Questões de Língua Inglesa

Read the text below in order to answer questions 24 to 26:

DELIVERING STABILITY

The UK has a history of poor economic performance in comparison with other G7 economies. Much of the blame for this poor performance can be attributed to policy errors made in the past. The Government's macroeconomic framework has been designed to avoid a repeat of mistakes which led to boom and bust cycles and relative underperformance. In the face of the uncertainty and unpredictability of ever more rapid financial flows, the Government believes it is vital to:

. set clear, long-term policy objectives;

. adopt predictable, clear rules for monetary and fiscal policymaking; and

. keep markets properly informed, and insure that objectives and the relevant institutions which implement them are seen to be credible, through increased openness, accountability and transparency.

The UK

• A. has been leading the G7 economies
• B. has been able to avoid policy errors
• C. may achieve higher levels of unemployment
• D. was able to maintain a steady economic growth
• E. aims to achieve greater economic stability

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

FINANCIAL ENGINEERS

Financial engineers don't wear white lab coats. They don't experiment on rats or perform gas chromatography. Their raw material – money – isn't as jazzy as what biologists and physicists investigate. But the innovations they produce will contribute just as much to economic growth.

Maybe more, in fact. Because without the science of finance, all other sciences are just a bunch of neat concepts. Ideas begin to contribute to human betterment when they're financed – by venture capital, stock offerings, loans, or buyouts. A smoothly operating system showers money on good ideas. Equally important, it cuts off funding to tired ideas and tired companies, so their assets can be deployed more efficiently elsewhere. ( The lack of such a process in Japan helps explain why that nation remains part of the old economy.)

According to the text, the work of financial engineers

• A. will prevent economic growth
• B. causes unscientific experiments
• C. may hinder economic prosperity
• D. will produce economic losses
• E. is vital in economic terms

Para responder às questões de números 54 a 58, considere o texto abaixo.

A forma que preenche corretamente a lacuna I no texto é

• A.

  therefore.

• B.

  unless.

• C.

  if.

• D.

  when.

• E.

  but.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

FINANCIAL ENGINEERS

Financial engineers don't wear white lab coats. They don't experiment on rats or perform gas chromatography. Their raw material – money – isn't as jazzy as what biologists and physicists investigate. But the innovations they produce will contribute just as much to economic growth.

Maybe more, in fact. Because without the science of finance, all other sciences are just a bunch of neat concepts. Ideas begin to contribute to human betterment when they're financed – by venture capital, stock offerings, loans, or buyouts. A smoothly operating system showers money on good ideas. Equally important, it cuts off funding to tired ideas and tired companies, so their assets can be deployed more efficiently elsewhere. ( The lack of such a process in Japan helps explain why that nation remains part of the old economy.)

According to the author, concepts and ideas

• A. themselves produce change
• B. result from globalization
• C. must be more theoretical
• D. are fed by financing
• E. involve solely physicists

No texto, some worry people could use them to steal data significa que

• A.

  existe a preocupação de que as pessoas poderiam usar esses dispositivos para roubar informações.

• B.

  algumas pessoas preocupadas poderiam usar esses dispositivos para roubar dados.

• C.

  não há razão para se preocupar com a possibilidade de esses dispositivos serem usados para roubar dados.

• D.

  é preocupante que se criem dispositivos que permitam roubar informações.

• E.

  há pessoas preocupadas em impedir que esses dispositivos sejam usados para roubar informações.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 33:

According to the text, the Brazilian 2002 budget is likely to be

• A.

  increased.

• B.

  doubled.

• C.

  mishandled.

• D.

  slashed.

• E.

  supplemented.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 16 to 20:

According to the Brazilian President, a small group of nations

• A.

  should get together in Doha.

• B.

  was supposed to meet in England

• C.

  should make the major decisions

• D.

  could be making the major decisions.

• E.

  has been making most decisions.

Segundo o texto,

• A.

  o iPod da Apple não tem grande capacidade de armazenamento de dados.

• B.

  já foram detectados ataques de vírus lançados a partir de um iPod da Apple.

• C.

  o Longhorn da Microsoft vai permitir uma troca de dados mais rápida e eficiente entre PCs.

• D.

  o sistema Longhorn vai permitir às empresas controlar os dispositivos de transferência de dados entre equipamentos.

• E.

  os telefones interligados representam um perigo devido ao grande número de dados que têm armazenados.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 31 to 33:

According to the text, one of the factors affecting the budget is

• A.

  the increase of the minimum wage.

• B.

  the rise in employment levels.

• C.

  the reduction in exports.

• D.

  the cuts in interest rates.

• E.

  the Brazilian market reaction.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 26 to 30

According to the text, Presidents Bush and Cardoso

• A.

  might have met

• B.

  have already met.

• C.

  must have met

• D.

  could have met

• E.

  should have met.