Questões sobre Vocabulário

In text LI-II,

"all activities" (•.8) is the same as every activity.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text LI-II,

"Though" (•.8) can be correctly replaced by Although.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In text LI-II,

"must" (•.9) is synonymous with can.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

THE CONFIDENCE QUESTION

What's absent from today's economic discourse is the concept of consumer and investor confidence in a nation's government and economy. This wasn't always the case. As the Cambridge don John Maynard Keynes put it: "The state of confidence, as they term it, is a matter to which practical men pay the closest and most anxious attention". Another Cambridge economist of his era, Frederick Lavington, identified confidence as a key component of the business cycle. His 1922 book The Trade Cycle described the "tendency for confidence to pass into errors of optimism or pessimism", which triggers booms and busts.

To see how misguided economic theories have laid waste to confidence lately, look at Argentina. Consumers, investors and businessmen are gloomy, fed up with the government's policies. Foreign direct investment has fallen 66% in the last year. The economy is flat, rising just 0.9% in this year's first quarter, compared with the first quarter of 1999. There are even dire warnings of debt default.

Argentina suffers from a lack of confidence. The only way to cure it is with a big bang, as Thatcher did in Britain. Cut taxes and government spending to start.

"Consumers, investors and businessmen are gloomy" means they are

• A. feeling threatened by foreign policies
• B. confident despite the financial obstacles
• C. competitive in the global economy
• D.

  unhappy about the government's plans and principles

• E. optimistic in relation to the monetary policy

The phrasal verb highlighted in the fragment: ¨DI guess what I'¯m trying to say is, what the fortieth floor lacked in flash it made up for in influence" can be substituted by an expression which adds more formality to its tone. The alternative that best fits the passage is:

• A. lost.
• B. penalized.
• C. damaged.
• D. compensated.
• E. censured.

¡°A secretary or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit of more than one. In other situations a secretary is an officer of a society or organization who deals with correspondence, admits new members, and organizes official meetings and events.¡¬

 (Wikipedia) (Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary Access in 04/02/2017)

The word that best replaces the underlined expression is:

• A. fires.
• B. hires.
• C. dismisses.
• D. rejects.
• E. expels.

The alternative that fits the blank (I) best is:

• A. And.
• B. Moreover.
• C. In addition.
• D. For example.
• E. Although.

According to the text above, judge the following items.

The word “unheralded” (l.3) means expected.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text above.

The word “current” (l.11) can be correctly substituted by obsolete.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The word secrete can´t be substituted by:

• A. Perspire.
• B. Eliminate.
• C. Issue.
• D. Discharge.
• E. Produce.