Questões de Concursos Vocabulário

There’s a missing connective in each of the following sentences I, II and III:

In the text, chilly (line 4) means

In text I,

"in principle" (R.22) means in the beginning.

Attention: For questions 46-48, choose the suitable option to complete each sentence.

...... you ought to remember the past, be prepared to forgive those who have harmed you.

In text I,

"whether" (L.8) cannot be replaced by if.

The WCS believes it should:

Machine code is a means of conveying

In the text, harbinger (line 13) means

Em cada uma das questões de números 46 a 60, reproduziu- -se trecho de uma breve conversa. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a palavra ou expressão que preenche a lacuna corretamente.

“Could you find the socks you were looking for?”

“Yes, after ____________ through all my drawers, I found them.”

Em cada uma das questões de números 46 a 60, reproduziu- -se trecho de uma breve conversa. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a palavra ou expressão que preenche a lacuna corretamente.

“Is this the dessert you want?”

Um sinônimo para badly, no texto, é

Ao afirmar que "our society literally would grind to a halt" (l.13-14), o autor diz que nossa sociedade:

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A FUND LEADER

Question: Do you invest in pure Internet companies only? Or, in other words, companies with a .com at the end of their name?

Chris Bell: No. We invest in three distinct market sectors and the percentage of the portfolio in each changes as our view alters. Currently, around 45% of the portfolio is in the shares of pure Internet companies. Last summer we had under 30% in this sector of the market. There was a big sell-off of pure Internet companies last summer because of concern about US interest rates. We saw the share prices of some of the bellwethers of the sector, such as Amazon.com, halving. Come September we thought the sell off had become too big and began to increase our weighting in this area of the market.

The second area we invest in is technology infrastructure. Our holdings include companies such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle. These companies develop systems to speed up the functioning of the Internet and 45% of the portfolio is in this area of the market.

The other 10% of the portfolio is invested in Internet-related companies. This can be any company we feel will benefit from the growth of the Internet.

When the interviewee refers to "a big sell-off of pure Internet companies", he means that these companies

No texto acima, a melhor tradução para compromise é

Attention: For questions 46-48, choose the suitable option to complete each sentence.

If we turned off home computers when not in use, we ...... down their CO₂ impact by 50 percent.

In line 72, the author juxtaposes the words “Dubbing (drubbing?)”. This play on words corresponds to the meanings in

In text I,

"troubleshoot" (L.2) is the same as investigate or deal with.

In text I,

"ensure" (L.14) is the same as insure.

In text I,

"running" (L.10) is synonymous with going away.