Questões de Concurso Sobre vocabulário | vocabulary em inglês

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Q4357033 Inglês
Na Língua Portuguesa possuímos diversas expressões idiomáticas, ou seja, expressões nas quais o significado é dado de forma figurativa: alguns exemplos seriam "tirar o cavalinho da chuva", ou "dar a volta por cima". Na Língua Inglesa não é diferente e essas expressões também são utilizadas. Leia as três expressões idiomáticas abaixo e marque a resposta CORRETA, com os significados respectivos de cada expressão:
"Butter someone up"−"The cream of the crop"−"To spice things up" 
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Q4357030 Inglês
The Cambridge Dictionary defines synonym as "a word or phrase that has the same or nearly same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language". With this noted, match the words and its synonyms in the two columns below. Choose the alternative with the CORRECT matches: 

Coluna 1

A.Definition B.Challenges C.History D.Advantages E.Disadvantages F.Answers G.Summarize
Coluna 2

(___)Background (___)Benefits (___)Solutions (___)Conclude (___)Meaning (___)Drawbacks (___)Problems
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Q4273761 Inglês
Consider the sentence below:
"The detective's astute observations and keen intellect played a crucial role in solving the perplexing case."
What is the antonym for "astute"?
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Q4273760 Inglês
Read the sentence below:
"At the costume party, she surprised everyone by creating a unique outfit using a fabric that glows in the dark."

How many false cognates did we find?
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Q4265168 Inglês

O texto V refere-se à questão.


TEXTO V



Which of the following words can be used as a synonym for the word "curb" in the sentence "Sugar just might be the willpower you need to curb your appetite"? 
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Q4265162 Inglês

O texto III refere-se à questão.


TEXTO III 


Song by Miley Cyrus


We were good, we were gold

Kinda dream that can't be sold

We were right 'til we weren't

Built a home and watched it burn


I didn't wanna leave you

I didn't wanna lie

Started to cry but then remembered


I can buy myself flowers

Write my name in the sand

Talk to myself for hours

Say things you don't understand

I can take myself dancing

And I can hold my own hand

Yeah, I can love me better than you can


Can love me better

I can love me better, baby (2x)



In the lyrics, which of the following nouns is used as a metaphor for a past relationship that has ended?
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Q4243843 Inglês
The phrase “In this regard” (lines 52, 53) refers to:
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4242009 Inglês



SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

The word “attendant” (line 12), in this case, is a noun. 
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4242008 Inglês



SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

The word “permissible” (line 9) is the same as “allowable” or “permitted”.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4242007 Inglês



SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

“Out of sync” (line 6) could be correctly replaced by “equally” without changing the meaning.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4242006 Inglês



SCHNEIDER, Katy. The Pandemic Skip. The Cut. September 14th , 2023. https://www.thecut.com/article/post-covid-pandemic-age-essay. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

The word “skip” (line 5) means the same as “struggle”.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4242004 Inglês



Interest in George Orwell and his dystopian fiction is high. The Economist. August 4th 2023. https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/08/04/interest-in-george-orwelland-his-dystopian-fiction-is-high



Based on the text and considering phonological aspects of the English language, judge the following item.

“In the spotlight” (line 12) means that someone is receiving a lot of attention. 
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4241989 Inglês



JORDÁN, Miguel Ángel. Jane Austen never wed, but she knew how to play the marriage game. National Geographic. November 17th, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/janeausten-never-wed-but-she-knew-the-rules-of-the-marriage-game. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

The adjective “insightful” (line 6) could be correctly replaced by “exceptional” without changing the meaning.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4241986 Inglês




MONACO, Emily. Gladstone's: The UK's only residential library. BBC. 22nd October 2023. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231022- gladstones-the-uks-only-residential-library. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item. 

The fragment “bills itself” (line 11) means to require some payment for something.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4241979 Inglês



BALDWIN,James. The Creative Process. In: The Price ofthe Ticket – Collected Nonfiction 1948–1985.New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

“Taking some things for granted” (lines 13 and 14) means to fully understand something.
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Ano: 2023 Banca: IADES Órgão: SEE-DF Prova: IADES - 2023 - SEE-DF - Professor - LEM/Inglês |
Q4241977 Inglês



BALDWIN,James. The Creative Process. In: The Price ofthe Ticket – Collected Nonfiction 1948–1985.New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. [adapted]



Based on the text, judge the following item.

The opposite of the adjective “rigorous” (line 3) is “lenient”.
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Q4228263 Inglês
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us


    Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016 study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will make it more likely to happen.
    “Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
     _____________, Risen's research also suggests that performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use them even when they don't actively believe, and when tested, both types of people reported benefits from such acts.
      It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former _____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the ______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already nervous day," Vyse explained.


(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
In “This large house is for sale”, the underlined word can be substituted without loss of meaning by:
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Q4228258 Inglês
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us


    Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016 study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will make it more likely to happen.
    “Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
     _____________, Risen's research also suggests that performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use them even when they don't actively believe, and when tested, both types of people reported benefits from such acts.
      It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former _____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the ______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already nervous day," Vyse explained.


(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
Check the alternative that CORRECTLY fills the gaps in the text:
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Q4228257 Inglês
Here's why Friday the 13th scares us


    Jane Risen, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has found that superstitions can influence even nonbelievers. In one 2016 study, Risen found that people who identify as superstitious and non-superstitious both believe a bad outcome is more likely when they've been jinxed. For example, they worry that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will make it more likely to happen.
    “Generally speaking, I find that this occurs because the bad outcome springs to mind and is imagined more clearly following the jinx,” she explains. “People use the ease of imagining something as a cue to its likelihood.”
     _____________, Risen's research also suggests that performing rituals that ward off bad luck can have surprising results. In a 2014 study, she found that some people use them even when they don't actively believe, and when tested, both types of people reported benefits from such acts.
      It's difficult to pin down the origins and evolution of a superstition. But Stuart Vyse, an author and former _____________ of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, told National Geographic in 2014 that our fear of Friday the 13th may be rooted in religious beliefs surrounding the 13th guest at the Last Supper—Judas, the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus—and the ______________ of Jesus on a Friday, which was known as hangman's day. The combination of those factors produced a "sort of double whammy of 13 falling on an already nervous day," Vyse explained.


(Fonte: National Geographic - adaptado.)
 In “They worry that stating they definitely won't get into a car accident will make it more likely to happen”, the underlined word can be substituted without loss of meaning by:
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Q4227863 Inglês

Leia o texto para responder à questão.



Canada: Educating in and for climate emergency 


    Climate change is the most urgent crisis facing our planet today. Youth have repeatedly called for action on tackling this crisis, including the implementation of climate change curricula in schools.


    Canadian students are among those demanding improvement to the sparse and inconsistent delivery of climate change education. A study published in 2019 found that only about half of Canada’s ministries of education and about 60 per cent of school divisions in the country had sustainabilityspecific policy, with this understood to include governance, curriculum, facilities, research, and community outreach. When climate change topics are taught, key concepts are often missing such as the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change, or a focus on impacts or solutions.


    A recent countrywide survey of 4,035 respondents across the country highlighted the consequences of inadequate climate change education in schools. One-third of Canadians failed a 10-question knowledge quiz. Only around half knew greenhouse gases were the main cause of climate change. Few responded correctly that the average temperature has already increased by more than one degree Celsius. Despite their gaps in knowledge, the majority of survey respondents agreed that we are experiencing a climate emergency and that climate change education should be a high priority.


    Ten percent of survey respondents were educators (406 people), and among this group, half said a lack of time is a barrier when attempting to include climate change education within the classroom. In fact, respected international organizations have noted that implementing climate change education in schools cannot continue to fall on the shoulders of overburdened teachers.


    The traditional way of teaching doesn’t work for complex topics like climate change. Teachers need to shift towards student-directed inquiry and active, real-world learning. It’s not enough to simply quote scientific facts, as a focus on “doom and gloom” can intensify eco-anxiety. Best practices for climate change education include the opportunity to take personal and collective action.


(Karen S. Acton. http://theconversation.com, 07.03.2023. Adaptado)

In the fragment of the last paragraph “Teachers need to shift towards student-directed inquiry and active, real-world learning”, the word “shift” means
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Respostas
1061: D
1062: A
1063: D
1064: A
1065: C
1066: E
1067: C
1068: E
1069: C
1070: E
1071: E
1072: C
1073: E
1074: E
1075: E
1076: C
1077: C
1078: A
1079: C
1080: D