"The delivery of those computer parts has been put off for another week."
In the passage, PUT OFF means approximately:
Read the text below in order to answer questions 17 to 20.
Software
A substantial proportion of information can be digitized. It seems likely that soon, for example, any type of information that can be perceived, i.e. seen, heard, felt, smelt or tasted, will be reducible to a collection of bits. Once in digital form, the information in question can be stored, processed and displayed by a computer. Furthermore, it can readily and rapidly be transmitted from one computer to any other computer regardless of distance, political frontiers, and physical obstacles. From a digital point of view, there is absolutely no distinction between text, sounds, graphics, photographs, music, animations, videos and…software. To include software ...
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RUSSIA'S PROMISING FUTURE
Major political developments have been taking place in Russia since the early resignation of President Boris Yeltsin.
Andrew Hunt, economist at Dresdner RCM, says the present leader Putin - a former KGB agent - is seen as someone who can get taxes collected and close the budget deficit.
"The markets are excited and believe Putin can bring about change which can make Russia's economy function properly".
The ASP General, the stock market index in Russia, grew by 350% last year.
"We will see the stabilisation of the financial situation in Russia which has had a problem with tax collection, but this will improve and...
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 be...
Para responder às questões de números 58 a 60, considere o texto abaixo.
O sentido dado por unbelievable no texto também pode ser expresso por
No texto, So far they all have failed to live up to their promise significa:
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The biologist's statement functions as a:
The WCS believes it should:
