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Questão 27 (CFS 1) da EEAR 2020

CFS 1 · Inglês: Vocabulário em contexto e falsos cognatos

Read the text to answer questions 25, 26 and 27. · CFS 1

Selecting the Olympic Sports

There are 28 sports permitted in the Summer Olympic Games. The list of Olympic Sports has many of the world’s best-loved sports on it, such as baseball, judo, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. This list of sports hadn’t changed in 70 years, and the process for changing these sports is long and difficult.

That is why it was surprising news when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it was studying new sports for the list. At a meeting in Singapore in 2005, the IOC voted on each of the 28 sports from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Twenty-six of the 28 sports were selected for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which took place in London, England. The two sports that did not receive 50 percent of the votes were baseball and softball.

Because these two sports were not selected, the IOC started the process of voting for two new sports. The five sports to select from were roller skating, golf, rugby, squash, and karate. After the first vote, karate and squash were submitted to the IOC for the final vote.

To become an Olympic sport, a sport must receive two- thirds of the votes of the IOC. When the final vote took place, squash received 39 “yes” votes and 63 “no” votes. Karate received 38 “yes” votes and 63 “no” votes. It meant that neither squash nor karate would feature in the 2012 Olympic Games. And sad fans didn’t believe that their sports could be selected for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Adapted from Anderson, Neil J. - Active Skills for Reading - second Edition

– “Sad” (line 24), underlined in the text, is the same as

  1. A
    thrilled.
  2. B
    gloomy.
  3. C
    cheerful.
  4. D
    delighted.
Escolha uma alternativa para conferir o gabarito.
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A questão pede um sinônimo de sad ("triste"). Ou seja, procuramos a palavra que expressa o mesmo sentimento.

No texto, os fãs de squash e caratê ficaram tristes porque seus esportes não foram escolhidos para os Jogos de 2012 e eles não acreditavam que seriam escolhidos para 2016.

Agora, o sentido de cada alternativa:

  1. thrilled: empolgado, muito animado (oposto de triste).
  2. gloomy: sombrio, melancólico, abatido (sinônimo de triste).
  3. cheerful: alegre (oposto).
  4. delighted: encantado, muito contente (oposto).

Três alternativas expressam emoções positivas, que contradizem o contexto de derrota. Só gloomy traduz tristeza e desânimo, coerente com a situação dos fãs.

Alternativa B.

Por que as outras alternativas estão erradas

  • A"Thrilled" significa empolgado, o oposto de triste.
  • C"Cheerful" significa alegre, antônimo de "sad".
  • D"Delighted" significa encantado/contente, antônimo de "sad".

Assunto: Vocabulário em contexto e falsos cognatos.

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