Questões de Concurso
Comentadas sobre comparativo e superlativo de adjetivos | comparative and superlative em inglês
Foram encontradas 168 questões
Q776077
Inglês
In terms of comparative adjectives, the following alternative that does NOT contain an
irregular form is:
Ano: 2016
Banca:
IESES
Órgão:
BAHIAGÁS
Prova:
IESES - 2016 - BAHIAGÁS - Analista de Processos Tecnológicos - Engenharia |
Q749646
Inglês
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words:
She was the ____________ woman I ever met. Besides, she was ____________ intelligent and creative. Also, she received the ___________ recognition of her time for _________ the first pianist of her country to receive an international award.
Ano: 2016
Banca:
NUCEPE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Teresina - PI
Prova:
NUCEPE - 2016 - Prefeitura de Teresina - PI - Professor - Língua Inglesa |
Q730064
Inglês
Texto associado
TEXT 05
What is English as a Lingua Franca
What students need most from their
language classes affects how we teach. But
to what extent do we consider students'
needs when it comes to pronunciation? How
often do we stop to consider the needs of
students who are learning English to mainly
communicate with other non-native
speakers? In this situation, English is used
as a Lingua Franca ( henceforth ELF) - a
common language between people who do
not share the same native language. So their
needs are quite different to students who go
to the UK, for example, and want to integrate
within that culture and so may want to sound
as much like a native speaker as possible.
The priority for students using ELF, on the
other hand, is to be as intelligible as possible
to the people they are communicating with.
This does not necessarily mean sounding
like a native speaker.
Source: adapted from
https://www.britishcouncil.org/voicesmagazine/how-teach-english-lingua-franca-elf.
Access: March 24th , 2016.
The same type of underlined comparative of
the excerpt taken from the text 05 "The
priority for students using ELF, on the other
hand, is to be as intelligible as possible to
the people they are communicating with."
(lines 16 to 18), is:
Ano: 2016
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
TCE-PA
Provas:
CESPE - 2016 - TCE-PA - Conhecimentos Básicos- Cargo 40
|
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2016 - TCE-PA - Auxiliar Técnico de Controle Externo - Área Informática |
Q675354
Inglês
On the ideas of the text and the vocabulary used in it, judge the next item.
Replacing “earlier” (l.17) by older changes the meaning of the
last sentence of the text.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
CETRO
Órgão:
AEB
Provas:
CETRO - 2014 - AEB - Analista em C&T - Gestão Administrativa - Pleno 1
|
CETRO - 2014 - AEB - Tecnologista - Desenvolvimento Técnológico - Pleno 1 |
Q482190
Inglês
Read the paragraphs below and choose the alternative that fills in correctly and respectively the blanks with the comparative of equality, the comparative of superiority or the superlative of the given adjectives in parentheses.
This is how stars die
5,000 light years away in Centaurus, a large constellation in the southern sky, is the Boomerang Nebula, a cloud of gas being expelled from a dying star.
This cloud is one of _________ (bizarre) 1 and ___________ (mysterious) 2 objects in the universe. Here, within the gas streaming outwards, astronomers have found that the temperature drops ___________ (low) 3 nearly absolute zero.
It is, ___________ (far) 4 anyone knows, the coldest place in the universe.
It may also prove to be quite important. Because this ____________ (frigid) 5 place, and objects like it, albeit a tad ___________ (warm) 6– may help astronomers unravel a host of cosmic conundrums, from the violent yet spectacular deaths of stars and the formation of galaxies to cosmic explosions and the origin of life itself.
Death of stars, birth of life
In many respects the Boomerang Nebula is unremarkable. All stars have to die some day. When ___________ (small) 7 stars end, those about eight times _____________ (massive) 8 our own sun, they produce a similar display of gas and dust.
display of gas and dust.
This is how stars die
5,000 light years away in Centaurus, a large constellation in the southern sky, is the Boomerang Nebula, a cloud of gas being expelled from a dying star.
This cloud is one of _________ (bizarre) 1 and ___________ (mysterious) 2 objects in the universe. Here, within the gas streaming outwards, astronomers have found that the temperature drops ___________ (low) 3 nearly absolute zero.
It is, ___________ (far) 4 anyone knows, the coldest place in the universe.
It may also prove to be quite important. Because this ____________ (frigid) 5 place, and objects like it, albeit a tad ___________ (warm) 6– may help astronomers unravel a host of cosmic conundrums, from the violent yet spectacular deaths of stars and the formation of galaxies to cosmic explosions and the origin of life itself.
Death of stars, birth of life
In many respects the Boomerang Nebula is unremarkable. All stars have to die some day. When ___________ (small) 7 stars end, those about eight times _____________ (massive) 8 our own sun, they produce a similar display of gas and dust.
display of gas and dust.
Ano: 2015
Banca:
CETRO
Órgão:
AMAZUL
Provas:
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Analista em Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia Nuclear - Advogado
|
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Analista Administrativo |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Engenheiro de Segurança do Trabalho |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Assistente Social |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Arquiteto |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Contador |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Cirurgião Dentista |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Auditor |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Analista de desenvolvimento de sistemas - Tecnólogo |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Analista de Recursos Humanos |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Tecnólogo em Logística |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Enfermeiro do Trabalho |
CETRO - 2015 - AMAZUL - Psicologia |
Q479338
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below to answer the questions 11-15.
NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies
January 9, 2013
By using an innovative test facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., researchers are able to use non-nuclear materials to simulate nuclear thermal rocket fuels - ones capable of propelling bold new exploration missions to the Red Planet and beyond. The Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage team is tackling a three-year project to demonstrate the viability of nuclear propulsion system technologies. A nuclear rocket engine uses a nuclear reactor to heat hydrogen to very high temperatures, which expands through a nozzle to generate thrust. Nuclear rocket engines generate higher thrust and are more than twice as efficient as conventional chemical rocket engines.
The team recently used Marshall’s Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator, or NTREES, to perform realistic, non-nuclear testing of various materials for nuclear thermal rocket fuel elements. In an actual reactor, the fuel elements would contain uranium, but no radioactive materials are used during the NTREES tests. Among the fuel options are a graphite composite and a “cermet” composite - a blend of ceramics and metals. Both materials were investigated in previous NASA and U.S. Department of Energy research efforts.
Nuclear-powered rocket concepts are not new; the United States conducted studies and significant ground testing from 1955 to 1973 to determine the viability of nuclear propulsion systems, but ceased testing when plans for a crewed Mars mission were deferred.
The NTREES facility is designed to test fuel elements and materials in hot flowing hydrogen, reaching pressures up to 1,000 pounds per square inch and temperatures of nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit - conditions that simulate space-based nuclear propulsion systems to provide baseline data critical to the research team.
“This is vital testing, helping us reduce risks and costs associated with advanced propulsion technologies and ensuring excellent performance and results as we progress toward further system development and testing,” said Mike Houts, project manager for nuclear systems at Marshall.
A first-generation nuclear cryogenic propulsion system could propel human explorers to Mars more efficiently than conventional spacecraft, reducing crews’ exposure to harmful space radiation and other effects of long-term space missions. It could also transport heavy cargo and science payloads. Further development and use of a first-generation nuclear system could also provide the foundation for developing extremely advanced propulsion technologies and systems in the future - ones that could take human crews even farther into the solar system.
Building on previous, successful research and using the NTREES facility, NASA can safely and thoroughly test simulated nuclear fuel elements of various sizes, providing important test data to support the design of a future Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. A nuclear cryogenic upper stage - its liquid- hydrogen propellant chilled to super-cold temperatures for launch - would be designed to be safe during all mission phases and would not be started until the spacecraft had reached a safe orbit and was ready to begin its journey to a distant destination. Prior to startup in a safe orbit, the nuclear system would be cold, with no fission products generated from nuclear operations, and with radiation below significant levels.
“The information we gain using this test facility will permit engineers to design rugged, efficient fuel elements and nuclear propulsion systems,” said NASA researcher Bill Emrich, who manages the NTREES facility at Marshall. “It’s our hope that it will enable us to develop a reliable, cost-effective nuclear rocket engine in the not-too-distant future."
The Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage project is part of the Advanced Exploration Systems program, which is managed by NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and includes participation by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program, which focuses on crew safety and mission operations in deep space, seeks to pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future vehicle development and human missions beyond Earth orbit.
Marshall researchers are partnering on the project with NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio; NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls; Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M.; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The Marshall Center leads development of the Space Launch System for NASA. The Science & Technology Office at Marshall strives to apply advanced concepts and capabilities to the research, development and management of a broad spectrum of NASA programs, projects and activities that fall at the very intersection of science and exploration, where every discovery and achievement furthers scientific knowledge and understanding, and supports the agency’s ambitious mission to expand humanity’s reach across the solar system. The NTREES test facility is just one of numerous cutting-edge space propulsion and science research facilities housed in the state-of- the-art Propulsion Research & Development Laboratory at Marshall, contributing to development of the Space Launch System and a variety of other NASA programs and missions.
Available in: http://www.nasa.gov
NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies
January 9, 2013
By using an innovative test facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., researchers are able to use non-nuclear materials to simulate nuclear thermal rocket fuels - ones capable of propelling bold new exploration missions to the Red Planet and beyond. The Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage team is tackling a three-year project to demonstrate the viability of nuclear propulsion system technologies. A nuclear rocket engine uses a nuclear reactor to heat hydrogen to very high temperatures, which expands through a nozzle to generate thrust. Nuclear rocket engines generate higher thrust and are more than twice as efficient as conventional chemical rocket engines.
The team recently used Marshall’s Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator, or NTREES, to perform realistic, non-nuclear testing of various materials for nuclear thermal rocket fuel elements. In an actual reactor, the fuel elements would contain uranium, but no radioactive materials are used during the NTREES tests. Among the fuel options are a graphite composite and a “cermet” composite - a blend of ceramics and metals. Both materials were investigated in previous NASA and U.S. Department of Energy research efforts.
Nuclear-powered rocket concepts are not new; the United States conducted studies and significant ground testing from 1955 to 1973 to determine the viability of nuclear propulsion systems, but ceased testing when plans for a crewed Mars mission were deferred.
The NTREES facility is designed to test fuel elements and materials in hot flowing hydrogen, reaching pressures up to 1,000 pounds per square inch and temperatures of nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit - conditions that simulate space-based nuclear propulsion systems to provide baseline data critical to the research team.
“This is vital testing, helping us reduce risks and costs associated with advanced propulsion technologies and ensuring excellent performance and results as we progress toward further system development and testing,” said Mike Houts, project manager for nuclear systems at Marshall.
A first-generation nuclear cryogenic propulsion system could propel human explorers to Mars more efficiently than conventional spacecraft, reducing crews’ exposure to harmful space radiation and other effects of long-term space missions. It could also transport heavy cargo and science payloads. Further development and use of a first-generation nuclear system could also provide the foundation for developing extremely advanced propulsion technologies and systems in the future - ones that could take human crews even farther into the solar system.
Building on previous, successful research and using the NTREES facility, NASA can safely and thoroughly test simulated nuclear fuel elements of various sizes, providing important test data to support the design of a future Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. A nuclear cryogenic upper stage - its liquid- hydrogen propellant chilled to super-cold temperatures for launch - would be designed to be safe during all mission phases and would not be started until the spacecraft had reached a safe orbit and was ready to begin its journey to a distant destination. Prior to startup in a safe orbit, the nuclear system would be cold, with no fission products generated from nuclear operations, and with radiation below significant levels.
“The information we gain using this test facility will permit engineers to design rugged, efficient fuel elements and nuclear propulsion systems,” said NASA researcher Bill Emrich, who manages the NTREES facility at Marshall. “It’s our hope that it will enable us to develop a reliable, cost-effective nuclear rocket engine in the not-too-distant future."
The Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage project is part of the Advanced Exploration Systems program, which is managed by NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and includes participation by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program, which focuses on crew safety and mission operations in deep space, seeks to pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future vehicle development and human missions beyond Earth orbit.
Marshall researchers are partnering on the project with NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio; NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls; Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M.; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The Marshall Center leads development of the Space Launch System for NASA. The Science & Technology Office at Marshall strives to apply advanced concepts and capabilities to the research, development and management of a broad spectrum of NASA programs, projects and activities that fall at the very intersection of science and exploration, where every discovery and achievement furthers scientific knowledge and understanding, and supports the agency’s ambitious mission to expand humanity’s reach across the solar system. The NTREES test facility is just one of numerous cutting-edge space propulsion and science research facilities housed in the state-of- the-art Propulsion Research & Development Laboratory at Marshall, contributing to development of the Space Launch System and a variety of other NASA programs and missions.
Available in: http://www.nasa.gov
Read the following sentence taken from the text.
“Nuclear rocket engines generate higher thrust and are more than twice as efficient as conventional chemical rocket engines.”
It is correct to affirm that the adjectives in bold and underlined are, respectively,
“Nuclear rocket engines generate higher thrust and are more than twice as efficient as conventional chemical rocket engines.”
It is correct to affirm that the adjectives in bold and underlined are, respectively,
Ano: 2011
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Correios
Prova:
CESPE - 2011 - Correios - Cargos de Nível Superior - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 3, 4, 5 e 16 |
Q356072
Inglês
Based on the text, judge the following items.
The term “better” (l.18) is the opposite of worst.
The term “better” (l.18) is the opposite of worst.
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
STF
Provas:
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Área Judiciária
|
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Área Administrativa |
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Básicos - Cargos 3 e 5 |
CESPE - 2013 - STF - Analista Judiciário - Revisor de Texto |
Q352000
Inglês
Texto associado
The aging process affects us all at different rates. Some people of fifty-three, like the esteemed author, look a mere thirty-five, with sparkling brown eyes, a handsome gait and the virility of a steam train. Others, like the author’s friend Colin, look like little middle-aged men at twenty-one with middle-aged outlooks of set ways and planned futures. In women the former condition is common but women rarely suffer from the latter, being fired with the insatiable drive of ambition for either an independent and distinguished career in a still male-dominated world, or a home and seven children by the time they are thirty followed by an independent and distinguished career as a Cheltenham councillor or a public relations agent for Jonathan Cape, in later life.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
No such luck for Charles Charlesworth, who was born on the 14th of March, 1829, in Stafford. At the age of four Charles had a beard and was sexually active.
In the final three years of his life his skin wrinkled, he developed varicose veins, shortness of breath, grey hair, senile dementia and incontinence. Some time in his seventh year he fainted and never gained consciousness
The coroner returned a verdict of natural causes due to old age.
Hugh Cory. Advanced writing with english in use. Oxford University Press, p. 34.
According to the text above,
it is rather common for women to look older than they really are.
it is rather common for women to look older than they really are.
Ano: 2014
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
SEFAZ-RJ
Prova:
FCC - 2014 - SEFAZ-RJ - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Estadual - Prova 1 |
Q351449
Inglês
According to the context, the ADJECTIVE that adequately fills the blank is
Ano: 2013
Banca:
Makiyama
Órgão:
DETRAN-RJ
Prova:
Makiyama - 2013 - DETRAN-RJ - Assistente Técnico Administrativo |
Q344241
Inglês
“The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and its impact on society and the environment is indisputable.”
Há, sublinhada nas sentenças a seguir, a mesma forma de superlativo adjetivo apresentada em the biggest, EXCETO na alternativa:
Há, sublinhada nas sentenças a seguir, a mesma forma de superlativo adjetivo apresentada em the biggest, EXCETO na alternativa:
Q331227
Inglês
Texto associado
READ THE TEXT IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 21 -30:
The word "wealthiest” in "the wealthiest in Latin America." (2nd paragraph) is:
Ano: 2013
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
SEFAZ-SP
Prova:
FCC - 2013 - SEFAZ-SP - Agente Fiscal de Rendas - Gestão Tributária - Prova 1 |
Q319156
Inglês
Facebook Announces Its Third Pillar “Graph Search” That Gives You Answers, Not Links Like Google
DREW OLANOFF JOSH CONSTINE, COLLEEN TAYLOR, INGRID LUNDEN
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Today at Facebook’s press event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced its latest product, called Graph Search.
Zuckerberg made it very clear that this is not web search, but completely different.
He explained the difference between web search and Graph Search. “Web search is designed to take any open-ended query and give
you links that might have answers.” Linking things together based on things that you’re interested in is a “very hard technical problem,”
according to Zuckerberg.
Graph Search is designed to take a precise query and give you an answer, rather than links that might provide the answer.” For
example, you could ask Graph Search “Who are my friends that live in San Francisco?”
Zuckerberg says that Graph Search is in “very early beta.” People, photos, places and interests are the focus for the first iteration of the
product.
Facebook Graph Search is completely personalized. Tom Stocky of the search team explains he gets unique results for a search of
“friends who like Star Wars and Harry Potter.” Then, “If anyone else does this search they get a completely different set of results. ...C...
someone had the same set of friends as me, the results would be different [because we have different relationships with our friends].”
You can also use Graph Search for recruiting. Stocky says if he was looking for people to join the team at Facebook, he could search
for NASA Ames employees who are friends with people at Facebook. “If I wanted to reach out and recruit them, I could see who their friends
are at Facebook. To refine them I can look for people who wrote they are “founders.”
Photos is another big part of Graph Search. Results are sorted by engagement so you see the ones with the most likes and comments
at the top. For example, Lars Rasmussen, Facebook engineer, searched for “photos of my friends taken at National Parks.” He got a gorgeous
page of photos from Yosemite, Machu Pichu, and other parks.
(Adapted from http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/facebook-announces-its-third-pillar-graph-search/)
No texto, “latest” significa
DREW OLANOFF JOSH CONSTINE, COLLEEN TAYLOR, INGRID LUNDEN
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Today at Facebook’s press event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced its latest product, called Graph Search.
Zuckerberg made it very clear that this is not web search, but completely different.
He explained the difference between web search and Graph Search. “Web search is designed to take any open-ended query and give
you links that might have answers.” Linking things together based on things that you’re interested in is a “very hard technical problem,”
according to Zuckerberg.
Graph Search is designed to take a precise query and give you an answer, rather than links that might provide the answer.” For
example, you could ask Graph Search “Who are my friends that live in San Francisco?”
Zuckerberg says that Graph Search is in “very early beta.” People, photos, places and interests are the focus for the first iteration of the
product.
Facebook Graph Search is completely personalized. Tom Stocky of the search team explains he gets unique results for a search of
“friends who like Star Wars and Harry Potter.” Then, “If anyone else does this search they get a completely different set of results. ...C...
someone had the same set of friends as me, the results would be different [because we have different relationships with our friends].”
You can also use Graph Search for recruiting. Stocky says if he was looking for people to join the team at Facebook, he could search
for NASA Ames employees who are friends with people at Facebook. “If I wanted to reach out and recruit them, I could see who their friends
are at Facebook. To refine them I can look for people who wrote they are “founders.”
Photos is another big part of Graph Search. Results are sorted by engagement so you see the ones with the most likes and comments
at the top. For example, Lars Rasmussen, Facebook engineer, searched for “photos of my friends taken at National Parks.” He got a gorgeous
page of photos from Yosemite, Machu Pichu, and other parks.
(Adapted from http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/facebook-announces-its-third-pillar-graph-search/)
No texto, “latest” significa
Ano: 2013
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
SEFAZ-SP
Provas:
FCC - 2013 - SEFAZ-SP - Agente Fiscal de Rendas - Gestão Tributária - Prova 1
|
FCC - 2013 - SEFAZ-SP - Agente Fiscal de Rendas - Tecnologia da Informação - Prova 1 |
Q319152
Inglês
For taxpayer advocate, a familiar refrain
By Michelle Singletary, Published: January 15, 2013
It’s not nice to tell people “I told you so.” But if anybody has the right to say that, it’s Nina E. Olson, the national taxpayer advocate.
Olson recently submitted her annual report to Congress and top on her list of things that need to be fixed is the complexity of the tax
code, which she called the most serious problem facing taxpayers.
Let’s just look at the most recent evidence of complexity run amok. The Internal Revenue Service had to delay the tax-filing season so it
could update forms and its programming to accommodate recent changes made under the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The IRS won’t start
processing individual income tax returns until Jan. 30. Yet one thing remains unchanged − the April 15 tax deadline.
Because of the new tax laws, the IRS also had to release updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013. These replace the tables
issued Dec. 31. Yes, let’s just keep making more work for the agency that is already overburdened. Not to mention the extra work for
employers, who have to use the revised information to correct the amount of Social Security tax withheld in 2013. And they have to make that
correction in order to withhold a larger Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on wages, following the expiration of the payroll tax cut in effect for
2011 and 2012.
Oh, and there was the near miss with the alternative minimum tax that could have delayed the tax filing season to late March. The AMT
was created to target high-income taxpayers who were claiming so many deductions that they owed little or no income tax. Olson and many
others have complained for years that the AMT wasn’t indexed for inflation.
“Many middle- and upper-middle-class taxpayers pay the AMT, while most wealthy taxpayers do not, and thousands of millionaires pay
..A.. income tax at all,” Olson said.
As part of the recent “fiscal cliff” deal, the AMT is now fixed, a move that the IRS was anticipating. It had already decided to program its
systems on the assumption that an AMT patch would be passed, Olson said. Had the agency not taken the risk, the time it would have taken to
update the systems “would have brought about the most chaotic filing season in memory,” she said in her report.
The tax code contains almost 4 million words. Since 2001, there have been about 4,680 changes, or an average of more than one
change a day. What else troubles Olson? Here’s what:
− Nearly 60 percent of taxpayers hire paid preparers, and another 30 percent rely on commercial software to prepare their returns.
− Many taxpayers don’t really know how their taxes are computed and what rate of tax they pay.
− The complex code makes tax fraud ..B.. to detect.
− Because the code is so complicated, it creates an impression that many taxpayers are not paying their fair share. This reduces trust
in the system and perhaps leads some people to cheat. Who wants to be the sucker in this game? So someone might not declare
all of his income, rationalizing that millionaires get to use the convoluted code to greatly reduce their tax liability.
− In fiscal year 2012, the IRS received around 125 million calls. But the agency answered only about two out of three calls from
people trying to reach a live person, and those taxpayers had to wait, on average, about 17 minutes to get through.
“I hope 2013 brings about fundamental tax simplification,” Olson pleaded in her report. She urged Congress to reassess the need for
the tax breaks we know as income exclusions, exemptions, deductions and credits. It’s all these tax advantage breaks that complicate the
code. If done right, and without reducing revenue, tax rates could be substantially lowered in exchange for ending tax breaks, she said.
(Adapted from http://js.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-taxpayer-advocate-a-familiar-refrain/2013/01/15/a10327ce-5f59-
11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html)
A alternativa que, no contexto, preenche adequadamente a lacuna ..B.. é
By Michelle Singletary, Published: January 15, 2013
It’s not nice to tell people “I told you so.” But if anybody has the right to say that, it’s Nina E. Olson, the national taxpayer advocate.
Olson recently submitted her annual report to Congress and top on her list of things that need to be fixed is the complexity of the tax
code, which she called the most serious problem facing taxpayers.
Let’s just look at the most recent evidence of complexity run amok. The Internal Revenue Service had to delay the tax-filing season so it
could update forms and its programming to accommodate recent changes made under the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The IRS won’t start
processing individual income tax returns until Jan. 30. Yet one thing remains unchanged − the April 15 tax deadline.
Because of the new tax laws, the IRS also had to release updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013. These replace the tables
issued Dec. 31. Yes, let’s just keep making more work for the agency that is already overburdened. Not to mention the extra work for
employers, who have to use the revised information to correct the amount of Social Security tax withheld in 2013. And they have to make that
correction in order to withhold a larger Social Security tax of 6.2 percent on wages, following the expiration of the payroll tax cut in effect for
2011 and 2012.
Oh, and there was the near miss with the alternative minimum tax that could have delayed the tax filing season to late March. The AMT
was created to target high-income taxpayers who were claiming so many deductions that they owed little or no income tax. Olson and many
others have complained for years that the AMT wasn’t indexed for inflation.
“Many middle- and upper-middle-class taxpayers pay the AMT, while most wealthy taxpayers do not, and thousands of millionaires pay
..A.. income tax at all,” Olson said.
As part of the recent “fiscal cliff” deal, the AMT is now fixed, a move that the IRS was anticipating. It had already decided to program its
systems on the assumption that an AMT patch would be passed, Olson said. Had the agency not taken the risk, the time it would have taken to
update the systems “would have brought about the most chaotic filing season in memory,” she said in her report.
The tax code contains almost 4 million words. Since 2001, there have been about 4,680 changes, or an average of more than one
change a day. What else troubles Olson? Here’s what:
− Nearly 60 percent of taxpayers hire paid preparers, and another 30 percent rely on commercial software to prepare their returns.
− Many taxpayers don’t really know how their taxes are computed and what rate of tax they pay.
− The complex code makes tax fraud ..B.. to detect.
− Because the code is so complicated, it creates an impression that many taxpayers are not paying their fair share. This reduces trust
in the system and perhaps leads some people to cheat. Who wants to be the sucker in this game? So someone might not declare
all of his income, rationalizing that millionaires get to use the convoluted code to greatly reduce their tax liability.
− In fiscal year 2012, the IRS received around 125 million calls. But the agency answered only about two out of three calls from
people trying to reach a live person, and those taxpayers had to wait, on average, about 17 minutes to get through.
“I hope 2013 brings about fundamental tax simplification,” Olson pleaded in her report. She urged Congress to reassess the need for
the tax breaks we know as income exclusions, exemptions, deductions and credits. It’s all these tax advantage breaks that complicate the
code. If done right, and without reducing revenue, tax rates could be substantially lowered in exchange for ending tax breaks, she said.
(Adapted from http://js.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-taxpayer-advocate-a-familiar-refrain/2013/01/15/a10327ce-5f59-
11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html)
A alternativa que, no contexto, preenche adequadamente a lacuna ..B.. é
Ano: 2012
Banca:
EXATUS
Órgão:
DETRAN-RJ
Prova:
EXATUS - 2012 - DETRAN-RJ - Todos os Cargos - Conhecimentos Gerais |
Q317101
Inglês
Indique a melhor alternativa para completar a sentença:
The Eiffel Tower in France _____ that one of building in Dubai.
The Eiffel Tower in France _____ that one of building in Dubai.
Q203359
Inglês
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Paulo César Nóbrega is one of 40 milion people living with HIV/AIDS. This is story:
Like most young people of my generation, I started using drugs as an adolescent. By the time I was 16, I was taking cannabis, hallucinogens and injecting drugs. Soon, my addiction led me to drug trafficking. Between 1985 and 1993, I was imprisoned in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, where I was diagnosed HIV-positive.
Initially, I was shocked. But I didn't really know what HIV or AIDS were, which is why I continued using drugs and sharing needles with other inmates. We received no guidance or preventive care.
In prison, AIDS first manifested itself through tuberculosis, an illness I suffered from three times. Although I was eventually given anti-retroviral medicines, I continued taking drugs and only restarted the treatment in earnest after abandoning drugs for good in 1999.
At that time, I was a member of a support group in my hometown, the coastal city of São Vicente, and was close to other HIV-positive people. We soon decided to establish the Hipupiara NGO to promote a sense of unity among people living with HIV and to improve their quality of life.
Unfortunately, I suffered a lot of prejudice for being HIV-positive, including from members of my family. I was also denied jobs. Then, in 2001, I started working as a fisherman, a job I retired from in 2005, at 50, due to poor health.
Today, I am free of drugs and am sticking to the treatment. I work as a volunteer for Hipupiara, contacting drug users in the city and referring them to treatment and assistance services.
Thanks to all the information I have accumulated about HIV/AIDS, I can now face and beat prejudice. People infected with HIV and drug users should not close up or avoid talking about their problems; we should help each other so that we can all lead a better life.
Like most young people of my generation, I started using drugs as an adolescent. By the time I was 16, I was taking cannabis, hallucinogens and injecting drugs. Soon, my addiction led me to drug trafficking. Between 1985 and 1993, I was imprisoned in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, where I was diagnosed HIV-positive.
Initially, I was shocked. But I didn't really know what HIV or AIDS were, which is why I continued using drugs and sharing needles with other inmates. We received no guidance or preventive care.
In prison, AIDS first manifested itself through tuberculosis, an illness I suffered from three times. Although I was eventually given anti-retroviral medicines, I continued taking drugs and only restarted the treatment in earnest after abandoning drugs for good in 1999.
At that time, I was a member of a support group in my hometown, the coastal city of São Vicente, and was close to other HIV-positive people. We soon decided to establish the Hipupiara NGO to promote a sense of unity among people living with HIV and to improve their quality of life.
Unfortunately, I suffered a lot of prejudice for being HIV-positive, including from members of my family. I was also denied jobs. Then, in 2001, I started working as a fisherman, a job I retired from in 2005, at 50, due to poor health.
Today, I am free of drugs and am sticking to the treatment. I work as a volunteer for Hipupiara, contacting drug users in the city and referring them to treatment and assistance services.
Thanks to all the information I have accumulated about HIV/AIDS, I can now face and beat prejudice. People infected with HIV and drug users should not close up or avoid talking about their problems; we should help each other so that we can all lead a better life.
(Available in: <
http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/200601/page005.htm...>; Acess in: Mar. 6, 2006.)
“Addiction/ better/itself/among”. The following words can be classified as:
Ano: 2011
Banca:
CESGRANRIO
Órgão:
Transpetro
Provas:
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Administrador Júnior
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CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Analista de Sistemas Júnior |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Contador Júnior - Contábil |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Contador Júnior - Auditoria Interna |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Economista Júnior |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Engenharia de Produção |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Médico do trabalho |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Análise de Projetos de Inverstimentos |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Geotécnica |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Elétrica |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Mecânica |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Profissional de Meio Ambiente Júnior |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Processamento |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Segurança |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Naval |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Químico de Petróleo Júnior |
CESGRANRIO - 2011 - Transpetro - Engenheiro Júnior - Automação |
Q154628
Inglês
Texto associado
Model copes with chaos to deliver relief
Computer program helps responders transport
supplies in tough conditions
By Rachel Ehrenberg Science News, Web edition: Monday, February 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Getting blood or other perishable supplies to an area that’s been struck by an earthquake or hurricane isn’t as simple as asking what brown can do for you. But a new model quickly determines the best routes and means for delivering humanitarian aid, even in situations where bridges are out or airport tarmacs are clogged with planes.
The research, presented February 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, could help get supplies to areas which have experienced natural disasters or help prepare for efficient distribution of vaccines when the flu hits.
Efficient supply chains have long been a goal of manufacturers, but transport in fragile networks — where supply, demand and delivery routes may be in extremely rapid flux — requires a different approach, said Anna Nagurney of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who presented the new work. Rather than considering the shortest path from one place to another to maximize profit, her system aims for the cleanest path at minimum cost, while capturing factors such as the perishability of the product and the uncertainty of supply routes. ‘You don’t know where demand is, so it’s tricky,’ said Nagurney. ‘It’s a multicriteria decision-making problem.’
By calculating the total cost associated with each link in a network, accounting for congestion and incorporating penalties for time and products that are lost, the computer model calculates the best supply chain in situations where standard routes may be disrupted.
‘Mathematical tools are essential to develop formal means to predict, and to respond to, such critical perturbations,’ said Iain Couzin of Princeton University, who uses similar computational tools to study collective animal behavior. ‘This is particularly important where response must be rapid and effective, such as during disaster scenarios … or during epidemics or breaches of national security.
’ The work can be applied to immediate, pressing situations, such as getting blood, food or medication to a disaster site, or to longer-term problems such as determining the best locations for manufacturing flu vaccines. . Retrieved April 7th, 2011.
By Rachel Ehrenberg Science News, Web edition: Monday, February 21st, 2011
WASHINGTON — Getting blood or other perishable supplies to an area that’s been struck by an earthquake or hurricane isn’t as simple as asking what brown can do for you. But a new model quickly determines the best routes and means for delivering humanitarian aid, even in situations where bridges are out or airport tarmacs are clogged with planes.
The research, presented February 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, could help get supplies to areas which have experienced natural disasters or help prepare for efficient distribution of vaccines when the flu hits.
Efficient supply chains have long been a goal of manufacturers, but transport in fragile networks — where supply, demand and delivery routes may be in extremely rapid flux — requires a different approach, said Anna Nagurney of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who presented the new work. Rather than considering the shortest path from one place to another to maximize profit, her system aims for the cleanest path at minimum cost, while capturing factors such as the perishability of the product and the uncertainty of supply routes. ‘You don’t know where demand is, so it’s tricky,’ said Nagurney. ‘It’s a multicriteria decision-making problem.’
By calculating the total cost associated with each link in a network, accounting for congestion and incorporating penalties for time and products that are lost, the computer model calculates the best supply chain in situations where standard routes may be disrupted.
‘Mathematical tools are essential to develop formal means to predict, and to respond to, such critical perturbations,’ said Iain Couzin of Princeton University, who uses similar computational tools to study collective animal behavior. ‘This is particularly important where response must be rapid and effective, such as during disaster scenarios … or during epidemics or breaches of national security.
’ The work can be applied to immediate, pressing situations, such as getting blood, food or medication to a disaster site, or to longer-term problems such as determining the best locations for manufacturing flu vaccines. . Retrieved April 7th, 2011.
According to Anna Nagurney, in paragraph 3 (lines 14-26), an efficient logistics system must consider the
Ano: 2008
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
SERPRO
Provas:
CESPE - 2008 - SERPRO - Técnico - Operação de Redes
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CESPE - 2008 - SERPRO - Programador de computador |
CESPE - 2008 - SERPRO - Técnico de enfermagem |
Q152301
Inglês
Texto associado
Based on the text above, judge the items below.
Based on the text above, judge the items below.
It’s much better to have trustworthy workers than very clever ones.
Ano: 2006
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
DATAPREV
Provas:
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
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CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Redes |
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Banco de Dados |
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Análise de Produção |
Q113427
Inglês
Based on the text above, judge the following items
The bigger the project, the fewer people are demanded.
The bigger the project, the fewer people are demanded.
Ano: 2006
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
DATAPREV
Provas:
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
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CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Análise de Informações |
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Ambiente Operacional |
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Redes |
CESPE - 2006 - DATAPREV - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - Banco de Dados |
Q113418
Inglês
Based on the text above, judge the following items.
Virus writers know more about computers than hackers.
Virus writers know more about computers than hackers.
Ano: 2011
Banca:
FCC
Órgão:
TRE-RN
Prova:
FCC - 2011 - TRE-RN - Analista Judiciário - Análise de Sistemas |
Q105199
Inglês
A alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna 
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