Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 0000

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

The text

• A.

  refers to state taxes.

• B.

  concerns taxation issues

• C.

  concerns the social system.

• D.

  sets economic criteria.

• E.

  refers to retirement benefits

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

According to the text,

• A.

  federal taxes are refundable

• B.

  paying levies is voluntary.

• C.

  criminal penalties are illegal.

• D.

  American states must enforce fiscal laws.

• E.

  taxpayers have fiscal obligations

With regard to public spending, the British finance minister was

• A.

  first parsimonious , then more generous.

• B.

  generous at first, then more cautious.

• C.

  first anxious to please, then more objective.

• D.

  popular in the early stages, but now unpopular.

• E.

  first concerned with education, now with health.

The text says that, as a minister, George Brown is becoming

• A.

  more and more impotent.

• B.

  increasingly pro-European.

• C.

  stronger and stronger.

• D.

  less and less influential.

• E.

  more and more tight-fisted.

Gordon Brown's plans for the National Health Service aims to

• A.

  provide more patients with low-cost free treatment.

• B.

  permit European countries to imitate Britain's health care system.

• C.

  help health services to reach the same standards as those of education.

• D.

  allow for progressive privatization of health care, on European lines.

• E.

  catch up with spending on health care in other European countries.

Improvements in the British National Health system are to be financed by

• A.

  European direct investment.

• B.

  increases in income tax.

• C.

  outsourcing of some services.

• D.

  higher national insurance contributions.

• E.

  Borrowing money from public coffers.

The writer of the article has reservations about whether increased spending on public services

• A.

  can be effective without first reforming them.

• B.

  is advisable in times of global recession.

• C.

  has ever been a viable economic target.

• D.

  can lead to more equality with Europe.

• E.

  can really be achieved before mid year.

The purpose of this article is to

• A.

  express confidence in the resurgence of the technology sector.

• B.

  teach people about the commercial advertising industry.

• C.

  offer helpful advice to people who have lost their jobs.

• D.

  suggest how people can help the authorities tackle unemployment.

• E.

  promote better sales techniques through new technology.

According to the article, people took some time to realize that

• A.

  they might have to leave their country.

• B.

  drinking would have bad effects on health.

• C.

  they might need new boots after a layoff.

• D.

  some bosses are unenthusiastic about technology.

• E.

  it might be quite difficult to find another job.

It can be deduced from Paragraph 1 of the text that "pink slip parties" are for

• A.

  rich socialites in Manhattan.

• B.

  women's underwear manufacturers.

• C.

  bosses planning to dismiss staff.

• D.

  people notified of their dismissal.

• E.

  workers in the car industry.