Questões sobre Vocabulário

#Questão 479008 - Língua Inglesa, Vocabulário, CESGRANRIO, 2010, BNDES, Profissional Básico

In the fragments “…their first plan fails to catch on.” (line 17) and “How can you break through to a business model…” (line 41), the expressions “catch on” and “break through to” mean, respectively,

A)

arrange; find.

B)

work; discover.

C)

capture; give in.

D)

pick up; destroy.

E)

triumph; deteriorate.

#Questão 479042 - Língua Inglesa, Vocabulário, CESGRANRIO, 2010, Petrobras Biocombustível, Contador (Júnior)

Based on the meanings of the words in the text, it can be said that

A)

“...ensure...” (line 6) and guarantee are antonyms.

B)

“...outstrip...” (line 10) and exceed are synonyms.

C)

“...downgraded...” (line 13) and subsidized express similar ideas.

D)

“...highlights...” (line 35) and underlines express contradictory ideas.

E)

“...owing to...” (line 57) and as a result of have opposite meanings.

#Questão 479314 - Língua Inglesa, Vocabulário, CESGRANRIO, 2010, IBGE, Letras

Read the excerpts below.

I - "Os altos preços das commodities e uma safra recorde de 133,3 milhões de toneladas de grãos" (lines 7-9).

II - "A previsão foi respaldada também pelos números da atual safra (2007/2008)." (lines 31-32).

III - "Com 90% dos grãos colhidos, a Conab [...] estimou um novo recorde:" (lines 32-34).

The item that contains suitable translations for the words in boldtype is

A)

Harvest – anticipation – actual – reaped.

B)

Crop – forecast – current – harvested.

C)

Farming – projection – present – cropped.

D)

Output – outlook – prevailing – picked off.

E)

Production – prevision – updated – gathered.

#Questão 479316 - Língua Inglesa, Vocabulário, CESGRANRIO, 2010, IBGE, Letras

The terms "...Produto Interno Bruto" (line 1) and "...balança comercial." (line 39) are correctly translated as:

A)

Gross Internal Product – balance of payments.

B)

Gross National Product – balance of payments.

C)

Gross National Product – trade balance.

D)

Gross Domestic Product – balance of trade.

E)

Gross Domestic Product – trade surplus.

#Questão 479318 - Língua Inglesa, Vocabulário, CESGRANRIO, 2010, IBGE, Letras

In the sentence "Este crescimento foi maior até mesmo que o do PIB nacional, que subiu 5,4% em 2007 e alcançou R$ 2,55 trilhões." (lines 19-21), the verb forms "subiu" and "alcançou" would correspond in English to

A)

had increased – had attained.

B)

has risen – has reached.

C)

rose – has achieved.

D)

went up – reached.

E)

hit – matched.

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