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

Read the text below entitled “Beyond Lula” in order to answer questions 14 to 16:

According to the text, Brazil´s growth pace is likely to

• A.

  decrease.

• B.

  reach 10%.

• C.

  exceed 10%.

• D.

  remain steady.

• E.

  gather.

Read the text below entitled “Beyond Lula” in order to answer questions 14 to 16:

The text highlights Petrobras´ public-share offering which

• A.

  was expected to reach $67 billion.

• B.

  might raise $67 billion.

• C.

  could have raised $67 billion.

• D.

  ought to have taken place.

• E.

  took place in late September.

Read the text below entitled “10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online” in order to answer questions 17 to 20:

According to the author, the year of your birthday must be

• A.

  omitted.

• B.

  pointed out.

• C.

  filled in.

• D.

  shifted.

• E.

  written down.

Read the text below entitled “10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online” in order to answer questions 17 to 20:

According to the author, reducing the risk to our private data is

• A.

  not sensible.

• B.

  unworthy.

• C.

  impossible.

• D.

  possible.

• E.

  not advisable.

Read the text below entitled “10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online” in order to answer questions 17 to 20:

According to the author, usernames and passwords

• A.

  should be complementary.

• B.

  must be multiple.

• C.

  have to be similar.

• D.

  ought to be jumbled.

• E.

  could be multiple.

Read the text below entitled “10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online” in order to answer questions 17 to 20:

According to the author, when throwing away credit card offers or bank statements, one should

• A.

  inform the bank in advance.

• B.

  store a copy of both documents.

• C.

  tear them into thin pieces.

• D.

  delete the identification number first.

• E.

  not cut any of these documents.

According to the text, businesses

• A. are fully prepared to deal with an ancient workforce.
• B. cannot cope with an influx of elderly workers.
• C. are incapable of growing old gracefully.
• D. must get rid of older workers through streamlining operations.
• E. must learn to deal with the need to keep older staff employed.

In paragraph 2, the author claims that the recent economic recession has

• A. awakened an interest in science and engineering among younger workers.
• B. caused the number of young people seeking jobs in business to increase.
• C. extinguished what little interest
  afirms had shown in how to manage an older staff.
• D. made a mountain of business management out of a managerial molehill.
• E. led many afirms to dismiss older workers in their periodic staff reductions.

The text suggests that the governments of industrialized countries are

• A. trying to stop companies dismissing older members of their workforce.
• B. refusing to employ younger workers because of their expensive pensions.
• C. cutting the retirement pensions of valuable workers on the basis of age.
• D. making desperate attempts to cope with an ineficient labour market.
• E. regretting their generosity to workers who have taken early retirement.

According to the text, current British laws on working timetables are designed mainly for

• A. women who work as secretaries for the government.
• B. parents of young children and teenagers, as well as care workers.
• C. men who have been in their current jobs for some time.
• D. women extending their maternity leave with unpaid work.
• E. those who want a change in the cultural mentality of businesses.