Questões sobre Vocabulário

Your answers to questions 21 to 25 must be based on the text below:

According to the text, "America can no longer propel the global economy". In other words, America can no longer

• A. realign it.
• B. push it forward.
• C. support it.
• D. hold it back.
• E. underestimate it.

Your answers to questions 21 to 25 must be based on the text below:

Within the alternatives below, which one presents the options that correctly convey the meaning of the following underlined phrasal verbs:

 "Consumers have stepped up their spending; the housing market is still sizzling; even manufacturing is perking up ."

• A. To increase and to decrease.
• B. To cut and to develop.
• C. To increase and to cheer up.
• D. To refrain and to cheer up.
• E. To reduce and to develop.

Leia o texto abaixo a fim de responder às questões 26 a 30:

"Todavia, a magnitude deste crescimento é incerta".

• A. Tentative.
• B. Unarguable.
• C. Unattainable.
• D. Acknowledged.
• E. Unappealing

Leia o texto abaixo a fim de responder às questões 26 a 30:

"O PIB (Produto Interno Bruto) caiu 1.5% no primeiro trimestre em relação ao mesmo trimestre do ano anterior".

• A. The Brazilian internal production decreased by 1.5%.
• B. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) went up by 1.5%.
• C. Investment levels went down by 1.5%.
• D. Brazilian investment predictions reached 1.5%.
• E. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) fell by 1.5%.

Leia o texto abaixo a fim de responder às questões 26 a 30:

"... a recessão continuou se aprofundando".

• A. Recession was prevented from increasing.
• B. Recession remained less severe.
• C. Recession kept on deepening.
• D. Recession levels continued to lower.
• E. Recession continued to be fought.

Text III – items 41 to 46

In relation to the text above, judge the following items.

In line 6, the word " unsound" means unheard.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Your answers to questions 31 to 33 must be based on the text below:

In paragraph no. 1, it is said that "figures lie". In other words, they

• A. misrepresent the truth.
• B. provide the basis for a scientific analysis.
• C. reveal concealed and unexpected data.
• D. give information which is striking.
• E. remain valid for quite long periods.

Text III – items 41 to 46

In relation to the text above, judge the following items.

In lines 21-22, the phrase " a v es ted interest in protecting" can be correctly replaced by a particular reason to protect.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Your answers to questions 34 and 35 must be based on the text below:

According to the text, developing nations have been "ganging up during trade negotiations". In other words, during such negotiations, they have been

• A. losing ground.
• B. voting against one another.
• C. winning.
• D. joining together.
• E. threatened.

In the text above,

“each” (l.10) can be correctly replaced by every.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado