Questões sobre Vocabulário

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

The author states that the VAT (value-added tax) has been

• A.

  lowered

• B.

  lifted

• C.

  forbidden.

• D.

  reduced.

• E.

  charged.

For questions 25-27 below, choose the answer which best fits the ideas in the text.

The expression "forged" in the first paragraph of the text could best be defined as

• A.

  misled.

• B.

  broken down.

• C.

  set up.

• D.

  made off with.

• E.

  falsified.

In text II,

"hopefully" (L.11) means the opposite of hopelessly.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text II,

"succeed" (L.11) is synonymous with come after.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text II,

"around the world" (L.15) is the same as all over the world.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text II,

"accomplish" (L.20) is the same as achieve.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text III,

"comprehensive" (L.10) is the same as understandable.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text III,

"appoint" (L.15) can be replaced by appoints.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text III,

"oversee" (L.16) means to make certain that it is being done correctly.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

__________ Timothy was __________ at school. His parents were well__________, but they were divorced. Timothy ____________ in the habit of pushing children __________ no apparent reason, and on ___________ occasion he scratched a boy's leg until it ___________.

• A.

  Eight years old / troubled / off / had / for / an / bled;

• B.

  Eight years old / unloved / up / were / to / a / was bleeding;

• C.

  Eight-year-old / troublesome / off / was / for / one / bled;

• D.

  Eight-year-old / loved / up / has / for / an / had bled;

• E.

  Eight-years-old / troublesome / off / was / by / one / was bleeding.