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

Read the text below in order to answer questions 15 to 18.

The Brazilian government's plan

• A.

  has taken 3 years to be implemented.

• B.

  integrates two newly-updated systems

• C.

  is expected to cost around US$1.12 billion.

• D.

  optimizes the current use of the Internet.

• E.

  is not intended to include all the computers.

For questions 28-30 below, choose the answer which best fits the ideas in the text.

According to the text, Vice Fund

• A.

  is concerned with stamping out illegal vices.

• B.

  deals with illicit assets in the grey economy.

• C.

  has attracted 17.2% of the legitimate investors.

• D.

  profits from human addictions and conflicts.

• E.

  is barely worth serious attention from investors.

For questions 28-30 below, choose the answer which best fits the ideas in the text.

The text points out that Vice Fund has

• A.

  proved a good investment for its shareholders.

• B.

  outperformed smoking, drinking and gambling.

• C.

  had mutually regrettable fund results.

• D.

  found popularity with portfolio managers.

• E.

  been promoted in wicked corners of Dallas.

The word "muscular" (paragraph 2, last line) implies that US foreign policy is

• A.

  peaceable.

• B.

  belligerent.

• C.

  athletic.

• D.

  protective.

• E.

  well-formed.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 23 to 25:

The word championing in paragraph 2 means

• A.

  competently devising.

• B.

  undeniably abjuring.

• C.

  publicly supporting.

• D.

  carefully assessing.

• E.

  openly rejecting.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:

The author states that the VAT (value-added tax) has been

• A.

  lowered

• B.

  lifted

• C.

  forbidden.

• D.

  reduced.

• E.

  charged.

For questions 25-27 below, choose the answer which best fits the ideas in the text.

The expression "forged" in the first paragraph of the text could best be defined as

• A.

  misled.

• B.

  broken down.

• C.

  set up.

• D.

  made off with.

• E.

  falsified.

According to the text,

• A.

  Brazil might soon face financial and political challenges.

• B.

  Argentina is about to pay off its foreign debt.

• C.

  Brazil has not been able to redirect its economic course.

• D.

  Latin America has remained affluent over the last twelve months.

• E.

  the Latin American economic scenario has undergone changes.

According to the text,

• A.

  huge sums of foreign capital have been invested in Brazil.

• B.

  Latin America's recent travails have been overcome.

• C.

  deep-rooted obstacles explain Argentina's recent slump.

• D.

  the world economy is not performing as well as usual.

• E.

  Latin America's growth is to be set out by financial officials.

Read the text below in order to answer questions 19 to 20.

The amount of about US$1.12 billion concerning Brazil's total public and private computing service payments

• A.

  would have to be reached.

• B.

  is currently being spent.

• C.

  might be saved in 2003.

• D.

  must be cut in 2003.

• E.

  is likely to be re-invested.