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Read the following text to answer the question.
Written by Virginia Woolf, the following letter expresses her fear of another mental breakdown and her decision to take her own life.
“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. V.”
Read the following text to answer the question.
Written by Virginia Woolf, the following letter expresses her fear of another mental breakdown and her decision to take her own life.
“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. V.”
Read the excerpt.
As I was looking for the fruit juice this morning, I found there was ____________ any left in the refrigerator. I wondered why there was so ____________of it so early in the week, but neither Pam nor Ruth could give a reasonable explanation. Going back to the refrigerator, I also found there were very ____________ oranges left. And as for grapefruits, there were ____________ whatsoever. This was something that had never happened before. I was about to ask Pam and Ruth again, but they were nowhere to be seen any more. As I had nobody to turn to now, I saw ____________ option but to hurry to the shop around the corner.
Fill in the gaps with some of the words indicated above.
Analyze the following assertions and the proposed relationship between them.
I - The term computer literacy emerged in the early 1980s together with the spread of the personal computer and, within a decade, the term had become uncritically celebrated among academic educators
BECAUSE
II - it generally referred to only the most basic forms of computer operation, such as turning on a computer, opening a folder, and saving a file, and thus tended to justify a very high view of computer-related education.
It is correct to state that
Considering the emerging use of technology in language teaching and learning, analyze the following assertions.
I - Technology does not provide learners with greater access to the target language.
II - Even if all their language learning is done in formal learning contexts, learners who have access to computers have more autonomy in what they choose to focus on.
III - Rapid evolution of communication technologies has changed language pedagogy and language use, enabling new forms of discourse, new forms of authorship, and new ways to create and participate in communities.
IV - A classroom setting with a teacher in front at the blackboard/whiteboard and with students at their desks reading from a textbook is still the norm in much of the world and is not giving way to the practice of students working independently or collaboratively at computers and using other technology, such as cell phones (mobile phones), inside and outside of classrooms.
It is correct only what is stated in
Read this text.
The Internet is in its early days, so its influence on English spelling has hitherto been very limited. Some of its services (chat, texting, Twitter, social networking) have popularised some old abbreviations (such as c for see, u for you, 2 for to) and introduced a few new ones (such as lol), but these are largely restricted to the technology context in which they arose, and are only occasionally encountered in the wider orthographic world. Novelties, whose long-term effect on the language remains to be seen, include minimalist or zero capitalisation in messages (no sentence-initial capital, the use of i for the pronoun I), the use of repeated letters (I’m sooooooo happy), and the replacement of normal letters by other symbols, as seen in @command, Micro$oft, AO£ (‘AOL’), d00dz (‘dudes’), and c%%l (‘cool’). We are used to apostrophes in names (O’Malley) but not usually exclamation marks (Yahoo!).
Crystal, David. Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling. London: Profile Books, 2012.
Analyze the following statements according to the text.
I - Unfortunately, the Internet has not influenced English Language whatsoever in the last years.
II - Abbreviations have been avoided in every context, mainly in technology.
III - The repetition of letters is among the novelties.
IV - Some symbols have replaced normal letters.
According to the text, it is correct only what is stated in
Indicate whether each of the following statements about the future of English spelling is true (T) or false (F).
( ) Nowadays, our orthography is inexistent.
( ) The Internet and globalization are not affecting English spelling.
( ) Even the smallest spelling error in a domain name means we will be unable to access a website.
( ) Spelling involves more than learning to read and write whole words; we also need to handle the abbreviations and symbols which play an important role in several everyday orthographic situations.
According to the statements, the correct sequence is:
Indicate whether each of the following statements made by Diane Larsen-Freeman and Marti Anderson (2011), about literacy and education, is true (T) or false (F).
( ) Learning a language is not a political act.
( ) Those that know a language are empowered in a way that those who do not know the language are not.
( ) These days, because of its status as an international language, it is English that is seen to be the language of power.
( ) Many people around the world want to learn English because they believe that it will help them to get a good education or job.
According to the statements, the correct sequence is:
Analyze the following assertions and the proposed relationship between them.
I - Although there have been many important international languages over time, including Latin, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish, English is generally considered to be the first global language
BECAUSE
II - of its current extremely deficient role as a lingua franca in international communications for global, economic, political, and social exchange.
It is correct to state that:
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A theme present in the text is the
read the following text.
Pooh and his friends on spelling
Pooh said to Piglet: ‘It’s all right, Piglet. Spelling is easy once you get started.’
Piglet nodded. ‘Getti ng started is the worst bit.’
…
Christopher Robin jumped onto the tree stump and made an announcement. ‘Friends, the Spelling Bee has been cancelled, because spelling is diffi cult enough at the best of ti mes, and impossible in the rain.’
David Benedictus, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, 2009, Ch. 2, ‘In which Owl does a crossword, and a Spelling Bee is held’. Adapted.
You can’t help respecti ng anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.
(Rabbit of Owl, in A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, Ch. 5)
CrYSTal, david. Spell It Out: The Singular Story of english Spelling. london: Profi le Books, 2012. Adaptado.
Analyze the following statements.
I - The ti tle and the non-verbal aspects must be disregarded to interpret the text.
II - The text, a dissertati on, is about the importance of studying spelling and orthography.
III - Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin are characters in the story.
IV - Pooh and Piglet are talking about spelling.
V - Christopher Robin canceled the Spelling Bee contest.
According to the text, it is correct only what is stated in:
A questão tem como base o texto abaixo:
Text Two:
“I read once, passingly, about a man named Shakespeare. I only read about him passingly, but I remember one thing he wrote that kind of moved me. He put it in the mouth of Hamlet, I think, it was, who said, ‘To be or not to be.’ He was in doubt about something—whether it was nobler in the mind of man to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune—moderation—or to take up arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them. And I go for that. If you take up arms, you’ll end it, but if you sit around and wait for the one who’s in power to make up his mind that he should end it, you’ll be waiting a long time. And in my opinion, the young generation of whites, blacks, browns, whatever else there is, you’re living at a time of extremism, a time of revolution, a time when there’s got to be a change. People in power have misused it, and now there has to be a change and a better world has to be built, and the only way it’s going to be built—is with extreme methods. And I, for one, will join in with anyone—I don’t care what color you are — as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this Earth.”
(Malcolm X speaking at Oxford University in 1964)
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Text Two:
“I read once, passingly, about a man named Shakespeare. I only read about him passingly, but I remember one thing he wrote that kind of moved me. He put it in the mouth of Hamlet, I think, it was, who said, ‘To be or not to be.’ He was in doubt about something—whether it was nobler in the mind of man to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune—moderation—or to take up arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them. And I go for that. If you take up arms, you’ll end it, but if you sit around and wait for the one who’s in power to make up his mind that he should end it, you’ll be waiting a long time. And in my opinion, the young generation of whites, blacks, browns, whatever else there is, you’re living at a time of extremism, a time of revolution, a time when there’s got to be a change. People in power have misused it, and now there has to be a change and a better world has to be built, and the only way it’s going to be built—is with extreme methods. And I, for one, will join in with anyone—I don’t care what color you are — as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this Earth.”
(Malcolm X speaking at Oxford University in 1964)
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Text One:
Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office in which so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matters that I believe affected the national interest. And all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always tried to do what was best for the nation.
Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate*, I have felt it was my duty to persevere; to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.
In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion; that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.
But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served. And there is no longer a need for the process to be pro- longed.
I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations. From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation will require.
I have never been a quitter.
To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as President I must put the interests of America first.
America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. (Resignation Speech By Richard Nixon, in August 8, 1974)
Nota: *Watergate foi um escândalo político que culminou no fim da Presidência de Richard Nixon: basicamente, cinco homens foram presos tentando invadir a sede do Partido Democrata (partido de oposição a Nixon) com o intuito de plantar escutas telefônicas, em junho de 1972. Tendo sido descoberto que o Presidente sabia da espionagem e tentou, posteriormente, obstruir a investigação sobre os fatos.
A questão tem como base o texto abaixo:
Text One:
Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office in which so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matters that I believe affected the national interest. And all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always tried to do what was best for the nation.
Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate*, I have felt it was my duty to persevere; to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.
In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion; that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.
But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served. And there is no longer a need for the process to be pro- longed.
I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations. From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation will require.
I have never been a quitter.
To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as President I must put the interests of America first.
America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. (Resignation Speech By Richard Nixon, in August 8, 1974)
Nota: *Watergate foi um escândalo político que culminou no fim da Presidência de Richard Nixon: basicamente, cinco homens foram presos tentando invadir a sede do Partido Democrata (partido de oposição a Nixon) com o intuito de plantar escutas telefônicas, em junho de 1972. Tendo sido descoberto que o Presidente sabia da espionagem e tentou, posteriormente, obstruir a investigação sobre os fatos.
A questão tem como base o texto abaixo:
Text One:
Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office in which so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matters that I believe affected the national interest. And all the decisions I have made in my public life I have always tried to do what was best for the nation.
Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate*, I have felt it was my duty to persevere; to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.
In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion; that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process, and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.
But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served. And there is no longer a need for the process to be pro- longed.
I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the nation must always come before any personal considerations. From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation will require.
I have never been a quitter.
To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as President I must put the interests of America first.
America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. (Resignation Speech By Richard Nixon, in August 8, 1974)
Nota: *Watergate foi um escândalo político que culminou no fim da Presidência de Richard Nixon: basicamente, cinco homens foram presos tentando invadir a sede do Partido Democrata (partido de oposição a Nixon) com o intuito de plantar escutas telefônicas, em junho de 1972. Tendo sido descoberto que o Presidente sabia da espionagem e tentou, posteriormente, obstruir a investigação sobre os fatos.
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