State and local governments regularly disclose financial information to the public so that the current financial status of the government is recognized publicly. The purpose of such disclosure is to achieve accountability and inform citizens about governments’ financial decisions. Despite the efforts to improve the accessibility and readability of financial information, we do not know whether and how the financial information is processed by citizens. This study investigates how citizens assess the financial condition of governments when different financial information is presented. We conduct an online survey experiment to understand how disclosed financial information shapes citizens’ perceived level of a government’s fiscal stress and their attitudes toward governments’ revenue-ra... Ver mais

Consider the sentence below from the text and the following assertives:

(3º§) "As she waited for sniffer dogs to check her bag, she wasn't too concerned about the Russian military build-up on Ukraine's borders."

I.The word "sniffer dogs" could be translated as "cães farejadores".
II.The word "waited" is a verb.
III.The word "concerned" could be replaced by "aid".

Which one(s) is(are) CORRECT?

Judge the item from.

In the sentence “Mingming is less energetic than usual” (lines 3 and 4), the opposite of “less energetic” is more energetic. 

The term domestic, in the expression “domestic air conditioning use”, in the title of the text, is synonymous with  

In the segment of paragraph 4 “we can’t keep doing what we are doing or our energy system will fail completely in the next few decades”, the term fail completely is synonymous with

In the fragment of paragraph 5 “the heaviest air conditioning use”, the term heaviest could be replaced, with no change in meaning, by

The controversial future of nuclear power in the U.S.

Lois Parshley

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

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary presented in the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E). 

In line 21, the word “fancy” could be replaced with whim without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary presented in the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E). 

In line 34, the word “allegiance” could be replaced with loyalty without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary presented in the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “acute” (line 27) could be replaced with mutual without changing the meaning of the sentence.