Questões Militares de Inglês - Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions

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Q666741 Inglês

He had felt terrible for three days, so Bob finally called his doctor’s office.

“The doctor can see you in three weeks”, he was told. An outraged Bob bellowed, “Three weeks? The doctor can’t see me for three weeks? I could be dead by then!”

Calmly the voice at the other end of the line replied, “If so, be sure to have someone call to cancel the appointment.”


GLOSSARY:

outraged – ofendido, injuriado

bellow – gritar, berrar 

The underlined expression, in the text, can be replaced by
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Q665976 Inglês

Child: Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired.

Mom: He may have stayed up all night. 

“So”, underlined in the text, is closest in meaning to
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Q664056 Inglês

“I have to prepare the country for the World Cup and the Olympics, but I also have another commitment, and that is to work very hard to end absolute poverty in Brazil. We still have 14 million in poverty. That’s my major challenge,” Dilma Roussef, Brazil’s first female president, said.

(Taken from The Washington Post Dec 5, 2010)

GLOSSARY

commitment – compromisso


“hard”, in bold type in the extract, is an adverb of

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Q661795 Inglês
“almost”, in bold type in the text, is closest in meaning to________ , except:
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Q661789 Inglês
All words, taken from the text, are adverbs, except:
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Q661781 Inglês
“enough”, underlined in the text, is
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Q661780 Inglês
“At once”, in bold type in the text, can be replaced by
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Q659674 Inglês
“Indeed”, (line 11), can be replaced by
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Q659672 Inglês
The word “like”, underlined in the text, can be replaced by any of the options except
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Q659435 Inglês

Religion ________ central to people's lives in Africa. Although the majority of Africans are now Muslim or Christian, traditional religions have endured and still play a big role. Religion runs like a thread through daily life, marked by prayers of gratitude in times of plenty and prayers of supplication in times of need. Religion confirms identity on the individual and the group.

                 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica

GLOSSARY:

Endure – to continue to exist for a long time

Thread – one part connecting with another  

Mark the alternative that best replaces the word “although” from the second line of the text.
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Q658816 Inglês
Mark the option that correctly substitutes the expression rather than (line 01).
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Q658700 Inglês

Observe the fragment taken from the blues Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield)

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                           When the sun rose this morning,

                           I didn't have my baby by my side.

                               I don't know where she was,

                        I know she's out with some another guy.  

In the context of the song, the word “when” can be substituted for
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Q658685 Inglês

                                       Twilight

      Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based ___ Stephenie Meyer’s popular novel of the same name. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Cullen and his family to keep Swan safe ___ a coven of evil vampires.

      The project was in development for approximately 3 years ___ Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Principal photography took 44 days and the film was primarily shot in Oregon.

Twilight was theatrically released ___ November 21 2010, grossing over US$392 million worldwide and became the most purchased DVD of the year. The soundtrack was released in the same year. Following the success of the film, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.

                                                                                     Adapted from Wikipedia 

Considering the boldfaced adverb in the text, mark the sentence in which the underlined word has the function of an adverb.
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Q657433 Inglês
“regardless”, (line 11), is similar in meaning to
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Q657425 Inglês
“Fortunately”, (line 16), is closest in meaning to
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Q657411 Inglês
Fill in the blank with the suitable option.
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Q657405 Inglês
A similar meaning to “as”, (line 11) , is
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Q655674 Inglês
Choose the correct alternative to have the text completed correctly:
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Q655670 Inglês
The words “sometimes” and “never”, in bold type in the text, are adverbs of
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Q655509 Inglês
“Fortunately”, (line 16), is closest in meaning to
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Respostas
81: B
82: D
83: C
84: B
85: B
86: C
87: A
88: B
89: B
90: D
91: A
92: D
93: B
94: A
95: B
96: C
97: B
98: D
99: D
100: B