# Questão 5f3cbe56-4b — Inglês

> Questão de múltipla escolha com gabarito, do acervo do Dicas do ENEM.
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- **Código:** 5f3cbe56-4b
- **Disciplina:** [Inglês](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/disciplina/16-ingles)
- **Área:** [Linguagens](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/area/linguagens)
- **Ano:** [2012](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/ano/2012)
- **Instituição:** Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
- **Assuntos:** Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Vocabulário | Vocabulary
- **Nível:** Médio
- **Gabarito:** alternativa A

## Enunciado

![Imagem da questão de Inglês, PUC - RJ 2012, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/imagens/43/4360a03c1d52c5d3b4dcd56e900669c790c7e6c7640e79e7e7884f76715c141e.jpg)

Mark the CORRECT statement concerning the meanings of the words extracted from the text.

## Alternativas

- **A)** “take for granted” in “Cooking is something we all take for granted but a new theory suggests that if we had not learned to cook food, not only (...)” (L. 1-3) means “assume”. ✔ **correta**
- **B)** “I’m pretty sure” in “I hate to disappoint you, but whate- ver your ambitions, whatever your long-term goals, I’m pretty sure that reading this column isn’t going to further them.” (L. 6-9) means “I’m inclined to say”.
- **C)** “minor tittle-tattle” in “We humans have a deeply curious nature, and more often than not it is about the minor tittle-tattle in our lives.” (L. 17-19) means “relevant matters”.
- **D)** “shortcut” in “Neoteny is a shortcut taken by evolution” (L. 42) means “a roundabout route”.
- **E)** “a deadly-boring species” in “And thank goodness – otherwise we would have evolved to be a deadly-boring species which never wanted to get lost, never tried things to just see what happened or did things for the hell of it.”(L. 86-90) means “diabolical human beings”.

## Resposta correta

Alternativa **A**.

## Como citar

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