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

Your answers to questions 25 to 27 must be based on the text below entitled "Flight of the French":

The so-called 'fiscal refugees' are the

• A. fleeing taxpayers.
• B. successful shareholders
• C. well-known tax attorneys.
• D. notorious smugglers.
• E. top company executives

Your answers to questions 28 to 30 must be based on the text below entitled "The real medicine":

The advice given by the doctor is defined as sound. In other words, it

• A. might be effective.
• B. is reliable and effective.
• C. is questionable.
• D. should be looked into.
• E. must be deeply researched.

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.

• 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.

• 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

Your answers to questions 28 to 32 must be based on the text below, which is entitled "Sharon pushes ahead, regardless":

According to the article

• A.

  Israel refuses to retreat from the Gaza strip.

• B.

  the "Quartet" has pledged its support and assistance.

• C.

  the Gaza withdrawal has been vehemently opposed by the "Quartet

• D.

  three Israeli ministers are supporting one of Mr Sharon's proposals.

• E.

  maintaining the Gaza outposts is a major political concern

Your answers to questions 21 and 22 must be based on the text below, which is entitled "The technologies to halt global warming":

According to the article, "The technologies to halt global warming for 50 years already exist." In other words, global warming may be

• A.

  researched.

• B.

  successfully mapped.

• C.

  gradually increased.

• D.

  decreased.

• E.

  stopped.

Your answers to questions 23 to 25 must be based on the text below, which is entitled "Latest Distribution News":

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is determined to

• A.

  minimize the extensive environmental damage.

• B.

  assess the vast local electricity supplies.

• C.

  provide shelter for its potential customers.

• D.

  keep on working despite the practical difficulties.

• E.

  file a lawsuit against the local government.

Your answers to questions 21 and 22 must be based on the text below, which is entitled "The technologies to halt global warming":

According to the text,

• A.

  15 technologies will have been implemented up to 2054.

• B.

  global carbon emissions might be decreased.

• C.

  renewable energy sources must have been forbidden.

• D.

  researchers ought to identify the sources of global warming.

• E.

  global carbon emissions have been halted.

Your answers to questions 23 to 25 must be based on the text below, which is entitled "Latest Distribution News":

The text refers to Hurricane Charley, which

• A.

  is said to have been a man-made catastrophe.

• B.

  has been looked into as well as foreseen by FPL.

• C.

  has hit an American state.

• D.

  will be researched so as to be categorized.

• E.

  had been predicted by the American government.