Aprova Concursos - Simulado Express

The production of oil from shale rock in the US is mentioned in paragraph 4 (lines 21-29) because in 2018 it

a) can rapidly achieve the record level of 6 million barrels a day.

b) will certainly reach higher levels than those announced in 2017.

c) will make output from America’s producing áreas commercially viable in 2018.

d) might compensate for present OPEC production cuts and cause a decrease in oil prices.

e) is going to have devastating effects on the drilling activity in the country in the near future.

In paragraph 9, there is the information that in RoboCup competitions the game referee and the team coaches are

a) humanoids

b) computers

c) real people

d) robotic engineers

e) virtual mechanisms

In the fragment of Text I “Rather than repeated overhauls, existing programs should be continuously evaluated and updated" (lines 63-65), should be expresses a(n)

strong ability

vague necessity

weak probability

future permission

strong recommendation

In paragraph 7, the word However in the fragment “In the humanoid league, the players are human-like robots with human-like senses. However, they are rather slow” can be replaced, without change in meaning, by

a) unless

b) indeed

c) furthermore

d) nevertheless

e) consequently

In the sentence fragment of the fifth paragraph “Designing robots for sports requires much more than experts in state-of-the-art technology”, the words in bold can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by the following words:

a) drawing / scholars

b) creating / amateurs

c) planning / specialists

d) finishing / professionals

e) manufacturing / engineers

Based on the information presented in Text I, the expression in bold type and the item in parenthesis are semantically equivalent in

“the authors from UK and US institutions have set out guidelines for investment" – lines 6-8 (discarded)

“learn from and build on experience before time runs out" – lines 17-18 (prevails)

“If we don't build on the lessons from previous policy successes and failures to understand what works and why" – lines 27-29 (reject)

“Anadon and colleagues point out that government funding for energy innovation has, in many cases, been highly volatile in the recent past" – lines 46-48 (report)

“New programs should only be set up if they fill needs not currently met" – lines 65-66 (canceled)

In the fragment of the text “Thankfully, this time around, the

outlook for renewable energy isn't so bleak" (lines 11-12), the

word bleak can be replaced, with no change in meaning, by

a) encouraging

b) cheerful

c) optimistic

d) desolate

e) promising

Based on the meanings of the words in the text, it can be said that

“rife" (line 11) and scarce express similar ideas.

“claimed" (line 34) can be replaced by hidden.

“flat" (line 43) and high express similar ideas.

“thriving" (line 61) and developing are synonyms.

“surge" (line 87) and increase are antonyms.

In “Candidates can also check Internet job sites and the classified ads in local newspapers as well" (lines 45- 47), the modal verb can is replaced, without change in meaning, by

a) should

b) must

c) will

d) may

e) need

Based on the meanings in Text I, the two items that express synonymous ideas are

channel (line 12) - hinder

stark (line 16) - dubious

stem (line 23) - restrain

pledged (line 38) - refused

bold (line 69) – fearful