Questões Militares Sobre vocabulário | vocabulary em inglês

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Q644613 Inglês
The boss refused her request for a day off. The underlined word can be replaced by:
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Q644606 Inglês
People who never think of other people’s feelings are very ___________________.
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Q644602 Inglês
In lines 58-59: ‘(…) major accidents have often been the catalysts for key changes(…)’, the underlined word can be replaced by:
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Q644600 Inglês
In lines 33-34:‘(…) facing them proactively.’, is the same as:
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Q633227 Inglês

Based on the text below, answer the question


Navy preps submarines for lst female officers 


      HARTFORD, Conn. — For Ensign Peggy LeGrand, the biggest concern about serving on a submarine is not spending weeks at a time in tight quarters with an entirely male crew. What worries her is the scrutiny that comes with breaking one of the last gender barriers in the military. 
      "I have a feeling more people will be focused on us. Our mistakes and successes will be magnified more than they deserve", said LeGrand, a 25-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Amarillo, Texas.
     LeGrand is among a small group of female officers who are training at sites including Groton, Connecticut, to join the elite submarine force beginning later this year. While the Navy says it is not treating them any differently from their male counterparts, officials have been working to prepare the submarine crews — and the sailors1 wives — for one of the most dramatic changes in the 111-year history of the Navy’s "silent Service."
        The change is a source of anxiety for others, including the wives of submariners, who worry the close contact at sea could lead to sailors' cheating. The issue really has to do with the creation of a relationship that becomes very close and then results in further relations ashore. That is, of course, what bothers the wives. "They know the kind of relationships that happens between the shipmates", said retired Navy Rear Adm. W . J. Holland Jr., a former submarine commander. 
        The initial class of 24 women will be divided among four submarines, where they will be outnumbered by men by a ratio of roughly 1 to 25. The enlisted ranks, which make up about 90 percent of a sub's 160-sailor crew, are not open to women although the Navy is exploring modifications to create separate bunks for men and women. 
         The female officers, many of them engineering graduates from Annapolis, are accustomed to being in the minority, and so far they say they hardly feel like outsiders. The nuclear power school that is part of their training, for example, has been open to women for years because the Navy in 1994 reversed a ban on females serving on its surface ships, including nuclear-powered vesseis. 

(Adapted from http://www.militarytimes.com)

Considering the text, what does the word "magnified" mean in this extract?  

"I have a feeling more people will be focused on us. Our mistakes and successes will be magnified more than they deserve." 

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Q633225 Inglês

Based on the text below, answer the question. 


Why Join the Navy? 

    In the Navy, you' 11 find there' s much more to be gained than a regular paycheck. In fact, the Navy experience can shape your future through outstanding financial benefits, unparalleled career potential, and the lifestyle of freedom and personal growth that you've been waiting for. 

(I) _______

Launch your future in any of dozens of dynamic career and j ob areas - each with excellent opportunities to earn promotions by advancing through the ranks. 

(II) ________

Report to work in a dif f erent time zone or a dif f erent hemisphere. Take on lif e as a world traveler. Experience people and places that most others simply canft . And see firsthand the positive impact you'11 make - for yourseif, your country and the world at large. 

(III) _______

Do it all while earning competitive pay, generous vacation time and other special bonuses that make the difference between getting ahead and just getting by. 

(IV) _______

The Navy has a strong interest in the long-term health of its Sailors and their families, which means that outstanding benefits are standard - for both you and your family, including full coverage from some of the nation's most talented professionals. 

(V) _______

Think about it . As long as you have the drive to make a difference in the world - and in your own life - there will be a place for you in America's Navy. Enlist now! 

(Adapted from http://www.navy.com/joining/why-join.html

Considering the text, what do the expressions "getting ahead" and "getting by" mean in this extract?

" [...] and other special bonuses that make the difference between "getting ahead" and just getting by".

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Q633223 Inglês
PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION 

Based on the text below, answer the question. 

A Shift from Nursing Homes to Managed Care at Home

      Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing an emerging model of care that allows many elderly patients to remain in their homes and still receive the medicai and social Services available in institutions. 
    In the newer model, a team of doctors, social workers, physical and occupational therapists and other specialists provide managed care for individual patients at home, at adult day-care centers and in visits to specialists. Studies suggest that it can be less expensive than traditional nursing homes while providing better medicai outcomes. 
     The number of such programs has expanded rapidly, growing from 42 programs in 22 States in 2007 to 84 in 29 States today. In New York City, a program run by a division of Center Light Health System, formerly known as the Be th Abraham Family of Health Services, has over 2,500 participants at 12 sites in the metropolitan area.
       "It used to be that if you needed some kind of long-term care, the only way you could get that Service was in a nursing home, with 24-hour nursing care," said Jason A. Helgerson, the Medicaid director for New York State. "That meant we were institutionalizing Service for people, many of whom didn't need 24-hour nursing care. If a person can get a Service like home health care or Meais on Wheels, they can stay in an apartment and thrive in that environment, and it's a lower cost to taxpayers." 

(Adapted from http: //www. nytimes.com) 

Considering the text, what do the words "soaring" and "shrinking" mean in this extract?

"Faced with soaring health costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid f inancing [...] ."

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Ano: 2012 Banca: Aeronáutica Órgão: ITA Prova: Aeronáutica - 2012 - ITA - Aluno - Inglês |
Q545429 Inglês
Nas frases “Their teacher is the same one firing off math tips in California […]” (linha 6) e “Its board fired the president amid worries […]” (linha 26)
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Ano: 2012 Banca: Aeronáutica Órgão: ITA Prova: Aeronáutica - 2012 - ITA - Aluno - Inglês |
Q545426 Inglês
Na sentença em que se insere “He believes he has stumbled onto a solution to some of education’s most intractable problems” (linhas 18 e 19), o verbo “stumbled onto” pode ser substituído por
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Ano: 2012 Banca: Aeronáutica Órgão: ITA Prova: Aeronáutica - 2012 - ITA - Aluno - Inglês |
Q545417 Inglês
Na sentença “When you find the strength to act in the face of uncertainty, you till the soil of genius” (linha 13), o vocábulo “till” tem o mesmo significado de
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Ano: 2012 Banca: Aeronáutica Órgão: ITA Prova: Aeronáutica - 2012 - ITA - Aluno - Inglês |
Q545415 Inglês
A palavra “landed", na sentença “apparently some of your sample landed [...]", no sexto quadro da tirinha, pode ser substituída por
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Q368022 Inglês
Nowadays, the researchers are testing people for it.” Indique o marcador discursivo representado pela palavra em negrito.
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Q340683 Inglês
The statement “the day is terrific” can be understood in different ways:

• An assertion that simply evidences the day is terrific.
• A question, as someone wants to know about the weather: Is the day terrific?
• A suggestion to go for a walk: As the weather is nice, let’s go for a walk.

Concerning the three different ways of being understood, it’s correct to say that

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Q340679 Inglês
Read the text page “Leading jockey Craig Williams says he will hold Dunaden in higher regard than three-time Melbourne Cup champion mare Makybe Diva if the French raider can carry his hefty weight to back-to-back Melbourne Cups at Flemington today”.
The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underlined word is

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Q287717 Inglês
Text for questions from 8 through 10.

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In the text, “to deaden” (L.4) means

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Q287374 Inglês
O trecho do sexto parágrafo – ... millions of people have yet to catch up... – tem o sentido de que milhões de pessoas

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Q287373 Inglês
No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – ... Brazil has made great strides over the past decade. –, a palavra strides equivale, em português, a

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Q287371 Inglês
A palavra glaring no trecho do segundo parágrafo – Among the most glaring inequalities... – equivale, em português, a

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Q743647 Inglês

Texto 2

Brazil to replace oil rigs with ‘underwater cities’

Traditional oil rigs will be replaced with “underwater cities” within a decade under ambitious plans being drawn up by Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned energy group.


A Petrobras oil platform at Guabanara bay in Rio de Janeiro.


Petrobras plans to turn science fiction into reality to extract oil from the vast pre-salt oil fields discovered off the south east coast of Brazil.
The plan is to construct ‘cities’ more than 2,000 metres under water, containing machines, giant pieces of equipment and robots that could inspect the systems being used to extract millions of barrels of oil. Many operations would be fully automated while others would be controlled by humans at a distance.
Petrobras already owns virtual reality laboratories where engineers can inspect 3D images of oil fields. But now they want to take a further technological leap by installing floating rig equipment on the sea bed.
The machinery under the sea would be capable of separating oil, gas, water and sand, compressing substances and generating enough energy to keep the operation functioning. 

(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/
energy/oilandgas/8228548/Brazil-to-replace-
oil-rigs-with-underwater-cities.html)
Em “pre-salt oil fields discovered off the south east coast of Brazil”, discovered tem o mesmo sentido de:
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Q743608 Inglês

                                                            TEXT II

                                                  Why Join the Navy?

The Navy experience can shape your future through outstanding financial benefits, unparalleled career potential, and the lifestyle of freedom and personal growth that you’ve been waiting for.

(from http://www.navy.com/navy/) 

The word “benefit” in “outstanding financial benefits” means something:
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Respostas
481: E
482: C
483: A
484: C
485: C
486: E
487: E
488: B
489: A
490: D
491: B
492: C
493: D
494: C
495: C
496: D
497: E
498: D
499: A
500: D