Questão 6991

• Banca: ESAF
• Órgão: CGU
• Ano: 2006
• Provas: ESAF - 2006 - CGU - Analista de Finanças e Controle - Comum a todos - Prova 1
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Read the text below which is entitled "Congress Caps
another Disappointing Year" in order to answer questions
27 to 30.

Congress Caps another Disappointing Year
Source: www.aaas.org
4th January 2006 (Adapted)

On December 30, nearly three months into the fi scal
year, President Bush signed the last two Fiscal Year
2006 appropriations bills into law, bringing the FY 2006
appropriation process to a close. The American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the
federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals
$134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase.
But 97 percent of the increase goes to just two specifi c
areas: defense weapons development and human space
exploration technologies. Funding for all other federal
R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and will fall
nearly 2 percent after adjusting for infl ation. Leaving out
large federal investments in development, congressional
appropriations for basic and applied research total $57.0
billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 1.8 percent over
2005. But NASA applied research on human space fl ight
technologies accounts for a majority of the increase,
leaving most agency research portfolios with modest
increases falling short of infl ation, or cuts. Many fl agship
federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in
2006.

The text concludes that

• A. a number of appropriations bills are about to be signed into law.
• B. an increase of $134.8 billion for 2006 investments has been settled.
• C. a budgetary rise of $2.2 billion is going to be looked into in 2006.
• D. the most important federal agencies expected higher budgets in 2006.
• E. basic research funding declines might occur throughout 2006.

Gabarito: D

Comentários

• •  a) a number of appropriations bills are about to be signed into law. Não é informação contida na conclusão.
  •  b) an increase of $134.8 billion for 2006 investments has been settled. O aumento será de 2,2 bilhões ou 1,7%
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that the federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals
    $134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase.
  •  c) a budgetary rise of $2.2 billion is going to be looked into in 2006. Ele será executado no ano de 2006, e não analisado.
  •  d) the most important federal agencies expected higher budgets in 2006.
  • Many flagship federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in 2006.
  •  e) basic research funding declines might occur throughout 2006.
  • Leaving out large federal investments in development, congressional appropriations for basic and applied research total $57.0 billion, an increase of $1.0 billion or 1.8 percent over 2005.

• d-

  Funding for all other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and will fall nearly 2 percent after adjusting for inflation. [...]

  But NASA applied research on human space flight technologies accounts for a majority of the increase, leaving most agency research portfolios with modest increases falling short of inflation, or cuts. Many flagship federal science agencies have disappointing budgets in 2006.