Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

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

According to the author, Brazil

• A.

  has made profound reforms in its pension system.

• B.

  has been increasing its tax revenue for decades

• C.

  still needs to implement necessary reforms.

• D.

  has reduced a number of privileges and benefits.

• E.

  has been challenging the national market since 2000.

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

The author states that the impact of the fiscal adjustment in 2000

• A.

  was made more severe.

• B.

  could have been softened.

• C.

  could have been avoided

• D.

  had been foreseen by experts

• E.

  was made less severe.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 36 to 40.

According to the text, the two-year Internet moratorium extension

• A.

  is about to be signed.

• B.

  is likely to be signed.

• C.

  was signed.

• D.

  was called off.

• E.

  was postponed.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 36 to 40.

According to the author, the Internet

• A.

  might replace catalog and mail order sales.

• B.

  access and discretionary taxes are permanent.

• C.

  discretionary taxes should be validated.

• D.

  is exempted from taxation for 2 years.

• E.

  is currently subject to taxation

Read the text below in order to answer questions 36 to 40.

The moratorium took a long time to approve because of

• A.

  the mailing of anthrax spores to various Senators.

• B.

  the negative results of an opinion poll among Zogbies.

• C.

  the need to consult 7,600 taxing bodies in America.

• D.

  the obstructive action of three particular Senators.

• E.

  the difficulty in going against the majority's wishes.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 36 to 40.

According to the text

• A.

  the US Senate has been struggling to extend the Internet moratorium.

• B.

  7,600 taxing bodies could be imposing taxes on the Internet.

• C.

  President Bush has refused to sign the Internet moratorium extension.

• D.

  merchants are willing to define fiscal principles and procedures

• E.

  it is technologically difficult to impose taxes via the Internet.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 36 to 40.

According to the author, the decision to extend the moratorium was not

• A.

  quick.

• B.

  official

• C.

  made.

• D.

  sustained.

• E.

  enforced.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 41 to 45.

In paragraph 1, the text refers to individuals who

• A.

  are in charge of validating state laws.

• B.

  volunteer to pay their taxes

• C.

  have failed to pay federal levies.

• D.

  argue against the compulsory tax payment

• E.

  assess and charge federal taxes

Read the text below in order to answer questions 41 to 45.

Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code

• A.

  sets the voluntary payment of taxes

• B.

  establishes the requirement to pay taxes

• C.

  regulates the impact of fiscal adjustment.

• D.

  addresses the issue of budget expenditures

• E.

  concerns the social security deficit.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 41 to 45.

According to the author, sanctions for noncompliance

• A.

  might be approved of.

• B.

  must soon be set.

• C.

  should be devised.

• D.

  may be established

• E.

  have been set