According to the text, blogs are
TEXT I
Beware the power of the blog
Companies may not like blogs, but if they ignore them
they may be inviting some PR disasters
The number of blogs on the internet is doubling every five
months, according to blog-tracking site Technorati. The total is
now around 20 million, with around 1.3 million posts made each
day. Most are no more interesting than overhearing another
person's telephone call, but there are exceptions that can have a
remarkable impact.
(from http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/comment/ 2145491/beware-power-blog, retrieved on September 24th, 2008)
a) selling - a venda.
b) increasing - aumentar.
c) diminishing - diminuindo
d) agitating - agitar
e) contaminating - a contaminação.
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A resposta está no seguinte trecho: The number of blogs on the internet is doubling every five months(...) [O número de blogs na internet está dobrando a cada 5 meses]
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b- increasing.
INcrease = accretion, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, growth, increment, olus, raise, rise, accumulation, aumento
The total is now around 20 million, with around 1.3 million posts made each
day. INCREASING