Questões de Língua Inglesa da Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the latest revelation on 26th January, Dick Thornburgh, the man nominated to examine the fall of World-Co m, delivered a report saying that, as well as a lot of other dishonest transactions of which the insolvent telecoms company is blameworthy, it also swindled the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) out of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes by means of a tax shelter dishonestly invented by KPMG, its auditor.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above and on your capacity to draw inferences from it, judge the following items.

Some of the information collected by the Food Standards Agency is so alarming or potentially dangerous that it prefers not to inform the general public about it, so that there will be no panic.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the last revelation on January 26th, Dick Thornburgh, the man accredited to look into the breach of World-Com, reported that, as wel l as a slew of other false dealings for which the undermined telecoms companies are to be criticised, it als o defrauded the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of heaps of dollars through a tax cover created by KPMG, its accountant.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, related to the text above.

Minimizing public health risks effectively should be very simple: all a country has to do is to control and research about diseases in general and prevent infected foods or animals from entering its territory.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Text I – items 31 to 37

Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text

In the latest revelation, Dick Thornburgh, the man in charge of evaluating the failure of Wo rld-Com, issued hearsay evidence stating that, not only many other crooked dealings are to be attributed to broken telecoms company , but that it also deprived the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS) of great sums of dollars using a tax device invented by KPMG, its auditor.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, related to the text above.

The avian flu affects not only birds but also people.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The word “aging” (l.3) means growing old.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.

The expression " fret that su ch cases are the tip of a large iceberg" (L.13-14) means that many other similar cases have been found.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The FDA will very soon establish a new regulation defining what hypoallergenic is.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The expression “winds down” (l.8) means ends gradually.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado