Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Text LI-I – questions 7 and 8

From text LI-I, it can be gathered that

PETROBRAS net profit added up to R$ 39.76 bn in 2000.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on text LI-I, it can be concluded that

at least three factors contributed to the rise in PETROBRAS's net profits.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on text LI-I, it can be concluded that

Henri Philippe Reichstul became PETROBRAS's president the year before last.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on text LI-I, it can be concluded that

three goals were settled when Henri Philippe Reichstul took over PETROBRAS's presidency.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on text LI-I, it can be concluded that

PETROBRAS's name should be kept as it is according to a special group created to modernize its image.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on text LI-I, it can be concluded that

PETROBRAS not only got the highest profit ever recorded by a Brazilian company, but it was also the one to offer the largest share in Brazil.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Text LI-II – questions 9 and 10

From text LI-II, it can be deduced that

PETROBRAS lost the oil monopoly 48 years ago.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Text LI-II – questions 9 and 10

From text LI-II, it can be deduced that

PETROBRAS controls every segment of Brazil's up and downstream oil industry.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Read the text below in order to answer questions 14 to 16.

THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2000

Most analysts believe that the budget for the year 2000 presented by the government is feasible, but many points used to design the budget depend on negotiations with Congress. "If first impressions are confirmed, the budget corresponds to reality", says former Central Bank President Affonso Celso Pastore. According to the Chief Economist for Citibank, the budget is feasible but not easy to accomplish.

Specialists say that the government would have to reduce monthly expenses immediately until the end of the year from R$ 3.5 billion to R$ 2.87 billion, which would correspond to a 20% reduction. "It's quite a tight budget", said former Minister Maílson da Nóbrega. The main problem is that state employees' salaries have been raised and an extra R$ 3.1 billion will have to be paid next year.

Analysts predict

• A.

  a necessary cut in the public expenditure

• B.

  a further increase in state employees' salaries

• C.

  a considerable surplus for the public sector

• D.

  a substantial change in the fiscal responsibility law

• E.

  a huge technological investment

Read the text below in order to answer questions 14 to 16.

THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2000

Most analysts believe that the budget for the year 2000 presented by the government is feasible, but many points used to design the budget depend on negotiations with Congress. "If first impressions are confirmed, the budget corresponds to reality", says former Central Bank President Affonso Celso Pastore. According to the Chief Economist for Citibank, the budget is feasible but not easy to accomplish.

Specialists say that the government would have to reduce monthly expenses immediately until the end of the year from R$ 3.5 billion to R$ 2.87 billion, which would correspond to a 20% reduction. "It's quite a tight budget", said former Minister Maílson da Nóbrega. The main problem is that state employees' salaries have been raised and an extra R$ 3.1 billion will have to be paid next year.

According to the text, the state employees'salaries

• A.

  must have been reduced

• B.

  have not been negotiated

• C.

  must be taken into account

• D.

  represent a 20% cut in the budget

• E.

  have undoubtedly been neglected