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

Officials in South Korea are concerned about

• A. high levels of personal debt in a sluggish economy.
• B. poor credit-ratings and economic over-heating.
• C. rising household expenditures and house prices.
• D. broken homes and inability to support fl attery.
• E. the national debt and how to pay it off.

According to the text, the general reaction to the Rio+20 Conference was

• A. generally optimistic.
• B. absolutely singular.
• C. relatively cheerful.
• D. extremely gloomy.
• E. remarkably sanguine.

The author of the article believes that immediately after the 1992 environmental conference

• A. his only hope was to visit a famous environmentalist.
• B. the response to the event was much the same as now.
• C. the United Nations failed to foster any agreements.
• D. everybody praised the far-sighted accords reached.
• E. the climate began to change all around the world.

The main aim of the third paragraph is to report on

• A. the views of a well-known environmentalist on how change occurs.
• B. the failure of the UN to achieve any signifi cant results in 1992.
• C. the life and work of a late-lamented UN environmental activist.
• D. he author's despondent mood in 1992 and the reasons for it.
• E. the similarities between the conference results in 2012 and 1992.

The expression "scream blue murder" in paragraph 3 line 7 means

• A. feel severely threatened.
• B. call out for protection.
• C. commit environnemental crimes.
• D. shout about their mistreatment.
• E. raise an indignant outcry.

In paragraph 1, the noun trepidation translates many Brazilians' feeling of

• A.

  sheer joy.

• B.

  fear, or nervousness.

• C.

  elation.

• D.

  self-confidence.

• E.

  fear, but also pride.

Read the text below entitled “A Latin American decade?” in order to answer questions 11 to 13:

According to paragraph 1, Mercosur and the Andean Community

• A.

  have created a fairer trade.

• B. brought about political divisions.
• C.

  did not prosper in the 1990s.

• D.

  have consolidated the region´s trade.

• E.

  have not evolved.

Read the text below entitled “A Latin American decade?” in order to answer questions 11 to 13:

According to paragraph 2, a Latin American capital market is

• A.

  prevented from emerging.

• B.

  not likely to expand.

• C.

  an unattainable goal.

• D.

  about to come out.

• E.

  unlikely to sustain itself.

Read the text below entitled “A Latin American decade?” in order to answer questions 11 to 13:

According to the text, “there will be a seamless network of Latin American stock exchanges”, which means this network will

• A.

  probably be discontinued.

• B.

  be continuing very smoothly.

• C.

  no longer be sustainable.

• D.

  soon be devised.

• E.

  not be broad and stable.

Read the text below entitled “Beyond Lula” in order to answer questions 14 to 16:

The text refers to Brazil´s economy as booming, which means it is experiencing a period of economic

• A.

  malaise.

• B.

  slowdown.

• C.

  success.

• D.

  mismanagement.

• E.

  distress.