Questão número 640936

Your answers to questions 21 to 25 must be based on the text below:

Within the alternatives below, which one presents the options that correctly convey the meaning of the following underlined phrasal verbs:

 "Consumers have stepped up their spending; the housing market is still sizzling; even manufacturing is perking up ."

• A. To increase and to decrease.
• B. To cut and to develop.
• C. To increase and to cheer up.
• D. To refrain and to cheer up.
• E. To reduce and to develop.