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TV for dogs booms but are they watching?
By David Silverberg
(Frolicking = playing energetically
Squishy = soft when pressed)
(Available at: www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq59leg3gp5o – text specially adapted for this test).
( ) In “dogs don’t care” (l. 26), the word “care” could be replaced by “mind” without a significant change of meaning.
( ) The expression “his then-girlfriend” (l. 01) could be understood as the girlfriend he had at that time.
( ) In “The research is mixed” (l. 28), the word “mixed” could be replaced by “conflicting” without significant change of meaning.
( ) In “which dogs can see much clearer than other colours” (l. 23), the word “which” refers to dogs.
The correct order of filling in the parentheses, from top to bottom, is:
TV for dogs booms but are they watching?
By David Silverberg
(Frolicking = playing energetically
Squishy = soft when pressed)
(Available at: www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq59leg3gp5o – text specially adapted for this test).
Read the text:
"Many educators argue that integrating technology into the classroom can significantly enhance students’ learning experiences. However, others claim that excessive reliance on digital tools may reduce critical thinking skills."
The word “enhance” in the text is closest in meaning to:
( ) In the first paragraph, the word "obscure" could be accurately replaced by "vague," as it refers to a confusing writing style rather than the fame of the works.
( ) In the first paragraph, the word "imprint" could be accurately replaced by "brand," referring to the specific sub-label under which the books are published.
( ) In the third paragraph, the word "simultaneously" could be accurately replaced by "concurrently," describing the release of five books at the same time.
( ) In the second paragraph, the word "handful" could be accurately replaced by "fistful," as both imply the same metaphorical quantity in a literary context.
Which alternative CORRECTLY fills in the parenthesis above?
“Students improve their language skills through practice.”
Assinale a alternativa em que a palavra em destaque pode ser substituída por um sinônimo adequado sem alteração significativa de sentido.
Identify the alternative that presents the informal equivalent of the formal expression purchase.
The changes to Earth’s natural patterns reveal an interconnected web of ecological systems that are undergoing profound changes beyond what many researchers have predicted. Scientists say the culprit is clear: Ever since the Industrial Revolution, the relentless burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas has been adding heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere, leading to a sharp rise in global temperatures. The hottest year in recorded history was 2024, and each of the 10 warmest years on record have come in the past decade.
Since 1997, when nations agreed to limit planet-warming gases as part of the landmark Kyoto Protocol, humanity has released more greenhouse gases than in all prior history. The temperature rise associated with the growing volume of heat trapping gas has kicked in, and it is continuing to rise. And at the same time, the ability of the planet’s natural systems to absorb planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide appears to be diminishing.
David Gelles. One thing’s for sure, the weather is getting wilder.
The New York Times International Edition, Nova York, 21-22 mar. 2026, p. 2 (adapted).
Considering the preceding text, judge the following item.
The word "culprit", in the fragment "Scientists say the culprit is clear" (first paragraph), could be correctly replaced with problem without this causing any change in the original meaning of the text, since the words are synonyms.
I.Hyponymy is a relationship of inclusion, where the meaning of a more specific term (the hyponym) is included within the meaning of a more general term (the hypernym).
II.Antonymy always involves absolute opposites, meaning that words like "hot" and "cold" cannot be placed on a scale or modified by adverbs of degree in formal registers.
III.Polysemy refers to a single lexical item that possesses multiple related meanings, often originating from the same etymological root or metaphorical extension.
Which of the statements above is/are CORRECT?
Considering the preceding text, judge the following item.
The word "culprit", in the fragment "Scientists say the culprit is clear" (first paragraph), could be correctly replaced with problem without this causing any change in the original meaning of the text, since the words are synonyms.
Read the following passage from Passing, by Nella Larsen, and answer the question.
Stepping out of the elevator that had brought her to the roof, she was led to a table just in front of a long window whose gently moving curtains suggested a cool breeze. It was, she thought, like being wafted upward on a magic carpet to another world, pleasant, quiet, and strangely remote from the sizzling one that she had left below.
LARSEN, Nella. Passing. In: The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen – Passing, Quicksand and The Stories. New York: Anchor Books, 2001, p. 164.
“The data collected is analyzed by the LEOKA team and the results are incorporated into the officer safety awareness training the FBI provides for partner agencies.”
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Hero boy swims for four hours to save his family (9th February 2026)
A 13-year-old Australian boy has been hailed a hero after an epic swim that saved his family. The boy, Austin Appelbee, and his family were on a beach holiday in Western Australia. They were kayaking and paddleboarding in shallow water when strong winds pushed them farther offshore. They ended up over four kilometres away from land, and the daylight was fading. Austin decided to kayak to shore to get help. However, the waves had damaged his kayak, which had taken in water and flipped over. He said he then lost an oar and knew he was in trouble. He decided he had no alternative but to swim back to land. He swam through shark-frequented waters to raise the alarm.
Austin made it to the beach and phoned for help. This sparked a huge rescue operation, which resulted in coastguards finding the teenager's mother and two younger sisters. The boy said: "I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed, and then, after that, I had to “ sprint two kilometres to get to the phone." Rescuers called his efforts "superhuman". One rescuer said Austin's actions could not "be praised highly enough." He added that the teenager's "determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings." Austin's mother Joanne, 47, told reporters: "The wind picked up. We lost oars, and we drifted out further. It was an absolute nightmare."
Culture is ordinary. Every human society has its own shape, its own purposes, its own meanings. Every human society expresses these, in institutions, and in arts and learning. The making of a society is the finding of common meanings and directions, and its growth is an active debate and amendment under the pressures of experience, contact, and discovery, writing themselves into the land. The growing society is there, yet it is also made and remade in every individual mind.
The making of a mind is, first, the slow learning of shapes, purposes, and meanings, so that work, observation and communication are possible. Then, second, but equal in importance, is the testing of these in experience, the making of new observations, comparisons, and meanings.
A culture has two aspects: the known meanings and directions, which its members are trained to; the new observations and meanings, which are offered and tested. These are the ordinary processes of human societies and human minds, and we see through them the nature of a culture: that it is always both traditional and creative; that it is both the most ordinary common meanings and the finest individual meanings.
We use the word culture in these two senses: to mean a whole way of life ⸺ the common meanings; to mean the arts and learning ⸺ the special processes of discovery and creative effort. Some writers reserve the word for one or other of these senses; I insist on both, and on the significance of their conjunction. The questions I ask about our culture are questions about our general and common purposes, yet also questions about deep personal meanings.
Culture is ordinary, in every society and in every mind.
Raymond Williams. Culture is Ordinary. In: R. Williams.
Resources of Hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism.
London: Verso, 1989. p. 3-14 (adapted).
Based on the grammatical and semantic aspects of the preceding text, judge the item that follow.
In the last sentence of the text ⸺ "Culture is ordinary, in every society and in every mind" ⸺, "every" can be replaced with either each or all without compromising grammatical correctness or altering the overall meaning, but the change nonetheless alters the emphasis of the original wording.
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