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In the passage, breakwaters (line 25) means

Q117945 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • FGV • CODESP SP • Analista de Sistemas

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In the passage, breakwaters (line 25) means

a) walls built to keep back water to form a reservoir.
b) structures built out into the sea to shelter part of a harbor.
c) floodgates used to let water in or out.
d) motor-boats able to skim very fast over the surface of water.
e) dredging machines used for bringing up mud.

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Q239717 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • PUC PR • COPEL • Redator Júnior Bilingue
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Answer questions 11, 12 and 13 based on the
newspaper article below.

Lessons in using the internet safely are set to
become a compulsory part of the curriculum for
primary school children in England from 2011.

The lessons are one element of a new government
strategy being unveiled called "Click Clever, Click Safe".
Children will also be encouraged to follow an online
"Green Cross Code" and block and report inappropriate
content.
"We must ensure that this virtual world is safe for our
children just as we try to ensure that the real world is,"
said Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the
campaign.
"The internet is a wonderful and powerful tool that is
changing the way we learn and the way we stay in touch,"
he added, "but unfortunately there are risks from those
intent on exploiting its benefits."

Fonte: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ December, 2009.

The sentence "Lessons in using the internet safely" could be appropriately replaced by:
- a) Lessons about how to use the internet safely.
- b) Lessons which use the internet safely.
- c) Internet lessons on safety.
- d) Safe use of lessons on internet.
- e) Safety lessons on internet.
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Q238730 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • PUC PR • COPEL • Redator Júnior Bilingue
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Answer questions 11, 12 and 13 based on the
newspaper article below.

Lessons in using the internet safely are set to
become a compulsory part of the curriculum for
primary school children in England from 2011.

The lessons are one element of a new government
strategy being unveiled called "Click Clever, Click Safe".
Children will also be encouraged to follow an online
"Green Cross Code" and block and report inappropriate
content.
"We must ensure that this virtual world is safe for our
children just as we try to ensure that the real world is,"
said Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the
campaign.
"The internet is a wonderful and powerful tool that is
changing the way we learn and the way we stay in touch,"
he added, "but unfortunately there are risks from those
intent on exploiting its benefits."

Fonte: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ December, 2009.

In the sentence "We must ensure that this virtual world is safe for our children just as we try to ensure that the real world is," the modal verb Must means:
- a) Possibility.
- b) Necessity.
- c) Ability.
- d) Advisability.
- e) Certainty.
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Q229104 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • BNDES • Profissional Básico Economia
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Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
is having an impact on the way people think about
datacenters. Companies around the world are
announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5 buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
guidance on how you can take action to control energy
costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10 capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
Projects regarding performance optimization and
cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices

Check the correct pair of synonyms.
- a) early (line 20) - quick
- b) actually (line 36) - presently
- c) provides (line 41) - supplies
- d) lack (line 44) - loss
- e) achieving (line 51) - planning
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Q229022 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • BNDES • Profissional Básico Economia
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Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
is having an impact on the way people think about
datacenters. Companies around the world are
announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5 buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
guidance on how you can take action to control energy
costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10 capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
Projects regarding performance optimization and
cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices

If you "push your ... initiative forward" (lines 49-50) you:
- a) try to get people to pay attention to it.
- b) use all available means to impose it.
- c) take steps to implement it forcefully.
- d) postpone its execution to a later time.
- e) transfer the responsibility for it to other people.
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Q228679 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • BNDES • Profissional Básico Análise de Sistemas Desenvolvimento
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Green is the hot topic these days, and the concept
is having an impact on the way people think about
datacenters. Companies around the world are
announcing ways to save energy and reduce costs by
5 buying new hardware and services. Yet, there is little
guidance on how you can take action to control energy
costs. In the past, electricity has been treated as an
overhead expense, like the cost of space. But with rising
power costs and issues regarding reliability, supply, and
10 capacity, electricity requires its own specific strategy.
Projects regarding performance optimization and
cost reduction are a part of everyday best practices

The correct opposites for the words "hot" (line 1) and "wasteful" (line 27) as they are used in the text are, respectively:
- a) out of fashion - imprudent
- b) unpopular - economical.
- c) outdated - excessive.
- d) cool - unnecessary.
- e) trendy - thrifty.
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Q121872 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • VUNESP • CETESB • Analista de TI Administração de Dados
The blank in - how __________ can you live? - is correctly filled with
- a) long
- b) far
- c) come
- d) high
- e) many
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Q121600 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • TRANSPETRO • Analista de Sistemas Júnior
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In The work can be applied to immediate, pressing situations, (lines 41-42), the fragment can be applied is replaced, without change in meaning, by
- a) may be applied.
- b) has to be applied.
- c) ought to be applied.
- d) will definitely be applied.
- e) might occasionally be applied.
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Q121090 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • Petrobras • Analista de Sistemas Pleno Processos
In "...it is unlikely that Europe can replace fossil fuel entirel," (lines 54-55), unlikely can be replaced with:
- a) illogical.
- b) improbable.
- c) unexpected.
- d) unacceptable.
- e) unpredictable.
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Q120152 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • CESGRANRIO • Petrobras • Analista de Sistemas Pleno Processos
Check the only item in which the phrasal verb in bold type has the same meaning as the verb in italics.
- a) "European leaders are calling for a more self-sufficient energy policy ." (lines 3-4) - demanding.
- b) "raised concerns when it cut off natural gas to Ukraine last month." (lines 20-21) - delivered.
- c) "These developments have (.) and brought about ambitious biofuels programs." (lines 22-24) - discontinued.
- d) "Germany is reconsidering its plan to phase out nuclear power generation by 2020." (lines 28-29) - encourage.
- e) "The European Commission adopted (.) an ambitious biofuels program to set off the production of ethanol and gas ." (lines 42-44) - discuss.
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Q119241 • Inglês • Significado das Palavras • FGV • Senado Federal • Analista de Sistemas
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If a fact "outweighs" (line 21) another one, it is
- a) less confusing.
- b) more significant.
- c) more accidental.
- d) less transparent.
- e) more deceiving.
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