Questões de Concursos Vocabulário

In the text, chilly (line 4) means

Machine code is a means of conveying

In text I,

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

Um sinônimo para primacy, no texto, é

In the text, harbinger (line 13) means

The words "under cover of" (line 14) mean

Um sinônimo para badly, no texto, é

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?”

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

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

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.”

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.

The WCS believes it should:

The word "while" (line 10) suggests an idea of

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

The "new wave of online technology" part is debatable, but RingMessenger is definitely the leading edge of the convergence/synergy movement that is sweeping the major media companies. (Boston Globe, Jan. 2002)

In the passage, the word DEBATABLE means approximately:

In text I,

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