Questões de Vestibular
Sobre vocabulário | vocabulary em inglês
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TEXTO:
MORELLE, Rebecca. Jurassic fossil discovery. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/10/091028_witn_fossil.shtml>
TEXTO:
BRYANT, Nick. Record blow for teenage sailor. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/05/100505_witn_sailing.shtml>. Acesso em: 5 jun. 2010.
TEXTO:
BRYANT, Nick. Record blow for teenage sailor. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/05/100505_witn_sailing.shtml>. Acesso em: 5 jun. 2010.
LONG, Gideon. Earthquake science. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/03/100405_witn_earthquake_science.shtml>. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2010.
LONG, Gideon. Earthquake science. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/03/100405_witn_earthquake_science.shtml>. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2010.
“from scratch” (line 65) means “starting something without using anything that existed before”.
“virtual being” (line 55) refers to the pet people might have on their virtual farm.
“waste” (line 21), “trashy” (line 22) and “guilty” (line 25) are used in the text with a negative meaning, but they are words usually used in positive contexts in English.
Choose the correct alternative.
The word “riches” (line 13) is the plural form of
“rich” (line 12).
Choose the correct alternative.
The adjective “unjust” (line 27) means “not just”
or “unfair”.
Assinale o que for correto, de acordo com o texto.
O verbo “possess” (linha 4) tem o mesmo
sentido do verbo “to have”.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the information about the prepositions used in the text is correct.
“of” in “hundreds of” (line 40) is used to talk about a
particular amount of something.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the definition for the word from the text is(are) correct.
“sewage” (line 28): ingredients found in pills.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the definition for the word from the text is(are) correct.
“waste” (line 14): drinking water.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the definition for the word from the text is(are) correct.
“lavatory” (line 11): means the same as WC.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the definition for the word from the text is(are) correct.
“toiletries” (line 7): products used to clean
bathrooms.
Daily baths and showers polluting the environment
Richard Alleyne
Available:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7513258/Daily-baths-and-showers-polluting-the-environment.html>. [31/03/2010].
Choose the alternative(s) in which the information about the words from the text is correct.
The expression “due to” (line 2) is the same as
“because of”.
The Boom Is Nigh
Why the coming recovery will hurt like hell.
Here is what you really need to know: a Sonic Boom is coming. It will be caused by globalization. And while globalization may be driving you crazy, it’s just getting started. Thirty years ago, Shenzhen, China, did not exist; today, it has nearly 9 million residents, roughly the same as New York City. In a single generation, it has grown from a village of tarpaper shacks into an important urban center. It has become the world’s fourth-busiest port, busier than Los Angeles and Long Beach combined. Never before has a great city been built so fast, nor a productive economy established from so little.
The international recession that began in 2008 has made the Sonic Boom quieter, but history shows that when a crisis ends, the larger trends in place before the crisis usually resume. Shenzhen represents the larger trend of growth, change, and transformation at unprecedented velocity. Thanks to vast increases in productivity, worldwide economic growth soon will pick up, creating rising prosperity and higher living standards for most people in most nations. The world will be far more interconnected, leading to better and more affordable products, as well as ever better communication among nations.
But there’s a big catch: just as favorable economic and social trends are likely to resume, many problems that have characterized recent decades are likely to get worse, too. Job instability, economic insecurity, a sense of turmoil, the fear that even when things seem good a hammer is about to fall—these are also part of the larger trend. As world economies become ever more linked by computers, job stress will become a 24/7 affair. Frequent shakeups in industries will cause increasing uncertainty. The horizon has never been brighter, but we may not feel particularly happy about it.
Text 1
Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion
Poverty and social exclusion are a major challenge for humanity. According to the Human Development Report 1997, a quarter of the world's population remains in severe poverty, despite the major advances in reducing poverty made during the 20th century. At the same time, social inequality, marginalization and discrimination still exclude many people from full participation in economic, political and cultural life. While poverty and social exclusion represent common problems to policy makers in both poor and rich countries, new initiatives have been developed to combat these problems, initiatives which merit being called "Best Practices".
What are Best Practices? The idea of creating a database for Best Practices is based on the observation that carefully documented case histories can provide excellent guidelines for policy making and planning of new projects. The goal of a database on Best Practices is to present and promote creative, successful and sustainable solutions to social problems arising from poverty and social exclusion in order to build a bridge between experimental solutions, research and policy.
Best Practices are model projects or policies aimed at improving the quality of life of individuals or groups suffering from poverty or social exclusion. They are typically based on the cooperation between national or local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local communities, the private sector, and academic communities. They include a variety of activities in all parts of the world:
• In England: “The Big Issue”, a magazine sold by homeless people so they can earn a living and re-integrate into society.
• In India: 4,000 women established the Shri Mahila SEWA Sahakari Bank to provide credit at reasonable rates to self-employed women workers.
• In Brazil: the “Living Library” was created to make reading and writing an everyday activity for poor children to combat high rates of failure at elementary school.
Calling these activities Best Practices is to suggest that they can and should be replicated, that
ideas can and should be generated from them, and that they can and should contribute to policy
development.
From: <http://www.unesco.org/most/bphome.htm
Considering text 1, select the proposition in which the meanings of the expressions highlighted in the sentences are SIMILAR.
The goal of a database on Best Practices is to present and promote solutions to social
problems in order to / so as to build a bridge between experimental solutions, research and
policy.
Text 1
Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion
Poverty and social exclusion are a major challenge for humanity. According to the Human Development Report 1997, a quarter of the world's population remains in severe poverty, despite the major advances in reducing poverty made during the 20th century. At the same time, social inequality, marginalization and discrimination still exclude many people from full participation in economic, political and cultural life. While poverty and social exclusion represent common problems to policy makers in both poor and rich countries, new initiatives have been developed to combat these problems, initiatives which merit being called "Best Practices".
What are Best Practices? The idea of creating a database for Best Practices is based on the observation that carefully documented case histories can provide excellent guidelines for policy making and planning of new projects. The goal of a database on Best Practices is to present and promote creative, successful and sustainable solutions to social problems arising from poverty and social exclusion in order to build a bridge between experimental solutions, research and policy.
Best Practices are model projects or policies aimed at improving the quality of life of individuals or groups suffering from poverty or social exclusion. They are typically based on the cooperation between national or local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local communities, the private sector, and academic communities. They include a variety of activities in all parts of the world:
• In England: “The Big Issue”, a magazine sold by homeless people so they can earn a living and re-integrate into society.
• In India: 4,000 women established the Shri Mahila SEWA Sahakari Bank to provide credit at reasonable rates to self-employed women workers.
• In Brazil: the “Living Library” was created to make reading and writing an everyday activity for poor children to combat high rates of failure at elementary school.
Calling these activities Best Practices is to suggest that they can and should be replicated, that
ideas can and should be generated from them, and that they can and should contribute to policy
development.
From: <http://www.unesco.org/most/bphome.htm
Considering text 1, select the proposition in which the meanings of the expressions highlighted in the sentences are SIMILAR.
According to / As stated by the Human Development Report 1997, a quarter of the world's
population remains in severe poverty.
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