Questões de Língua Inglesa

Read the text below in order to answer questions

21 to 23:

A new budget system

In 1989, the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre came up with a radical solution to its major problems of unaccountability and extreme poverty: a participative budget. For the last decade, the people of the city have been deciding how the budget for public works should be allocated. Neighbourhood groups propose projects, and people from community groups and non-profit organisations who have been elected by their neighbours, decide which projects will go ahead. In some cases, the community delegates also oversee implementation of the final projects. This has had the triple result of avoiding corruption and mishandling funds, improving concrete matters on the ground, and increasing democratic participation in the process by a huge amount.

According to the author, the community delegates

• A.

  have devised a new budget system

• B.

  may supervise the execution of final projects

• C.

  cannot decide how to allocate the city's budget

• D.

  are in charge of implementing final projects

• E.

  steer the country's budget system.

The "new wave of online technology" part is debatable, but RingMessenger is definitely the leading edge of the convergence/synergy movement that is sweeping the major media companies. (Boston Globe, Jan. 2002)

In the passage, the word DEBATABLE means approximately:

• A.

  Arguable.

• B.

  Reliable.

• C.

  Unacceptable.

• D.

  Trustworthy.

Choose the right ending for the following sentence. The committee met yesterday and .............................

• A.

  its decided was reached

• B.

  they will reached a decision

• C.

  it has reached a decision

• D.

  reaching a decision

• E.

  didn't reached a decision

Para responder às questões de números 58 a 60, considere o texto abaixo.

Segundo John C. Dvorak,

• A.

  os americanos não deveriam comprar computadores fabricados na China.

• B.

  o artigo da Business Week é bem fundamentado.

• C.

  seria um absurdo os chineses comprarem computadores americanos.

• D.

  o Brasil ainda está engatinhando na área da tecnologia de ponta.

• E.

  as vendas da IBM cresceram vertiginosamente no Brasil em 2004.

Read the text below in order to answer questions

24 to 27:

The politics of administrative reform

Most countries of Latin America stabilized and opened their economies in the first generation of market oriented reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Now they face a much more costly and protracted task of rebuilding state capacity to deliver social services, regulate the economy, avoid recurrent fiscal crises, and improve the overall functioning of government. Why have some countries progressed further on administrative reform than other countries? Administrative reform usually starts with small groups of reformers within the executive branch. Among factors that facilitate reform are: balance of payments and fiscal crises, middle class and rural support, and the effective packaging of reform initiatives. Contrary to much of the literature, the nature of the party system ( cohesion, discipline and parity) does not explain much of the variation in reform experiences.

According to the text, the rebuilding of state capacity

• A.

  requires a long time

• B.

  must last long

• C.

  might demand time

• D.

  is immediate

• E.

  is not time consuming

"Unless you have a password, you cannot have access to this particular site."

In the passage, UNLESS YOU HAVE A PASSWORD means approximately:

• A.

  Because you have a password.

• B.

  Once you have a password.

• C.

  If you don't have a password.

• D.

  Provided you have a password.

Choose the right ending for the following sentence. This month will be difficult for the company because .............................

• A.

  they have less workers and fewer money

• B.

  they have many money and workers than

• C.

  last month it did not have as few and little workers and money

• D.

  it has less money and fewer workers than it had last month

• E.

  they will had less money than last month

Read the text below in order to answer questions 28 to 30:

The Internet Revolution

It is clear that Brazil's economy stands to make even more productivity gains than the United States itself, as a result of the Internet revolution. The lack of legacy systems and the very inefficient nature of administrative systems in Brazil create enormous opportunities for efficiency gains. For many years, the so-called "Brazil Cost" has been a drag on Brazil's economy and an inhibitor of competitiveness of Brazilian industries in the export markets. The Internet is about to change all of this. A number of initiatives are underway using the Internet and PC technologies in the health care sector and, also, in the very important area of public administration. In the public administration area, some analysts believe that expense reductions and improvements in the quality of government services resulting from Internet based systems can entirely eliminate the Brazilian government budget deficits.

The author refers to the Brazilian administrative systems as

• A. technically updated.
• B. currently undergoing changes
• C. historically efficient
• D. consistently structured
• E.

  ambitiously restructured.

"The delivery of those computer parts has been put off for another week."

In the passage, PUT OFF means approximately:

• A.

  Postponed.

• B.

  Anticipated.

• C.

  Increased.

• D.

  Improved.

Choose the correct word: His boss should have ................... him not to use the company phone.

• A.

  telling

• B.

  said

• C.

  tell

• D.

  say

• E.

  told