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São palavras que são escritas de forma parecida com palavras do nosso idioma e nos confundem
por não terem o sentido que normalmente esperamos que elas tenham. Por esse motivo, são muito
exploradas em concursos.
Actually (adv) - na verdade ..., o fato é que ... Adept (n) - especialista, profundo conhecedor
Agenda (n) - pauta do dia, pauta para discussões Amass (v) - acumular, juntar
Anticipate (v) - prever; aguardar, ficar na expecta-
Application (n) - inscrição, registro, uso
tiva
Appointment (n) - hora marcada, compromisso
Appreciation (n) - gratidão, reconhecimento
profissional
Argument (n) - discussão, bate boca Assist (v) - ajudar, dar suporte
Assume (v) - presumir, aceitar como verdadeiro Attend (v) - assistir, participar de
Audience (n) - platéia, público Balcony (n) - sacada
Baton (n) - batuta (músic(A) , cacetete Beef (n) - carne de gado
Cafeteria (n) - refeitório tipo universitário ou in-
Camera (n) - máquina fotográfica
dustrial
Carton (n) - caixa de papelão, pacote de cigarros Casualty (n) - baixa (morte fruto de acidente ou
(200) guerr(A) , fatalidade
Cigar (n) - charuto Collar (n) - gola, colarinho, coleira
College (n) - faculdade, ensino de 3º grau Commodity (n) - artigo, mercadoria
Comprehensive (adj) - abrangente, amplo, ex-
Competition (n) - concorrência
tenso
Compromise (v) - entrar em acordo, fazer conces-
Contest (n) - competição, concurso
são
Convenient (adj) -Arthur
prático Costume (n) - fantasia
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Data (n) - dados (números, informações) Deception (n) - logro, fraude, o ato de enganar
Defendant (n) - réu, acusado Design (v, n) - projetar, criar; projeto, estilo
Educated (adj) - instruído, com alto grau de es-
Editor (n) - redator
colaridade
Emission (n) - descarga (de gases, etc.) Enroll (v) - inscrever-se, alistar-se, registrarse
Eventually (adv) - finalmente, conseqüentemente Exciting (adj) - empolgante
Exit (n, v) - saída, sair Expert (n) - especialista, perito
Exquisite (adj.) - belo, refinado Fabric (n) - tecido
Genial (adj) - afável, aprazível Graduate program (n) - Curso de pósgraduação
Gratuity (n) - gratificação, gorjeta Grip (v) - agarrar firme
Hazard (n,v) - risco, arriscar Idiom (n) - expressão idiomática, linguajar
Income tax return (n) - declaração de imposto de
Ingenuity (n) - engenhosidade
renda
Inscription (n) - gravação em relevo (sobre pe-
Injury (n) - ferimento
dra, metal, etc.)
Intend (v) - pretender, ter intenção Intoxication (n) - embriaguez, efeito de drogas
Jar (n) - pote Journal (n) - periódico, revista especializada
Lamp (n) - luminária Large (adj) - grande, espaçoso
Lecture (n) - palestra, aula Legend (n) - lenda
Library (n) - biblioteca Location (n) - localização

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Lunch (n) - almoço Magazine (n) - revista

Mayor (n) - prefeito Medicine (n) - remédio, medicina
Moisture (n) - umidade Motel (n) - hotel de beira de estrada
Notice (v) - notar, aperceber-se; aviso, comunica-
Novel (n) - romance
ção
Office (n) - escritório Parents (n) - pais
Particular (adj) - específico, exato Pasta (n) - massa (alimento)
Policy (n) - política (diretrizes) Port (n) - porto
Prejudice (n) - preconceito Prescribe (v) - receitar
Preservative (n) - conservante Pretend (v) - fingir
Private (adj) - particular Procure (v) - conseguir, adquirir
Propaganda (n) - divulgação de idéias/fatos com
Pull (v) - puxar
intuito de manipular
Push (v) - empurrar Range (v) - variar, cobrir
Realize (v) - notar, perceber, dar-se conta, conce-
Recipient (n) - recebedor, agraciado
ber uma idéia
Refrigerant (n) - substância refrigerante usada
Record (v, n) - gravar, disco, gravação, registro
em aparelhos
Requirement (n) - requisito Resume (v) - retomar, reiniciar
Résumé (n) - curriculum vitae, currículo Retired (adj) - aposentado
Senior (n) - idoso Service (n) - atendimento
Stranger (n) - desconhecido Stupid (adj) - burro
Support (v) - apoiar Tax (n) - imposto
Trainer (n) - preparador físico Turn (n, v) - vez, volta, curva; virar, girar
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Vegetables (n) - verduras, legumes Atualmente - nowadays, today
Adepto - supporter Agenda - appointment book; agenda
Amassar - crush Antecipar - to bring forward, to move forward
Aplicação (financeira) - investment Apontamento - note
Apreciação - judgement Argumento - reasoning, point
Assistir - to attend, to watch Assumir - to take over
Atender - to help; to answer; to see, to examine Audiência - court appearance; interview
Balcão - counter Batom - lipstick
Bife - steak Cafeteria - coffee shop, snack bar
Câmara - tube (de pneu) chamber (grupo de pes-
Cartão - card
soas)
Casualidade - chance, fortuity Cigarro - cigarette
Colar - necklace Colégio (2º grau) - high school
Comodidade - comfort Competição - contest
Compreensivo - understanding Compromisso - appointment; date
Contexto - context Conveniente - appropriate
Costume - custom, habit Data - date
Decepção - disappointment Advogado de defesa - defense attorney
Designar - to appoint Editor - publisher
Educado - with a good upbringing, wellmannered,
Emissão - issuing (of a document, etc.)
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Enrolar - to roll; to wind; to curl Eventualmente - occasionally

Excitante - thrilling Êxito - success
Esperto - smart, clever Esquisito - strange, odd
Fábrica - plant, factory Genial - brilliant
Curso de graduação - undergraduate program Gratuidade - the quality of being free of charge
Gripe - cold, flu, influenza Azar - bad luck
Devolução de imposto de renda - income tax
Idioma - language
refund
Ingenuidade - naiveté / naivety Injúria - insult
Inscrição - registration, application Entender - understand
Intoxicação - poisoning Jarra - pitcher
Jornal - newspaper Lâmpada - light bulb
Largo - wide Leitura - reading
Legenda - subtitle Livraria - book shop
Locação - rental Lanche - snack
Magazine - department store Maior - bigger
Medicina - medicine Mistura - mix, mixture, blend
Motel - love motel, hot-pillow joint Notícia - news
Novela - soap opera Oficial - official
Parentes - relatives Particular - personal, private
Pasta - paste; folder; briefcase Polícia - police
Porta - door Prejuízo - damage, loss
Prescrever - expire Preservativo - condom
Pretender - to intend, toPedro
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Procurar - to look for Propaganda - advertisement, commercial
Pular - to jump Puxar - to pull
Realizar - to carry out, make come true, to ac-
Ranger - to creak, to grind
complish
Recipiente - container Recordar - to remember, to recall
Refrigerante - soft drink, soda, pop, coke Requerimento - request, petition
Resumir - summarize Resumo - summary
Retirado - removed, secluded Senhor - gentleman, sir
Serviço - job Estrangeiro - foreigner
Estúpido - impolite, rude Suportar (tolerar) - can stand
Taxa - rate; fee Treinador - coach
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Questões
01 – Assinale a alternativa que corresponde a 05 – Na frase “He is very, very rich and so pow-
seguinte sentença em inglês: erful that even his enemies are eager to cut
deals with him”, o significado de to cut é:
Não deixe de me avisar quando você pretende
fazer uma viagem. (A) competir
(B) concordar
(A) Don’t fail to advise me if you pretend to
(C) compartilhar
travel.
(D) tornar–se
(B) Don’t leave me to know when you intend to
(E) cortar (qualquer tipo de relação)
go for a trip.
(C) Don’t let me warn you when you pretend to
06 – Assinale a versão correta da frase a seguir:
go for a trip.
Prefiro ir de carro.
(D) Don’t leave my advice when you intend to
travel. (A) I like cars.
(E) Don’t fail to let me know when you intend (B) I dislike cars.
to take a trip. (C) I always go by car.
(D) I’d rather go by car.
02 – The same as “She little realizes how smart (E) I don’t have a car.
she looks” is:
07 – The only option in which MAKE UP has the
(A) How smart does she realize she looks.
same meaning as immigrants make up only
(B) How smart she looks she doesn’t realizes.
12% of today’s workforce is:
(C) Little she realizes how smart she looks.
(D) Does she realizes how smart she looks lit- (A) The committee is made up of representa-
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tle. tives from all the university.
(E) Little does she realize how smart she looks (B) You must make up what you owe before the
end of the month.
03 – Assinale a tradução correta dos termos em (C) She never goes without making herself up
maiúsculo: I DON’T FEEL LIKE being indoors all first.
day. Let’s go for a long walk. (D) I can make up a bed for you on the floor.
(E) He made up an incredible story about his
(A) Não estou com vontade
holiday.
(B) Não acho ruim
(C) Não creio que é uma boa ideia
08 – The verb TO ATTEND is used in The first
(D) Não concordo
semester I attended college, I became friends
(E) Não estou pensando em
with one of the American students in my class.
Check the ONLY alternative in which the same
04 – Mark the item which contains the ade-
verb can be used.
quate translation for the saying “Out of sight,
out of mind”. (A) The receptionist’s job was to … the phone.
(B) The doctor carefully … the patient.
(A) Quem não deve, não teme.
(C) The professor … a convention to present his
(B) Quem quer faz, quem não quer manda.
work
(C) Deus ajuda a quem cedo madruga.
(D) He … the radio to listen to the news.
(D) Longe dos olhos, longe do coração.
(E) The interviewer … questions from the pub-
(E) Em terra de cego, quem tem um olho é rei.
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09 – In “The sweet-and-lovely look is OUT; the (B) O marrom é apenas uma cor que combina
aggressive punk pose is IN” the capital words com você.
stand for: (C) O amarelo é exatamente a cor certa para
você.
(A) out of work / in vogue
(D) O marrom é a cor exata escolhida para vo-
(B) out of sight / in mind
cê.
(C) out of order / in memory
(E) O marrom é a única cor certa para você.
(D) out of date / in fashion
(E) out of mind / in sight
14 – Integrative is a synonym for … in the ex-
pression integrative medicine.
10 – The expressions immediately off and were
off, in the sentence below, mean respectively: (A) ancient
There were four last stragglers who stopped to (B) traditional
examine a small dogwood immediately off the (C) alternative
terrace, but one of our dogs barked in the dis- (D) conventional
tant kennels and the deer were off into the (E) complementary
woods.
15 – Fill in the gaps suitably:
(A) close to – went away
(B) approximately – far off I will __________ the __________ with his new secu-
(C) in – gathered rity __________.
(D) nearby – far away
(A) assist – mayor – policy
(E) together – jumped
(B) attend – major – police
(C) support – official – politics
11 – Most names of jobs are used for both men
(D) assist – mayor – politics
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(E) attend – major – policy
males:
(A) psychiatrist 16 – Identifique a(s) palavra(s) ou ex-
(B) social scientist pressão(ões) que melhor complete(m) o senti-
(C) waiter do da sentença abaixo utilizando V ou F e, em
(D) doctor seguida, marque a sequência correta: __________
(E) researcher began the moment the Burma Star contingent
started to march, led unexpectedly by one of its
12 – The group was discussing Freud’s view of members, the Duke of Edinburgh.
the __________ and __________.
( ) Crying
(A) consciousness – unconsciousness ( ) Cheering
(B) conscious – unconscious ( ) Rejoicing
(C) consciousness – unconscious ( ) Applauding with shouts
(D) consciously – unconscious ( ) Encouraging by shouts
(E) unconsciously – conscious
(A) F – V – V – V – V
(B) F – V – V – V – F
13 – Choose the alternative which contains the
(C) V – V – V – V – F
CORRECT translation for the following sen-
(D) F – V – V – F – V
tence: Yellow is just the right colour for you.
(E) V – F – F – F – F
(A) O amarelo é a única cor permitida para vo-
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17 – We must cut through the red tape. The (A) The receptionist’s job was to __________ the
underlined words can be defined as: phone.
(B) The doctor carefully __________ the patient.
(A) a kind of tape used to warn or catch the
(C) The professor __________ a convention to pre-
attention of passers-by of an area or situation
sent his work.
containing a possible hazard.
(D) He __________ the radio to listen to the news.
(B) a subject or problem that people are think-
(E) The interviewer __________ questions from
ing and talking about.
the public.
(C) official rules and processes that seem un-
necessary and delay results.
22 – Em inglês, há algumas palavras que, ao
(D) a line or pile of objects put together, often
serem pluralizadas, podem mudar o sentido,
quickly, to stop people from going where they
tornando-se falsas cognatas. Como exemplo, o
want to go.
vocábulo spirit: “espírito”, no singular, e “dispo-
(E) a complicated system of paths or passages
sição”, no plural. Qual das opções abaixo segue
that people try to find their way through for
o mesmo padrão?
entertainment.
(A) Minute.
18 – Assinale a versão correta da frase a seguir: (B) Human.
Não posso comprar um carro novo. (C) State.
(D) Fruit.
(A) I shouldn’t be thinking of a new car.
(E) Diplomat.
(B) I can’t afford a new car.
(C) I can’t buy anything new.
23 – Complete as lacunas das sentenças a se-
(D) If it is new, I don’t want it.
guir correta e coerentemente:
(E) Who needs a new car anyway?
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19 – I’d prefer to stay here. That’s what I’d II – It’s a typical country __________ with a large
__________. house for the owner, farm buildings and work-
ers’ houses.
(A) do
III – The secret to public speaking is to get the
(B) do best
__________ on your side.
(C) have done
IV – Over two hundred people __________ the fu-
(D) rather do
neral.
(E) doing
V – Some of his colleagues envy the enormous
wealth that he has __________.
20 – Qual destas sentenças está correta?
(A) privates – state – listeners – answered –
(A) Don’t translate word of word.
spread
(B) Don’t translate word with word.
(B) privates – estate – audience – attended –
(C) Don’t translate word at word.
amassed
(D) Don’t translate word to word.
(C) privates – estate – audience – attended –
(E) Don’t translate word for word
spread
(D) corporals – estate – listeners – answered –
21 – The verb TO ATTEND is used in “The first
amassed
semester I attended college, I became friends
(E) corporals – state – audience – attended –
with one of the American students in my class”.
amassed
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24 – Assinale a alternativa que corresponde a doomed. A Boston Market survey last year re-
seguinte sentença em inglês: Não deixe de me ported that 27 million Americans bought some
avisar quando você pretende fazer uma viagem. prepared food for the repast. Charles Webre,
35, an ad executive in New York City, spent
(A) Don’t fail to advise me if you pretend to
$400 last year for a 12-course store-bought
travel.
Thanksgiving. “I felt like I cheated,” says
(B) Don’t leave me to know when you intend to
Charles, who presented the meal on the family
go for a trip.
china. “I work hard, we have two kids, and my
(C) Don’t let me warn you when you pretend to
wife is stressed out. We believe in traditional-
go for a trip.
food values, but we don’t have the time to do it
(D) Don’t leave my advice when you intend to
ourselves.” For harried Americans, time is
travel.
money, and so long as Mom is out bringing
(E) Don’t fail to let me know when you intend
home the bacon, somebody else is going to have
to take a trip.
to come up with supper.
25 – A sophomore is: No texto, assinale o significado da palavra chi-
na:
(A) someone who has a job at a low level with-
in na organization. (A) espécie de tempero utilizado por toda a
(B) a young person below a particular age who família.
is involved in an activity, especially sport. (B) comida típica da região.
(C) a student in the first year of high school, (C) prato especialmente preparado por um co-
college, or university. zinheiro famoso.
(D) a student in the third year of a course that (D) restaurante muito conhecido.
lasts for four years at a school or college. (E) louça fina.
(E) a student studying in theVieira
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course at a US college or high school. 29 – The word particular in the sentence Much
to the surprise of everyone, the remarkable
26 – Complete the sentence below correctly: conclusion of the research showed that people
How long __________ John to get to work? of a certain group actually were born under a
PARTICULAR planet, means the same as:
(A) does it take
(B) it takes (A) private.
(C) takes (B) specific.
(D) does he take (C) ordinary.
(E) he takes (D) personal.
(E) general.
27 – “Quem dera eu fosse um astro do rock-
and-roll” in English is: 30 – Assinale a alternativa que corresponde à
tradução mais adequada da frase nominal, en-
(A) I wish I to be a rock-and-roll star.
tre aspas, a seguir: Future generations may re-
(B) I wish I were a rock-and-roll star.
gard the scientific indictment of smoking as ‘a
(C) Who wishes to be a rock-and-roll star.
major contribution’ to preventive medicine and
(D) I want be a rock-and-roll star.
the health of the western world.
(E) I was wishing I was a rock-and-roll star.
(A) uma contribuição importante
28 – Even that U.S. holiday holdout of home (B) uma contribuição do major
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(D) uma contribuição para o major 36 – The meaning of CONSISTENT in the sen-
(E) a importante contribuição tence Mr. Brown’s behavior is not consistent
with his ideas is:
31 – In “They suffered from the injuries sus-
(A) coherent.
tained in the crash”, INJURIES means:
(B) contradictory.
(A) ofensas (C) right.
(B) ferimentos (D) persuasive.
(C) injúrias (E) strong.
(D) calúnias
(E) fraturas 37 – A opção que contém um falso cognato é:
(A) enthusiasts.
32 – A synonym for the word ACTUALLY as in
(B) processes.
“This is actually the decaying of the tooth” is:
(C) outdoors.
(A) now (D) spades.
(B) today (E) parts.
(C) really
(D) normally 38 – Dadas as sentenças:
(E) theoretically
1 – The boys __________ the game yesterday
night.
33 – What does the word ESTATE mean?
2 – He gave a __________ of diamond to his moth-
(A) estado er.
(B) estatal 3 – I didn’t like the film, it was __________.
(C) propriedade 4 – They __________ finished the test.
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(D) fortuna
Marque a alternativa que completa correta-
(E) riqueza
mente os espaços em branco:
34 – Which of these words is not a False Cog- (A) assisted / collar / terrific / eventually
nate? (B) assisted / necklace / terrific / eventually
(C) watched / necklace / terrible / finally
(A) apologize
(D) watched / collar / terrific / finally
(B) response
(E) watched / necklace / terrific / eventually
(C) support
(D) largest
39 – Dadas as afirmações de que:
(E) resume
1 – INGENIOUS significa HÁBIL, ENGENHOSO.
35 – The meaning of EXQUISITELY in the sen- 2 – TO RESUME significa RETOMAR.
tence “Their children were exquisitely dressed” 3 – SYLLABUS pode significar SÍLABA.
is:
Constatamos que está(estão) correta(s):
(A) strangely or unexpected.
(A) Apenas a afirmação nº 1.
(B) extremely beautiful in appearance.
(B) Apenas a afirmação nº 2.
(C) oddly with an unusual appearance.
(C) Apenas a afirmação nº 3.
(D) peculiarly with a special or unique quality.
(D) Apenas as afirmações nos 1 e 2.
(E) very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
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40 – Choose the word that correctly completes (B) Apenas a afirmação no 2.
the sentence. (C) Apenas a afirmação no 3.
(D) Apenas as afirmações nos 1 e 2.
A __________ person has ‘common sense’, and
(E) Todas as afirmações.
does not make stupid decisions.
(A) bored 45 – A alternativa que corretamente traduz
(B) mischievous “mantendo a ordem das palavras: Ele puxou ou
(C) clumsy empurrou a porta quando chegou lá?” é:
(D) jealous
(A) Did he push or pull the door when he got
(E) sensible
there?
(B) Did he pushed or pulled the door when he
41 – Choose the verb that DOES NOT complete
arrived there?
the sentence correctly. The committee has
(C) Did he pull or push the door when he got
__________ a meeting to discuss the president’s
there?
death.
(D) Pushed or pulled he the door when he gots
(A) arranged there?
(B) programmed (E) Pushed or pulled him the door when he
(C) scheduled arrived there?
(D) organized
(E) called 46 – In “They pretended to be dead”, TO PRE-
TEND means:
42 – Fill in the gap in the following sentence
(A) entender
correct and meaningfully: Our team lost when
(B) pretender
we scored __________ goal late in the second half.
(C) fingir
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(A) an own
(D) tender
(B) a proper (E) fazer
(C) a field
(D) a ghost 47 – If you stay up very late __________ or
(E) a Golden __________, you burn the midnight oil.
(A) dancing – partying
43 – Mark the wrong translation.
(B) drinking – smoking
(A) school = cardume (C) working – studying
(B) leave = férias (D) sleeping – snoring
(C) plant = usina
(D) late = falecido 48 – A normal person has:
(E) premises = preliminares
(A) twenty fingers and two hands.
(B) two shoulders and four knees.
44 – Dadas as afirmações de que em português:
(C) three legs and one heart.
1 – SCHOLAR significa LETRADO. (D) two lungs and four livers.
2 – SENSIBLE significa SENSATO. (E) ten fingers and ten toes.
3 – FABRIC significa TECIDO.
49 – - How many students are there in the
Constatamos que está(estão) correta(s):
classroom? - A BAKER’S DOZEN. The capital
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(A) Eleven. (B) sweating
(B) Twelve. (C) dodging
(C) Thirteen. (D) biting
(D) Fourteen. (E) killing
(E) Fifteen.
54 – Fill in the gaps meaningfully:
50 – Choose the word that completes the idea
I – Could you speak a little __________, please?
of the following statement correctly:
II – I must be __________ weight, some clothes of
Michael is a __________ smoker. He smokes three mine don’t fit me anymore.
packs of cigarettes a day. III – I can’t __________ the washing machine work.
IV. __________ your brother, I must warn you to be
(A) violent
careful.
(B) fierce
(C) big (A) loudly / loosing / make / As
(D) chain (B) louder / losing / make / As
(E) strong (C) aloud / losing / do / As
(D) louder / loosing / make / Like
51 – In the sentences below, seem and appear (E) louder / loosing / do / Like
are used correctly, except in:
55 – In: “We were a bit worried about the new
(A) It seemed like a good idea at first.
manager because we heard that she liked to
(B) I can’t appear to make her notice the
run a tight ship.”, the expression in bold means:
events.
‘to be well ...’
(C) It seems a pity, but I can’t see you this
weekend. (A) organized
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(D) He seems younger than he is. (B) disposed
(E) The baby appears hungry. (C) received
(D) placed
52 – Mark the alternative in which DO and (E) educated
MAKE are all used correctly:
56 – Parker’s fun at parties, but his brother’s a
(A) Do a favor/ make repairs/ make amends/
wet blanket.
make a bargain
(B) Make a bid/ make a demand/ do ends A partir da sentença acima, podemos concluir
meet/ make na entry que o irmão de Parker é, em inglês:
(C) Make an excuse/ make a face/ make as
(A) a faint-hearted Guy.
much as you can/ make business
(B) a timid person.
(D) Do a proposal/ make a scene/ do silly
(C) a gatecrasher.
things/ make a review
(D) a killjoy.
(E) Do an errand/ make fun of/ make known/
(E) a miserable man.
do friends
57 – “Although the risk of a double-dip reces-
53 – Fill in the sentence below correctly:
sion is still significant, it is not the most likely
If someone is __________ bullets, they’re very scenario,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at
worried or frightened. Mesirow Financial. “Moreover, there are no sil-
ver bullets when it comes to fueling employ-
(A) shooting
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The expressions in bold in the excerpt above 61 – There are two options for the sentences
can be defined respectively as: below, choose the ONLY one that both options
are possible.
(A) The worst-case scenario the economy of a
country may face – A doubtful solution (A) The doctors (advised / persuaded) that I
(B) When the economy moves back into a should rest for 3 months.
deeper and longer recession – An impossible (B) The police (assured / promised) local resi-
solution dents that everything possible was being done
(C) A recession twice stronger than the previ- to catch the car thieves.
ous one – A solution that seems magical (C) A spokesperson for the company (remind-
(D) A recession followed by a short-lived re- ed / warned) that there may be delays on the
covery, followed by another recession – A com- railways this summer due to major engineering
plete solution to a large problem work.
(E) A recession that will be twice longer than (D) Russian scientists (have shown / have con-
the previous one – A definitive solution to a vinced) that honey can prevent the growth of
huge problem bacteria.
(E) Jack (told / promised) that he would be
58 – O sufixo -ess presente no vocábulo go- home before midnight.
ddess também ocorre em:
Exercícios de Vocabulário
(A) stress.
(B) wireless.
62 – Regarding the impact the lady’s appear-
(C) actress.
ance caused, the word breathless in verse 16
(D) seriousness.
means:
(E) less.
(A) simple.
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59 – Assinale a alternativa que apresenta uma (B) light.
palavra em que o sufixo -er desempenha a (C) unimportant.
mesma função que exerce na formação da pala- (D) remarkable.
vra developer: (E) awful.
(A) bigger
63 – In the sentences “The police, firefighters
(B) danger
and other emergency personnel joined about
(C) power
150 volunteers” and “Most of the injured pas-
(D) follower
sengers were able to walk out of the station,
(E) offer
but about 20 were carried out on red stretch-
ers”, the word about cannot be replaced by:
60 – Assinale a alternativa em que as três pala-
vras designam conceitos do mesmo campo de (A) some.
significação. (B) within.
(C) approximately.
(A) privacy – emergency – secret
(D) almost.
(B) sophomore – senior – freshman
(E) roughly.
(C) catering – food – tourism
(D) timeline – figure – period
64 – Modern buildings incorporate exciting
(E) mobile – furniture – portability
forms with glittering façades and compelling
interior spaces. Surveying for these projects
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quality control and close interaction with con- (D) wishfully.
struction teams. (E) certainly.
Tick the alternative that corresponds to “glit-
68 – In the sentence “the researchers success-
tering”, still keeping the same meaning of the
fully grew microbes from the lake on a diet that
sentence.
was very lean on phosphorus”, the word lean
(A) glossing can be replaced by:
(B) gliding
(A) rich.
(C) gladding
(B) fat.
(D) gluing
(C) plump.
(E) gloating
(D) bare.
(E) flat.
65 – Among the hundreds of thousands of
leaked State Department documents were can-
69 – In “A pact made by a group of teens to get
did and often unflattering assessments of for-
pregnant and raise their babies together is at
eign leaders. The classified diplomatic cables
least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnan-
were released Sunday by online whistleblower
cies at Gloucester High School, school officials
WikiLeaks. The massive release of material in-
said”, the verb to raise is synonymous with:
tended for diplomatic eyes only is sure to ruffle
feathers in foreign capitals since the cables con- (A) to deal.
tain many tart comments. (B) to praise.
(C) to increase.
In the sentence “The cables contain many tart
(D) to rise.
comments”, the words in bold mean respective-
(E) to bring up.
ly the same as:
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(A) wires and sharp. 70 – On the mountain slopes south of Pompeii,
(B) information and luscious. a group of Roman citizens flee the doomed city,
(C) links and caustic. leaving their footprints in a layer of volcanic
(D) messages and sour. ash. A synonym for the word ‘flee’ is
(E) chains and bitter.
(A) arrive
(B) investigate
66 – In “I’m enjoying a peasant life now. I’ve
(C) run away
moved out of London”, the underlined word
(D) meet
means:
(E) face
(A) easy
(B) rich 71 – In “On TV and radio, in print and over the
(C) fancy Internet, News is everywhere. But are we bet-
(D) country ter informed or just overwhelmed?”, the under-
(E) weird lined word means:
(A) interested.
67 – In verse 1 of the lyrics we find the adverb
(B) agape.
awfully, which means:
(C) worn out.
(A) absolutely. (D) familiar.
(B) terribly. (E) tight.
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72 – Which word could replace the underlined (B) carrying out – strict – develop
word without a change of meaning? (C) attaining – sharp – rise
(D) leading – rough – wear out
The man deduced what had happened in the
(E) handling – mild – grow
playground.
(A) surmised 77 – In the sentence “The prize drops to $15
(B) provoked million after that date and goes away altogether
(C) appealed after 2014”, the verbs to drop and to go away,
(D) condoned and the adverb altogether can be replaced by:
(E) discouraged
(A) to increase – to vanish – absolutely
(B) to lift up – to fade away – actually
73 – Communication is embedded within cul-
(C) to fall – to disappear – completely
ture and therefore culturally orientated. – The
(D) to decrease – to leave – utterly
word embedded means:
(E) to curtail – to flee – wholly
(A) dislodged
(B) refused 78 – Read the following sentences:
(C) rooted
1 – NATO warships and helicopters pursued
(D) remained
Somali pirates for seven hours and the high-
(E) disturbed
speed chase only ended when warning shots
were fired at the pirates’ skiff.
74 – Choose the appropriate synonymous sen-
2 – Seven pirates attempted to attack the Nor-
tence to: “She seldom goes to conferences now”.
wegianflagged MV Front Ardenne late Saturday
(A) She almost goes to conferences now. but fled after crew took evasive maneuvers and
(B) She often goesArthur
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(C) She hardly ever goes to conferences now. 3 – How the attack was thwarted is unclear, it
(D) She regularly goes to conferences now. appears to have been the actions of the tanker.
(E) She frequently goes to conferences now. 4 – The pirates’ release underscores the diffi-
culties navies have in fighting rampant piracy
75 – Psychologists say kids are being robbed of off the coast of lawless Somalia.
time they need for connecting with their par-
Which option contains words that replace with
ents and siblings.
accuracy the following words that are under-
(A) colleagues lined in the text respectively: SKIFF – EVASIVE
(B) partners – THWARTED – RAMPANT:
(C) relatives
(A) vessel – elusive – avoided – increasing
(D) friends
(B) small boat – dangerous – facilitated – vio-
(E) brother or sister
lent
(C) yacht – ambiguous – planned – violent
76 – In the sentence “Researchers conducting
(D) small boat – elusive – prevented – uncon-
tests in the harsh environment of Mono Lake in
trolled
California have discovered the first known mi-
(E) vessel – dangerous – spoilt – increasing
croorganism on Earth able to thrive and repro-
duce using the toxic chemical arsenic”, the
79 – Correspondents consider Mr. Mousavi the
words in bold can be replaced, respectively, by:
main reformista challenger to President
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er term. In the fragment above, the word term (B) trademarks
means the same as: (C) stamps
(D) signs
(A) post.
(E) brands
(B) job.
(C) turn.
83 – Even after adding in the 16 ovens and cof-
(D) position.
fee machines in the galley, plus the electronic
(E) task.
navigation, communications and avionics sys-
tems, we will still be well short of the electrical
80 – He may have competed in one of the most
system on board the advanced jets that will go
passionate derbies on the planet as a player, led
into service between 2006 and 2010.
a team at the FIFA World Cup™ and be the most
successful manager in the history of British – A expressão to be well short of pode ser sub-
football, but even Sir Alex Ferguson has admit- stituída por:
ted that he was shaking the first time he met
(A) to be far from.
Nelson Mandela. “We also met him two years
(B) to be adequately supplied with.
ago and were invited to his house and it was
(C) to be below the limit.
amazing how relaxed he was. He really seemed
(D) to be close.
to be enjoying himself, which was great to see.
(E) to be left off.
He is a truly amazing man”.
In the fragment above, the word amazing can- 84 – In the sentence “Alves’ response to the ba-
not be replaced by: nana being thrown on to the pitch in front of
him as he prepared to take a corner was to
(A) gruesome.
nonchalantly pick it up, peel it and take a bite
(B) fascinating.
before continuing
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(C) incredible.
bold could be replaced by:
(D) stunning.
(E) wonderful. (A) calmly.
(B) flawlessly.
81 – In the fragment “… naval officers hailed the (C) furiously.
pirates over loudspeakers and finally fired (D) intently.
warning shots to stop them”, the word high- (E) heatedly.
lighted could be accurately replaced with:
85 – This Janus-like quality is true of all intelli-
(A) alerted
gence services, I suppose, but I have never seen
(B) threatened
an organization quite like the ISI. It is at once
(C) called
very secretive and very open, yet ISI officials
(D) informed
get especially peeved at the charge of duplicity:
(E) advised
“I cannot go on defending myself forever, even
when I am not doing what I am blamed for,”
82 – The word underlined in the sentence “That
wrote one of my ISI contacts, after I had written
incident, which took place on 7 November
a column noting the organization’s “double
2007, exhibits many of the hallmarks of the
game” with the U.S. “I shall do what I think is
missions in Iraq and Afghanistan ...” can be re-
good for PAKISTAN, my country. I am sure you
placed by which of the following expressions,
will do the same for US.” A opção cujo significa-
still keeping the same meaning?
do mais se aproxima do vocábulo peeved é:
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(A) mistrustful. 88 – Na sentença “When you find the strength
(B) challenged. to act in the face of uncertainty, you till the soil
(C) irritated. of genius”, o vocábulo till tem o mesmo signifi-
(D) worried. cado de:
(E) encouraged.
(A) crop.
(B) until.
86 – What word could replace queasy in “well,
(C) stir.
the very thought makes publishers queasy”,
(D) cultivate.
without changing the meaning of the sentence?
(E) still.
(A) sick
(B) fussy 89 – The underlined word in the sentence be-
(C) delighted low means:
(D) obliging
– The appropriate response to “How are you?”
(E) angry
that anyone expects to hear is an automatic
“I’m fine”.
87 – Assinale a opção que contém os significa-
dos mais adequados para as palavras sublinha- (A) wish
das nos trechos abaixo: (B) answer
(C) excuse
I – The Illinois Smoke-free Restaurant Recogni-
(D) greeting
tion Program recognizes those restaurants that
have gone entirely smoke-free…
90 – In the sentence: “Television has contribut-
II – Second-hand smoke is a combination of the
ed to change the values and perceptions of
smoke from a burning cigarette…
Americans.” The underlined word is closest in
III. More importantly, it Pedro
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meaning to:
health hazard.
IV. EPA estimates that approximately 3.000 (A) cultures.
American nonsmokers die… (B) behaviour.
(C) information.
(A) I. constantly II. provided by III. complica-
(D) conceptions.
tion IV. likely
(B) I. completely II. derived from III. risk IV.
nearly
(C) I. generally II. made by III. infection IV. al-
most
(D) I. slightly II. exhaled by III. loss IV. around
(E) I. totally II. produced by III. problem IV. Ex-
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Gabarito
1. E 2. E 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. E 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. E
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. E 25. E 26. A 27. B 28. E 29. B 30. A
31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. E
41. A 42. A 43. E 44. E 45. C 46. C 47. C 48. E 49. C 50. D
51. B 52. A 53. B 54. B 55. A 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. B
61. B 62. D 63. B 64. A 65. D 66. D 67. B 68. D 69. E 70. C
71. E 72. * 73. C 74. C 75. E 76. B 77. C 78. D 79. C 80. A
81. C 82. D 83. A 84. A 85. C 86. A 87. B 88. D 89. B 90. D

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