Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Captain Bill Brown vowed to reject any contract not offering "value for value". In other words:
(*ответ*) Bill Brown promised to reject unfair contracts.
Bill Brown promised to make people sign "value for value" contracts.
Bill Brown promised to make every contract valuable.
Bill Brown vowed to suspend non - "value for value" contracts.
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Critics and competitors scoffed when Allen announced an effort to cut costs so deeply. "to cut costs" here most nearly means:
(*ответ*) to bring costs down
to save costs
to conceal costs
to minimize costs
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Delta says it won' t accept the combination of high pay and low productivity. In other words:
(*ответ*) Delta wants to give no high pay for little work.
Delta wants to raise wages.
Delta wants to pay low wages for high productivity.
Delta wants neither high pay nor high productivity.
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Federal Supervision Board sees to it that the citizen' s savings are safe. Replace "savings" by a synonym:
(*ответ*) deposits
liabilities
stocks
shares
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): He is contractually unable to award good performers pay rises. "contractually unable" means:
(*ответ*) unable by law
not able to award
not able to sign contracts
unable because of lack of money
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): If a retail dealer has little storage space at his disposal, he can purchase merchandise directly from a certain wholesale dealer. In other words:
(*ответ*) If a retail dealer has little storage space, he can purchase merchandise directly from a certain wholesale dealer.
If a retail dealer wants to have more storage space, he can purchase merchandise from a certain wholesale dealer.
If a retail dealer doesn' t have to dispose of his storage space, he can purchase merchandise from a certain wholesale dealer.
If a retail dealer has to dispose of his storage space, he can purchase merchandise directly from a certain wholesale dealer.
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Individual street cops had been empowered to set their own scedules. "had been empowered" means:
(*ответ*) had been entitled
had been exempted
had been recommended
had been expected
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Low - breaking, the thinking went, was caused by societal factors beyond law enforcement' s control. In other words:
(*ответ*) It was thought, that societal factors were stronger than law enforcement' s control.
It was thought, that neither society nor law could prevent law - breaking.
It was thought, that societal factors had no influence on law - breaking.
It was thought, that law - breaking did not reflect lawenforcement' s control.
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): New York will show the largest decrease in all major crimes categories. "decrease" is opposite in meaning to:
(*ответ*) increase
crease
decease
release
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Now crime data are computerized daily so that Braton can spot devepoping trends and deeper problems. "to spot" here means:
(*ответ*) to follow
to vary
to change
to stop
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): On november the central bank closed down more than 50 banks for violating lending regulations. "violating" means:
(*ответ*) breaking
changing
introducing
inventing
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Originally EMS curriencies were only allowed to fluctuate by about 2 percentage points on either side of a central value. "to fluctuate" here most nearly means:
(*ответ*) to be unstable
to rise gradually
to fall
to differentiate
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Process towards a single currency was hindered by a disparity between the "strong" German mark and the weaker currencies of some of Germany' s EU partners. "was hindered" here most nearly means:
(*ответ*) was slowed down
was simplified
was made known
was encouraged
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Recent studies suggest that no nation can expect to become an advanced, high - income economy without attacking its corruption problem. In other words:
(*ответ*) Corruption should not be tolerated.
No economy can be advanced without corruption.
Corruption is characteristic of high - income countries.
Corruption is a very ancient "disease".
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): Thanks in part to the industry' s upswing, Delta earned 206 million in the fiscal year ended June 30. In other words:
(*ответ*) Due to part to the industry' upswing, Delta earned 206 millions.
Due to a partial industry' s upswing Delta earned 206 million.
In spite of the industry' s upswing, Delta earned 206 million.
Due to part of the industry' s upswing Delta earned 206 million.
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): That would let Delta go beyond code sharing to co - operate on pricing and marketing in a way that is currently prohibited. "currently prohibited" means:
(*ответ*) at the moment prohibited
not really encouraged
not recommended
strictly prohibited
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): The deals with carriers in Europe and Asia have enabled Delta to cut unprofitable routes. "deals" here means:
(*ответ*) business agreements
negotiations
flights
conflicts
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): The prices in the shop are reasonable.
(*ответ*) the prices are not too high
the prices are sensible
the prices could be lower
the prices are too high
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): The stock markets keep in touch with one another via telex or telephone. "via" here stands for:
(*ответ*) through
thus
except for
instead of
Выберите подходящее слово (определение): The target date for formal membership for the four countries was January 1, 1995, but each was subject to approval by national referendums. In other words:
(*ответ*) Each was to be approved by national referendums.
Each was disapproved by national referendums.
Each had to be put off till the national referendums.
Each wasn' t approved by national referendums.