Questões de Concurso sobre Vocabulário

“On June 6, the Guardian and the Washington Post broke the first stories in a series that would expose extraordinary surveillance at home and abroad by the U.S. National Security Agency in arguably the most important leak of classified intelligence ever” (l.1 to 5) = Em 6 de junho, o Guardian e o Washington Post quebraram os primeiros casos de uma série que exporia a extraordinária vigilância doméstica e internacional pela Agência de Segurança Nacional dos E.U.A. no mais importante vazamento de inteligência já visto.

“There’s a lot to see, so you’ll have to prioritize — or chill out and assume you’ll be back one day.” (l.11 to 13) = Há muito o que ver, então você terá que ter prioridades — ou relaxar e supor que vai voltar um dia.

“in the first place” (l.7) means basically the same as to start with.

The author used the expression “On the other hand” (l.16) to connect two different ideas.

“non-Western societies” (l.17) and “Elsewhere in the world” (l.15) refer, in the text, to basically the same thing.

The Word “seamless” in “collaborative seamless eGovernment services” (l.8) can be correctly replaced by

The expression “regardless of” in “regardless of their country of origin” (l.12) can be correctly replaced by

The only alternative below which in the text conveys the meaning of ´manner´is:

The connective in “Skin cancer kills more young women than any other form of cancer, yet we still don’t wear sunblock” (line 7-8) links the clauses in terms:

Choose the correct meaning for premises.