-19), the connector However can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by

• A. Therefore
• B. Moreover
• C. Furthermore
• D. Nevertheless
• E. What is more

The Word “seamless” in “collaborative seamless eGovernment services” (l.8) can be correctly replaced by

• A. consistent.
• B. changing.
• C. seamed.
• D. meaningless.
• E. uneven.

The pronoun “which” in “which promotes interoperability” (l.13 and 14) refers to

• A. “promotes interoperability” (l.14).
• B. “an environment” (l.13).
• C. “eSignatures and eIdentification” (l.15).
• D. “interoperability of systems” (l.14).
• E. “interoperability of systems and key enablers” (l.14).

The expression “regardless of” in “regardless of their country of origin” (l.12) can be correctly replaced by

• A. due to.
• B. because of.
• C. notwithstanding.
• D. although.
• E. depending on.