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(UFRGS -2004) The past quarter-century of American popular culture was ruled by the great mega-franchises of science fiction - Star Wars, Star Trek, Independence Day, The Matrix. But lately, since the turn of the millennium or so, weve been dreaming very different dreams. The stuff of those dreams is fantasy - swords and sorcerers, knights and ladies, magic and unicorns. With The Two Towers, the new 4installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, we have seen what might be called 1the enchanting of America. The evidence is a new preoccupation with a nostalgic, magical vision of a medieval age. It all started with a little-known Oxford professor whose specialty was the West Midland dialect of Middle English. Beginning with The Hobbit, a story he invented in the early 1930s to amuse his children, John Ronald Reuel Tolkiens novels first became 2merely popular and then turned into a phenomenon. The recent Tolkien revival began when Americas long summer romance with technology was dwindling. 3The magic would have to come from somewhere else, and we found it in fantasy. Swords, not lasers. Magic, not electricity. The past, not the future. (Time, Dec. 2, 2002). Consider the following sentences: I - The magic should come from another place. II - It would be necessary for the magic to come from elsewhere. III - The magic had to come from any other place. Which of them means the same as the sentence THE MAGIC WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE (ref. 3)?

(UFRGS - 2002) TEXT It had a humble 1beginning, almost 20 years ago. 2No little critter on the 3chest, like so many of its competitors. Just a 4promise to give 5its 6wearer the deep down 7quality that makes a 8shirt satisfying to own. Today, 9countless improvements later, it is still a colorful classic, with lots of options: banded or hemmed sleeves, pocket or not, sizes small to double extra large. The Lands End Mesh Polo has become such a favorite that weve now sold over ten million of them. To see Americas best-liked shirt in eighteen glorious colors, call today for our catalog, or click onto our Web site. No hassles, no headaches. Its the way shopping should be. People Weekly, May 7, 2001. As palavras a seguir seguem o mesmo processo de formao de WEARER (ref. 6), exceo de

(UFGRS -2002) Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with 1hardly any neck, 2although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on her neighbours. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion 3there was no finer boy anywhere. The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didnt think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursleys sister, but they hadnt met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didnt have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as 4unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbours would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son too, but they had never even seen him. This boy was another good reason for keeping the Potters away; they didnt want Dudley mixing with a child like that. J. K. Rowlings, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. A expresso HARDLY ANY (ref. 1) poderia ser traduzida por:

(UFRGS - 2001) The teachers magazine The dramatic story of war among angels existed in heaven even before earth was formed. The great 17th century poet John Milton described in his masterpiece Paradise Lost what he considered the first test of free will: the fall of angels. His story begins when Lucifer is ordered to obey the Son of God. Lucifer refuses, the rebellious angels join him and challenge the power of God. On the first day, one of the powerful Seraphs and Lucifer meet, angel against angel. On the second day, the archangel Michael asks for assistance and on the third day the Son of God comes forward. He pursues the enemy to the bounds of heaven and the bad angels throw themselves into the bottomless pit. The war in heaven is over, but Lucifer is far from finished. God has created a new race humans. The struggle between good and evil begins. Fonte: The Teachers Magazine, February 1998. Complete the sentence below with the appropriate verb form. When earth ______ to be, the angels war in heaven ______.

(UFRGS -2001) TEXT When you check into a Hershey Resort, you and your people get something no other convention center gives. The assurance of Hershey quality. The same fine quality that youve come to expect from Hershey Foods Corp. over the last 67 years. The very same quality that makes our other Hershey Resorts outstanding convention centers. With 1thoroughly professional staffs. The best and the newest facilities. Country locations easy to reach by highways, interstates and airports. (Dozens of flights daily and free limousine services.) Pick the Hershey thats best for you. Youll get 2unbeatable facilities for work and play. But above all, youll find all those things you can still trust, alive and well and living in Hershey Resorts. Fonte: Meetings and Conventions, April 1980. Os antnimos corretos das partes destacadas daexpresso THE BEST and THE NEWEST facilitiesso, respectivamente:

(UFRGS -2000) In Victorian England, the valet, the masters personal servant, had much prestige within the household. First, he had to have, clean and repaired, the correct outfit for every occasion, to attend to his masters toilette (perhaps using his own recipe for shaving soap or boot polishing) including the ironing of shoelaces and the washing of small 1change. The valet travelledeverywhere of 2consequence with his master, deciphering train timetables and taking charge of valuables and cash, and he was 3privy to many close-kept secrets. Abroad he acted as courier and interpreter, and might well have more contacts and knowledge of foreign ways than his master. He needed 4to be fit, for he rose before his master and could not sleep until long after he had retired. Fonte: Pitkin Guides, 1998 The ING forms that have, in the text, the function of nouns are

(UFRGS -2000) Shakespeare in Love is a witty, sexy and merrily literate delight, with an enormously clever premise that only gets better as the film 1funfolds. The screenplay, originating as Marc Normans brainstorm and turned by Tom Stoppard 2into a 3razor-sharp dialogue reminiscent of his Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, dares to imagine 4whatever it likes about the link between Shakespeares artistic passions and his mad yearning for a certain aristocratic beauty. Meanwhile, this 5tirelessly inventive comedy envisions an Elizabethan theatre filled with the same backbiting and conniving we enjoy today and has great fun presenting the creation of Romeo and Juliet problems and all. Fonte: New York Times, March 1999 The verb which can be classified both as a FULL VERB and a MODAL is:

(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) (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) 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

(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) 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) 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) 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: