Questões de Concurso Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês

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Q2406473 Inglês
Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? 









Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? Available at:<www.economist.com> .
Retrieved on: July. 21. 2023, with adaptations.

According to the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 



The author presents three arguments to explain how climate change affects the financial system.

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Q2406472 Inglês
Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? 









Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? Available at:<www.economist.com> .
Retrieved on: July. 21. 2023, with adaptations.

According to the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 



Companies may be in debt if a transition risk is taken into account. 

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Q2406471 Inglês
Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? 









Could climate change trigger a financial crisis? Available at:<www.economist.com> .
Retrieved on: July. 21. 2023, with adaptations.

According to the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 



The word “assemble” (line 4) can be correctly replaced by the word “propose”.

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Q2406467 Inglês

Text to answer the question.  






GALLANT, Mavis. Let it Pass. In: Montreal Stories.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. (adapted)

Considering the vocabulary in the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 




The fragment “tamed and orderly design of streams and rivulets” (lines 12 and 13) refers to an object that was in the terrace.

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Q2406466 Inglês

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GALLANT, Mavis. Let it Pass. In: Montreal Stories.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. (adapted)

Based on the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  




The fragment “and returned to the wrack and low tide of my profession” (lines 38 and 39) states that the character is elated with his career.

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Q2406465 Inglês

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GALLANT, Mavis. Let it Pass. In: Montreal Stories.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. (adapted)

Based on the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  



The word “contempt” (line 18) can be correctly replaced with disdain


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Q2406463 Inglês

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GALLANT, Mavis. Let it Pass. In: Montreal Stories.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. (adapted)

Based on the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  



The character in the story wanted to write a book but gave up, since the title he intended to use was already taken. 

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Q2406462 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)

Regarding the vocabulary of the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  



The word “apposite” (line 43) could be replaced by opposed without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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Q2406460 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)

Regarding the vocabulary of the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  



In the fragment “and hence to take military action against Iraq” (lines 19 and 20), the subject is the United Nations.


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Q2406459 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)

Regarding the vocabulary of the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  



“Irrespective of” (line 12) could be replaced by regardless of without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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Q2406457 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)
Considering the ideas and vocabulary presented in the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 


“Under the aegis of” (line 18) is the same as to face strife.
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Q2406456 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)
Considering the ideas and vocabulary presented in the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 

The author argues that the debate around diplomacy stems from the need to create an epistemological framework.
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Q2406455 Inglês
Debating Diplomacy 









PIGMAN, Geoffrey Allen. Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy. In: KERR, Pauline; WISEMAN, Geoffrey. Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, p. 72–89. (adapted)
Considering the ideas and vocabulary presented in the text, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E). 

According to the author, the general public formed an opinion regarding the Iraqi situation having all the possible facts available.  
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Q2406451 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as grammar is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).



The word “ever” (line 14) can be correctly replaced with “increasingly”, in this particular context, without effecting any change in the original meaning.

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Q2406447 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

“Hubris” (line 4) means “unwillingness or incapacity to adapt or adjust”.
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Q2406446 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

From its inception liberalism could never live up to its promise of “creating a shared future in a fragmented world” (lines 20 and 21). 
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Q2406445 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

An anti-religion movement swept across America and destroyed some people’s belief in their Christian principles.
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Q2406444 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

Mr Deneen’s book provides a long-term analysis of the liberal phenomenon.
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Q2406443 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

Historically, liberal values have failed to reflect the actual political and social reality for they are based on falsehoods.
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Q2406442 Inglês

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In: Political thought: the problem with liberalism.

The Economist, Edição impressa, p. 74, 27 jan. 2018. 

As far as comprehension of the text above is concerned, mark the statements below as right (C) or wrong (E).  

The prevailing view Americans hold of liberalism has departed significantly from that the historical political theorists had. 
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1721: E
1722: E
1723: E
1724: E
1725: E
1726: C
1727: E
1728: E
1729: E
1730: C
1731: E
1732: E
1733: E
1734: C
1735: E
1736: E
1737: E
1738: C
1739: E
1740: C