The word awkward, in the fourth paragraph:

The underlined word in “new software applications" (lines 2 and 3) is a(n) 

The opposite of the adjective in “wide range of approaches" (line 11) is

Considering the information in the text, mark T for the true statements and F for the false ones.


( ) highest (line 2), most basic (line 3), best work (line 16) are in the superlative form.

( ) better grades (lines 11 and 12), higher wages (line 13), more extrinsically motivated (line 18) are in the comparative of inferiority form.

( ) us (line 3) and our (line 18) are possessive pronouns.

( ) motivated (line 11) and theoretical (line 2) are adjectives.


Mark the correct sequence.  

Considering the text, read the sentence below and choose the alternative that presents the grammar function of the underlined words, respectively.

“The oxygen helmet makes their¹ head bigger² , rounder and cuter; their hands³ grasp eagerly at whatever happens to be passing; their limbs are made fat and their movements simple by the spacesuit’s cuddly bulk.”

Read the paragraphs below and choose the alternative that fills in correctly and respectively the blanks with the comparative of equality, the comparative of superiority or the superlative of the given adjectives in parentheses.

                                      This is how stars die

        5,000 light years away in Centaurus, a large constellation in the southern sky, is the Boomerang Nebula, a cloud of gas being expelled from a dying star.

        This cloud is one of _________ (bizarre) ¹ and ___________ (mysterious) ² objects in the universe. Here, within the gas streaming outwards, astronomers have found that the temperature drops ___________ (low) ³ nearly absolute zero.

         It is, ___________ (far) ⁴ anyone knows, the coldest place in the universe.

         It may also prove to be quite important. Because this ____________ (frigid) ⁵ place, and objects like it, albeit a tad ___________ (warm) ⁶– may help astronomers unravel a host of cosmic conundrums, from the violent yet spectacular deaths of stars and the formation of galaxies to cosmic explosions and the origin of life itself.

         Death of stars, birth of life

         In many respects the Boomerang Nebula is unremarkable. All stars have to die some day. When ___________ (small) ⁷ stars end, those about eight times _____________ (massive) ⁸ our own sun, they produce a similar display of gas and dust.

display of gas and dust.

The capitalized words in “When you JOIN a course at one of the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS” can be classified, respectively, as:

Dentre as alternativas a seguir, considerando-se o contexto, aquela que expressa o sentido contrário ao empregado no texto pela palavra lack é:

The correct opposites for the words “hot” and “waste” are respectively:

According to the context, the ADJECTIVE that adequately fills the blank is

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter (By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE) 1. SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. 
2. This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child’s academic and intellectual development. 
3. They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual’s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn’t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles. (…) 
4. The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind — like remembering a sequence of directions while driving. (…) 
5. The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment. “Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often — you may talk to your father in one language and to your mother in another language,” says Albert Costa, a researcher at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. “It requires keeping track of changes around you in the same way that we monitor our surroundings when driving.” In a study comparing German-Italian bilinguals with Italian monolinguals on monitoring tasks, Mr. Costa and his colleagues found that the bilingual subjects not only performed better, but they also did so with less activity in parts of the brain involved in monitoring, indicating that they were more efficient at it. (…) 
6. Bilingualism’s effects also extend into the twilight years. In a recent study of 44 elderly Spanish-English bilinguals, scientists led by the neuropsychologist Tamar Gollan of the University of California, San Diego, found that individuals with a higher degree of bilingualism — measured through a comparative evaluation of proficiency in each language — were more resistant than others to the onset of dementia and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: the higher the degree of bilingualism, the later the age of onset. 
7. Nobody ever doubted the power of language. But who would have imagined that the words we hear and the sentences we speak might be leaving such a deep imprint? 
(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/thebenefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=0. Acesso: 04/02/2013)
The words globalized (paragraph 01), considered (paragraph 02), blessing (paragraph 03), and like (paragraph 04), are respectively presented in text as:

Mark the excerpt in which a word formed by the adding of the suffix –ING in a similar way as it happens to the underlined word in “[…] the remarkable progress of English as a promising step towards global communication.” (L. 49,50) can be found:

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

In “graduates of local schools are often unable to read” (lines 5-6), the word “unable” is

In the clause “But over the years as I’ve gotten to know her better” (ℓ.7), “better” is the irregular comparative form of

The words “awesome”, “fabulous” and “terrific” (ℓ.6) are

The opposite of the underlined word in ""to log onto the nearest WI-Fi" (kines 17 and 18) is

In Texts I and II, in terms of meaning, one notices that