How to join in the worl's largest conversation

All you need to start cruising the information super-highway is a computer and a modem. Then you have to decide what sort of service you want. Companies such as Compuserve and CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) offer a wide variety of discussion groups (which are often called conferences) and eletronic mail; and Compuserve, in particular, gives access to a host of commercial services.

At present, neither offers full access to the Internet - they are linked by a "gateway" through which e-mail can be sent and received, but which denies access to many of the delights the Net has to offer. (I), both companies are widening the gateways in the near future.

To use all the services the Net has to offer, you have to turn to a service provider like Demon Internet. For a monthly fee, service providers can give you your own Net address. From then on, you are able to use the wide range of software that already exists for Net surfing. Unlike Compuserve and CIX, service providers do not give you an all-in-one software package as part of the deal. Demon, however, provides several of the most important programs, and will sell you a book and disk package containing most of the rest of what you need for about £30.

Once you've got your programs, you'll have to configure them for your machine. This isn't difficult, but it'll help if you can seek advice from someone who is already linked up using a similar system, or it's likely you'll be spending a while on the telephone to your service provider's customer support line. After your software is working, the world of the Net is yours to explore.

Focus, Aug 1994,p.36

A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to join = unir-se, juntar-se

2. to cruise = cruzar

3. sort = tipo, espécie

4. such as = tais como

5. to offer = oferecer

6. wide = ampla

7. often = frequentemente

8. mail = correio

9. host = grande quantidade

10. neither = nenhuma (das duas)

11. to link = ligar

12. through = através

13. to send, sent, sent = enviar

14. to receive = receber

15. to deny = negar

16. delights = delícias

17. both = ambas

18. to widen = ampliar, aumentar

19. in the near future = num futuro próximo

20. to turn to = recorrer a

21. provider = fornecedor

22. like = como

23. monthly = mensal

24. fee = taxa

25. own = próprio

26. from then on= daí em diante

27. able = capaz

28. range = variedade

29. already = já

30. unlike = ao contrário de

31. all-in-one = um único

32. deal = negócio

33. howevwe = entretanto

34. to provide = fornecer

35. several = diversos, vários

36. most = a maioria

37. bout = cerca de

38. once = uma vez

39. machine = máquina

40. to help = ajudar

41. to seek = procurar

42. advice = conselho

43. someone = alguém

44. likely = provável

45. to spend = passar

46. a while = um certo tempo

47. customer = cliente

48. support line = assistência

49. to work = funcionar

50. world = mundo

A alternativa que melhor preenche a lacuna I é:

O este refere-se ao texto abaixo:

PRIVACY ON PARADE. (The Futurist, 28(4): 38-42, July/August 1994)

New technologies allow total strangers to know almost everything about a person. Author Peter F. Eder writes about the ongoing invasion of personal privacy (I) will get much worse unless better safeguards are quickly established.

A questão refere-se ao texto cuja tradução se segue:

PRIVACIDADE EM DESFILE (The futurist)

Novas tecnologias permitem que pessoas totalmente estranhas saibam quase tudo a respeito de outra. O autor Peter F. Eder escreve sobre a contínua invasão de privacidade pessoal que piorará muito a menos que melhores defesas sejam rapidamente estabelecidas.

A lacuna(I) deve ser preenchida por:

O Teste refere-se ao texto abaixo:

Industrial engineering:

Getting more out of hat you've got

The semiconductor industry has been engaged in a headlong race to make (I), (II), (III) chips for so long taht the time has come for companies to take a step back and re-examine their basic needs to embrace another path to achieving increased output without relying solely on new and costly process flows.

Old paths have driven the insdustry into an expensive rut. Many manufacturers believe taht the only means to grater prodction capacity is augmenting the old with the new, Virtually all of the world's leading semiconductor companies are building new fabs to satisfy projected demand, despite concerns about monthly book/bill ratios. This multibillion-dollar building frenzy could be significantly reduced. If the companies had done as much insdustrial engineering as market research before beginning fab construction, they might have found that their presente facilities could meet much more of the anticipated demand. (...)

Industrial engineering uses data gathered and analyzed from diverse areas of manufacturing, including staffing, plant layout, equipment utilization, and work flow. This complex procedure is made painless by sophisticated analysis software.

although proven to be an excellent manufacturing strategy, surprisingly few US or European IC manufacturers are using established industrial engineering principles. Those who have, however, have become true believers due to the gratifying results.

Industrial engineering and productivity management have become critical ateps in our industry. It is no longer enough just to buy another tool or build another fab. It takes too long and it costs too much. The time and capital resources saved will confirm the value of industrial engineering.

In this way, the industry will travel a new course to achieving increased output without paying the high price of technological advances. It simply comes down to wise management: Industrial engineering allows fuli use of avaiable resources, to get more out of what you've already got.

by Eli Pelleg - presidente of Tefen USA. Adapted from Solid State Technology - June 1996,pp 271-272

A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to be engaged = estar empenhado em

2. headlong = acirrada, impetuosa

3. race = corrida

4. for so long = há tanto tempo

5. time has come = chegou a hora

6. to take a step back = repensar, refletir

7. needs = necessidade

8. to embrace = abraçar

9. path = caminho, rumo

10. to achieve = alcançar

11. increased = aumentado

12. output = produção

13. to rely on = confiar em

14. solely = unicamente, somente

15. costly = caro

16. flows = fluxos

17. to drive, drove, driven = levar a

18. expensive = caro

19. rut = buraco

20. manufacturers = fabricantes

21. to believe = acreditar

22. the only = o único

23. means = meio

24. to augment = aumentar

25. leading = principais

26. to build = construir

27. fabs = fábricas

28. demand = procura

29. despite = apesar de

30. concerns = preocupações

31. monthly = mensais

32. bill = conta

33. ratios = relações, proporções

34. frenzy = loucura

35. market research = pesquisa de mercado

36. to meet = ir de encontro a

37. facilities = instalações

38. data = dados, informações

39. to gather = reunir, juntar

40. staffing = pessoal

41. plant = fábrica

42. painless = indolor, sem sofrimento

43. although = embora

44. however = no entanto

45. to become = tornar-se

46. true = verdadeiros

47. due to = devido a

48. management = administração , gerenciamento

49. steps = passos

50. no longer = não mais

51. enough = sufuciente

52. tool = ferramenta

53. too much = demais

54. resources = recursos

55. to save = poupar

56. in this way = desta forma

57. high price = preço alto

58. wise = sensato, criterioso

59. to allow = permitir

60. full use = pleno uso

61. available = disponíveis

62. already = já

Os adjetivos que preenchem as lacunas I, II, e III são, respectivamente, goood, fast e cheap, só que na forma comparativa de superioridade. Assim sendo, a alternartiva que melhor preenche as lacunas do texto é;

O teste refere-se ao texto abaixo:

BRAZIL's NETWORK BOOM

BRAZIL IS ON THE VERGE OF A NETWORK SURGE. BUT EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL ALL IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

Problably the only thing that Brazil's two pay TV heavyweights, Globo and TVA, Agre __(I)__ is that the country's multichannel business is on the verge of a boom.

The two comapnies, which have fought one of the most impassioned battles for dominance to be found anywhere in the pay TV world, (II) the intensity of their cable and wireless competition and extending it to direct-to-home televison this year. And with the number of Brazilian pay TV subscribers expected to __(III)__ fivefold to 5 milion by the end of the decade, both sides are feverishly putting together new programming services to make their packages as alluring as possible. (...)

by lan Katz Multichannel News, International, April, 1996

No contexto acima, a expressão "on the verge of" pode ser traduzida por:

O teste refere-se ao texto abaixo:

BRAZIL's NETWORK BOOM

BRAZIL IS ON THE VERGE OF A NETWORK SURGE. BUT EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL ALL IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

Problably the only thing that Brazil's two pay TV heavyweights, Globo and TVA, Agre __(I)__ is that the country's multichannel business is on the verge of a boom.

The two comapnies, which have fought one of the most impassioned battles for dominance to be found anywhere in the pay TV world, (II) the intensity of their cable and wireless competition and extending it to direct-to-home televison this year. And with the number of Brazilian pay TV subscribers expected to __(III)__ fivefold to 5 milion by the end of the decade, both sides are feverishly putting together new programming services to make their packages as alluring as possible. (...)

by lan Katz Multichannel News, International, April, 1996

Dadas as asserções:

I) a TVA e a Globo concordaram em se juntar para consquistar o mercado de TVs por assinatura no Brasil.

II) Espera-se que o número de assinantes de TVs pagas ultrapasse os 5 milhões até o final da década.

III) Atualmente o número de assinantes de TVs pagas gira e torno de 1 milhão.

Est(á)(ão) correta(s)

O Teste refere-se ao texto abaixo:

Industrial engineering:

Getting more out of hat you've got

The semiconductor industry has been engaged in a headlong race to make (I), (II), (III) chips for so long taht the time has come for companies to take a step back and re-examine their basic needs to embrace another path to achieving increased output without relying solely on new and costly process flows.

Old paths have driven the insdustry into an expensive rut. Many manufacturers believe taht the only means to grater prodction capacity is augmenting the old with the new, Virtually all of the world's leading semiconductor companies are building new fabs to satisfy projected demand, despite concerns about monthly book/bill ratios. This multibillion-dollar building frenzy could be significantly reduced. If the companies had done as much insdustrial engineering as market research before beginning fab construction, they might have found that their presente facilities could meet much more of the anticipated demand. (...)

Industrial engineering uses data gathered and analyzed from diverse areas of manufacturing, including staffing, plant layout, equipment utilization, and work flow. This complex procedure is made painless by sophisticated analysis software.

although proven to be an excellent manufacturing strategy, surprisingly few US or European IC manufacturers are using established industrial engineering principles. Those who have, however, have become true believers due to the gratifying results.

Industrial engineering and productivity management have become critical ateps in our industry. It is no longer enough just to buy another tool or build another fab. It takes too long and it costs too much. The time and capital resources saved will confirm the value of industrial engineering.

In this way, the industry will travel a new course to achieving increased output without paying the high price of technological advances. It simply comes down to wise management: Industrial engineering allows fuli use of avaiable resources, to get more out of what you've already got.

by Eli Pelleg - presidente of Tefen USA. Adapted from Solid State Technology - June 1996,pp 271-272

A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to be engaged = estar empenhado em

2. headlong = acirrada, impetuosa

3. race = corrida

4. for so long = há tanto tempo

5. time has come = chegou a hora

6. to take a step back = repensar, refletir

7. needs = necessidade

8. to embrace = abraçar

9. path = caminho, rumo

10. to achieve = alcançar

11. increased = aumentado

12. output = produção

13. to rely on = confiar em

14. solely = unicamente, somente

15. costly = caro

16. flows = fluxos

17. to drive, drove, driven = levar a

18. expensive = caro

19. rut = buraco

20. manufacturers = fabricantes

21. to believe = acreditar

22. the only = o único

23. means = meio

24. to augment = aumentar

25. leading = principais

26. to build = construir

27. fabs = fábricas

28. demand = procura

29. despite = apesar de

30. concerns = preocupações

31. monthly = mensais

32. bill = conta

33. ratios = relações, proporções

34. frenzy = loucura

35. market research = pesquisa de mercado

36. to meet = ir de encontro a

37. facilities = instalações

38. data = dados, informações

39. to gather = reunir, juntar

40. staffing = pessoal

41. plant = fábrica

42. painless = indolor, sem sofrimento

43. although = embora

44. however = no entanto

45. to become = tornar-se

46. true = verdadeiros

47. due to = devido a

48. management = administração , gerenciamento

49. steps = passos

50. no longer = não mais

51. enough = sufuciente

52. tool = ferramenta

53. too much = demais

54. resources = recursos

55. to save = poupar

56. in this way = desta forma

57. high price = preço alto

58. wise = sensato, criterioso

59. to allow = permitir

60. full use = pleno uso

61. available = disponíveis

62. already = já

Dadas as asserções:

I) A demanda do mercado de semi-condutores (sic) é plenamente atendida, pois as indústrias atualmente investem tanto em pesquisas de mercado quanto em engenharia industrial.

II) Um dos aspectos utilizados num projeto de engenharia industrial diz respeito à análise sofisticada de programas de computador.

III) São poucas as indústrias americanas e européias que utilizam os princípios da engenharia industrial como estratégia de fabricação de produtos.

Est(á)(ão) corretas:

O teste refere-se ao anúncio abaixo, extraído de um jornal local:

Operator Technicians

Specialty Minerals do Brasil, an international, reseach-based company, (I) several openings for Operator Technicians at its plant in Jacareí, The successful candidate will be responsible (III) operating a computer-controlled process, performing quality control lab tests, unloading ol bulk product, loading tanker trucks with finished product, and other duties as assigned, Availability (III) travel a broads required. Qualifications include a two-year technical degree and/or several years experience working with computer based process control equipment, besides heavy emphasis on chemical industry control operator experience. The plantis a continuous, operation and the employee will be on a rotating shift which includes some weekends, and overtime. Sucessful candidates must be able to speak, read and write in English.

Specialty Minerals offers a competitive pay and benefits package plus the opportunity to work (IV) in a responsible and (V) position.

A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:

research = pesquisa

openings = vagas

plant = fábrica

to perform = realizar

unloading = descarga

bulk = em grande quantidade

tanker trucks = caminhões-tanque

duties = funções, deveres

to assign = designar

availability = disponibilidade

to travel abroad = viajar ao exterior

to require = exigir

degree = grau, qualificação

Algumas das atribuições do cargo oferecido pela Specialty Minerais do Brasil incluem:

I) execução de testes de controle de qualidade.

II) disponibilidade para viagens ao exterior.

III) recebimento e despacho de carga.

De acordo com o anúncio est(á)(ão) correta(s):

Kasparov in $1m computer rematch offer

By Charles Laurence in New York

The computer giant IBM has offered $1.1 milion (£730.000) for a achess rematch between Garry Kasparov and its super-computer, Deep Blue.

The computer, capable of calculating hundreds of milions of moves per second, was beaten 4-2 last February by Kasparov, the Professional Chess Association world champion. Kasparov won by exercising subtlety and unpredictability against the pre-programming of the computer.

This time the IBM programmers say they have made the computer a better strategist and "adaptable" to Kasparov's play. The rematch is proposed for New York next May.

(Electronic Telegraph, International News,21 August 96, Issue 456)

A questão refere-se ao texto cuja tradução se segue:

Kasparov numa oferta de revanche com o computador de um milhão de d'lares.

Por Charles Laurence em Nova Iorque

A gigante de computadores IBM ofereceu 1,1 milhão (£ 730,000) para uma revanche de xadrez entre Garry Gasparov e seu super computador, Deep Blue.

O computador, capaz de calcular centenas de milhões de movimentos por segundo, foi derrotado por 4 a 2 no último mês de fevereiro por Kasparov, o campeão mundial da Associação Profissional de Xadrez. Kasparov venceu exercitando a sutileza e a imprevisibilidade contra o pré-programa do computador.

Desta vez, os programadores da IBM dizem que eles tornaram o computador em estrategista melhor e 'adaptável' ao jogo de Kasparov. A revanche está prevista para o próximo mês de maio em Nova Iorque.

(Electronic Telegraph, International News, 21/8/96, edição 456)

O termo its sublinhado no texto refere-se:

O teste refere-se às sinopses abaixo, extraídas do jornal britânico "THE DAILY TELEGRAFH":

Portillo opts out

Britain's opt-out from the Maastricht social chapter was used for the first time yesterday by Mr Michael Portillo, the Employment Union laws on works councils.

Page 2

Body found

The naked body of a 23-year-old Danish tour guide, missing since she was allegedly abducted by three British soldiers on Tuesday, was found half buried in a makeshift earth grave on a building site yesterday. She had been severely beaten.

Page 3

Lib Dem link-up

Mr Paddy ashdown yesterday prepared his party for cooperation with Mr Tony Blair at the next election saying they could inject reforming radicalism into an otherwise "candyfloss" Labour government.

Page 6

850 jet jobs lost

Raytheon, the aerospace firm, is to close plants at Broughton, Clwyd, and Hatfield, Herts, with the loss of 850 jobs. Production of Hawker executive jets, a business bought from BAe for £250 million last year, is moving to America.

Page 27

Pope delays trip

The Pope's visit to the United States next month, when he was to address the United Nations, has been postponed on health grounds.

Page 17

A questão refere- se às sinopses cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to opt out = optar po, sair

2. chapter = capítulo, questão

3. laws = leis

4. councils = conselhos

5. body = corpo

6. naked = despido

7. Danish = dinamarquesa

8. tour guide = guia de turismo

9. missing = desaparecida

10. allegedly = suspostamente

11. to be abducted = ser raptada

12. Tuesday = terça-feira

13. half buried = semi-enterrada

14. makeshift = improvisado

15. grave = túmulo

16. building site = construção

17. to beat, beat, beaten =surrar

18. link-up = ligação

19. candyfloss = algodão doce, açucarado, sem expressão

20. otherwise = de uma outra forma

21. party = partido

22. jobs = empregos

23. to close plants = encerrar as atividades

24. loss = perda

25. to delay (to postpone) = atrasar, retardar, adiar

26. Pope = Papa

27. trip = viagem

28. to address = dirigir-se a

29. health = saúde

30. grounds = razões

Dentre as sinopses, quais são as que podem ser relacionadas à política britânica?

O teste refere-se às sinopses abaixo, extraídas do jornal britânico "THE DAILY TELEGRAFH":

Portillo opts out

Britain's opt-out from the Maastricht social chapter was used for the first time yesterday by Mr Michael Portillo, the Employment Union laws on works councils.

Page 2

Body found

The naked body of a 23-year-old Danish tour guide, missing since she was allegedly abducted by three British soldiers on Tuesday, was found half buried in a makeshift earth grave on a building site yesterday. She had been severely beaten.

Page 3

Lib Dem link-up

Mr Paddy ashdown yesterday prepared his party for cooperation with Mr Tony Blair at the next election saying they could inject reforming radicalism into an otherwise "candyfloss" Labour government.

Page 6

850 jet jobs lost

Raytheon, the aerospace firm, is to close plants at Broughton, Clwyd, and Hatfield, Herts, with the loss of 850 jobs. Production of Hawker executive jets, a business bought from BAe for £250 million last year, is moving to America.

Page 27

Pope delays trip

The Pope's visit to the United States next month, when he was to address the United Nations, has been postponed on health grounds.

Page 17

A questão refere- se às sinopses cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to opt out = optar po, sair

2. chapter = capítulo, questão

3. laws = leis

4. councils = conselhos

5. body = corpo

6. naked = despido

7. Danish = dinamarquesa

8. tour guide = guia de turismo

9. missing = desaparecida

10. allegedly = suspostamente

11. to be abducted = ser raptada

12. Tuesday = terça-feira

13. half buried = semi-enterrada

14. makeshift = improvisado

15. grave = túmulo

16. building site = construção

17. to beat, beat, beaten =surrar

18. link-up = ligação

19. candyfloss = algodão doce, açucarado, sem expressão

20. otherwise = de uma outra forma

21. party = partido

22. jobs = empregos

23. to close plants = encerrar as atividades

24. loss = perda

25. to delay (to postpone) = atrasar, retardar, adiar

26. Pope = Papa

27. trip = viagem

28. to address = dirigir-se a

29. health = saúde

30. grounds = razões

Dadas as asserções:

I) A Raytheon é uma indústria aeroespacial que está encerrando duas atividades. Consequentemente 850 trabalhadores ficarão desempregados.

II) Em sua visita aos EUA, adiada por motivo de doença, o Papa ficaria hospedado na sede das Nações Unidas.

III) O corpo de uma guia de turismo dinamarquesa, supostamente sequestrada por três soldados britânicos, foi encontrado na terça-feira.

De acordo com as sinópses (sic) est(á)(ão) correta(s):