Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A FUND LEADER

Question: Do you invest in pure Internet companies only? Or, in other words, companies with a .com at the end of their name?

Chris Bell: No. We invest in three distinct market sectors and the percentage of the portfolio in each changes as our view alters. Currently, around 45% of the portfolio is in the shares of pure Internet companies. Last summer we had under 30% in this sector of the market. There was a big sell-off of pure Internet companies last summer because of concern about US interest rates. We saw the share prices of some of the bellwethers of the sector, such as Amazon.com, halving. Come September we thought the sell off had become too big and began to increase our weighting in this area of the market.

The second area we invest in is technology infrastructure. Our holdings include companies such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle. These companies develop systems to speed up the functioning of the Internet and 45% of the portfolio is in this area of the market.

The other 10% of the portfolio is invested in Internet-related companies. This can be any company we feel will benefit from the growth of the Internet.

"The market is having to come to terms with valuation measures".

In other words, the market is having to

• A. establish their legal dispositions.
• B. accept them.
• C. predict them.
• D. compete against them.
• E. invest in them.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A FUND LEADER

Question: Do you invest in pure Internet companies only? Or, in other words, companies with a .com at the end of their name?

Chris Bell: No. We invest in three distinct market sectors and the percentage of the portfolio in each changes as our view alters. Currently, around 45% of the portfolio is in the shares of pure Internet companies. Last summer we had under 30% in this sector of the market. There was a big sell-off of pure Internet companies last summer because of concern about US interest rates. We saw the share prices of some of the bellwethers of the sector, such as Amazon.com, halving. Come September we thought the sell off had become too big and began to increase our weighting in this area of the market.

The second area we invest in is technology infrastructure. Our holdings include companies such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle. These companies develop systems to speed up the functioning of the Internet and 45% of the portfolio is in this area of the market.

The other 10% of the portfolio is invested in Internet-related companies. This can be any company we feel will benefit from the growth of the Internet.

According to the text, some share prices were halving. Therefore, they were

• A. increasing by 75%.
• B. increasing by 25%.
• C. being reduced by 25%.
• D. being reduced by 50%.
• E. being reduced by 75%.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A FUND LEADER

Question: Do you invest in pure Internet companies only? Or, in other words, companies with a .com at the end of their name?

Chris Bell: No. We invest in three distinct market sectors and the percentage of the portfolio in each changes as our view alters. Currently, around 45% of the portfolio is in the shares of pure Internet companies. Last summer we had under 30% in this sector of the market. There was a big sell-off of pure Internet companies last summer because of concern about US interest rates. We saw the share prices of some of the bellwethers of the sector, such as Amazon.com, halving. Come September we thought the sell off had become too big and began to increase our weighting in this area of the market.

The second area we invest in is technology infrastructure. Our holdings include companies such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle. These companies develop systems to speed up the functioning of the Internet and 45% of the portfolio is in this area of the market.

The other 10% of the portfolio is invested in Internet-related companies. This can be any company we feel will benefit from the growth of the Internet.

"Our holdings include companies such as Cisco System, Intel and Oracle".

What does he mean by their holdings?

• A. The ownership of these companies.
• B. The shares they sold to these companies.
• C.

  The shares they intend to sell to these companies.

• D. The acquisition of these companies.
• E. The shares they own in these companies.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35.

AN INTERVIEW WITH A FUND LEADER

Question: Do you invest in pure Internet companies only? Or, in other words, companies with a .com at the end of their name?

Chris Bell: No. We invest in three distinct market sectors and the percentage of the portfolio in each changes as our view alters. Currently, around 45% of the portfolio is in the shares of pure Internet companies. Last summer we had under 30% in this sector of the market. There was a big sell-off of pure Internet companies last summer because of concern about US interest rates. We saw the share prices of some of the bellwethers of the sector, such as Amazon.com, halving. Come September we thought the sell off had become too big and began to increase our weighting in this area of the market.

The second area we invest in is technology infrastructure. Our holdings include companies such as Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle. These companies develop systems to speed up the functioning of the Internet and 45% of the portfolio is in this area of the market.

The other 10% of the portfolio is invested in Internet-related companies. This can be any company we feel will benefit from the growth of the Internet.

According to the interviewee, US interest rates

• A. do not influence the market.
• B. play a role in the market.
• C. should be taken into account from now on.
• D. are no longer a source of concern.
• E. do not interfere with the companies' decisions.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

Segundo o texto, Anthony Casalena

• A.

  é formado pela Universidade de Maryland.

• B.

  tem uma empresa própria.

• C.

  era apenas um programador médio no início de sua carreira.

• D.

  só trabalhou uma semana na HyperOffice.

• E.

  desenvolveu um software para gerenciamento de emails, o HyperOffice.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

No texto, journals significa

• A.

  jornais.

• B.

  revistas

• C.

  boletins

• D.

  folhetos.

• E.

  diários

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

Com relação aos programas de criação de sites que Casalena examinou,

• A.

  ele gostou de alguns deles.

• B.

  eram todos muito caros.

• C.

  não o satisfizeram.

• D.

  tinham estrutura muito complexa.

• E.

  não ofereciam manutenção adequada.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

Segundo o texto,

• A.

  Casalena não revelou o lucro da Squarespace.

• B.

  os escritórios da Squarespace estão localizados em Washington.

• C.

  o pai de Casalena financiou todo o empreendimento do filho.

• D.

  a Squarespace ainda não é auto-suficiente financeiramente.

• E.

  Casalena pretende ampliar seu negócio com financiamento bancário.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

According to the text, Squarespace lets users

• A.

  build only ultra-simple one-page blogs.

• B.

  publish high-end content pages.

• C.

  hire several programmers to build a website.

• D.

  manage multi-page Web sites.

• E.

  create customized pages for free.

Para responder às questões de números 58 a 60, considere o texto abaixo.

No texto, as though it's never been a focus of high-tech pode ser traduzido por

• A.

  pois nunca foi o foco da tecnologia de ponta.

• B.

  como se nunca tivesse sido o foco da tecnologia de ponta.

• C.

  mesmo assim, nunca será o foco da tecnologia de ponta.

• D.

  já que se acreditava que nunca fora o foco da tecnologia de ponta.

• E.

  embora jamais tivesse sido o foco da tecnologia de ponta.