Consider the suggestions of
word replacement in the text:
I.'Yet' (l.05) could be replaced by
'Nevertheless'.
II.'even though' (l.25) could be replaced by
'besides'.
III.'Also' (l.40) could be replaced by
'Furthermore'.
Which ones DO NOT cause difference in
meaning?
Consider the fragment of the
text and the following statements: “A gaggle of commuters assembles inside and
outside the train" (l.02).
I.'gaggle' means, informally, a disorderly or
noisy group of people.
II.commuters' designates people who travel
some distance to work on a regular basis.
III.'assembles' indicates a crowd that gather
together in one place for a common
purpose.
Which ones are correct?
Analyse the translations of the
sentence “pedestrian crossings all over the UK
were the wellspring of placebo buttons."
(l.13-14).
I.Os pedestres que atravessaram o Reino
Unido foram considerados abençoados por
botões de placebo.
II.Pedestres atravessando o cruzamento na
Inglaterra fizeram a festa com os botões de
efeitos placebo.
III.Faixas de pedestre em todo o Reino Unido
foram a fonte dos botões com efeito
placebo.
Which ones are possible?
The expression 'green-rimmed
button' (l.04):
I. Contains an adverb and a noun.
II. Contains a compound adjective.
III. Could be translated as “botão verde vivo".
Which ones are correct?
The prepositions that
adequately fill in the blanks in lines 16, 21 and
23 are, respectively,
Consider the following
statements about the text, judging if they are
true (T ) or false (F ).
( ) Pressing a placebo button does not bring us
any benefits, as we cannot control over a
specific system.
( ) Professor Lange proved that is
psychologically better to do nothing than to
do something.
( ) Even though it has no control over the
system, pressing a button when crossing
the street creates a sense of closeness to
people around you.
The correct order of filling in the parenthesis,
from the top to the bottom, is:
Consider the sentence: “If I'm
just standing at the corner, I may not even see
the light change" (l.38), and the following
statements:
I.It is an example of the first conditional.
II.The modal verb 'may' expresses possibility.
III.'may' could be replaced by 'will' without
causing any difference in meaning.
Which ones are INCORRECT?
In the sentence “A crossing in
central London had programmed intervals for
red and green lights" (l.14-15), the underlined
verbal locution is in the ________________. If
we put it in the present perfect continuous, it
would be written as ______________. Mark the alternative that correctly and
respectively fill in the blanks above.
