The meaning of "with a layoff or two sullying their résumés" (Paragraph 3) means
The marketing expert Robin Fisher Roffer advises people to
A synonym for once is:
Questions 42-46 refer to the text below.
In the sentence "... and seemingly unimportant risks pose new threats " (line 12), the underlined word can be replaced without any change in meaning by
The word sleek in "…high-capacity disks housed in sleek enclosures…" (lines 5-6) means that their enclosures are:
The "new wave of online technology" part is debatable, but RingMessenger is definitely the leading edge of the convergence/synergy movement that is sweeping the major media companies. (Boston Globe, Jan. 2002)
In the passage, the word DEBATABLE means approximately:
"Unless you have a password, you cannot have access to this particular site."
In the passage, UNLESS YOU HAVE A PASSWORD means approximately:
"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 ...
Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 to 25:
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...
