Questões de Concurso
Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
Foram encontradas 12.713 questões
Ano: 2005
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
Receita Federal
Provas:
ESAF - 2005 - Receita Federal - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Federal - Área Tecnologia da Informação - Prova 1
|
ESAF - 2005 - Receita Federal - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Federal - Área Tributária e Aduaneira - Prova 1 |
Q2870
Inglês
Texto associado
Your answers to questions 21 to 24 must be based on the
text below entitled "A dip in the middle":
A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005
Income tax has been paid in Britain for more
than two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the
Younger to finance the war against Napoleonic France,
it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising
30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions,
regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a
bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by
others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.
During the past 30 years, income tax has been
subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top
rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between
1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician,
George Osborne, is floating a radical reform to match
that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced
on September 7th that he was setting up a commission
to explore the possible introduction of a flat income tax
in Britain.
Introducing a flat income tax into Britain would
involve two main changes. At present, there are three
marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced
by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than
the current top rate. At the same time there would be an
increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently
worth 4,895 pounds.
text below entitled "A dip in the middle":
A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005
Income tax has been paid in Britain for more
than two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the
Younger to finance the war against Napoleonic France,
it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising
30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions,
regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a
bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by
others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.
During the past 30 years, income tax has been
subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top
rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between
1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician,
George Osborne, is floating a radical reform to match
that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced
on September 7th that he was setting up a commission
to explore the possible introduction of a flat income tax
in Britain.
Introducing a flat income tax into Britain would
involve two main changes. At present, there are three
marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced
by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than
the current top rate. At the same time there would be an
increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently
worth 4,895 pounds.
According to paragraph 2, Margaret Thatcher's government brought in
Ano: 2005
Banca:
ESAF
Órgão:
Receita Federal
Provas:
ESAF - 2005 - Receita Federal - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Federal - Área Tecnologia da Informação - Prova 1
|
ESAF - 2005 - Receita Federal - Auditor Fiscal da Receita Federal - Área Tributária e Aduaneira - Prova 1 |
Q2869
Inglês
Texto associado
Your answers to questions 21 to 24 must be based on the
text below entitled "A dip in the middle":
A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005
Income tax has been paid in Britain for more
than two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the
Younger to finance the war against Napoleonic France,
it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising
30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions,
regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a
bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by
others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.
During the past 30 years, income tax has been
subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top
rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between
1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician,
George Osborne, is floating a radical reform to match
that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced
on September 7th that he was setting up a commission
to explore the possible introduction of a flat income tax
in Britain.
Introducing a flat income tax into Britain would
involve two main changes. At present, there are three
marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced
by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than
the current top rate. At the same time there would be an
increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently
worth 4,895 pounds.
text below entitled "A dip in the middle":
A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005
Income tax has been paid in Britain for more
than two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the
Younger to finance the war against Napoleonic France,
it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising
30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions,
regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a
bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by
others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.
During the past 30 years, income tax has been
subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top
rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between
1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician,
George Osborne, is floating a radical reform to match
that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced
on September 7th that he was setting up a commission
to explore the possible introduction of a flat income tax
in Britain.
Introducing a flat income tax into Britain would
involve two main changes. At present, there are three
marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced
by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than
the current top rate. At the same time there would be an
increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently
worth 4,895 pounds.
According to the text,
Ano: 2005
Banca:
NCE-UFRJ
Órgão:
BNDES
Provas:
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Administrador
|
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Contador |
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Economista |
Q594
Inglês
Texto associado
READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 26 TO 30:
TEXT II
COUNTING THE COST
Aug 25th, 2005
Can the world economy continue to shrug off high oil
prices?
HAD you been told in late 2001-not long after that
September's terrorist attacks, and when stockmarkets had
been tumbling for 18 months or so-that the price of crude
oil would more than triple within four years, you might well
have predicted global economic meltdown. The price of a
barrel of West Texas Intermediate has risen from $18 in
November 2001 to record levels: it hit yet another new
high, above $67, this week. This is similar in scale to the
price jumps of 1973-74, 1978-80 and 1989-90, all of which
were followed by worldwide recession and rising inflation.
Today, though, global GDP growth is well above trend, while
inflation remains low. Why has the world economy fared
so comfortably this time?
There are several popular explanations. The simplest is that,
although the latest price increase is about as big as those in
previous episodes, it has been more gradual. In 1979 the
price of oil doubled in six months; this time it took 18 months,
giving households and firms more time to adjust and so doing
less damage to their confidence and finances and hence to
economic activity. This is plausible, but unlikely to be the
whole story: no matter what the pace of the increase, it
pains Americans to pay $3-plus for a gallon of petrol.
(www.economist.com/finance)
As compared to previous occasions, this year's rise in oil price:
Ano: 2005
Banca:
NCE-UFRJ
Órgão:
BNDES
Provas:
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Administrador
|
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Contador |
NCE-UFRJ - 2005 - BNDES - Economista |
Q591
Inglês
Texto associado
READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 25:
TEXT I
The integral approach strategies adopted by
Favela-Bairro consist of proposals of integrated and
participative actions. The path that goes from welfare
to work should combine programs and services for
human and social development with labor and incomegeneration
opportunities. To be viable, however, social
promotion interventions should be focused on
geographical areas with a high concentration of poverty,
specifically on the poorest families.
An intersectoral decentralized and participative
approach can produce synergetic effects capable of
providing greater impact for poverty and inequality
reduction policies, and capable of contributing to their
sustainability.
Although Favela-Bairro has been based on the idea
of integrated urban infrastructure interventions, initially
the program did not incorporate all the basic components
of an integral approach strategy. These components
were gradually incorporated into its design as a result
of the participatory process and the transformations
that occurred in the municipal administration.
Favela-Bairro is the result of an evolving process
that resulted in the creation of a typical integral
development model with a territorial base that
incorporates life-cycle perspectives.
Rio de Janeiro inhabitants, either living in favelas
or not, recognize the importance of the Favela-Bairro
program. A public opinion poll carried out in 2003 asked
cariocas (as Rio residents are called) to choose from
a list of governmental programs the one to which the
next mayor should give priority. Favela-Bairro was
chosen in first place in all three rounds of the survey.
The same institute asked respondents about the most
important project for the city, and again Favela-Bairro
ranked first: 26.1 percent of respondents have elected
Favela-Bairro as more important than programs such
as minimum income, popular restaurants, and even
essential works in major city roads.
(www.worldbank.org on September 10, 2005)
TEXT I
The integral approach strategies adopted by
Favela-Bairro consist of proposals of integrated and
participative actions. The path that goes from welfare
to work should combine programs and services for
human and social development with labor and incomegeneration
opportunities. To be viable, however, social
promotion interventions should be focused on
geographical areas with a high concentration of poverty,
specifically on the poorest families.
An intersectoral decentralized and participative
approach can produce synergetic effects capable of
providing greater impact for poverty and inequality
reduction policies, and capable of contributing to their
sustainability.
Although Favela-Bairro has been based on the idea
of integrated urban infrastructure interventions, initially
the program did not incorporate all the basic components
of an integral approach strategy. These components
were gradually incorporated into its design as a result
of the participatory process and the transformations
that occurred in the municipal administration.
Favela-Bairro is the result of an evolving process
that resulted in the creation of a typical integral
development model with a territorial base that
incorporates life-cycle perspectives.
Rio de Janeiro inhabitants, either living in favelas
or not, recognize the importance of the Favela-Bairro
program. A public opinion poll carried out in 2003 asked
cariocas (as Rio residents are called) to choose from
a list of governmental programs the one to which the
next mayor should give priority. Favela-Bairro was
chosen in first place in all three rounds of the survey.
The same institute asked respondents about the most
important project for the city, and again Favela-Bairro
ranked first: 26.1 percent of respondents have elected
Favela-Bairro as more important than programs such
as minimum income, popular restaurants, and even
essential works in major city roads.
(www.worldbank.org on September 10, 2005)
Those who came to the poll were:
Q1236035
Inglês
A new computer worm dubbed “Netsky-D” was clogging
e-mail systems around the world after emerging on Monday, a
security expert said. The worm is particularly difficult to root out
because it lands in e-mail boxes using a number of different
subject lines such as “re:details” or “re:here is the document.” “It
arrives with an attached pif file (program information file) and it’s
already extremely widespread ” said Graham Cluley, senior
technology consultant at Sophos Plc. He said experts do not think the new virus is as big as
MyDoom, which brought havoc to computer users and targeted
Microsoft’s Web Site, but that the full extent of Netsky-D’s
spread would be known as North America logs on.
When opened, the virus pif file will rapidly replicate itself,
slowing down computers and e-mail bandwidth.
“We suspect people are more laid back about pif files because they may not have heard of them and may not realize they can contain dangerous code”, Cluley said. “The ...... (56) ...... thing to do with this file is to delete it, don’t open it.” Netsky-B, an earlier variant of the latest worm, was rated the third worst computer virus in February after MyDoom-A and Sober-C, according to Sophos, which writes anti-virus and antispam software. (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/technology/02WIRE-EMAIL.html)
A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna no texto é
“We suspect people are more laid back about pif files because they may not have heard of them and may not realize they can contain dangerous code”, Cluley said. “The ...... (56) ...... thing to do with this file is to delete it, don’t open it.” Netsky-B, an earlier variant of the latest worm, was rated the third worst computer virus in February after MyDoom-A and Sober-C, according to Sophos, which writes anti-virus and antispam software. (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/technology/02WIRE-EMAIL.html)
A palavra que preenche corretamente a lacuna no texto é
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
ANVISA
Provas:
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação - Farmácia
|
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Biblioteconomia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Direito |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista - Economia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração - Rio de Janeiro |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Ciências Contábeis |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Informática |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação |
Q294462
Inglês
Texto associado
According to the text above, judge the following items.
According to the text above, judge the following items.
Prevention eliminates all potential food hazards.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
ANVISA
Provas:
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação - Farmácia
|
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Biblioteconomia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Direito |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista - Economia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração - Rio de Janeiro |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Ciências Contábeis |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Informática |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação |
Q294461
Inglês
Texto associado
According to the text above, judge the following items.
According to the text above, judge the following items.
Primary responsibility for food safety and quality should rest with producers and operators.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
ANVISA
Provas:
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação - Farmácia
|
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Biblioteconomia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Direito |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista - Economia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração - Rio de Janeiro |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Ciências Contábeis |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Informática |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação |
Q294460
Inglês
Texto associado
According to the text above, judge the following items.
According to the text above, judge the following items.
Transporters and vendors won’t play any significant role along the food production and distribution chain.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
ANVISA
Provas:
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação - Farmácia
|
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Biblioteconomia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Direito |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista - Economia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração - Rio de Janeiro |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Ciências Contábeis |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Informática |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação |
Q294459
Inglês
Texto associado
According to the text above, judge the following items.
According to the text above, judge the following items.
In the farm-to-table approach, products are sold directly by farmers to consumers.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
ANVISA
Provas:
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação - Farmácia
|
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Biblioteconomia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Direito |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista - Economia |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Administração - Rio de Janeiro |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Ciências Contábeis |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Analista Administrativo - Informática |
CESPE - 2004 - ANVISA - Especialista em Regulação |
Q294458
Inglês
Texto associado
According to the text above, judge the following items.
According to the text above, judge the following items.
To improve food quality, it is really crucial that safety measures be implemented at the processing stage.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27893
Inglês
Texto associado
Concerning the text above, judge the following items.
Concerning the text above, judge the following items.
It is correct to conclude from the text t h at i ts author seems to favour Mr Sharon's decision to raise a fence on the West Bank, despite the reaction of some Israel' s trad i tional friends. Although the author himself refers to some points which could have negative effects on the Palestin i ans, he does not show a counterargument to them.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27889
Inglês
Texto associado
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
The main idea of the text can be correctly said to be: Th e p roblem of deforestation seems to overcome the human capability of finding a final solution to it. Lots of economic interests prevail over the unquestionable need to control the s en s ible use of the forests worldwide. Forest management turns out to be a crucial factor not only for rural but also for urban life. The effect of the pharmaceutical industry on forest resources is rather alarming, an d that is the reason why the USA is so keen on tryi n g t o maintain the sustainable management of the world's forests.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27888
Inglês
Texto associado
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
The t ext can be associated with the following statement: The leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27886
Inglês
Texto associado
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
In l ine 18, the phrase " an enormous stake" indicates that the United States is facing huge financial losses to keep up the sustainable management of the world's forests.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27883
Inglês
Texto associado
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
According to the economic forecasters, in 2004 South east Asia will grow faster than Russia, which will g row more than Africa and Latin Amer i ca. Venezuela will decrease 5 percent this y ear and Iraq will jump 60.9 percent from 2003 to 2004.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27882
Inglês
Texto associado
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
From the text, it can be inferred that the global reco v ery is oddly joyless in b i g markets, newly confident in emerging ones.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27881
Inglês
Texto associado
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
Blanks numbered _________ can be properly filled i n with picking up, burst and sluggishness respectively.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27880
Inglês
Texto associado
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
Acco rd i ng to the graph, from 1970 to 2001, accumulated corporate income tax receipts in North American countries displayed better results than the European ones.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27879
Inglês
Texto associado
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
Th e author' s purpose is to show that governments arou n d the world are scrabbling for scarce corporate taxes.
Ano: 2004
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE - 2004 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata |
Q27877
Inglês
Texto associado
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
Still in relation to text I, judge the following items.
The expression " fret that su ch cases are the tip of a large iceberg" (l.13-14) means t h at many other similar cases have been found.
Conheça nossos planos