Questões Militares de Inglês

Some situation call for a lot of patience. We were going to call on some friends. But I had traveled to São Paulo and it was raining hard.

Because of the weather all flights to Rio were call off. So I couldn’t come. I called her up to explain, and then she called me down!

Choose the correct alternative to replace the phrasal verb, underlined in the text.

Some situation call for a lot of patience. We were going to call on some friends. But I had traveled to São Paulo and it was raining hard.

Because of the weather all flights to Rio were call off. So I couldn’t come. I called her up to explain, and then she called me down!

“call for”, in bold type in the text, means

Read the cartoon and choose the best response.

According to the cartoon, the man

Read the cartoon and choose the best response.

According to the cartoon,

Read the text and choose the correct alternative.

     In the film “The accountant”, a man on the autism spectrum is a number cruncher by day, while involving himself in seedier activities at night.

      This scene occurs in a conference room after the lead character, Christian (Ben Affleck), is hired to review a company’s financial records. He spends an entire night writing out figures, using whiteboards and eventually the room’s glass walls.

      For the scene, Mr. O’Connor wanted to take the audience inside the mind of the character. During an interview, he explained how he used a real forensic accountant to get the numbers right and also a creative approach to covering walls with tidy handwriting.

                                                                    www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/movies

According to the extract, what is the alternative that contains the right explanation about the gerund in bold type?

“Swimming is an amazing exercise. It’s healthy, fun, relaxing and a low-impact sport. I know this from personal experience. Last year while I was jogging I injured my left knee. I don’t go jogging anymore, now I’m considering joining a swimming competition.”

The gerund is:

      The first man drew a small circle in the sand and told the second man, “This is what you know”, and drawing a circle around the small one, “This is what I know”. The second man took the stick and drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where both of us know nothing”.

                                   (Adapted from Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), american poet) 

the word “one” in bold type refers to ________.

      The first man drew a small circle in the sand and told the second man, “This is what you know”, and drawing a circle around the small one, “This is what I know”. The second man took the stick and drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where both of us know nothing”.

                                   (Adapted from Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), american poet) 

The first man thought the second man knew __________. 

      The first man drew a small circle in the sand and told the second man, “This is what you know”, and drawing a circle around the small one, “This is what I know”. The second man took the stick and drew an immense ring around both circles: “This is where both of us know nothing”.

                                   (Adapted from Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), american poet) 

According to the passage

The first man declared that he had more ____ than the second man. 

Your parents tell you to wear sunscreen when you're outside in the summer. And they are certainly right. Sunscreen protects your skin from ultraviolet light rays. Too much ultraviolet is bad for your skin. If you spend a long time outside without any sunscreen on, you ____ a sunburn because of the ultraviolet rays. (Adapted from http://www.grammarbank.com)

Choose the alternative to have the text completed correctly. 

Read the cartoon and choose the best response.

“workout”, (line 4), in bold type in the text, means

Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative, respectively:

Write (T) for the True statements and (F) for the False statements, according to the text.

( ) Dogs and wolves present features that make many scientists think that dogs came from wolves.

( ) Although dogs are human’s best friends. People don’t know their origin, exactly.

( ) Watchdogs can put their owners in danger in times of threatening.

( ) Well-educated dogs when in danger are always tame.

Choose the alternative that corresponds to the correct order.

Choose the correct alternative to have the passive voice from the sentence, in bold type, in the text.
Their lives _______ in danger to save their owners.

In the text, all the nouns bellow refer to drones, except:

“Their”, (line 7), underlined in the text, refers to

According to the text, the number of drones used by military powers is

Read the sentences and decide if they are Active (A) or Passive (P).

( ) Magazines are sold at newsstands everywhere.

( ) Many readers subscribe to the magazine.

( ) A large type edition is also printed.

( ) They also recorded it.

Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.

“on a par with”, (line 19), in bold type, means