01. (EAM) Which option completes the sentence below correctly?
Our founder made the decision to close _______ Sundays _______ 1946, when he opened his first restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia.
(Adapted from https://www.chanhassencfa.com/sundays>)
a) at / at
b) in / in
c) on/ on
d) in / on
e) on / in
Do you feel mentally drained out ________ office? Are you constantly worried ________ meeting your deadline or are unable ________ achieve your targets? All these can lead ________ stress, a phenomenon faced _________ the majority of the working population.
(https://www thehealthsite.com)
a) after / with /of / to / for
b) after / about / to / to / by
c) before / with / of / from / with
d) before / of / to / from / by
e) during / about / of / to /for
03. (EEAR) Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions.
I’m not in the mood ____ pizza tonight.
I was just thinking _____ our last trip.
Carrying a pet into the cabin of an airplane is safer than putting it ____ the cargo hold.
a) for – about – into
b) to – about – on
c) for – in – on
d) to – on – in
04. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Which is the correct option to complete the text below?
The Letter Always Wins
Somehow ______our several ways to contact a company and complain _______ products (email, toll free numbers, _______ person), the old-fashioned letter still seems to win. Case in point. This week Smucker's Jam agreed to replace two of my grandmother's Pineapple Jams that she had ordered. She talked ______ them _____ the phone and they apologized _____ the bad packaging. But it was her letter that got her two free replacements.
(Adapted from <https://www.wisebread.com/the-letteralways-wins>)
a) between / to / at / to / by / at
b) among / about / in / to / on / for
c) between / of / on / for / in / for
d) among / about / in / for / in / to
e) between / of / on / with / on / to
05. (EFOMM) Choose the correct alternative to complete the paragraph below.
Charter, Sail, Repeat: new ventures and old favorites in the Greek Isles
By Zuzana Prochazka
On our first day, we sailed southwest nearly 50 miles 011 a nice beam reach, winding through Kolpos Idras, or the Hydra Gulf. By the end, we were running out ______ daylight, so we pulled ___ the miniscule harbor on Spetses Island. I read the guides twice, but the most I got was a warning about tl1e inner harbor being only 4ft deep, which made me suck in my stomach as we crept in. The harbor turned ______ to be a mix of private yachts, commercial boats and fishing craft, and as we were looking round I happened to notice black clouds _____ the horizon. The wind was also now picking _______, so out we went again, making a U-turn back to the bay to drop anchor with the other cruisers who'd opted to skip the draft headaches. We made it just before the gale overtook us.
(Adapted from: Sail Magazine,March 2020).
a) of / into / out / on / up
b) towards / over / up / along / over
c) off / along / into / at / out
d) from / on / off / in / on
e) to / in / along / over / off
06. (UFRGS) Select the alternative which could replace rather without significant change in meaning.
To understand the logic behind this discursive construction of fans, we must reconsider what we mean by taste.
Concepts of “good taste”, appropriate conduct, or aesthetic merit are not natural or universal; rather, they are rooted
in social experience and reflect particular class interests.
a) Instead
b) Indeed
c) But
d) Although
e) However
07. (UFRGS) Consider the sentence below:
¨Although many texters like to be different and enjoy
breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be
understood.¨
The word Although can be replaced, without any change in form and meaning by
a) Though
b) Despite
c) However
d) Even so
e) In spite of
08. (ITA) ‘It’s “weird” he muses, ‘we’re getting
more comfortable playing live, and we’re playing more
consistently every night. Yet sometimes it’s more dificult
to get in that state of mind where you can just lose
yourself to the music.’ Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam
A palavra “Yet”, relacionada no texto, poderia ser
substituída por:
a) Furthermore.
b) And.
c) Nevertheless.
d) Already.
e) Rather.
09. (UNITAU) Assinale a alternativa que
corresponde a um sinônimo para a palavra, em destaque,
a seguir: Despite the growing use of computers in
classrooms American universities are still graduating
millions of technological illiterates.
a) spite
b) spite the
c) in spite of
d) spite of
e) spite of the
10. (UFRGS) A palavra yet está sendo usada com o mesmo sentido no texto e na frase:
An elegant yet simple ink-blue velvet gown.
a) She might yet prove you wrong
b) She wrote she won´t be back for a long time yet.
c) She bought yet another pair of leather red shoes
d) She says awful things about him yet she loves him
e) She hasn´t given her reasons for acceptance yet.
11. (PUC) A palavra que pode substituir As
corretamente é:
As autumn arrives in the northern hemisphere, the
season´s colour for trees is red, again.
a) Wherever
b) For
c) Then
d) When
e) It
12. (UNIRIO) A palavra que poderia substituir a
expressão as a result em “As a result, Struve claims, he
can halve the time required to grow a 1.5-inch diameter
red oak” sem alteração do significado é:
a) Therefore.
b) However.
c) Moreover.
d) Besides.
e) Anyhow.
13. (FGV) The idea that executives
need to fly on business class __________ they can work
is bogus.
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a
lacuna do texto:
a) though
b) so
c) for
d) until
e) since
14. (MACKENZIE) Corporations can
no longer afford lifetime employment and the seniority
system, whereas young workers do not consider
company life the most important.
The meaning of whereas in the text is:
a) sufficiently.
b) theoretically.
c) at present.
d) intensely.
e) while.
15. (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best
completes the following sentence:
He had a headache; _____, he ______ the invitation.
a) hence – declined
b) then – dismissed
c) otherwise – refused
d) so – quit
e) however – failed
16. (UEL) A lacuna é corretamente preenchida pela alternativa:
__________ he is lazy, he makes a lot of money.
a) But
b) Thus
c) Due to
d) Unless
e) Although
17. (CESGRANRIO) Freedom, however, poses its
own problems. The biggest advantage is that you are in
charge of everything. And the biggest disadvantage is
that you are in charge of everything. Typical problems
include a sense of isolation, lack of motivation, and,
conversely, the feeling that you can never get away from
your work.
The word conversely means:
a) on the other hand.
b) additionally.
c) firstly.
d) especially.
e) even though.
18. (UNIRIO) The word so in “So despite the extent
to which loneliness affects nearly everyone at various
times, it presents a challenge to researchers” expresses:
a) comparison.
b) consequence.
c) purpose.
d) contrast.
e) cause
19. (CESGRANRIO) Mark the word that can
appropriately be used to fill the blank and expand the
sentence “Men not only cry less frequently, __________
they also do it somewhat differently
a) yet
b) but
c) and
d) although
e) however
20. (CESGRANRIO) The clause “As one eats…”
as in” As one eats, particles of the sugary food get
stuck between the teeth and around the gums” can be
paraphrased as:
a) While we eat...
b) When they eat...
c) Though we eat...
d) Because you eat...
e) As one thing is eaten...
21. (UEL) A lacuna é corretamente preenchida
pela alternativa: I’d like to talk to him ______ he arrives.
a) while
b) rather than
c) since
d) as soon as
e) because
22. (PUCSP) No período “The struggle to have a
piece of land to work on for a decent living has produced
rifes and conflicts between the landless peasants, on one
hand, and the powerful landowners and the government,
on the other”, as expressões on one hand e on the other
indicam uma relação de:
a) alternância.
b) adição.
c) oposição.
d) consequência.
e) causalidade
23. (CESGRANRIO) ‘A good story,’ he thought. So
he went there – it took 36 hours by train and canoe.
The relationship between these two sentences is not one of:
a) consequence.
b) conclusion.
c) result.
d) cause.
e) time.
24. (FUVEST) Choose the item which best
completes the sentence, according to the passage:
__________ some Scottish fans bare their bottoms,
they are readily forgiven.
a) No matter
b) Always if
c) All the time
d) Even when
e) In spite of
25. (PUCRIO) In the sentence “If you wrote about
the international banking systems for bankers, your
language and information would be more technical”, the
author intends to transmit an idea of:
a) conclusion.
b) addition.
c) condition.
d) comparison.
e) contrast.
26. (UNIRIO) The teenager believes that
_________ Camden has a bad reputation, it can change
for the better.
The option which completes correctly and
meaningfully the sentence above is:
a) in spite.
b) even though.
c) because.
d) unless.
e) however.
27. (UNIRIO) Speech is natural, __________, we
learn to speak before we learn to read and write.
The item which completes the sentence above in a
meaningful way is:
a) but.
b) although.
c) however.
d) nevertheless.
e) therefore.
28. (UEL) Na sentença “Carr, however, thought
of a way to spot them”, a palavra however poderia ser
substituída por:
a) nevertheless.
b) also.
c) since.
d) never.
e) but.
29. (PUCRS) In an era of feminist
and politically correct values, not to mention the belief
that all men and women are created equal, the fact that
all men and women are not – and that some are more
beautiful than others – disturbs, confuses, even angers.
The word “even” is used in the same meaning as in:
a) We will not be even until you pay me.
b) Even if he attends, he may not participate.
c) He is willing, even eager, to do it.
d) She numbered all the even pages of the book.
e) After washing, the colors may not be even.
30. (FATEC) Assinale a alternativa que contém
uma palavra equivalente a thus, empregada no seguinte
texto: “A child who spends too much time on video
games may not disengage from a simulated world and
thus may be confused in the real one”:
a) although
b) instead
c) therefore
d) however
e) whereas
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