Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

The meaning of "with a layoff or two sullying their résumés" (Paragraph 3) means

• A.

  with one or more dismissals from jobs spoiling their work record.

• B.

  with a few notable professional successes to their credit.

• C.

  bringing summaries of their achievements for their CVs.

• D.

  with plans to help refugees and displaced persons settle down.

• E.

  having a criminal record which might cause future problems.

The marketing expert Robin Fisher Roffer advises people to

• A.

  market almost everything they own.

• B.

  sell themselves like a brand of goods.

• C.

  re-launch a product on the market.

• D.

  use new technology to boost sales.

• E.

  avoid using any kind of sales jargon.

As questões de números 8 e 9 referem-se ao texto que segue.

The method described in the text

• A.

  disposes of the sludge by accumulating it in specific tanks.

• B.

  proposes landfilling as the only cost-effective process to dispose of the sludge.

• C.

  achieves a non-pollutant sludge as its final product.

• D.

  recovers up to 92% of the oil present in the sludge processed.

• E.

  solves the sludge problem by collecting all sludges in one single tank.

As questões de números 8 e 9 referem-se ao texto que segue.

Arrange these parts into a coherent paragraph.

I. The waste sludge, which has been significantly reduced in volume, can then either be disposed of via landfill,

II. an oil product with solids reduced to an acceptable level (the specifications are 0.3-0.8%),

III. In this particular application, accumulated tank bottoms have been pumped into sludge dams.

IV. and separates the feed into two streams,

V. or reduced to an even smaller, completely inert waste stream using carbonization.

VI. and a waste sludge with solids higher than 65%.

VII. The plant recovers the crude tank bottoms sludge from the dams,

• A.

  VII - VI - III - I - IV - II - V

• B.

  I - II - IV - V - VII - VI - III

• C.

  I - VI - VII - IV - II - V - III

• D.

  III - I - V - VII - IV - II - VI

• E.

  III - VII - IV - II - VI - I - V

As questões de números 10 e 11 referem-se ao texto que segue.

This text focuses on

• A.

  the different categories of hydrocarbon losses in vapor recovery units.

• B.

  the economic and environmental benefits of storing crude oil in fixed roof tanks.

• C.

  recovering emissions from crude oil stored in fixed roof tanks.

• D.

  marketing light hydrocarbon vapors to be used as on site fuel.

• E.

  preventing vapors from venting into the atmosphere by allowing oil to "weather" in the tanks.

As questões de números 10 e 11 referem-se ao texto que segue.

According to the text,

• A.

  heavier crude oils are more polluting than ligther crudes.

• B.

  flash losses occur due to a difference in pressure between the oil in the separator and in the storage tank.

• C.

  cycling the oil at frequent intervals reduces working vapors.

• D.

  atmospheric temperature changes do not cause any vapor losses.

• E.

  the pressure of the oil being dumped into the tank does not affect vapor losses.

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)

Following World War II, the major economic powers of the world negotiated a set of rules for reducing and limiting trade barriers and for settling trade disputes. These rules were called the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Headquarters to oversee the administration of the GATT were established in Geneva, Switzerland. Periodically, rounds of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT were carried out. The 8th round begun in 1986 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and dubbed the Uruguay Round, was concluded on Dec. 15, 1993, when 117 countries completed a new trade-liberalization agreement. The name for the GATT was changed to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which officially came into being Jan.1, 1995.

According to the text, the former GATT comprised

• A. tariff rules established by third world countries.
• B. trade regulations created prior to World War II.
• C. rules forbidding trade barriers and disputes.
• D. trade rules adopted in Uruguay in 1986.
• E. regulations related to trade issues.

Which of the following statements does not reflect the content of the text?

• A. The GATT members used to gather from time to time.
• B. 117 countries signed a new trade agreement.
• C.

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) used to be called GATT.

• D.

  A new trade agreement may be signed by 117 countries.

• E.

  Reducing trade barriers was one of the main concerns of the GATT.

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 57, considere o texto abaixo.

Segundo o texto, Anthony Casalena

• A.

  é formado pela Universidade de Maryland.

• B.

  tem uma empresa própria.

• C.

  era apenas um programador médio no início de sua carreira.

• D.

  só trabalhou uma semana na HyperOffice.

• E.

  desenvolveu um software para gerenciamento de emails, o HyperOffice.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

In recent weeks, critics from the right and from the left have launched strident attacks on International Monetary Fund efforts to stem the financial crisis that has swept through Asia like a typhoon. Critics on the right oppose using taxpayers'money to prop up foreign economies that compete with the U.S. They believe that government intervention will mess up the workings of the global financial markets ( although the Asian experience reveals that private actors can create quite a mess themselves). Critics on the left see the IMF as the agent of international capitalists, seeking protection from heavy losses caused by their greed and stupidity. They are also outraged by assistance to governments that violate the U.S. norms of human rights.

These questions will be hotly debated as Congress considers the Clinton Administration's request for $18 billion in additional resources for the IMF. But as usual, the political debate threatens to shed more heat than light on the real policy issues. Although the IMF has made mistakes as it struggles with a crisis whose causes and remedies are not fully understood by anyone, it has played a responsible role in bringing Asia, and the world, back from the brink of a full-fledged financial collapse.

According to the text, the IMF efforts to restrain the Asian financial crisis

• A.

  have resulted in criticisms both from the right and left wings.

• B.

  have produced massive approval in political terms.

• C.

  would have to be examined by political parties in the long run.

• D.

  have been fully supported by the right and left critics.

• E.

  will soon be carefully looked into by political authorities.