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Coletânea de Exercícios
Assunto:
INGLÊS
SIMULADO COM 58 QUESTÕES
Autor:
GUSTAVO ARRUDA
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Read the text below in order to answer questions Read the text below in order to answer questions
15 to 17. 18 to 20.
Congress is finally making a move toward Although only about one out of every 100
school choice. The Senate approved a bill in individual tax returns will be audited in 1998,
April that would allow family members, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is very
charitable groups and employers to put up to good at selecting returns for audit that will
$2,000 per child annually into education yield additional taxes. Nevertheless, if your
savings accounts that would earn tax-free return is selected, it does not necessarily
interest. Parents could use the funds for mean you will incur any additional tax liability.
expenses related to elementary and If you do not agree with the examiner’s report,
secondary schooling, regardless of whether you can meet with the examiner’s supervisor
their children were in public, private, religious to discuss your case further. If you still do not
or home schools. The unused money and agree, you have the right to appeal the
interest could later be rolled over and used for findings through a separate Appeals Office.
college-related expenses. You can also appeal to the U.S. Tax Court.
We should not squander this opportunity!
18 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - The author states that the
15 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - According to the author, examiner’s report might be
Congress is at last contributing to
a) questioned.
a) the supremacy of public schools. b) unofficial.
b) tax increases on education. c) ambiguous.
c) the revival of family values. d) irrevocable.
d) a free choice of school. e) dishonest.
e) profits derived from savings accounts.
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19 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - According to the text, when
you meet the examiner’s supervisor,
16 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - When the author claims that
"we should not squander this opportunity", he a) the two of you must reach a final agreement.
means we b) you have already accepted the examiner’s
report.
a) must not conceal its effects on tax payers. c) you intend to discuss the examiner’s report in
b) should not advertise it. more detail.
c) should not waste it. d) additional taxes are charged.
d) might not alter any of its items. e) you wish to discuss the examiner’s liability.
e) should not welcome it.
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20 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - The text implies that
17 (ESAF/AFTN/98) - The funds deposited in the
education savings accounts may not be used for a) audits rarely result in additional charges.
b) audits are an unnecessary practice.
a) secondary education. c) additional taxes must not be adopted.
b) non-educational expenses. d) audits will soon be abolished.
c) college expenses. e) additional taxes may be charged.
d) elementary education.
e) educational expenses.
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Read the text below in order to answer questions e) Brazil has serviced its debt punctually
21 to 24.
24 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - During the previous
EMERGING COUNTRIES decade, financing had been
August was coming to a close. The a) subject to high interest rates
situation in emerging countries looked bleak. For b) a burden on public accounts
most governments, financing during the previous
decade had been cheap. But a lethal cocktail of c) inexpensive for most governments
internal and external factors was being prepared. d) provided by the IMF
Fiscal accounts were not in good shape. Exports e) denied to emerging countries
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that severely hit terms of trade. Interest payments
were an increasingly unsustainable burden on Read the text below in order to answer questions
public-sector accounts. To top it off, U.S. interest 25 to 28.
rates were high and rising. The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and Wall Street bankers LATIN AMERICAN CURRENCIES
trembled.
I am talking about August 1982, but the Like a country’s flag or anthem, money is
parallels with today are striking. Ecuador, not a powerful emblem of nationhood that is instantly
Mexico, teeters on bankruptcy; Alan Greenspan, recognized, understood and even cherished by all
not Paul Volcker, fights inflation; Colombia and citizens. But where economies are feeble, a
Venezuela are in chaos; Brazil, Argentina, Chile handsome bank note can be a hollow, and
and Peru face difficult times. expensive, symbol. “We still confuse currency with
the national banner”, says the Argentine
21 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - According to the author, the economist Aldo Abram. “In fact, money is just an
situation in emerging countries instrument of economics.” A badly managed
instrument, at that. Despite a decade of bold free-
a) will certainly remain bleak market reforms and handsome money, Latin
b) has been favourable and prosperous America is in the midst of its worst recession since
c) had been bleak in the 1970s the 1980s, the “lost decade”. According to the
International Monetary Fund, foreign-capital flows
d) was not gloomy in 1982
to the region were down 55 percent last year.
e) seemed gloomy in August 1982 Poverty is deepening. There are plenty of reasons
for these travails. But wherever there is economic
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is not far away.
22 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - The author states that fiscal
accounts were not 25 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - According to the text,
money
a) controlled by the IMF
a) is merely an instrument of economics
b) part of the lethal cocktail
b) must be seen as the most powerful symbol of
c) in good condition a nation
d) taken into consideration c) might be an economic mechanism
e) relevant factors d) is instantly cherished by developed nations
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26 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - According to the text, Latin
23 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - Which of the statements America
below reflects the content of the text? a) openly favours dollarization
a) Ecuador has just gone bankrupt b) has been facing its worst recession since the
1980s
b) In 1982, the external debt was forgiven
c) considers bank notes as a mere instrument of
c) Colombia and Venezuela have run surpluses
economics
d) August 1982 resembles today’s reality
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d) successfully overcame its worst recession in e) benefits from expensive bank notes
1980
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28 (ESAF/AFCE/99) - A “crumbling currency”
refers to a currency which is
31 (ESAF/AFCE/00) - In connection to the
a) powerful budget for year 2000, analysts believe that it
b) illegal
a) ought to be designed by the Congress
c) solid
b) might be achieved
d) healthy
c) is hardly attainable
e) battered
d) will be increased by 20%
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CAN EXERCISE HELP YOU COPE WITH a) also includes the results of a study.
STRESS? b) discourages the practice of physical exercise.
c) states that our problems are unsolvable.
People most often exercise for purely physical d) persuades readers to lead a sedentary life.
reasons, yet many who exercise report that they e) proves that physical exercise increases our
“feel good”after vigorous exercise. Indeed, regular blood pressure.
exercise seems to be a powerful antistress
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studies to reduce anxiety levels and feelings of
helplessness, depression and hostility. At the UNITED STATES MINT
same time, regular exercise seems to stabilize
personality and to increase self-confidence and The United States Mint was created by Act of April
optimism. 2, 1792, which established the national coinage
Even when exercise is not making you feel more system. Initially, operations were conducted in
relaxed, it may still be helping you to cope with Philadelphia, then the nation’s capital. Supervision
stress. A recent study at the Human Performance of the Mint was a function of the secretary of
Laboratory in San Francisco compared the effect state, but in 1799, it became an independent
of stress on two groups of students. One group agency reporting directly to the president. The
had participated in a 14-week aerobic exercise Mint was made a statutory bureau of the Treasury
program; the other had not. Each group was Department in 1873, with a director appointed by
asked to solve a set of problems, and, because the president to oversee its operations from
most of the problems were unsolvable, both headquarters offices in the Treasury Department
groups became frustrated and showed increased in Washington DC.
muscular tension and anxiety levels. However, the The Mint manufactures all U.S. coins and
exercisers displayed fewer of these effects than distributes them through the Federal Reserve
the nonexercisers did, and they showed no banks and branches. The Mint also maintains
increase in blood pressure, which is a key physical custody of the treasury’s monetary stocks
measure of stress response. of gold and silver, moving, storing and releasing
from custody as authorized.
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39 (ESAF/TTN/98) - According to the text, the four 42 (ESAF/TTN/98) - Which of the options below
Mercosur countries aimed at summarize the content of the text?
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a) Pension schemes
b) Pep investors
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c) Pension funds
d) Individuals with low incomes
e) Individuals with high incomes
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THE INTERNET’S DAYS AS A TAX-
50 (ESAF/TRF/00) - Which alternative below is FREE ZONE ARE NUMBERED
not mentioned as having once been eligible
for a credit rebate?
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The sales tax, also known as the excise d) will not survive for much longer
tax, is one of the oldest, and therefore one of the
e) might soon be devised
most reviled, of all levies. Revolutions and
rebellions have been fought over it. But the battle
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today over whether to tax Internet sales, while not
violent, is as heated as any. Even Republicans,
who almost never disagree about taxes, are at
each other’s throats on the issue.
Virginia governor Jim Gilmore opposes new
taxes on e-commerce as a way to spur the Net, 57 (ESAF/TRF/00) - Concerning the issue of
while Utah governor Michael Leavitt thinks online taxing e.commerce, a congressional
sales must be taxed to keep state and local commission
governments solvent. A congressional
a) was finally able to reach an agreement
commission that was supposed to settle the issue
ended in deadlock earlier this year. b) will soon be settled
Citizens have every right to grouse about c) was not able to reach an agreement
the ill effects of sales taxes on Net growth, but the d) may at last come to an agreement
right of governments to impose them isn’t in
e) is now coming to an agreement
dispute. What’s more, lawmakers don’t have
much of a policy reason not to apply a sales tax to
commerce over the Internet. Thus the surprise of
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cyberspace almost certainly won’t remain a
(nearly) tax-free zone forever. For now, the
federal government has imposed a moratorium on 58 (ESAF/TRF/00) - When the author states that
new Internet taxes through October 2001. the sales tax is one of the most reviled of all
levies, he means that it
54 (ESAF/TRF/00) - In connection with taxation a) is well-accepted by tax-payers
of e-commerce, the text does not mention
b) has not been legally enforced
a) Republicans c) is one of the highest of all tariffs
b) unions d) is one of the most unpopular taxes
c) legislators e) is one of the heaviest interest rates
d) citizens
e) a congressional commission
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a) issues
b) regulations
c) technologies
d) policies
e) taxes
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GABARITO
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