Questões de Inglês - UFRGS 1998 | Gabarito e resoluções

(UFRGS -1998) 1 The Labour election victory in Britain has done something extraordinary: it has transformed the nation. Everything has changed, announced the front page of The Independent. On the day after May Day, lots of people were smiling, reported The Observer. They had, they said, got rid of the Conservatives. The 1smiling voters had made sure, for several years at least, and possibly forever that they had been banished. 2 After 18 years of Tory 2rule, the British voters have had a change of heart. Toney Blairs new government now has the largest majority the House of Commons has seen in decades. He has become the most powerful peacetime British Prime Minister this century. And he has started to exercise this power immediately. 3 3As the new Prime Minister, he should have reached the door of 10 Downing Street in a chauffter-driven car, waved to the crowd and walked inside. 4Instead he began a presidential style walk-about, shaking hands and smiling broadly. As it follows, during their first few days of power, the new government announced changes 5both in style and in 6policy that will impact on British political life for decades. The form should have reached indicates the same as:

(UFRGS -1998) (1) My house is haunted by the screams of slow digital death. Im referring to the last gasps of the Tamagotchi, a digital craze that infected my kids like chicken pox last spring. (2) Since the day they were born, I have tried to (2) give my children the right toys. So when I first read about Tamagotchis, I felt here was a toy that would appeal to my daughters. In case you are childless or an alien from outer space and managed to avoid this craze, the Tamagotchi is a Keychain-size plastic egg that houses a small LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) in which lives a creature that you nurture by pushing a (1) variety of buttons. (3) It was love at first beep for my kids. The silicon pets completely satisfied their mothering needs. The Tamagotchi had to be fed, played with and even changed regularly. A normal digital pet lives for a few weeks, at which point its called back to the home planet, according to the instruction book. Anyway, the thing dies, so you have to (3) hit the reset button and (4) grow another one. The cycle repeats endlessly period before losing interest. But the Tamagotchis, bless their little chips, keep on beeping, beeping, always beeping. Indique as formas corretas do Particpio Passado dos seguintes verbos do texto: give (ref.2), hit (ref.3), grow (ref.4)

(UFRGS -1998) For American women in the workplace, 1938 was an important year. That was the year the U.S. Fair Labour Standards Act was passed, creating working-conditions protection and the minimum wage. Though the law applied to both men and women, it was women who stood to benefit the most. The Act, in combination with World War II - during which women were drafted to work in factories and offices -3forever changed American womens work roles. In the postwar decades, two phenomena 4further advanced the role of women in the workplace. The first was the womens movement beginning in the late 1960s; 1leaders like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem immensely changed the corporate consciousness of America. Discrimination and double standards can still be found, but these pioneers began a revolution that has culminated in a firmly established belief among most American employers that women can do the job - any job - as well as men. Many thought that day would never come. The second phenomenon is the advent of the personal computer. It has been a great 6equalizer in offices, among 2other things, getting executives to type! Moreover, PCs and telecommunications technologies have enabled more women and men to work at home, increasing employment options and bringing the perennial kids-and 5career battle to an end. Certainly, challenges remain, and the struggle goes on. But as the millennium approaches, the pace of womens progress is undeniably accelerating. Na frase Many thought that day would never come (fim do pargrafo 2), a palavra mais adequada para completar o sentido de many :

(UFRGS -1998) My house is haunted by the screams of slow digital death. Im referring to the last gasps of the Tamagotchi, a digital craze that infected my kids like chicken pox last spring. Since the day they were born, I have tried to 2give my children the right toys. So when I first read about Tamagotchis, I felt here was a toy that would appeal to my daughters. In case you are childless or an alien from outer space and managed to avoid this craze, the Tamagotchi is a Keychain-size plastic egg that houses a small LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) in which lives a creature that you nurture by pushing 1a variety of buttons. It was love at first beep for my kids. The silicon pets completely satisfied their mothering needs. The Tamagotchi had to be fed, played with and even changed regularly. A normal digital pet lives for a few weeks, at which point its called back to the home planet, according to the instruction book. Anyway, the thing dies, so you have to 3hit the reset button and 4grow another one. The cycle repeats endlessly period before losing interest. But the Tamagotchis, bless their little chips, keep on beeping, beeping, always beeping. A expresso a variety of buttons (ref.1)significa o mesmo que:

(UFRGS - 1998) (1) My house is haunted by the screams of slow digital death. Im referring to the last gasps of the Tamagotchi, a digital craze that infected my kids like chicken pox last spring. (2) Since the day they were born, I have tried to 2give my children the right toys. So when I first read about Tamagotchis, I felt here was a toy that would appeal to my daughters. In case you are childless or an alien from outer space and managed to avoid this craze, the Tamagotchi is a Keychain-size plastic egg that houses a small LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) in which lives a creature that you nurture by pushing a 1variety of buttons. (3) It was love at first beep for my kids. The silicon pets completely satisfied their mothering needs. The Tamagotchi had to be fed, played with and even changed regularly. A normal digital pet lives for a few weeks, at which point its called back to the home planet, according to the instruction book. Anyway, the thing dies, so you have to 3hit the reset button and (4) grow another one. The cycle repeats endlessly period before losing interest. But the Tamagotchis, bless their little chips, keep on beeping, beeping, always beeping. A expresso in case {par. 2) pode ser substituida, sem alterao de sentido, por

(UFRGS - 1998) 1 My house is haunted by the screams of slow digital death. Im reffering to the last gaspts of the Tamagotchi, a digital craze that infected my kids like chicken pox last spring. 2 Since the day they were born, I have tried to2give my children the right toys. So when I first read about Tamagotchi, I felt here was a toy that would appeal to my daughters. In case you are childless or an alien from outer space and managed to avoid this craze, the Tamagotchi is a Keychain-size plastic egg that houses a small LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) in which lives a creature that you nurture by pushing a1variety of buttons. 3 It was love at first beep for my kids. The silicon pets completely satisfied their mothering needs. The Tamagotchi had tp be fed, played with and even changed regularly. A normal digital pet lives for a few eeks, at which point its called back to the home planet, according to the instruction book. Anyway, the thing dies, so you have to3hit the reset button and4grow another one. The cycle repeats endlessly period before losing interest. But the Tamagotchis, bless their little chips, keep on beeping, always beeping. A expresso a variety of buttons (ref. 1) significa o mesmo que

(UFRGS - 1998) TEXTO PARA A PRXIMA QUESTO: 1 The Labour election victory in Britain has done something extraordinary: it has transformed the nation. Everything has changed, announced the front page of The Independent. On the day after May Day, lots of people were smiling, reported The Observer. They had, they said, got rid of the Conservatives. The 1smiling voters had made sure, for several years at least, and possibly forever that they had been banished. 2 After 18 years of Tory 2rule, the British voters have had a change of heart. Toney Blairs new government now has the largest majority the House of Commons has seen in decades. He has become the most powerful peacetime British Prime Minister this century. And he has started to exercise this power immediately. 3 3As the new Prime Minister, he should have reached the door of 10 Downing Street in a chauffter-driven car, waved to the crowd and walked inside. 4Instead he began a presidential style walk-about, shaking hands and smiling broadly. As it follows, during their first few days of power, the new government announced changes 5both in style and in 6policy that will impact on British political life for decades. The best translation for the word policy (ref.6) is