Questões de Língua Inglesa da Escola de Administração Fazendária (ESAF)

The pronoun ‘it’ in paragraph 3 line 5 refers to

• A. fear
• B. greed
• C. bubble
• D. scraping
• E. money

Your answers to questions 25-30 must be based on the text below entitled "Brazil boosts the dollar".

The title of the article suggests that the Brazilian government

• A.

  intends to promote the value of the dollar.

• B.

  is behaving imprudently.

• C.

  has taken action to deflate the dollar.

• D.

  has decided to shun the dollar.

• E.

  is concerned about the over-valued dollar.

The writer of the book attempts to prove that money is

• A. a serious cause of harm.
• B. a vital resource in times of war.
• C. essentially a question of surface bubbles.
• D. at the root of all human advanced.
• E. usually an expendable asset.

Your answers to questions 25-30 must be based on the text below entitled "Brazil boosts the dollar".

According to the text, last year the US currency

• A.

  first rose, then fell when commodity prices were slashed.

• B.

  outstripped both the Canadian dollar and the Brazilian real.

• C.

  remained stable, despite fears of a market crisis.

• D.

  first fell, then stabilized after commodity prices went up.

• E.

  remained unaffected by the financial crisis.

The main message of the first paragraph is that

• A. deforestation is less damaging to the environment than was traditionally believed.
• B. vehicles driven by standard fuels are responsible for 17% of all CO2 emissions.
• C. the statistics surrounding forest clearance are grossly exaggerated.
• D. it is time to limit the CO2 emissions from the world’s fleet of cars and trucks.
• E. forest clearance causes more CO2 emissions than all the world’s vehicles together.

Your answers to questions 25-30 must be based on the text below entitled "Brazil boosts the dollar".

Compared to Canada, according to the text, Brazil

• A.

  showed more impressive signs of financial recovery.

• B.

  intervened to protect its own currency.

• C.

  took more drastic action to stem the fall in the dollar.

• D.

  gave sharp warning over rising oil prices.

• E.

  watched the Canadian dollar rise with mild optimism.

The new model of economic development advocated in the text involves

• A. offering adequate financial reward to those who preserve the forest.
• B. raising people’s living standards through squandering natural capital.
• C. putting a ban on large-scale cattle farming, planting and wood extraction.
• D. making farmers pay for the flow of freshwater they use in the Amazon.
• E. paying small sums of money to inhabitants who can keep trees standing.

Your answers to questions 25-30 must be based on the text below entitled "Brazil boosts the dollar".

The writer claims that Canada and Brazil both appeared to show

• A.

  little concern about the falling value of the dollar.

• B.

  more concern than the US over the weakness of the dollar.

• C.

  a benevolent desire to help the US in times of crisis.

• D.

  an urge to promote the value of their own currencies.

• E.

  a short-term desire to boost prices on their stock markets.

The writer ‘s view of Brazilian action shows

• A. sharp criticism of Brazil’s failure to curb deforestation.
• B. mixture of praise for new policies and regret for past destruction.
• C. unqualifi ed praise for Brazil’s far-sightedness.
• D. a 43% approval rating for government policy for the region.
• E. a 19% disapproval rating for farming and ranching in the Amazon.

Your answers to questions 25-30 must be based on the text below entitled "Brazil boosts the dollar".

The result of the new Brazilian tax on investments was

• A.

  a rise of 54.5% in the value of the dollar.

• B.

  a fall of 2% on the Brazilian stock market.

• C.

  a drop of 7.5% in the dollar against the real.

• D.

  an increase to $80 in the price of a barrel of oil.

• E.

  a decrease of 3.8% in the value of the real.