Inglês — CACD 2008
CESPE/UnB · CACD – 1ª fase (TPS) · 39 itens · julgue cada item como Certo ou Errado
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Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
Based on the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the following items.
- 1.
The cost of inaction is ten times as high as the expenses arisen from the climatic control.
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- 2.
The highest polluting offices will have to dismiss their employees.
- 3.
The problem with renewables is the same as that of greenhouse gases.
- 4.
In the text, “need not cost” (l.18) can be correctly replaced by does not need to cost.
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According to the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the following items.
- 5.
Gaza’s inhabitants can only have access to basic foods which come from abroad.
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- 6.
The most recent Hamas suicide operation resulted in the blowing up of two buses.
- 7.
The word “harbinger” (l.8) means: a sign that something will happen soon, often something bad.
- 8.
The Hamas militants joined the Fatah rivals to fire rockets and mortars into Israeli urban and rural areas.
Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
In accordance with the text, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.
- 9.
In the text, “besieged” (l.4) means surrounded.
- 10.
After a fortnight period the situation in Gaza Strip seems to have become what can be considered as normal.
- 11.
The two suicide bombers were kept in ordinary prisons.
- 12.
It took Israel a lot of time to launch a counterattack which killed nine Hamas militants.
European energy
Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
Based on the text, it can be concluded that
- 13.
“mammoth” (l.1) means huge.
- 14.
the targets thought of were set up last year.
- 15.
the European Union plans to save the world from gas emissions is an easy task.
- 16.
greenhouse-gas emissions can be reduced as much as a fifth by 2020 and, along the same period, energy produced from renewable sources should more than double.
Nationalisation is becoming rather fashionable. State bailouts of banks are all the rage too. There is just one snag: western institutions are not getting their cash from ministers in London or Washington, but from functionaries in Beijing.
While Britain’s chancellor still balks at taking Northern Rock into public ownership, his counterparts in China have no qualms about investing state money in the private sector. This week Beijing bought a 10% stake in the Wall Street blue chip Morgan Stanley; in May it took a slab of the private-equity giant Blackstone. Those two deals, worth just over £4bn, were made by the China Investment Corporation (CIC), a fund set up and run by the government. With over £100bn to burn, it is bound to make more big deals — and big headlines — over the coming year. CIC is one of a new breed of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) created by nations awash with excess cash from exporting goods or oil. Most oil-producing Arab countries have one, as do Russia, Korea and Singapore, and the funds are estimated to be worth a total of a trillion pounds. The logic behind them is simple: if energy-rich Russia is earning around £425m from exports every day, it naturally wants to invest that money for a higher return. But the impact of these new vehicles is far less straightforward, and it has largely been left to economics wonks to worry about them (even now, a Google search for “SWFs” brings up page after page about some graphic-design software). At last, however, they are entering political debate. The IMF is working on a code of conduct for the funds, while the rich nations’ club, the OECD, is coming up with guidelines for recipients. Such users’ manuals have their place, but on their own they are not an adequate answer to the issues raised by SWFs.
At their most basic level, these funds (which are projected to be worth £7.5 trillion within a decade) embody a shift of economic power from Europe and America to China, Russia and elsewhere. They sum up one of the global economy's problems too: the west is consuming far more than it is producing. SWFs are also a new and very different kind of investor.
From The Guardian Weekly, 4/1/2008 (adapted).
Judge the following item, taking the text into consideration.
- 17.
Taking the text into consideration, it can be deduced that the new economic trends have long been IMF concern.
- 18.
Taking the text into consideration, it can be deduced that the west is producing more than it is consuming, whereas in the east it is the other way.
- 19.
Taking the text into consideration, it can be deduced that the influence of new economic features has almost completely been left to those who work or study too much this subject.
- 20.
Taking the text into consideration, it can be deduced that SWFs most probably will follow the guidelines established by OECD.
- 21.
Taking the text into consideration, it can be deduced that OECD issued rules to be followed by recipient countries.
Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
Based on the text, it can be deduced that
- 22.
a possible title for this article could be: Back to abnormal.
- 23.
the Egyptian authorities and Hamas forces both have the same position regarding Egyptian people who want to cross the border to go to Gaza strip.
- 24.
the word “clashed” (l.16) is synonymous with fought, in the context.
- 25.
the border between the Gaza strip and Egypt is about 12 km in length.
Nationalisation is becoming rather fashionable. State bailouts of banks are all the rage too. There is just one snag: western institutions are not getting their cash from ministers in London or Washington, but from functionaries in Beijing.
While Britain’s chancellor still balks at taking Northern Rock into public ownership, his counterparts in China have no qualms about investing state money in the private sector. This week Beijing bought a 10% stake in the Wall Street blue chip Morgan Stanley; in May it took a slab of the private-equity giant Blackstone. Those two deals, worth just over £4bn, were made by the China Investment Corporation (CIC), a fund set up and run by the government. With over £100bn to burn, it is bound to make more big deals — and big headlines — over the coming year. CIC is one of a new breed of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) created by nations awash with excess cash from exporting goods or oil. Most oil-producing Arab countries have one, as do Russia, Korea and Singapore, and the funds are estimated to be worth a total of a trillion pounds. The logic behind them is simple: if energy-rich Russia is earning around £425m from exports every day, it naturally wants to invest that money for a higher return. But the impact of these new vehicles is far less straightforward, and it has largely been left to economics wonks to worry about them (even now, a Google search for “SWFs” brings up page after page about some graphic-design software). At last, however, they are entering political debate. The IMF is working on a code of conduct for the funds, while the rich nations’ club, the OECD, is coming up with guidelines for recipients. Such users’ manuals have their place, but on their own they are not an adequate answer to the issues raised by SWFs.
At their most basic level, these funds (which are projected to be worth £7.5 trillion within a decade) embody a shift of economic power from Europe and America to China, Russia and elsewhere. They sum up one of the global economy's problems too: the west is consuming far more than it is producing. SWFs are also a new and very different kind of investor.
From The Guardian Weekly, 4/1/2008 (adapted).
Judge the following item, according to the text.
- 26.
According to the text, it can be said that China would never invest money in dubious bargains.
- 27.
According to the text, it can be said that most probably, China will put more money in bigger deals.
- 28.
According to the text, it can be said that SWFs were created to avoid exporting excess of goods or oil.
- 29.
According to the text, it can be said that CIC spent a lot more than £4bn on Morgan Stanley and Blackstone.
- 30.
According to the text, it can be said that Russia’s everyday export earnings are saved so as to be better invested in the long run.
Nationalisation is becoming rather fashionable. State bailouts of banks are all the rage too. There is just one snag: western institutions are not getting their cash from ministers in London or Washington, but from functionaries in Beijing.
While Britain’s chancellor still balks at taking Northern Rock into public ownership, his counterparts in China have no qualms about investing state money in the private sector. This week Beijing bought a 10% stake in the Wall Street blue chip Morgan Stanley; in May it took a slab of the private-equity giant Blackstone. Those two deals, worth just over £4bn, were made by the China Investment Corporation (CIC), a fund set up and run by the government. With over £100bn to burn, it is bound to make more big deals — and big headlines — over the coming year. CIC is one of a new breed of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) created by nations awash with excess cash from exporting goods or oil. Most oil-producing Arab countries have one, as do Russia, Korea and Singapore, and the funds are estimated to be worth a total of a trillion pounds. The logic behind them is simple: if energy-rich Russia is earning around £425m from exports every day, it naturally wants to invest that money for a higher return. But the impact of these new vehicles is far less straightforward, and it has largely been left to economics wonks to worry about them (even now, a Google search for “SWFs” brings up page after page about some graphic-design software). At last, however, they are entering political debate. The IMF is working on a code of conduct for the funds, while the rich nations’ club, the OECD, is coming up with guidelines for recipients. Such users’ manuals have their place, but on their own they are not an adequate answer to the issues raised by SWFs.
At their most basic level, these funds (which are projected to be worth £7.5 trillion within a decade) embody a shift of economic power from Europe and America to China, Russia and elsewhere. They sum up one of the global economy's problems too: the west is consuming far more than it is producing. SWFs are also a new and very different kind of investor.
From The Guardian Weekly, 4/1/2008 (adapted).
Judge the following item, concerning a suitable title for the text.
- 31.
A suitable title for this text can be “When Beijing goes buying”.
- 32.
A suitable title for this text can be “When Beijing goes sparing”.
- 33.
A suitable title for this text can be “When Beijing goes wasting”.
- 34.
A suitable title for this text can be “When Beijing goes selling”.
- 35.
A suitable title for this text can be “When Beijing goes lending”.
European energy
Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
Considering the text above, judge — right (C) or wrong (E) — the items below.
- 36.
10% of the fuel used in transport ought to come from plants in twelve years’ time.
- 37.
Newer members are now being requested to place more of the burden on themselves.
- 38.
The word “Cue” (l.7) means queue.
- 39.
National Governments won’t easily endorse the European Commission’s recommendations.
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