Questões de Concurso Sobre vocabulário | vocabulary em inglês

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Q1696789 Inglês
Choose the option where both grammar and vocabulary are correct:

I. “When I was a child, I use to play on the streets all day long.”
II. “Eating habits today are worse than they used to be.”
III. “You have soccer practice at 2:00, haven’t you?”
IV. “He suffers from a disease that affects his humor.”
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Q1696788 Inglês
Choose the option where both grammar and vocabulary are correct:

I. “Kristin realizes she had done the wrong thing.”
II. “It’s been ages since you taken me out to a nice restaurant.”
III. “I had my place painted by a professional.”
IV. “I wish I were less worrying about not so important things.”
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Q1696787 Inglês
Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs/adjectives.

I. “If we don’t drink ______ water, it affects our concentration.”
II. “But our level of happiness is also _______ by the choices we make.”
III. However, the weather and the coming darkness _____ her feel sorry for the lady.”
IV. “He was ______ to meet me back there at Mickley.”
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Q1696786 Inglês
Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs/adjectives.

I. “If something happened, ______ it and propose a fresh start.”
II. “I’m sorry for ______ this out, but you don’t look so good.”
III. “A recent report has ______ that more and more people have been feeling stressed”
IV. “I can’t talk to you because I’m ______ late for work”
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Q1696785 Inglês
Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs/adjectives.

I. “From the beginning, she always ______ to be someone else.”
II. “He apologizes, he didn’t ____ to hurt you.”
III. “She couldn’t ______ the test soon enogh to know the results”
IV. “I loved this show, it was _______.”
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Q1696784 Inglês
Choose the option that best replaces the words in bold:

“... Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school...”
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Q1696783 Inglês
Choose the option that best replaces the words in bold:

“...His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms...”
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Q1696782 Inglês
Choose the option that best replaces the words in bold:

“I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand.”
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Q1696778 Inglês
Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate adjectives/adverbs.

I. “They live in a ____ five-bedroom house”
II. “He was an _____ father, she loved him”
III. “We had a lot of fun during this _____ trip”
IV. “It was so _____ in my son’s bedroom, so stinky.”
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Q1696777 Inglês

Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs.



I. “The way to get _____ is to quit talking and begin doing.”


II. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not _____ defeated.”


III. “Today’s accomplishments _____ yesterday’s impossibilities.”


IV. “People who are crazy enough to ______ they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

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Q1694816 Inglês
“The current approach is bust,” said Prof Des Thompson, principal science adviser at NatureScot, Scotland’s conservation agency, which contributed to the declaration process run by the Scottish government. “What we need to do is work with local communities, local governments and local communities – that’s how we’re going to meet those targets.” (lines 9 – 12) 
Select the option that shows words that follow the same rules for plural as: “approach”, “community” and “government”.
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Q1694635 Inglês
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta uma palavra no singular:
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Q1694631 Inglês
Why bats are not to blame, say scientists

    “Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the narrow chambers of caves. People in this part of Zimbabwe call bats "winged dragons", "flying rats" or simply the "evil ones".
    Like elsewhere in the world, the flying mammals are much misunderstood. For this wildlife ecologist, they're beautiful and incredible creatures. "They are fascinating," he says. "People are frightened of something they don't know."
    "The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as fertiliser for their crops. It is therefore essential to know the pathogens carried by the bats, because they could be transmitted to humans," says Dr Elizabeth Gori of the University of Zimbabwe.
    Bat experts have launched a campaign, Don't Blame Bats, to dispel unfounded fears and myths about bats, which are threatening conservation. They say bats are some of the most misunderstood and undervalued animals on the planet.
    Long the target of disdain, persecution and cultural prejudice, they have been blamed for a host of evils visited upon humans. And fears and myths about bats have only intensified in the time of Covid.
    The precise origin of the virus that has wreaked such havoc across the world has not been pinned down. But the vast majority of scientists agree that it crossed into humans from an animal species, most likely a bat. That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.”

(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473)
A palavra rope, em “climbing down rope ladders”, pode ser traduzida, em Português, por:
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Q1694628 Inglês
Why bats are not to blame, say scientists

    “Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the narrow chambers of caves. People in this part of Zimbabwe call bats "winged dragons", "flying rats" or simply the "evil ones".
    Like elsewhere in the world, the flying mammals are much misunderstood. For this wildlife ecologist, they're beautiful and incredible creatures. "They are fascinating," he says. "People are frightened of something they don't know."
    "The local population frequently visits these bats' habitat, in order to collect guano to use as fertiliser for their crops. It is therefore essential to know the pathogens carried by the bats, because they could be transmitted to humans," says Dr Elizabeth Gori of the University of Zimbabwe.
    Bat experts have launched a campaign, Don't Blame Bats, to dispel unfounded fears and myths about bats, which are threatening conservation. They say bats are some of the most misunderstood and undervalued animals on the planet.
    Long the target of disdain, persecution and cultural prejudice, they have been blamed for a host of evils visited upon humans. And fears and myths about bats have only intensified in the time of Covid.
    The precise origin of the virus that has wreaked such havoc across the world has not been pinned down. But the vast majority of scientists agree that it crossed into humans from an animal species, most likely a bat. That doesn't mean bats are to blame; it's our increasing interference with these wild creatures that's at the root of the problem.”

(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473)
No texto, a palavra “bat” significa, em Português:
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Q1694243 Inglês

Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'


   The Popa langur, named after its home on Mount Popa, is critically endangered with numbers down to about 200 individuals.
   Langurs are a group of leaf-eating monkeys that are found across south east Asia.
   The newly described animal is known for its distinctive spectacle-like eye patches and greyish-coloured fur. It is at risk from habitat loss and hunting.
   Scientists have long suspected there might be a new species in Myanmar, based on DNA extracted from the droppings of wild monkeys, but evidence has been hard to find. 

(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)

No texto, a frase “greyish-coloured fur” significa:
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Q1694190 Inglês


(Avaliable in: https://theplaylist.net/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-script-20200608/ – text adapted specially for this test). 

Mark the alternative that completes, correctly and respectively, the blanks in the lines 02, 08, 15 e 24, considering meaning, punctuation, and syntax.
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Q1694104 Inglês

Read the text below to answer the question.


How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching


   Octopus arms have minds of their own. Each of these eight supple yet powerful limbs can explore the seafloor in search of prey, snatching crabs from hiding spots without direction from the octopus’ brain. But how each arm can tell what it’s grasping has remained a mystery.

   Now, researchers have identified specialized cells not seen in other animals that allow octopuses to “taste” with their arms. Embedded in the suckers, these cells enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste by detecting chemicals produced by many aquatic creatures. This may help an arm quickly distinguish food from rocks or poisonous prey, Harvard University molecular biologist Nicholas Bellono and his colleagues report online October 29 in Cell.

   The findings provide another clue about the unique evolutionary path octopuses have taken toward intelligence. Instead of being concentrated in the brain, two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus are distributed among the arms, allowing the flexible appendages to operate semiindependently.


(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-taste-touch-arm-suckers). 

The text states the cells embedded in the suckers enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste, which means, in Portuguese, the animal have sensory skills like:
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Q1694101 Inglês

Read the text below to answer the question.


How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching


   Octopus arms have minds of their own. Each of these eight supple yet powerful limbs can explore the seafloor in search of prey, snatching crabs from hiding spots without direction from the octopus’ brain. But how each arm can tell what it’s grasping has remained a mystery.

   Now, researchers have identified specialized cells not seen in other animals that allow octopuses to “taste” with their arms. Embedded in the suckers, these cells enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste by detecting chemicals produced by many aquatic creatures. This may help an arm quickly distinguish food from rocks or poisonous prey, Harvard University molecular biologist Nicholas Bellono and his colleagues report online October 29 in Cell.

   The findings provide another clue about the unique evolutionary path octopuses have taken toward intelligence. Instead of being concentrated in the brain, two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus are distributed among the arms, allowing the flexible appendages to operate semiindependently.


(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-taste-touch-arm-suckers). 

In the text, the word “octopus” means, in Portuguese:
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Q1692951 Inglês
In my opinion, the corset is _____ item in women’s clothes. The platform trainers are _____.
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Q1692950 Inglês
Mark the correct sentence:
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Respostas
781: D
782: B
783: A
784: A
785: C
786: A
787: D
788: A
789: B
790: A
791: C
792: B
793: B
794: B
795: D
796: A
797: C
798: C
799: A
800: D