Questões de Inglês

It\\'s not time to make a change

Just relax, take it easy

You\\'re still young, that\\'s your fault

There\\'s so much you have to know

Find a girl, settle down

If you want, you can marry

Look at me

I am old, but I\\'m happy

 

I was once like you are now

And I know that it\\'s not easy

To be calm when you\\'ve found

Something going on

But take your time, think a lot

Why, think of everything you\\'ve got

For you will still be here tomorrow

But your dreams may not

[…]

By Cat Stevens

(Retrieved and adapted from. http://www.songtexte.com/songtext/catstevens/ father-and-son-1bda7968.html. Access on April, 8th, 2015)

 

According to the main idea of the song, it is possible to assume:

There are numbers of standard expressions that take the verbs \'do\' and \'make\'. Choose the right answer that best suits these following expressions.

I. ____ your hair.

II. _____ believe.

III. _____ time.

IV. _____ a phone call.

V. ____ good.  

In the English language the‘s has different grammatical uses. Choose the alternative in which the‘s is being used in the text sentence: Who’s got my beach ball?

Brazil cotton deal perpetuates an unhealthy status quo of subsidies

Published by The Washington Post (The text below has been slightly modified to better suit the exam)

 

1. When is a victory for the United States not a victory

for the American taxpayer? When it’s an international

agreement like the one the Obama administration has

just reached to settle a long-running dispute with

Brazil over cotton subsidies. The roots of that dispute

lie in this country’s history of showering federal funds

on crop producers, including cotton growers. That

particular business received $32.9 billion from

Washington between 1995 and 2012, according to

the Environmental Working Group, largely through

programs that had the effect of rewarding farmers for

increasing production. The extra supply dampened

prices on the world market, so, in 2002, Brazil

complained to the World Trade Organization, which

ruled that US cotton subsidies were indeed

“trade-distorting” and authorized Brazil to retaliate

against US exports. The United States avoided

sanctions — not by reforming its programs but by

agreeing in 2010 to pay Brazil’s cotton farmers

$147.3 million per year.

2. In short, the US government bought off Brazil’s

cotton farmers so that it could keep on buying off its

own. Under the new settlement, announced

Wednesday, Brazil agreed to drop its case at the

WTO and to forgo any new ones during the five-year

term of the farm bill Congress enacted last year. In

return, the United States agreed to trim the modest

US cotton export credit subsidy program and, most

important, to pay Brazil one last dollop of taxpayer

cash, in the amount of $300 million.

3. This is good news to the extent that it fortifies

US-Brazil relations on the eve of a new presidential

term in that country and that it spares US exporters

from the threat of Brazilian retaliation, which could

have reached a total of $829 million per year. Yet, in

essence, the new deal perpetuates the unhealthy

status quo whereby the United States pays Brazil

____ the right ____ continue propping _____ a

domestic cotton industry that can ____ should learn

to compete ____ its own.

Choose the correct alternative below with the past participle forms of the verbs “lie” (first paragraph), “keep” (second paragraph) and “forgo” (second paragraph).

Brazil cotton deal perpetuates an unhealthy status quo of subsidies

Published by The Washington Post (The text below has been slightly modified to better suit the exam)

 

1. When is a victory for the United States not a victory

for the American taxpayer? When it’s an international

agreement like the one the Obama administration has

just reached to settle a long-running dispute with

Brazil over cotton subsidies. The roots of that dispute

lie in this country’s history of showering federal funds

on crop producers, including cotton growers. That

particular business received $32.9 billion from

Washington between 1995 and 2012, according to

the Environmental Working Group, largely through

programs that had the effect of rewarding farmers for

increasing production. The extra supply dampened

prices on the world market, so, in 2002, Brazil

complained to the World Trade Organization, which

ruled that US cotton subsidies were indeed

“trade-distorting” and authorized Brazil to retaliate

against US exports. The United States avoided

sanctions — not by reforming its programs but by

agreeing in 2010 to pay Brazil’s cotton farmers

$147.3 million per year.

2. In short, the US government bought off Brazil’s

cotton farmers so that it could keep on buying off its

own. Under the new settlement, announced

Wednesday, Brazil agreed to drop its case at the

WTO and to forgo any new ones during the five-year

term of the farm bill Congress enacted last year. In

return, the United States agreed to trim the modest

US cotton export credit subsidy program and, most

important, to pay Brazil one last dollop of taxpayer

cash, in the amount of $300 million.

3. This is good news to the extent that it fortifies

US-Brazil relations on the eve of a new presidential

term in that country and that it spares US exporters

from the threat of Brazilian retaliation, which could

have reached a total of $829 million per year. Yet, in

essence, the new deal perpetuates the unhealthy

status quo whereby the United States pays Brazil

____ the right ____ continue propping _____ a

domestic cotton industry that can ____ should learn

to compete ____ its own.

Based on the information given in the text, who did the US government buy off?

The expression “How would you like” in “How would you like to look at crusted food from several meals ago on your plate when you seat down to dinner” is used: