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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.
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)
“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)
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“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)
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By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The Justice Department has begun looking closely at the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows operating system to ensure that it meets the terms of an antitrust settlement reached with the company more than two years ago.
Renata Hesse, the Justice Department lawyer in charge of monitoring Microsoft’s compliance with the agreement, told a federal judge yesterday that the government wants to look at the software, code-named Longhorn, early enough in its development so that it is not presented as a “fait accompli” that would be easy to change.
Microsoft, which has delayed Longhorn’s rollout, has not said when it will be released as the successor to Windows XP, the current version of the personal-computer operating system. Several industry analysts have predicted introduction of Longhorn in 2006 or possibly 2007, which is when the antitruste settlement is scheduled to expire.
The new operating system probably will showcase na aggressive push by Microsoft on several fronts, including technology for Internet searching, managing multiple homeentertainment devices, and virus scanning and other security measures. The company also has been expanding its efforts to become an industry standard-setter in ...... digital entertainment is protected from illegal copying.
Some of these moves will pit the company against competitors with similar products and will again shine a spotlight on Microsoft’s well-honed strategy of bundling more and more programs into its operating system.
It was the bundling strategy that led to Microsoft’s antitrust troubles. Bundling its Internet Explorer Web browser into Windows all but squashed competition from Netscape Communications Inc.’s Navigator browser, which was the Market leader but often had to be downloaded separately.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/articles/A6285 2-2004jul19.html?referrer=email)
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Concerning the text above, judge the following items.
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
In relation to the text above, judge the following items.
Newsweek, January 26th , 2004 (with adaptations).
Considering the ideas and expressions found in text II, judge the
following items.
Judge if each it em below presents a correct rewriting of the
information contained in lines 6 to 12 of text I.
to 40:
Unhappy families
Source: www.economist.co.uk
July 1st, 2004 (Adapted)
The story of Elián González, a small, shipwrecked
Cuban boy who was the center of an international
custody battle in 2000, should have taught that splitting
families makes for bad politics. Apparently, it seems not
to have done.
With his eye on holding Florida in this year's
presidential election, George Bush has tightened the
rules on contacts between Cuban-Americans and their
families back on the island. From June 30th, Cuban-
Americans can make only one two-week visit every
three years, instead of unrestricted annual visits. They
will not be able to send as much money to people on
the island, and none beyond their immediate families.
All humanitarian visits have been scrapped.
Analyze the following alternatives in order to find
the appropriate translation for their underlined
pieces into Portuguese:
to 40:
Unhappy families
Source: www.economist.co.uk
July 1st, 2004 (Adapted)
The story of Elián González, a small, shipwrecked
Cuban boy who was the center of an international
custody battle in 2000, should have taught that splitting
families makes for bad politics. Apparently, it seems not
to have done.
With his eye on holding Florida in this year's
presidential election, George Bush has tightened the
rules on contacts between Cuban-Americans and their
families back on the island. From June 30th, Cuban-
Americans can make only one two-week visit every
three years, instead of unrestricted annual visits. They
will not be able to send as much money to people on
the island, and none beyond their immediate families.
All humanitarian visits have been scrapped.
Analyze the following alternatives in order to find
the appropriate translation for their underlined
pieces into Portuguese:
to 40:
Unhappy families
Source: www.economist.co.uk
July 1st, 2004 (Adapted)
The story of Elián González, a small, shipwrecked
Cuban boy who was the center of an international
custody battle in 2000, should have taught that splitting
families makes for bad politics. Apparently, it seems not
to have done.
With his eye on holding Florida in this year's
presidential election, George Bush has tightened the
rules on contacts between Cuban-Americans and their
families back on the island. From June 30th, Cuban-
Americans can make only one two-week visit every
three years, instead of unrestricted annual visits. They
will not be able to send as much money to people on
the island, and none beyond their immediate families.
All humanitarian visits have been scrapped.
Analyze the following alternatives in order to find
the appropriate translation for their underlined
pieces into Portuguese:
Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":
Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)
On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.
Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:
Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":
Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)
On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.
Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:
Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":
Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)
On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.
Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:
Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":
Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)
On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.
Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:
Your answers to questions 33 to 37 must be based
on the text below, which is entitled "Young, liberal
and in command":
Young, liberal and in command
Source: www.economist.co.uk
April 16, 2004 (Adapted)
On Thursday April 15th, the challengers won a
crucial battle in their bid to overturn South Korea's
conservative, elitist and business-driven political
system. . (1) the country's voters . (1.1) able to
choose their leaders freely since the late 1980s, many
of them, especially younger ones, still consider their
brand of democracy to be corrupt, outdated and unfair.
Many of the discontented admit . (2) enjoyed the
comforts that decades of market-friendly policies and
high growth have delivered. But they resent the . (3)
and . (3.1) dominance of giant family-controlled
business conglomerates, known as chaebol. Their
feelings towards the United States, a crucial ally, range
from ambivalent to hostile, and they would rather . (4)
with North Korean threats by placating its prickly regime
than by standing up to it. And now, they have convinced
mainstream voters to let them . (5) the country for the
next four years.
Analyze the following grammatical alternatives in order
to choose the appropriate one to fill in each of the
numbered gaps:
Conheça nossos planos