Read the following text and answer items 37 to 40 below. PETROBRAS operated in Brazil as a monopoly for close to half a century. However, after recent deregulation of the Brazilian oil sector and the consequent arrival of competitors, PETROBRAS is now facing important new challenges. PETROBRAS must continue to maximize its competitiveness and effectiveness through bidding on offshore exploration blocks that can potentially yield oil reserves. At the same time, though, PETROBRAS must continue to provide the necessary resources to the enforcement of its environmental commitment to Brazilian society through oil spill surveillance and prevention programs.

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It is correct to conclude from this passage that

PETROBRAS has been operating as a monopoly for nearly fifty years.

PETROBRAS is well on the road to greatly increasing its market share of the South American oil business. The state-run oil giant is investing more than US$ 3 billion in a strategy to spread risk, its managers say, through bold foreign exploration.

In October 2002, PETROBRAS paid US$ 1 billion for 59% of Argentina’s second-largest oil producer, Perez Companc (PECOM), and expects to spend another US$ 2 billion over the next five years to beef up international production, mainly in Venezuela but also in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Earlier, PETROBRAS swapped a billion dollar’s worth of assets with Spanish-Argentine energy giant Repsol-YPF for a share of Argentina’s retail gasoline and refining business.

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PETROBRAS is well on the road to greatly increasing its market share of the South American oil business. The state-run oil giant is investing more than US$ 3 billion in a strategy to spread risk, its managers say, through bold foreign exploration.

In October 2002, PETROBRAS paid US$ 1 billion for 59% of Argentina’s second-largest oil producer, Perez Companc (PECOM), and expects to spend another US$ 2 billion over the next five years to beef up international production, mainly in Venezuela but also in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Earlier, PETROBRAS swapped a billion dollar’s worth of assets with Spanish-Argentine energy giant Repsol-YPF for a share of Argentina’s retail gasoline and refining business.

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Based on the text above, judge the following item.

PETROBRAS is well on the road to greatly increasing its market share of the South American oil business. The state-run oil giant is investing more than US$ 3 billion in a strategy to spread risk, its managers say, through bold foreign exploration.

In October 2002, PETROBRAS paid US$ 1 billion for 59% of Argentina’s second-largest oil producer, Perez Companc (PECOM), and expects to spend another US$ 2 billion over the next five years to beef up international production, mainly in Venezuela but also in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Earlier, PETROBRAS swapped a billion dollar’s worth of assets with Spanish-Argentine energy giant Repsol-YPF for a share of Argentina’s retail gasoline and refining business.

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PETROBRAS greatly increased its market participation in the South American oil enterprises.

PETROBRAS is well on the road to greatly increasing its market share of the South American oil business. The state-run oil giant is investing more than US$ 3 billion in a strategy to spread risk, its managers say, through bold foreign exploration.

In October 2002, PETROBRAS paid US$ 1 billion for 59% of Argentina’s second-largest oil producer, Perez Companc (PECOM), and expects to spend another US$ 2 billion over the next five years to beef up international production, mainly in Venezuela but also in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Earlier, PETROBRAS swapped a billion dollar’s worth of assets with Spanish-Argentine energy giant Repsol-YPF for a share of Argentina’s retail gasoline and refining business.

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Based on the text above, judge the following item.

The word “road” can be correctly replaced by path.

Read the following text and answer items 37 to 40 below. PETROBRAS operated in Brazil as a monopoly for close to half a century. However, after recent deregulation of the Brazilian oil sector and the consequent arrival of competitors, PETROBRAS is now facing important new challenges. PETROBRAS must continue to maximize its competitiveness and effectiveness through bidding on offshore exploration blocks that can potentially yield oil reserves. At the same time, though, PETROBRAS must continue to provide the necessary resources to the enforcement of its environmental commitment to Brazilian society through oil spill surveillance and prevention programs.

Internet: <http://www.rsi.ca>. Access on Feb./2004 (with adaptations).

It is correct to conclude from this passage that

Uma empresa é um projeto humano de realizações econômicas que segue em frente rumo ao futuro. É uma história de pequenos e grandes desafios, que, a partir dos tempos pioneiros, vai ganhando capacidade de transformação, poder e responsabilidade, em harmonia com as atividades produtivas da sociedade à qual pertence.

O fundamento do desenvolvimento e do êxito de uma empresa é a adoção, identificação e fidelidade a alguns valores e princípios. Esses princípios devem iluminar e orientar os objetivos da empresa. Devem proporcionar sentido de direção comum para toda a organização, estabelecendo pautas para seu comportamento.

É por isso que, ao empreender atividades e negócios em sociedade com terceiros, devemos levar em conta sua cultura empresarial e a existência de valores compatíveis com os nossos, especialmente no caso de associações feitas com propósitos amplos e permanentes ou que têm destacada exposição pública.

Internet: <http://www.petrobrasenergia.com>. Acesso em 6/2/2004 (com adaptações).

Com relação às estruturas do texto acima e a aspectos marcantes da economia mundial contemporânea, julgue o item subseqüente.

O texto é escrito em linguagem clara e objetiva, o que evidencia a intenção do autor de não apresentar suas opiniões e de se limitar a descrever em detalhes a realidade da prática empresarial.

A preservação dos recursos hídricos será um dos grandes desafios deste século. Na verdade, por muito tempo, encarou-se a água como bem natural inesgotável, apesar de as reservas de água doce — apropriadas ao consumo humano — representarem apenas 2,4% dos recursos hídricos existentes no planeta (os outros 97,6% estão nos mares). É, sem dúvida, um percentual baixo. Ainda mais considerando-se que o crescimento populacional e a expansão da agricultura irrigada e da pecuária contribuíram para o aumento do consumo de água. Mesmo assim, de acordo com relatório do Fundo das Nações Unidas para a População, usam-se, hoje, 54% das fontes hídricas disponíveis, para atender o consumo mundial de água doce. A atual “crise planetária da água” não decorre apenas do aumento do consumo. Um dos fatores que tem levado muitas regiões do planeta a um estado de estresse hídrico e de escassez está na diminuição da oferta de água em conseqüência da ação irresponsável dos seres humanos sobre essas fontes hídricas.

Fúlvio Giannella Júnior. A fonte da vida pode secar. In: Família

Cristã, ano 70, n.º 818, fev./2004, p. 22 (com adaptações).

Considerando o texto acima e as diversas implicações do tema por ele abordado, julgue o item seguinte.