Questões de Concurso Público Instituto Rio Branco 2014 para Diplomata - Prova 2
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The word “creep” (L.22) refers to widening of the Federal Reserve’s mission in the post-financial crisis.
By saying that Janet Yellen “will have a lot on her plate in the coming months” (L.2-3), the author implies she will have too many issues to worry about or deal with during her chairmanship.
The use of “hawks and doves” (L.13) to refer to the Fed members illustrates the extent of the divergence between the two opposing groups in the organization.
“bungling” (L.29) can be replaced by recovery without changes in the original meaning of the sentence.
Engaging in sexual intercourse exclusively for pleasure enhances mutual affection between individuals thus creating a healthier relationship not only between the couple but also between them and their children.
It is an oversimplification to attribute the destruction of the basic fabric of the traditional family to the search for sex for its own sake and to the increasing growth of the rate of divorce.
The seeds of the destruction of the family in America can be ultimately found in people’s inability to rise above the trivialization of personal relations.
The emergence of the nuclear family is the product of recent developments in social behavior.
Living one’s children’s lives and dreams used to be a far more widespread feature of traditional families in the US than it is nowadays.
Men and women in the US have become increasingly aware that it takes money to improve their personal relations.
The fewer children a couple has, the less binding the nature of their marriage vows becomes.
The less emphasis Americans place on the procreative role of sex, the more likely they are to succeed in enjoying playful sex.
He is non-committal about it, assuming this is an inescapable trend in contemporary American life.
He is critical of it because he believes it led to the loosening of the bond between parents and children.
He is receptive to it for he believes traditional child raising consumes a disproportionate amount of a couple’s efforts and energy.
He has mixed feelings about it.
He describes in detail the high standards the military had attained in the fields of war tactics and weaponry by the time of the Crusades.
He aims mainly at creating an atmosphere that brings to his readers’ minds all the colours, sounds, smells and actions of a particular event.
He describes some of the build-up to a battle between adherents of Islam and Christians.
He expresses strong criticism of both Christians and Muslims’ bigotry and religious fanaticism.