Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

#Questão 483811 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, CAPES, Analista em Ciência em Júnior

Which option describes accurately the meaning relationship between the pairs of words?

A)

"actually" (line 9) means rarely.

B)

"curtail" (line 11) is the opposite of reduce

C)

"overwhelmed" (line 34) and unaffected are synonymous.

D)

"immediacy" (line 41) and proximity are antonyms

E)

"spawned" (line 47) could be replaced by generated.

#Questão 483813 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, CAPES, Analista em Ciência em Júnior

Based on Ellen Kossek's analysis in Paragraph 6 (lines 45-53),

A)

multitasking has brought alarming consequences to modern society.

B)

widespread technology has only brought benefits to human beings.

C)

working on planes and coffee shops on weekends is a strategy of seduction.

D)

all technology workers have been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorders.

E)

excessive work makes professionals more effective in the age of 24-7 technology.

#Questão 483815 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, CAPES, Analista em Ciência em Júnior

According to Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets, in Paragraph 5 (lines 38-44),

A)

society as a whole lacks experienced professionals capable of detaining the information growth.

B)

professionals feel burdened by the present data overflow because they have not learned how to deal with this new business scenario.

C)

future professionals are properly trained in college and are given enough practice in dealing with digital communication tools.

D)

businessmen are on the verge of a crisis as they have to learn to deal with an excess of tools and training methods to intensify the information burden.

E)

businessmen have avoided the information overload in order to stop working on weekends.

#Questão 483817 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, CAPES, Analista em Ciência em Júnior

In "...your job could be on the line if you indulge in the luxury of being offline?" (lines 32-33) the expressions 'on the line' and 'offline', respectively, mean

A)

at risk - disconnected

B)

not accessible - put off

C)

on the wire - linked to the internet

D)

in tune with new ideas - off the hook

E)

over the telephone - not connected to the internet

#Questão 483819 - Língua Inglesa, Interpretação de Texto, CESGRANRIO, 2008, CAPES, Analista em Ciência em Júnior

When Shaun Osher affirms that "… the pendulum has swung way too much to the other side," (lines 23-24), he means that

A)

an excess of emails has generated a sudden increase in productivity.

B)

cell phones, PDAs and laptops have become excessively complex devices.

C)

excessive e-mails and data overload have begun to negatively impact work.

D)

offices have become more efficient due to e-mail and other information technology advents.

E)

data avalanche has been a fortunate consequence of the widespread adoption of information technology.

Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

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