Questões de Concurso Militar IME 2012 para Quadro de Engenheiro Militar - Português e Inglês
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The Bookstore's Last Stand
*Barnes & Noble is the largest book retailer in the United States.
(...) No one expects Barnes & Noble* to disappear overnight. The worry is that it might slowly wither as more readers embrace e-books. What if all those store shelves vanished, and Barnes & Noble became little more than a cafe and a digital connection point? Such fears came to the fore in eariy January, when the company projected that it would lose even more money this year than Wall Street had expected. Its share price promptly tumbled 17 percent that day.
Lurking behind all of this is Amazon.com , the dominant force in books online and the company that sets teeth on edge in publishing. From their perches in Midtown Manhattan, many publishing executives, editors and publicists view Amazon as the enemy — an adversary that, if unchecked, could threaten their industry and their livelihoods.
Like many struggling businesses, book publishers are cutting costs and trimming work forces. Yes, electronic books are booming, sometimes profitably, but not many publishers want e-books to dominate print books. Amazon's chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, wants to cut out the middleman — that is, traditional publishers — by publishing e-books directly.
Which is why Barnes & Noble, once viewed as the brutal capitalist of the book trade, now seems so crucial to that industry's future. Sure, you can buy bestsellers at Walmart and potboilers at the supermarket. But in many locales, Barnes & Noble is the only retailer offering a wide selection of books. If something were to happen to Barnes & Noble, if it were merely to scale back its ambitions, Amazon could become even more powerful and — well, the very thought makes publishers queasy. (...)
Disponível em:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/barnes-noble-taking-on-amazon-in-the-fight-of-its-life.html?pagewanted=all>
Para a questão, leia o texto seguinte e marque a opção correta.
The Bookstore's Last Stand
*Barnes & Noble is the largest book retailer in the United States.
(...) No one expects Barnes & Noble* to disappear overnight. The worry is that it might slowly wither as more readers embrace e-books. What if all those store shelves vanished, and Barnes & Noble became little more than a cafe and a digital connection point? Such fears came to the fore in eariy January, when the company projected that it would lose even more money this year than Wall Street had expected. Its share price promptly tumbled 17 percent that day.
Lurking behind all of this is Amazon.com , the dominant force in books online and the company that sets teeth on edge in publishing. From their perches in Midtown Manhattan, many publishing executives, editors and publicists view Amazon as the enemy — an adversary that, if unchecked, could threaten their industry and their livelihoods.
Like many struggling businesses, book publishers are cutting costs and trimming work forces. Yes, electronic books are booming, sometimes profitably, but not many publishers want e-books to dominate print books. Amazon's chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, wants to cut out the middleman — that is, traditional publishers — by publishing e-books directly.
Which is why Barnes & Noble, once viewed as the brutal capitalist of the book trade, now seems so crucial to that industry's future. Sure, you can buy bestsellers at Walmart and potboilers at the supermarket. But in many locales, Barnes & Noble is the only retailer offering a wide selection of books. If something were to happen to Barnes & Noble, if it were merely to scale back its ambitions, Amazon could become even more powerful and — well, the very thought makes publishers queasy. (...)
Disponível em:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/barnes-noble-taking-on-amazon-in-the-fight-of-its-life.html?pagewanted=all>
Para a questão, leia o texto seguinte e marque a opção correta.
The Bookstore's Last Stand
*Barnes & Noble is the largest book retailer in the United States.
(...) No one expects Barnes & Noble* to disappear overnight. The worry is that it might slowly wither as more readers embrace e-books. What if all those store shelves vanished, and Barnes & Noble became little more than a cafe and a digital connection point? Such fears came to the fore in eariy January, when the company projected that it would lose even more money this year than Wall Street had expected. Its share price promptly tumbled 17 percent that day.
Lurking behind all of this is Amazon.com , the dominant force in books online and the company that sets teeth on edge in publishing. From their perches in Midtown Manhattan, many publishing executives, editors and publicists view Amazon as the enemy — an adversary that, if unchecked, could threaten their industry and their livelihoods.
Like many struggling businesses, book publishers are cutting costs and trimming work forces. Yes, electronic books are booming, sometimes profitably, but not many publishers want e-books to dominate print books. Amazon's chief executive, Jeffrey P. Bezos, wants to cut out the middleman — that is, traditional publishers — by publishing e-books directly.
Which is why Barnes & Noble, once viewed as the brutal capitalist of the book trade, now seems so crucial to that industry's future. Sure, you can buy bestsellers at Walmart and potboilers at the supermarket. But in many locales, Barnes & Noble is the only retailer offering a wide selection of books. If something were to happen to Barnes & Noble, if it were merely to scale back its ambitions, Amazon could become even more powerful and — well, the very thought makes publishers queasy. (...)
Disponível em:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/business/barnes-noble-taking-on-amazon-in-the-fight-of-its-life.html?pagewanted=all>
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A Thousand Splendid Suns counts the experiences and emotions of two Afghani women, Mariam
and Laila, whose lives become entangled with the history of recent wars in their country.
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Mostly bleak and heartrending, their story does offer the promise of hope and happiness in a land
ravaging by warfare, gender conflicts, and poverty.
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The United States Military Academy, founded on March 16, 1802, is a college that educates,
trains and inspires the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of
character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country. Each graduate has the essential
attributes for professional growth throughout a career as a U.S. Army officer. West Point
graduates earn Bachelor of Science degrees and are graduate as second lieutenants in the
United States Army.
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You must serve at Ieast five years of active duty and three years in a Reserve Component, a total
of eight years, after your graduate. The active duty obligation is the nation's return on a West
Point graduate's fully funded, four-year college education that is valued in excess of $225,000.
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After his business failed he was declared ___________ .
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No sooner had we arrived at the beach, ____________ it began pouring down.
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At the end of the test, the students were ___________ exhausted.
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_________ was a brilliant career.
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Not alone __________ the race, but she also beat the record.
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She cannot get used _________ abroad.
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Internships have value, _________ or not students are paid.
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They plan to _______ more British soldiers to the war zone over the next year.
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As a politician, Churchill was a ____________ orator.
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He was ___________ charge of a convoy transporting supplies from the port to a distribution point.
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Ali teachers are ___________ to 30 vacation days a year.
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Tomorrow I'm going to ______________ at the hairdresser's.
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The kids were sitting ______________ the grass at the park.
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