Questões de Concurso sobre Vocabulário

Read the sentence below, considering the context of the text, and choose the alternative that best fills in correctly and respectively the blanks.

“When we eat, the food is _________ down into glucose (blood sugar), the body’s main energy source. As blood flows through the pancreas, this organ detects the high levels of glucose and knows to release insulin, a hormone that it produces in order to allow the cells _____________ the body to use the glucose. The cells have insulin receptors that allow glucose to enter. Then the cell either uses the glucose to make energy right away or __________ it as a future energy source.”

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Choose the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks of the sentence below.

“The alarm ______ Europe ______ the discovery ______ horse meat ______ beef products escalated again Monday, when the Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdrew an estimated 1,670 pounds ______ meatballs ______ sale ______ 14 European countries”.

According to the formal rule of the English language, choose the alternative that fills in correctly the blank of the sentence below.

“The situation in Europe has created unease among American consumers over ______ or not horse meat might also find its way into the food supply in the United States”.

Read the sentence below taken from the text and choose the alternative that presents a synonym to the underlined word.

“Fast-food chains test their meat five to ten times more often than the USDA for bacteria and would reject meat that the USDA deems safe for consumption.”