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As regards the pronunciation of the -ed ending in "obsessed", "bombarded", and "enthused" (lines 1, 4 and 44 respectively), analyse the assertions below:
I. bombarded has tha same -ed ending pronunciation as absorbed
II. obsessed and enthused have the same -ed ending pronunciation as twinned.
III. obsessed and embraced have the same -ed ending pronunciation.
Choose the correct answer:
Read the paragraph below.
“At the Whole Woman’s Health center here, a young woman predicted what others would do if the state’s stringent new abortion bill approved late Friday forces clinics like this one to close: cross the border to Mexico to seek an “abortion pill.”
A Pill Available in Mexico Is a Texas Option for Abortion. Available in: http://www.nytimes.com
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When choosing texts for the reading lesson, text-related concepts such as Suitability of content, Exploitability and Readability should be taken into consideration. The concept of Readability is related to the:
I. She applied for the job but they haven’t given her an answer
II. This book is based in a true story.
III. He don’t agree with everything I said.
IV. He was so tired that he couldn´t participate in the activity.
By Dow Jones Business News
January 31, 2013
Brazil’s unemployment rate for 2012 fell to 5.5%, down from the previous record low of 6.0% recorded last year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said Thursday. In December, unemployment fell to 4.6% compared with 4.9% in November, besting the previous record monthly low of 4.7% registered in December 2011, the IBGE said
The 2012 average unemployment rate was in line with the 5.5% median estimate of economists polled by the local Estado news agency. Analysts had also pegged December’s unemployment rate at 4.4%.
Brazil’s unemployment rate remains at historically low levels despite sluggish economic activity. Salaries have also been on the upswing in an ominous sign for inflation - a key area of concern for the Brazilian Central Bank after a series of interest rate cuts brought local interest rates to record lows last year. Inflation ended 2012 at 5.84%.
The average monthly Brazilian salary retreated slightly to 1,805.00 Brazilian reais ($908.45) in December, down from the record high BRL1,809.60 registered in November, the IBGE said. Wages trended higher in 2012 as employee groups called on Brazilian companies and the government to increase wages and benefits to counter higher local prices. Companies were also forced to pay more to hire and retain workers because of the country’s low unemployment.
The IBGE measures unemployment in six of Brazil’s largest metropolitan areas, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Recife and Porto Alegre. Brazil’s unemployment rate, however, is not fully comparable to jobless rates in developed countries as a large portion of the population is either underemployed or works informally without paying taxes. In addition, workers not actively seeking a job in the month before the survey don’t count as unemployed under the IBGE’s methodology. The survey also doesn’t take into account farm workers.
(www.nasdaq.com. Adaptado)


