Your answers to questions 19 to 21 must be based on the text below entitled “Brazil’s president is wildly popular”:
Brazil’s President is Wildly Popular
Source: Special Double Issue Newsweek
Dec 31st, 2007/ Jan 7th, 2008 (Adapted)
For Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2007 has been a good year. The economy is surging, even as the United States shows signs of weakness. Rising real wages, school enrollments and life expectancy have fi nally nudged Brazil into the United Nations’ elite of “high human development” nations. One by one Lula has seen top aides and allies fall to corruption scandals, but so far nothing seems to dim his aura. Now some of Lula’s most ardent devotees in the ruling Workers Party (PT) are even pushing to change the Constitution to allow him to run for a third consecutive term in office. “All the stars are aligned,” says Walter Molano, a specialist in emerging markets with BCP Securities.
21- According to the text, the Brazilian President
a) could have run for a third consecutive term.
b) might have to face a second consecutive term in office.
c) must have run for a third term.
d) ought to have faced a second election round.
e) is not currently allowed to run for a third consecutive term.
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Your answers to questions 19 to 21 must be based on the text below entitled “Brazil’s president is wildly popular”:
Brazil’s President is Wildly Popular
Source: Special Double Issue Newsweek
Dec 31st, 2007/ Jan 7th, 2008 (Adapted)
For Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2007 has been a good year. The economy is surging, even as the United States shows signs of weakness. Rising real wages, school enrollments and life expectancy have fi nally nudged Brazil into the United Nations’ elite of “high human development” nations. One by one Lula has seen top aides and allies fall to corruption scandals, but so far nothing seems to dim his aura. Now some of Lula’s most ardent devotees in the ruling Workers Party (PT) are even pushing to change the Constitution to allow him to run for a third consecutive term in office. “All the stars are aligned,” says Walter Molano, a specialist in emerging markets with BCP Securities.
20 - The text reports that the Brazilian economy is surging. In other words,
a) its scenario had urged caution.
b) its growth has been slowing down.
c) it will emerge in the near future.
d) it is undergoing a process of growth.
e) its development has been hindered.
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Your answers to questions 19 to 21 must be based on the text below entitled “Brazil’s president is wildly popular”:
Brazil’s President is Wildly Popular
Source: Special Double Issue Newsweek
Dec 31st, 2007/ Jan 7th, 2008 (Adapted)
For Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2007 has been a good year. The economy is surging, even as the United States shows signs of weakness. Rising real wages, school enrollments and life expectancy have fi nally nudged Brazil into the United Nations’ elite of “high human development” nations. One by one Lula has seen top aides and allies fall to corruption scandals, but so far nothing seems to dim his aura. Now some of Lula’s most ardent devotees in the ruling Workers Party (PT) are even pushing to change the Constitution to allow him to run for a third consecutive term in office. “All the stars are aligned,” says Walter Molano, a specialist in emerging markets with BCP Securities.
19 - The opening sentence of the text refers to the year of 2007 as having been
a) challenging.
b) lost.
c) positive.
d) negative.
e) gloomy.
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Your answers to questions 16 to 18 must be based on the text below entitled “Land of Promise”:
Land of Promise
Source: www.economist.com/specialreports
April 12th 2007 (Adapted)
In 2003 Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, selected Brazil, along with Russia, India and China, as one of the “BRICs”- the developing countries that would share dominance of the world economy by 2050.
In some ways Brazil is the steadiest of the BRICs. Unlike China and Russia it is a full-blooded democracy; unlike India it has no serious disputes with its neighbours. It is the only BRIC without a nuclear bomb. The Heritage Foundation’s “Economic Freedom Index”, which measures such factors as protection of property rights and free trade, ranks Brazil (“moderate free”) above the other BRICs (“mostly unfree”). One of the main reasons why Brazil’s growth has been slower than China’s and India’s is that Brazil is richer and more urbanized.
The survey will argue that disgruntlement persists because Brazil is a battleground between progress and inertia. Since independence was proclaimed by the son of the Portuguese king, Brazil has been adding layer upon layer of change rather than sweeping away the old and starting afresh.
18 - In paragraph 3, progress and inertia are cited as the two
a) complementary forces in Brazil’s promising future.
b) opposing forces in the Brazilian battleground.
c) foes of Brazil’s past growth as a world economy.
d) forces that triggered Brazil’s economic growth.
e) realities which are likely to coexist in Brazil’s economic scenario.
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Your answers to questions 16 to 18 must be based on the text below entitled “Land of Promise”:
Land of Promise
Source: www.economist.com/specialreports
April 12th 2007 (Adapted)
In 2003 Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, selected Brazil, along with Russia, India and China, as one of the “BRICs”- the developing countries that would share dominance of the world economy by 2050.
In some ways Brazil is the steadiest of the BRICs. Unlike China and Russia it is a full-blooded democracy; unlike India it has no serious disputes with its neighbours. It is the only BRIC without a nuclear bomb. The Heritage Foundation’s “Economic Freedom Index”, which measures such factors as protection of property rights and free trade, ranks Brazil (“moderate free”) above the other BRICs (“mostly unfree”). One of the main reasons why Brazil’s growth has been slower than China’s and India’s is that Brazil is richer and more urbanized.
The survey will argue that disgruntlement persists because Brazil is a battleground between progress and inertia. Since independence was proclaimed by the son of the Portuguese king, Brazil has been adding layer upon layer of change rather than sweeping away the old and starting afresh.
17 - In paragraph 2, the author compares Brazil’s growth to China’s and India’s and, therefore, defines it as
a) not being as fast.
b) dependent on the latter.
c) unexpectedly higher.
d) not as stable.
e) the least steady.
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Your answers to questions 16 to 18 must be based on the text below entitled “Land of Promise”:
Land of Promise
Source: www.economist.com/specialreports
April 12th 2007 (Adapted)
In 2003 Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, selected Brazil, along with Russia, India and China, as one of the “BRICs”- the developing countries that would share dominance of the world economy by 2050.
In some ways Brazil is the steadiest of the BRICs. Unlike China and Russia it is a full-blooded democracy; unlike India it has no serious disputes with its neighbours. It is the only BRIC without a nuclear bomb. The Heritage Foundation’s “Economic Freedom Index”, which measures such factors as protection of property rights and free trade, ranks Brazil (“moderate free”) above the other BRICs (“mostly unfree”). One of the main reasons why Brazil’s growth has been slower than China’s and India’s is that Brazil is richer and more urbanized.
The survey will argue that disgruntlement persists because Brazil is a battleground between progress and inertia. Since independence was proclaimed by the son of the Portuguese king, Brazil has been adding layer upon layer of change rather than sweeping away the old and starting afresh.
16 - In paragraph 1, four countries are referred to as
a) unlikely to play a key role in the world economic scenario.
b) the slowest-growing economies of the present.
c) likely to dominate the world economy in the future.
d) the fastest-growing economies over the past 50 years.
e) being today’s richest and most prosperous economies.
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