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The communicative intention of the article is to
Which pair of words are homophones?
The modal verbs underlined in each sentence express:
1 – She might be at the party.
2 – Can you drive a dump truck?
3 – He mustn’t sleep during the class.
4 – You ought to learn Aviation English.
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 7ththat 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.
In paragraph 3, the author notes that the present tax-free personal allowance would
Texto para as questões 39 e 40
As everybody knows, if you do not work out, your muscles get flaccid. What most people don?t realize, however, is that your brain also stays in better shape when you exercise.
Surprised? Although the idea of exercising cognitive machinery by performing mentally demanding activities – popularly termed the "use it or lose it" hypothesis – is better known, a review of dozens of studies shows that maintaining a mental edge requires more than that. Other things you do – including participating in activities that make you think, getting regular exercise, staying socially engaged and even having a positive attitude – have a meaningful influence on how effective your cognitive functioning will be in old age.
www.scientificamerican.com/article. Acessado em 06/07/2009. Adaptado.
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Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.
Gisele Bündchen is at least 20 centimeters taller that the average Brazilian man.
As regards language teaching methods, judge the following items.
One of the basic assumptions of the Grammar-Translation Method is that by learning to communicate students will be more motivated to study a foreign language since they will feel they are learning to do something useful with the language.