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Q1348108
Inglês
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Considere o texto sobre as manifestações ocorridas em meados de
2013 no Brasil para responder a questão.
Brazil Leader Suffers Setback on Overhaul
While the president and other politicians have publicly sympathized
with the protesters, passing major changes remains daunting and
demonstrations continue to simmer across the country. Still, some
changes have come at a surprising pace, including harsher penalties for
government corruption and rollbacks of transit fares. Legislation to put
75 percent of oil royalties toward education and 25 percent toward
health care — two areas that have been a focus of the protests — is
moving quickly through Congress.
But political change has proved sticky for Ms. Rousseff. She first called
for a constituent assembly, but withdrew the proposal under criticism from
politicians and legal experts. Then she proposed a plebiscite to be held in
time for changes to take effect by next year’s election, meaning the vote
would have to be held, and subsequent congressional legislation enacted,
by early October.
(www.nytimes.com - acesso em 08/07/2013)
De acordo com o primeiro parágrafo do texto, é correto afirmar que:
Q1348107
Inglês
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Considere o texto sobre as manifestações ocorridas em meados de
2013 no Brasil para responder a questão.
Brazil Leader Suffers Setback on Overhaul
While the president and other politicians have publicly sympathized
with the protesters, passing major changes remains daunting and
demonstrations continue to simmer across the country. Still, some
changes have come at a surprising pace, including harsher penalties for
government corruption and rollbacks of transit fares. Legislation to put
75 percent of oil royalties toward education and 25 percent toward
health care — two areas that have been a focus of the protests — is
moving quickly through Congress.
But political change has proved sticky for Ms. Rousseff. She first called
for a constituent assembly, but withdrew the proposal under criticism from
politicians and legal experts. Then she proposed a plebiscite to be held in
time for changes to take effect by next year’s election, meaning the vote
would have to be held, and subsequent congressional legislation enacted,
by early October.
(www.nytimes.com - acesso em 08/07/2013)
Baseado nas informações contidas no texto, é correto afirmar que a
Presidenta Dilma Roussef
Q1348106
Inglês
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Considere as definições de democracia do humorista Johnny Carson para responder a questão:
“What Democracy Means to Me”
Democracy is people of all races, colors, and creeds united by a single dream: to get rich and move to the suburbs away from people of all races, colors, and creeds. [...]
Democracy is buying a big house you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties. [...]
Yes, democracy means fighting every day for what you deserve, and fighting even harder to keep other weaker people from getting what they deserve. Democracy means never having the Secret Police show up at your door. Of course, it also means never having the cable guy show up at your door. It’s a tradeoff. Democracy means free television. Not good television, but free.
(www.thefaulkingtruth.com - acesso em 07/08/2013)
Em relação às informações sobre o acesso à informação em um sistema democrático, pode-se afirmar mais corretamente que
Q1348105
Inglês
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Considere as definições de democracia do humorista Johnny Carson para responder a questão:
“What Democracy Means to Me”
Democracy is people of all races, colors, and creeds united by a single dream: to get rich and move to the suburbs away from people of all races, colors, and creeds. [...]
Democracy is buying a big house you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties. [...]
Yes, democracy means fighting every day for what you deserve, and fighting even harder to keep other weaker people from getting what they deserve. Democracy means never having the Secret Police show up at your door. Of course, it also means never having the cable guy show up at your door. It’s a tradeoff. Democracy means free television. Not good television, but free.
(www.thefaulkingtruth.com - acesso em 07/08/2013)
Segundo o que é afirmado sobre os sistemas democrático e comunista, pode-se inferir que o humorista
Q1348104
Inglês
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Considere as definições de democracia do humorista Johnny Carson para responder a questão:
“What Democracy Means to Me”
Democracy is people of all races, colors, and creeds united by a single dream: to get rich and move to the suburbs away from people of all races, colors, and creeds. [...]
Democracy is buying a big house you can’t afford with money you don’t have to impress people you wish were dead. And, unlike communism, democracy does not mean having just one ineffective political party; it means having two ineffective political parties. [...]
Yes, democracy means fighting every day for what you deserve, and fighting even harder to keep other weaker people from getting what they deserve. Democracy means never having the Secret Police show up at your door. Of course, it also means never having the cable guy show up at your door. It’s a tradeoff. Democracy means free television. Not good television, but free.
(www.thefaulkingtruth.com - acesso em 07/08/2013)
Segundo Johnny Carson, a democracia
Ano: 2013
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
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Q1347205
Inglês
“__( I )__ you know who you are, and what you want, __( II )__ you let
things upset you.” -Bob Harris, “Lost in Translation”
The best way to complete the blanks I and II in the text is
The best way to complete the blanks I and II in the text is
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Q1347204
Inglês
The sentence “How would they transfer control to you if they had trouble?” in
the third conditional form would be:
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Q1347203
Inglês
According to the cartoon,
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Q1347202
Inglês
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Django Unchained review:
A truly wild Western with a killer line-up
Review of Oscar-nominated film by Sunday Mirror film critic Mark Adam.
SONY PICTURES
A truly wild Western with a killer line-up
Review of Oscar-nominated film by Sunday Mirror film critic Mark Adam.
SONY PICTURES
THE STARS
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Kerry Washington.
THE STORY
Two years before the start of the Civil War, the unlikely partnership of German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) and Django (Foxx) – the slave he recently freed – set about making money tracking and killing outlaws.
But Django also has plans to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Washington) from charismatic but cruel Mississippi plantation owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio).
THE VERDICT
When Quentin Tarantino decides to make a Western, you know it’s going to be epic, violent, funny, exciting and challenging. And this wonderfully irreverent and distinctively bloody take on the wild Wild West hits the spot, brimming with delightfully oddball characters and racy style.
This is obviously not your run-of-the-mill cowboy tale. Instead, Tarantino flies close to controversy by setting his story against the violent and brutal backdrop of the slave trade.
As usual his casting is spot on. Waltz (who won an Oscar for his evil Nazi role in Tarantino’s last film Inglourious Basterds) is smooth perfection as a German dentist/bounty hunter and is wonderfully complemented by Jamie Foxx’s steely-eyed former slave.
The early bonding scenes of them tracking redneck villains (Django relishes the fact he can make money killing “white folk”) are amusingly and snappily shot.
Initially, Tarantino pokes fun at the rampant and casual racism of the period – hilariously so in a scene involving a Ku Klux Klan mob complaining about eye holes in their hoods??– but things turn nastier when Schultz and Django attempt to rescue Broomhilda.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a fine old time as the brutal Candie and absolutely oozes slippery cruelty. But he manages to be out-acted by Tarantino regular Samuel L Jackson, playing an elderly slave and close confidant of Candie who is as menacing and controlling as his supposed master.
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Kerry Washington.
THE STORY
Two years before the start of the Civil War, the unlikely partnership of German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) and Django (Foxx) – the slave he recently freed – set about making money tracking and killing outlaws.
But Django also has plans to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Washington) from charismatic but cruel Mississippi plantation owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio).
THE VERDICT
When Quentin Tarantino decides to make a Western, you know it’s going to be epic, violent, funny, exciting and challenging. And this wonderfully irreverent and distinctively bloody take on the wild Wild West hits the spot, brimming with delightfully oddball characters and racy style.
This is obviously not your run-of-the-mill cowboy tale. Instead, Tarantino flies close to controversy by setting his story against the violent and brutal backdrop of the slave trade.
As usual his casting is spot on. Waltz (who won an Oscar for his evil Nazi role in Tarantino’s last film Inglourious Basterds) is smooth perfection as a German dentist/bounty hunter and is wonderfully complemented by Jamie Foxx’s steely-eyed former slave.
The early bonding scenes of them tracking redneck villains (Django relishes the fact he can make money killing “white folk”) are amusingly and snappily shot.
Initially, Tarantino pokes fun at the rampant and casual racism of the period – hilariously so in a scene involving a Ku Klux Klan mob complaining about eye holes in their hoods??– but things turn nastier when Schultz and Django attempt to rescue Broomhilda.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a fine old time as the brutal Candie and absolutely oozes slippery cruelty. But he manages to be out-acted by Tarantino regular Samuel L Jackson, playing an elderly slave and close confidant of Candie who is as menacing and controlling as his supposed master.
The meanings of the words “bounty hunter”, “run-of-the-mill” and “redneck”
in the text are, respectively,
Ano: 2013
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
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MACKENZIE
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Q1347201
Inglês
Texto associado
Django Unchained review:
A truly wild Western with a killer line-up
Review of Oscar-nominated film by Sunday Mirror film critic Mark Adam.
SONY PICTURES
A truly wild Western with a killer line-up
Review of Oscar-nominated film by Sunday Mirror film critic Mark Adam.
SONY PICTURES
THE STARS
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Kerry Washington.
THE STORY
Two years before the start of the Civil War, the unlikely partnership of German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) and Django (Foxx) – the slave he recently freed – set about making money tracking and killing outlaws.
But Django also has plans to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Washington) from charismatic but cruel Mississippi plantation owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio).
THE VERDICT
When Quentin Tarantino decides to make a Western, you know it’s going to be epic, violent, funny, exciting and challenging. And this wonderfully irreverent and distinctively bloody take on the wild Wild West hits the spot, brimming with delightfully oddball characters and racy style.
This is obviously not your run-of-the-mill cowboy tale. Instead, Tarantino flies close to controversy by setting his story against the violent and brutal backdrop of the slave trade.
As usual his casting is spot on. Waltz (who won an Oscar for his evil Nazi role in Tarantino’s last film Inglourious Basterds) is smooth perfection as a German dentist/bounty hunter and is wonderfully complemented by Jamie Foxx’s steely-eyed former slave.
The early bonding scenes of them tracking redneck villains (Django relishes the fact he can make money killing “white folk”) are amusingly and snappily shot.
Initially, Tarantino pokes fun at the rampant and casual racism of the period – hilariously so in a scene involving a Ku Klux Klan mob complaining about eye holes in their hoods??– but things turn nastier when Schultz and Django attempt to rescue Broomhilda.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a fine old time as the brutal Candie and absolutely oozes slippery cruelty. But he manages to be out-acted by Tarantino regular Samuel L Jackson, playing an elderly slave and close confidant of Candie who is as menacing and controlling as his supposed master.
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Kerry Washington.
THE STORY
Two years before the start of the Civil War, the unlikely partnership of German bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) and Django (Foxx) – the slave he recently freed – set about making money tracking and killing outlaws.
But Django also has plans to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Washington) from charismatic but cruel Mississippi plantation owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio).
THE VERDICT
When Quentin Tarantino decides to make a Western, you know it’s going to be epic, violent, funny, exciting and challenging. And this wonderfully irreverent and distinctively bloody take on the wild Wild West hits the spot, brimming with delightfully oddball characters and racy style.
This is obviously not your run-of-the-mill cowboy tale. Instead, Tarantino flies close to controversy by setting his story against the violent and brutal backdrop of the slave trade.
As usual his casting is spot on. Waltz (who won an Oscar for his evil Nazi role in Tarantino’s last film Inglourious Basterds) is smooth perfection as a German dentist/bounty hunter and is wonderfully complemented by Jamie Foxx’s steely-eyed former slave.
The early bonding scenes of them tracking redneck villains (Django relishes the fact he can make money killing “white folk”) are amusingly and snappily shot.
Initially, Tarantino pokes fun at the rampant and casual racism of the period – hilariously so in a scene involving a Ku Klux Klan mob complaining about eye holes in their hoods??– but things turn nastier when Schultz and Django attempt to rescue Broomhilda.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a fine old time as the brutal Candie and absolutely oozes slippery cruelty. But he manages to be out-acted by Tarantino regular Samuel L Jackson, playing an elderly slave and close confidant of Candie who is as menacing and controlling as his supposed master.
According to the movie review,
Ano: 2013
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
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MACKENZIE
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Q1347200
Inglês
Texto associado
Behind the Meaning of the Pope’s Names
The new pope’s choice of ‘Francis’ hints at the direction of his reign.
The new pope’s choice of ‘Francis’ hints at the direction of his reign.
Enter Pope Francis. The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin
America. It is, indeed, a historic moment for the papacy. Those who waited
for a leader from the new Catholic world will no doubt be __( I )__ by
the choice, but his new status as the leader of a global church requires
a different persona and a new mode of action. The new pope speaks not
only for Argentina, Latin America, and the Jesuits, but also for the entire
Roman Catholic world.
The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America. (Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)
The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America. (Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)
It is precisely for this reason that cardinals shed their names along
with their brightly __( II )__ vestments. Historically, the tradition of
selecting a new papal name dates back to the sixth century, when Pope
John II swapped his awkwardly __( III )__ name Mercurius for the solidly
Christian John. At the same time the selection of religious names is more
than an opportunity to symbolically cast aside individual identity. Papal
names chart a course for the future by summoning up the past. The new
pope assumes either the mantle of religious heroes and leaders from days
gone by or the virtues of the Innocents and the Piuses. The selection of
the name both forges a new identity and signals how the pope wishes to
be seen and remembered. It is, in essence, not only the answer to the
__( IV )__ question “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” but
also a way of preemptively writing one’s own reviews.
Traditionally popes have been __( V )__ of reaching too high, of appearing too self-congratulatory. The office of the pope is built, literally and metaphorically, on the legacy of St. Peter, the apostle of Christ, whose remains lie beneath the papal seat in the Vatican. But there has been no Pope Peter II. Thus far, no pope has had the audacity to present himself as standing in continuity with the favored disciple of Jesus. Nor would Pope Francis have been able to select the name of the founder of his own order. A Pope Ignatius—after Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola—would have appeared self-serving.
At first blush, Pope Francis’s selection of a previously __( VI )__ papal name—he is no 23rd anything—marks a break with the past and augurs well for those looking for a move away from deeply entrenched institutionalism. The new pope symbolically clears the deck for a new period of Catholic history. For a church desperately in need of an administrative makeover, it creates a nominally blank slate for the pale-garbed pontiff.
Traditionally popes have been __( V )__ of reaching too high, of appearing too self-congratulatory. The office of the pope is built, literally and metaphorically, on the legacy of St. Peter, the apostle of Christ, whose remains lie beneath the papal seat in the Vatican. But there has been no Pope Peter II. Thus far, no pope has had the audacity to present himself as standing in continuity with the favored disciple of Jesus. Nor would Pope Francis have been able to select the name of the founder of his own order. A Pope Ignatius—after Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola—would have appeared self-serving.
At first blush, Pope Francis’s selection of a previously __( VI )__ papal name—he is no 23rd anything—marks a break with the past and augurs well for those looking for a move away from deeply entrenched institutionalism. The new pope symbolically clears the deck for a new period of Catholic history. For a church desperately in need of an administrative makeover, it creates a nominally blank slate for the pale-garbed pontiff.
Newsweek
The adjectives that properly fill in blanks I, II, III, IV, V and VI, in the text, are
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Q1347199
Inglês
Texto associado
Behind the Meaning of the Pope’s Names
The new pope’s choice of ‘Francis’ hints at the direction of his reign.
The new pope’s choice of ‘Francis’ hints at the direction of his reign.
Enter Pope Francis. The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin
America. It is, indeed, a historic moment for the papacy. Those who waited
for a leader from the new Catholic world will no doubt be __( I )__ by
the choice, but his new status as the leader of a global church requires
a different persona and a new mode of action. The new pope speaks not
only for Argentina, Latin America, and the Jesuits, but also for the entire
Roman Catholic world.
The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America. (Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)
The first Jesuit pope. The first from Latin America. (Enrique Marcarian/Reuters)
It is precisely for this reason that cardinals shed their names along
with their brightly __( II )__ vestments. Historically, the tradition of
selecting a new papal name dates back to the sixth century, when Pope
John II swapped his awkwardly __( III )__ name Mercurius for the solidly
Christian John. At the same time the selection of religious names is more
than an opportunity to symbolically cast aside individual identity. Papal
names chart a course for the future by summoning up the past. The new
pope assumes either the mantle of religious heroes and leaders from days
gone by or the virtues of the Innocents and the Piuses. The selection of
the name both forges a new identity and signals how the pope wishes to
be seen and remembered. It is, in essence, not only the answer to the
__( IV )__ question “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” but
also a way of preemptively writing one’s own reviews.
Traditionally popes have been __( V )__ of reaching too high, of appearing too self-congratulatory. The office of the pope is built, literally and metaphorically, on the legacy of St. Peter, the apostle of Christ, whose remains lie beneath the papal seat in the Vatican. But there has been no Pope Peter II. Thus far, no pope has had the audacity to present himself as standing in continuity with the favored disciple of Jesus. Nor would Pope Francis have been able to select the name of the founder of his own order. A Pope Ignatius—after Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola—would have appeared self-serving.
At first blush, Pope Francis’s selection of a previously __( VI )__ papal name—he is no 23rd anything—marks a break with the past and augurs well for those looking for a move away from deeply entrenched institutionalism. The new pope symbolically clears the deck for a new period of Catholic history. For a church desperately in need of an administrative makeover, it creates a nominally blank slate for the pale-garbed pontiff.
Traditionally popes have been __( V )__ of reaching too high, of appearing too self-congratulatory. The office of the pope is built, literally and metaphorically, on the legacy of St. Peter, the apostle of Christ, whose remains lie beneath the papal seat in the Vatican. But there has been no Pope Peter II. Thus far, no pope has had the audacity to present himself as standing in continuity with the favored disciple of Jesus. Nor would Pope Francis have been able to select the name of the founder of his own order. A Pope Ignatius—after Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola—would have appeared self-serving.
At first blush, Pope Francis’s selection of a previously __( VI )__ papal name—he is no 23rd anything—marks a break with the past and augurs well for those looking for a move away from deeply entrenched institutionalism. The new pope symbolically clears the deck for a new period of Catholic history. For a church desperately in need of an administrative makeover, it creates a nominally blank slate for the pale-garbed pontiff.
Newsweek
The article clearly states that
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Q1341119
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
The picture relates to the text because it illustrates
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Q1341118
Inglês
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
One of Lula’s achievements was
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Q1341117
Inglês
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
A palavra figures em – In the case of Brazil, the country’s
economy now figures sixth at global level. – equivale, em
português, a
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Q1341116
Inglês
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
No trecho do segundo parágrafo – But the region continues to
have the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. –, in spite of equivale, em português, a
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
No início do segundo parágrafo, a palavra nevertheless introduz
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
No trecho do primeiro parágrafo – to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia –, which refere-se a
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VUNESP
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UFTM
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
Brazil’s income distribution has improved over the last decades
due to
Ano: 2013
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UFTM
Prova:
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Q1341112
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Brazil despite its economic success remains one
of the inequality champions
August 22nd, 2012
The ‘favelas’ or shanty towns that surround
most Brazilian cities
Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America
and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in
recent years, but it still remains among the countries with the
highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala,
Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitat report.
In all four countries based on 2009 data, the Gini income per
capita distribution index stood at 0.56, to which must be added
Dominican Republic and Bolivia, two inequality champions with
high concentration of wealth. This compares with the US and
Portugal Gini indicator of 0.38, two countries that offer no relief
since Portugal, for example, has the highest inequality index of
the European Union.
Nevertheless, Brazil advanced compared to 1990 when
it had the highest degree of inequality and stood well ahead
from the rest of the continent. But the region continues to have
the highest inequality rate in spite of advances in helping
income distribution. Among some of the causes for distribution
improvement are productivity, upward trend of salaries and
workers categories, strong economy and implementation of
income transfer programs in several countries, particularly in
the two leading economies, Brazil and Mexico. In the case of
Brazil, the country’s economy now figures sixth at global level.
Former president Lula da Silva and one of the most popular
leaders in history of that country based his success precisely on
the Bolsa Família Plan, which distributed a monthly basic food
basket to millions, helping anywhere from 14 to 22 million climb
out of poverty, plus ensuring his Workers Party an encouraging
future.
The Gini coefficient or index measures the inequality among
values of a frequency distribution (for instance, levels of income).
A Gini coefficient of zero expresses perfect equality where all
values are the same (for instance, where everyone has an exactly
equal income). A Gini coefficient of one (100 on the percentile
scale) expresses maximal inequality among values (for instance,
where only one person has all the income).
(http://en.mercopress.com. Adaptado.)
In terms of income inequality, Brazil
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