Questões de Concurso sobre Vocabulário

Which one of the following services is most likely to be found in a hotel?

In the sentence “Taylor radioed back to his base at 3:40 p.m. that he was lost, and his plane’s compass was not working. This should not have been a problem as the normal procedure for going home was to simply fly west until they returned to the U.S. coast. the men of Flight 19, however, never returned home and the airplanes seemed to have simply vanished.” The highlighted word means:

Read the following conversation and choose the best option to complete it:

Tourist: "Excuse me, could you tell me where the main entrance to the museum is?"

Guide: "Certainly! Just follow this path straight ahead, and you'll see the entrance on your left."

Tourist: "Thank you! Also, do you know if there's a guided tour available today?"

Guide: "Yes, there is. The next guided tour starts in about 15 minutes."

Tourist: "Great! Do you know how long the tour lasts?"

Guide: "__________."

Read and mark the option which fills in the blanks accordingly.

Which of the following words contains a diphthong?

The expression “In a nutshell” (first sentence of the second paragraph) could be correctly replaced with Briefly, without harming the original meaning of the sentence.

Which of the following weather conditions is most likely to affect a flight schedule?

Read the excerpt below to answer questions 15 and 16.

All the time in the world

By Shel Silverstein

Lay down

Let's explore this tenderness between us

There ain't no one around at all to see us

And baby would you mind

If maybe you and I

Took a little time to find each other? [...]

“There ain't no one around at all to see us [...]”. The term “ain’t”

Complete the sentence to describe a cultural aspect of the United States:

The celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States originated from:

Considerado o contexto, o termo “stewards” (6º parágrafo) é empregado para designar museus como

In the sentence, “brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached”, the word in bold type cannot be substituted for

Choose the alternative that completes the text.

“A: Does the system generate reports?”

“B: Yes, it ________.”

"Even though it was raining, they went for a walk."

Choose the option which has the same meaning and idea as the sentence in italics:

Se você pisar no pé de alguém, a forma usada para pedir desculpas é:

Which item below contains words belonging to the same class of words? (The words are based on the text context and application, and you will find them underlined there)

Judge the sentences below as TRUE or FALSE:

1.(__) Scanning is particularly useful when you have time to do a detailed review.

2.(__) Skimming is particularly useful when you need to quickly decide if a text is relevant to your research or interest.

3.(__) Scanning is a reading technique used to quickly gather the main ideas of a text.

The CORRECT sequence is:

Which of the following words shows the greatest variation in pronunciation between British and American English speakers?

Which of the options below is the most efficient way to go, from the airport to a downtown hotel in a large city with crowded traffic?

The words “stretch” (last sentence of the text) and “stretchy” (second sentence of the last paragraph), although similar, convey different meanings: “stretchy” refers to a concrete sensation, whereas “stretch” is used in a metaphorical abstract way.