Questões da Prova Inglês Across 2016

When it comes to balancing the responsibilities of both work and family life, many of us find ourselves in a gray area. Hard work and dedication to our jobs usually result in tangible rewards such as higher pay or a corner office. The same dedication to our personal lives often results in rewards such as stronger family relationships. The struggle to keep both our personal and professional obligations in perspective is known as the work-life balance. Many of us assume that a proper balance is always 50/50; unfortunately, the ratio between work and personal life can be closer to 70/30 or even 80/20. What many business experts suggest avoiding is an all-consuming 90/10 or higher.\n\nIt is true that there are only so many hours in a day, so for most people the majority of those hours are going to be dedicated to work, either out of financial necessity or pure enjoyment. Finding a balance is not necessarily about reducing the total number of hours spent at work, but rather finding better ways to incorporate personal time into the equation. A driven executive may feel perfectly comfortable working 80 or more hours a week, but he or she still needs to set aside time for family obligations, vacations and the occasional sanity break. The pendulum of the work-life balance can move in the opposite direction, however. Some people find themselves working remotely, on a regular basis, or pursuing self-employment opportunities, without supervision, many at-home workers find themselves with a completely different problem; finding the discipline to dedicate at least 50 percent of their time to work obligations can be a challenge. While a 90/10 work-to-life ratio can be damaging to one's mental and physical health, a similar work-life ratio can be damaging to one's financial health.\n\nThe best way to determine if your work-life balance is acceptable may be to take a personal inventory of your life as it stands right now. There is no single ideal work-life balance plan which works for everyone, but if you sense that your work obligations have taken precedence over your personal life, you may want to find ways to improve your own work-life balance. Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nWhich of the following is true according to the text?\n\nA) Focusing only on the individual and not on the whole organization plays an important role in achieving true work-life balance.\n\nB) Giving the utmost prominence to personal over professional life may cause serious financial hazards.\n\nC) When balance is accomplished, we are solely balancing our professional and family lives, thereby neglecting our emotional intelligence.\n\nD) It can be suitable to rack up hours at work and take on an ever-increasing workload if one's seeking a balanced life. Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nWhich is not true about work-life balance?\n\nA) It is related to building a more satisfying life, which can include both a rewarding career and time to take care of other things that matter to you.\n\nB) A positive balance shows the satisfaction with one's entire life and can be reached even while working long hours.\n\nC) It is about effectively managing the juggling act between work and other activities that are important to climb up the career ladder.\n\nD) It is about how resources, time and energy are allocated, and whether the way they are spent matches one's goals. Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\n\nWe can infer from the text that:\n\nA) An executive could be perfectly happy neglecting all his/her family, friends and leisure activities in the pursuit of corporate goals\n\nB) Working hours should not take up 90% or more of a person's time because this is harmful to their well-being\n\nC) People hardly ever have problems regulating their work-life balance in view of financial requirements\n\nD) Life balance is the sole way to reduce stress and restore harmony to one's professional life\n\nPróxima questão > One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\n\nVery few people in today’s world make their own clothing but in ancient times many households would have owned a loom off which to weave, and many families would have had sheep from which to shear wool.\n\n A) from which\n B) make their own clothing\n C) of which\n D) would have owned One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\n\nCredit card users in the United States will have to be more careful when using their credit cards, as the new rules adopted by some companies make them to pay off their debts faster.\n\n A) make them to pay\n B) adopted by\n C) as the new\n D) will have to\n\nPróxima questão ➔ Choose the best answers, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\n\n..............................., the company dealt with the crisis quickly, there was still a lack of shareholder confidence in future investments.\n\n A) However\n B) Although\n C) Despite\n D) In spite of\n\nPróxima questão ➔ One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\n\nConcerning the oil leak that occurred in the Pacific Ocean last year, the environmental committee said yesterday that the investigations were going well and that they would soon be able to find against the real causes of the disaster.\n\n A) to find against\n B) were going well\n C) Concerning\n D) they would soon be Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\n\nAngelina Jolie wants .............................. children to become American citizens.\n\n A) hers\n B) her\n C) her’s\n D) she’s\n\nPróxima questão ➔ One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong;\nConsidering all the pros and cons of changing the organizational model, your new business could yield good results, but you would really have to run a tight boat. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong;\nThe Amazon River is notoriously known for its piranhas; therefore, there are other dangers that lurk in the river and its tributaries. One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong;\nFor the last few years, several companies developed software products that analyze network behavior in order to prevent new attacks, as well as detect the signatures of documented viruses and worms. Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nMost college students who also have jobs are .............................. studying until very late.\n\nA) used to stay up\nB) using to stay up\nC) used to staying up\nD) use to staying up One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect: identify which is wrong:\nOne thing that Madonna has decided to doing is to hide her children from what she does for a living, or perhaps more importantly, how she does it\n\nA) to a living\nB) to doing\nC) more importantly\nD) to hide her children from One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect: identify which is wrong:\nAfter to win their second gold in the 2007 Latin American Men's Doubles, table tennis Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro said that, as they were hungry for success, they made sure to play tactically well.\n\nA) to tactically win\nB) After to win\nC) to playing\nD) hungry for One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\nThe most common kind of glass, named commercial glass, are normally colorless and transmits light easily.\n\nA) easily\nB) The most common\nC) kind of\nD) are Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nSamuel ........................ exercise more if he wants to be better prepared for the marathon.\n\nA) ought to\nB) needn't have\nC) should have\nD) must to One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\nOne advantage of school uniforms is that students which parents can't afford nice clothes look the same as everyone else and therefore don't feel inferior.\n\nA) which parents\nB) One advantage of\nC) everyone else\nD) look the same Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nHis coming to my house in the early hours .............................. more inappropriate!\nA) couldn't have been\nB) shouldn't had been\nC) ought not to have been\nD) mightn't had been Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nMany Christians traditionally celebrate a mass ........................... midnight ............................ Christmas Eve.\nA) on / in\nB) at / in\nC) in / at\nD) at / on One of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\nThe faster way to get to England from France by car is through the tunnel linking the two countries.\nA) through the\nB) the two\nC) by\nD) The faster way Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\n\"Can I take your order, Sir?\" I .......................... the steak, please.\"\nA) would had\nB) ll have\nC) I'm going to have\nD) has Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nIf I had known you were coming, I .......................... you at the station.\nA) have met\nB) would have met\nC) would has met\nD) am met\n\nChoose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\nThere were very .......................... people waiting for the rock star.\nA) few\nB) little\nC) much\nD) many ingles - Trainee\nOne of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\nThat Old English changed into Middle English around 1100 AD may seem to be unassailable, but one could point out that languages do not just die overnight and that older forms of it would still have used for long after that.\nA) would still have used\nB) that\nC) may seem to be\nD) could point out Choose the best answer, (a), (b), (c) or (d):\n.......................... subjugate ants of the genus Formica, but come to utterly depend on them for their subsistence.\n\n(A) Not only Polyergus ants do\n(B) Not only do Polyergus ants\n(C) It is not only that Polyergus ants\n(D) Not only that Polyergus ants\n\n\n30\nOne of the underlined words or phrases is incorrect; identify which is wrong:\n\nNowadays, tulips are grown out of an extremely large scale, especially in the Netherlands, where their history goes back to the end of the sixteenth century.\n\n(A) out of an extremely\n(B) especially in the\n(C) goes back to\n(D) are given