Questões de Língua Inglesa

One can say about South Korea that

• A.

  it had a six-day war.

• B.

  it has an agrarian economy.

• C.

  it helped the gross domestic product.

• D.

  its economy relies on services, manufacturing, and industry

INGLÊS

Atenção: As questões de números 91 a 95 referem-se ao texto abaixo.

Ainda segundo o texto,

• A. com a retenção do imposto de renda sobre salários na fonte, o número de contribuintes subiu para 60 milhões em dois anos.
• B. a maior arrecadação na história dos Estados Unidos deu-se em 1981.
• C. a tabela progressiva de imposto de renda só entrou em vigor em 1943.
• D. o Agente Fiscal de Rendas, quando o cargo foi criado nos Estados Unidos, não tinha autoridade para processar o infrator.
• E. a 16^a Emenda à Constituição Americana não passou de mais uma tentativa frustrada de fazer o imposto de renda incidir tanto sobre os ganhos de pessoas físicas quanto jurídicas.

The only piece of information not mentioned in the 4th paragraph of the text is in alternative

• A. Chile depends a lot on energy generated with the use of flowing water.
• B. Chile isn’t known as a producer of oil and gas.
• C. During the summer, the supply of hydro-electric power in Chile isn’t enough to cope with people’s demands.
• D. To compensate for its lack of oil and gas, the Chilean government plans to invest heavily in alternative energy.
• E. There are usually long periods without rainfall during the Chilean summers.

The countries that joined the European Union changed its working hours because

• A.

  they were communist.

• B.

  they created more jobs

• C.

  their workers earned less.

• D.

  they increased productivity.

Atenção: As questões de números 96 a 100 referem-se ao texto abaixo.

O texto pode ser sintetizado na seguinte oposição:

• A. Tax evasion is acceptable conduct. Tax avoidance is contravention.
• B. Tax evaded remains due. Tax avoided is not due.
• C. Tax evasion implies fiscal debt. Tax avoidance implies legally reduced debt.
• D. Tax evasion is tax paid. Tax avoidance is tax not paid.
• E. Tax evaded can be returned. Tax avoided cannot be returned.

The expression “bone-dry” (l. 9) should be understood as

• A. completely free of moisture.
• B. slightly humid.
• C. extremely hot.
• D. soaking wet.
• E. very wet.

When a country becomes more developed

• A.

  work hours decreases.

• B.

  there is a lot of competition.

• C.

  people tend to work more.

• D.

  there is a lot of productivity.

“So the government’s told the country’s menfolk to shed their ties” (l. 11-12)

The’ s in “government’s” is the

• A. contraction of is.
• B. contraction of was.
• C. contraction of has.
• D. plural ending.
• E. genitive case.

France and Germany cut work hours to

• A.

  cultivate wealth.

• B.

  limit productivity

• C.

  increase the number of working places.

• D.

  give employees more leisure time

It’s stated in the text that, in Japan,

• A. the young population is on the rise.
• B. rural communities are getting very crowded.
• C. there’s a growing number of old people.
• D. most young people would like to go on living in the countryside.
• E. the elderly people who live in the rural area can’t wait to move to the city.