Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2005

Read the text below, which is entitled "Another country", in order to answer questions 21 to 23.

According to the text,

• A. Argentina's exports have been sparked.
• B. Argentina's economic recovery should have been averted.
• C. Argentina's economy grew by a quarter in 2001-02.
• D. Argentina should be able to grow by a quarter
• E. Argentina's public debt remains untouched.

Read the text below, which is entitled "Time to Toss the Textbook", in order to answer questions 27 to 30.

The U.S. economy

• A. could have been modified.
• B. has hardly been affected at all.
• C. remains self-contained despite globalization.
• D. has been altered by global trends.
• E. should have restrained globalization.

Read the text below, which is entitled "Time to Toss the Textbook", in order to answer questions 27 to 30.

The text refers to

• A. the lack of economic changes over the last decades.
• B. an increasingly interdependent global economy.
• C. ways of understanding and preventing recessions.
• D. economists' overconfidence in relation to the global markets.
• E. a set of policies which fully explains spending patterns

Investors in the USA are reacting negatively to

• A. Federal Reserve consumer price guarantees.
• B. a possible sharp increase in share prices.
• C. a dangerous level of nervousness in Wall Street.
• D. economic deceleration combined with higher inflation.
• E. the administration's refusal to increase interest rates.

According to the text, last month the consumer price index

• A. rose by more than pundits had expected.
• B. increased by almost one percentage point.
• C. caused an unexpected drop in corporate earnings.
• D. guaranteed Federal Reserve bonds.
• E. startled the core rate into a severe jump.

In the last paragraph, the rising cost of consumer goods is attributed to

• A. an annual growth rate of 3 percent or more.
• B. a moderate fall in the inflation rate.
• C. the recent sharp increase in oil prices.
• D. several months of economic slowdown.
• E. the dire predictions of some economists.

According to the article,

• A. Mr Bush's treasury secretary was on the brink of being dismissed
• B. Mr Bush's economic team intends to do away with the tax code.
• C. the Social Security System has been remodeled and upgraded.
• D. the former American president established four economic aims.
• E. Mr Bush set an unachievable economic agenda in his first term.

In relation to the budget deficit, it is supposed to be halved, which means to be

• A. 100% cleared.
• B. reduced by 50%.
• C. settled in percentages.
• D. increased by 15%.
• E. cut by around 75%.

The text refers to the Treasury as

• A. lacking political power with the opposition.
• B. not having had enough staff with the administration.
• C. having the political clout with the administration.
• D. not aiming for economic influence with the administration.
• E. not having enough influence with the administration.

Before the annual budget was announced, Labour supporters had hoped it would

• A. redeem the chancellor's reputation.
• B. be free from grand economic gestures.
• C. bring new life to their election campaign.
• D. overcome the large budget deficit.
• E. contain only easily achievable proposals.