Questões de Língua Inglesa

Read the text below in order to answer questions 56 to 60:

• A. an irrelevant worry
• B. disregarded by governments
• C. avoidable in the long-term
• D. a future tax exemption
• E. a cause of present concern

Um sinônimo para unveiled (2º parágrafo), conforme usado no texto, é

• A. revealed.
• B. mentioned.
• C. proposed.
• D. sustained.
• E. denied.

Segundo o texto,

• A. o discurso de Trump apresentou várias novas propostas que podem ajudar o país a sair da recessão.
• B. os aliados de Trump esperam que seu discurso da 2ª feira reverta os danos que sua campanha tem sofrido.
• C. a proposta de Trump de isentar de taxação as despesas relacionadas aos cuidados infantis não é nenhuma novidade.
• D. a proposta de dedução total das despesas com filhos beneficiaria principalmente famílias das classes B e C.
• E. Trump tem se esforçado para melhorar sua imagem de político conservador.

De acordo com o texto, o candidato republicano

• A. não prevê sérios empecilhos para implantar suas reformas.
• B. deixou bem claras as implicações de seu plano de reforma tributária.
• C. afirmou que suas propostas reduziriam o déficit federal.
• D. acredita que, com as reformas propostas, o déficit do país será reduzido em US$ 10 trilhões ao longo da próxima década.
• E. não explicou de onde viriam os recursos para implantar seus planos econômicos.

Em relação às faixas do imposto sobre a renda, Donald Trump apresentou, no ano passado, um plano que propunha

• A. isentar do imposto de renda pessoas físicas que ganhem menos de US$ 100.000 mensais.
• B. eliminar todas os impostos estaduais.
• C. diminuir a faixa máxima do imposto de renda para pessoas jurídicas de 35% para 15%.
• D. implantar apenas três faixas: 12%, 25% e 33%.
• E. reduzir em 25% a faixa mais alta, atualmente de 39,6%.

D o texto, infere-se que

• A. os recursos para implantação das reformas econômicas propostas por Trump já estão assegurados.
• B. Donald Trump tem apresentado propostas plausíveis na área econômica.
• C. o candidato republicano, apesar de seu comportamento por vezes agressivo, tem sólido conhecimento dos problemas eco nômicos de seu país.
• D. o jornal que publicou o artigo não apoia Donald Trump.
• E. uma das maiores preocupações de Trump é reduzir o déficit orçamentário do país.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 to 25:

RUSSIA'S PROMISING FUTURE

Major political developments have been taking place in Russia since the early resignation of President Boris Yeltsin.

Andrew Hunt, economist at Dresdner RCM, says the present leader Putin - a former KGB agent - is seen as someone who can get taxes collected and close the budget deficit.

"The markets are excited and believe Putin can bring about change which can make Russia's economy function properly".

The ASP General, the stock market index in Russia, grew by 350% last year.

"We will see the stabilisation of the financial situation in Russia which has had a problem with tax collection, but this will improve and lead to a reduction in interest rates which were at 50% at the beginning of 2000. If inflation comes down to 25%, interest rates will come down 15%, within the next six months".

What does the verb close mean concerning the budget deficit?

• A. Increasing it.
• B. Bringing it to an end.
• C. Financing it.
• D. Rolling it over.
• E. Forgiving it.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 21 to 25:

RUSSIA'S PROMISING FUTURE

Major political developments have been taking place in Russia since the early resignation of President Boris Yeltsin.

Andrew Hunt, economist at Dresdner RCM, says the present leader Putin - a former KGB agent - is seen as someone who can get taxes collected and close the budget deficit.

"The markets are excited and believe Putin can bring about change which can make Russia's economy function properly".

The ASP General, the stock market index in Russia, grew by 350% last year.

"We will see the stabilisation of the financial situation in Russia which has had a problem with tax collection, but this will improve and lead to a reduction in interest rates which were at 50% at the beginning of 2000. If inflation comes down to 25%, interest rates will come down 15%, within the next six months".

Which aspect of the Russian economy is not mentioned in the text?

• A. Taxes.
• B. Interest rates.
• C. Stockmarket index.
• D. Budget deficit.
• E. Mergers.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 35

REGIONAL INTEGRATION

The pluriannual Plan of the Federal Government for the years 2000-2003 has chosen regional integration as one of the main themes of Brazilian foreign policy due to its importance for the country's competitive insertion in the global economy. Regional integration, which comprises the deepening of the relations with other Mercosur Member States and the establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), is necessary in order to attract productive investment, to create opportunities for employment and to facilitate access to new sources of technology. This growing interdependence has led to an increase in the international activities of different bodies at all levels, such as state and local governments, NGOs and private enterprises, thus requiring a greater effort of coordination by the Ministry of External Relations.

According to the text, the Ministry of External Relations

• A.

  does not support the Pluriannual Plan

• B.

  should have supported the Pluriannual Plan.

• C.

  plays a major role in the Pluriannual Plan.

• D.

  devised the concept of the FTAA

• E.

  might not participate in the Pluriannual Plan.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 15 to 18:

THE GOLDILOCKS SCENARIO CONTINUES

As the new Millennium gets under way, the US economy completes its ninth year of expansion. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates three times last year to temper the economy's expansion, which is the longest in US history. The benchmark lending rate was 5.5% at the start of the new year.

Analysts have been predicting that US interest rates would go up again when the Federal Open Market Committee meets. The economy's performance in the past calendar years (1996 to 1999) has surpassed all but the most optimistic predictions at the beginning of the period.

Growth of the economy has exceeded 4% in each of these years – with the exception of 1999 for which figures have yet to be announced, although 4% looks increasingly likely.

Few analysts thought the economy could sustain a growth performance like this without an increase in inflation. This situation has been dubbed the Goldilocks scenario.

The author states that the present US growth "has been dubbed the Goldilocks scenario", which means it is

• A. absolutely favourable
• B. a dubious growth
• C. undoubtedly temporary
• D. absolutely unsustained
• E. likely to collapse