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

. Read the text below which is entitled "Economic recovery: the case of the BRICs" in order to answer questions 25 to 27:

According to paragraph 2, the quantity of goods imported by the USA has

• A.

  decreased.

• B.

  grown.

• C.

  abounded.

• D.

  risen.

• E.

  halved.

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 1,

• A.

  ambitious plans have been devised by state governments.

• B.

  on June 30^th, 46 states had already trimmed their budgets.

• C.

  deficits have been closed by forty-six states.

• D.

  lower revenue collections had been forecast up to June 30th.

• E.

  June was a very worrying and upsetting month.

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 2, "taxpayers had reason to be glum". In other words, they

• A.

  were understandably disappointed and sad.

• B.

  ought to feel worried, but also relieved.

• C.

  would rather be depressed.

• D.

  might well be cautiously optimistic.

• E.

  could reasonably seem hopeful.

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 3,

• A.

  Washington´s stimulus package was slashed.

• B.

  state budgets are being supported.

• C.

  a stimulus package is going to be provided.

• D.

  lay-offs and furloughs have been prevented.

• E.

  states are going to close their deficits.

Your answers to questions 21-24 must be based on the text below.

According to the text, at a meeting in June, the leaders of the BRICs agreed on the need to

• A.

  play a more influential role in the international financial order.

• B.

  prevent recession biting their economies.

• C.

  seek joint representation at institutions such as the World Bank.

• D.

  stop using the dollar as their reserve currency.

• E.

  tone down the radical positions of Russia and China.

Your answers to questions 21-24 must be based on the text below.

One effect of the global financial crisis, according to the text, will be to cause

• A.

  Brazil, Russia, India and China to be known as the BRICs.

• B.

  a fragmentation of international reserve currencies.

• C.

  increasing reliance on the dollar as the reserve currency.

• D.

  the BRICs to seek closer cooperation as a group.

• E.

  a challenge to the significance of the BRICs as a group.

This text could best be characterized as

• A. the abstract of a doctoral dissertation.
• B. a detailed review of a book on economics.
• C. a defense of money for publication in the popular press.
• D. publicity summarizing a recently-published book.
• E. a psychological explanation of the power of money.

Your answers to questions 21-24 must be based on the text below.

The phrase "stopped short of" in paragraph 1 means

• A.

  made short work of.

• B.

  took a short cut to.

• C.

  halted in its tracks over.

• D.

  went over the top in.

• E.

  did not go so far as.

The five words that open the text [Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot] in paragraph 1 line 1 are

• A. economic jargon for the proceeds of human labour.
• B. synonyms for money in colloquial usage.
• C. alternative expressions meaning profit.
• D. everyday words for things money can buy.
• E. indications of the evil referred to in the next line.

Your answers to questions 21-24 must be based on the text below.

The most suitable headline for this text would be

• A.

  BRICs attack the falling dollar.

• B.

  BRICs summit advocates financial stability.

• C.

  Emerging nations seek to set up new financial union.

• D.

  BRICs in disarray over financial crisis.

• E.

  Nations favour increased powers for the World Bank.