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Ano: 2021
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Q4381300
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Mini Tale
A fisherman had a nice family and lived happily near the
beach, fishing only for their daily needs. One day he met a
businessman who said “catch more fish, buy more boats and
run a successful business”. The fisherman answered “Then
what?” “Start a family and live by the beach”.
(Available at: https://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/minisagas.)
Analyse the usage of “WHO” in the Mini Tale. Choose the
assertion that describes it.
Ano: 2021
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Q4381299
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Mini Tale
A fisherman had a nice family and lived happily near the
beach, fishing only for their daily needs. One day he met a
businessman who said “catch more fish, buy more boats and
run a successful business”. The fisherman answered “Then
what?” “Start a family and live by the beach”.
(Available at: https://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/minisagas.)
Sayings and quotes are sentences people often create giving
advice or information about human life and experiences. They
are concisely written and memorable because of their style.
Mark the option that does NOT apply to insights into practical
life situations related to the Mini Tale.
Ano: 2021
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Q4381298
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Mini Tale
A fisherman had a nice family and lived happily near the
beach, fishing only for their daily needs. One day he met a
businessman who said “catch more fish, buy more boats and
run a successful business”. The fisherman answered “Then
what?” “Start a family and live by the beach”.
(Available at: https://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/minisagas.)
Among the several cohesive resources that a language has
punctuation is one of the elements contributing to build thematic progression. In the Mini Tale above, the quotation marks
perform the function of:
Ano: 2021
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Q4381297
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What is the purpose of education?
The one continuing purpose of education, since ancient
times, has been to bring people to as full a realization as possible
of what it is to be a human being. Other statements of educational purpose have also been widely accepted: to develop the
intellect, to serve social needs, to contribute to the economy, to
create an effective work force, to prepare students for a job or
career, to promote a particular social or political system. These
purposes offered are undesirably curbed in scope, and in some
instances they conflict with the comprehensive purpose I have
indicated; they imply a distorted human existence. The wideranging purpose includes all of them, and goes beyond them, for
it seeks to encompass all the dimensions of human experience.
—Arthur W. Foshay, “The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence
and Mathematics,” Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991.
(Available at: https://files.ascd.org/staticfiles/ascd/pdf/journal)
Check the option matching the perspective of education
purpose defended in the text.
Ano: 2021
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Q4381296
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What is the purpose of education?
The one continuing purpose of education, since ancient
times, has been to bring people to as full a realization as possible
of what it is to be a human being. Other statements of educational purpose have also been widely accepted: to develop the
intellect, to serve social needs, to contribute to the economy, to
create an effective work force, to prepare students for a job or
career, to promote a particular social or political system. These
purposes offered are undesirably curbed in scope, and in some
instances they conflict with the comprehensive purpose I have
indicated; they imply a distorted human existence. The wideranging purpose includes all of them, and goes beyond them, for
it seeks to encompass all the dimensions of human experience.
—Arthur W. Foshay, “The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence
and Mathematics,” Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991.
(Available at: https://files.ascd.org/staticfiles/ascd/pdf/journal)
Concerning text content, the broader goal of education will
be:
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381295
Não definido
Analyse image and text to answer.
(Available at: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/head-teacherplacard.html.)
The argumentative scheme employed in the building of an image follows precise objectives developed around a theme. The segment “If you value it” displays the placard’s general theme which is education and the segment “fund it” refers specifically to the:
(Available at: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/head-teacherplacard.html.)
The argumentative scheme employed in the building of an image follows precise objectives developed around a theme. The segment “If you value it” displays the placard’s general theme which is education and the segment “fund it” refers specifically to the:
Ano: 2021
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Instituto Consulplan
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SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381294
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Media and Education in the digital age
The idea that education is a fundamentally political process
construes education as a process in which a number of participants compete for a variety of goals, depending on the nature of
the issues at stake. A classical tradition in political science defines
the core aspect of this process as a competition for control over
the distribution of values in society. In this perspective, the study
of politics is, in practice, the study of ‘who gets what, when and
how’ (Lasswell, 1950). Seen as political process, the study of
education is the study of who gets what, when and how in the
competition for control over the future of society. This includes
the study of the main cleavages, or the fault lines defined by
relevant issues at the core of the competition between the main
actors, the strategies, or the moves through which main actors
try to gain political influence and the nature of the stake. While
shared in political studies and also in critical contributions to the analysis of education (Youdell, 2011) this position seems nevertheless far from mainstream in much of the current discussion
on media and education. For too many, education is a technical
problem: one which has to do primarily with the effective
management of available resources, with the identification and
implementation of costefficient educational models, curricula
and technologies.
(Available at: https://library.oapen.org. Adapted.)
The text supports the belief that discussions on media and
education ought to:
Ano: 2021
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Q4381293
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Media and Education in the digital age
The idea that education is a fundamentally political process
construes education as a process in which a number of participants compete for a variety of goals, depending on the nature of
the issues at stake. A classical tradition in political science defines
the core aspect of this process as a competition for control over
the distribution of values in society. In this perspective, the study
of politics is, in practice, the study of ‘who gets what, when and
how’ (Lasswell, 1950). Seen as political process, the study of
education is the study of who gets what, when and how in the
competition for control over the future of society. This includes
the study of the main cleavages, or the fault lines defined by
relevant issues at the core of the competition between the main
actors, the strategies, or the moves through which main actors
try to gain political influence and the nature of the stake. While
shared in political studies and also in critical contributions to the analysis of education (Youdell, 2011) this position seems nevertheless far from mainstream in much of the current discussion
on media and education. For too many, education is a technical
problem: one which has to do primarily with the effective
management of available resources, with the identification and
implementation of costefficient educational models, curricula
and technologies.
(Available at: https://library.oapen.org. Adapted.)
While establishing links among text segments, we construct
text cohesion. After analysing the use of NEVERTHELESS,
highlighted in the text, point out the item which does NOT
mean the same as it does.
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
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Q4381292
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Language use is one of the last places where prejudice
remains socially acceptable. It can even have official approval,
as we see in attempts to suppressslang and dialects at school.
Banning words is not a sound educational strategy. As Michael
Rosen points out, schools have been trying this for more than
100 years to no avail. Research shows that gradual transition
towards standard English works better. But because dialect
prejudice is so prevalent, this must be done in such a way that
children understand there’s nothing inherently wrong with their
natural expression. Language prejudices seem more resistant to
change than other kinds of prejudice. Members of the majority
culture, the most powerful group, who would be quite willing to
accept and champion equality in other social and educational
domains, may continue toreject the legitimacy of a dialect other
than their own. The high level of dialect prejudice found toward vernacular dialects by both mainstream and vernacular
speakers is a fact that must be confronted honestly and openly
by those involved in education about language and dialects. The key to attitudinal changes lies in developing a genuine respect
for the integrity of the diverse varieties of English. Knowledge
about dialects can reduce misconceptions about language in
general and the accompanying negative attitudes about some
dialects.
(Available at: Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, and Donna Christian,
Dialectsin Schools and Communities, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2007. Julia Snell,
“SayingNo to 'Gizit' Is Plain Prejudice”. The Independent. February 09, 2013.
Adapted.)
Text progression denotes the strategies writers employ to link
elements in a clause to those of surrounding clauses, being a
key factor in the structuring of information because it acts as
a bridge between sentence level and discourse level, coordinating cohesion and coherence. In the segment “It can even
have official approval, (...)” IT refers back to:
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
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Q4381291
Não definido
Texto associado
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Language use is one of the last places where prejudice
remains socially acceptable. It can even have official approval,
as we see in attempts to suppressslang and dialects at school.
Banning words is not a sound educational strategy. As Michael
Rosen points out, schools have been trying this for more than
100 years to no avail. Research shows that gradual transition
towards standard English works better. But because dialect
prejudice is so prevalent, this must be done in such a way that
children understand there’s nothing inherently wrong with their
natural expression. Language prejudices seem more resistant to
change than other kinds of prejudice. Members of the majority
culture, the most powerful group, who would be quite willing to
accept and champion equality in other social and educational
domains, may continue toreject the legitimacy of a dialect other
than their own. The high level of dialect prejudice found toward vernacular dialects by both mainstream and vernacular
speakers is a fact that must be confronted honestly and openly
by those involved in education about language and dialects. The key to attitudinal changes lies in developing a genuine respect
for the integrity of the diverse varieties of English. Knowledge
about dialects can reduce misconceptions about language in
general and the accompanying negative attitudes about some
dialects.
(Available at: Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, and Donna Christian,
Dialectsin Schools and Communities, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2007. Julia Snell,
“SayingNo to 'Gizit' Is Plain Prejudice”. The Independent. February 09, 2013.
Adapted.)
In line with the text, it is true to assert that:
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381290
Não definido
Texto associado
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Language use is one of the last places where prejudice
remains socially acceptable. It can even have official approval,
as we see in attempts to suppressslang and dialects at school.
Banning words is not a sound educational strategy. As Michael
Rosen points out, schools have been trying this for more than
100 years to no avail. Research shows that gradual transition
towards standard English works better. But because dialect
prejudice is so prevalent, this must be done in such a way that
children understand there’s nothing inherently wrong with their
natural expression. Language prejudices seem more resistant to
change than other kinds of prejudice. Members of the majority
culture, the most powerful group, who would be quite willing to
accept and champion equality in other social and educational
domains, may continue toreject the legitimacy of a dialect other
than their own. The high level of dialect prejudice found toward vernacular dialects by both mainstream and vernacular
speakers is a fact that must be confronted honestly and openly
by those involved in education about language and dialects. The key to attitudinal changes lies in developing a genuine respect
for the integrity of the diverse varieties of English. Knowledge
about dialects can reduce misconceptions about language in
general and the accompanying negative attitudes about some
dialects.
(Available at: Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, and Donna Christian,
Dialectsin Schools and Communities, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2007. Julia Snell,
“SayingNo to 'Gizit' Is Plain Prejudice”. The Independent. February 09, 2013.
Adapted.)
Choose the statement that introduces a prejudicial conception regarding the English language and its varieties:
Ano: 2021
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Instituto Consulplan
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SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381289
Não definido
Analyse the image to answer.
(Available at: https://screenrant.com.)
Images may caricature, symbolize, pay tribute or discuss subjects of popular interest. The image’s communicative intent aims at:
(Available at: https://screenrant.com.)
Images may caricature, symbolize, pay tribute or discuss subjects of popular interest. The image’s communicative intent aims at:
Ano: 2021
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Instituto Consulplan
Órgão:
SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381288
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What is education beyond borders all about?
The concept of education in the twenty-first century has
outgrown its twentieth-century meaning. It is time to move
beyond measures of disparity by race, ethnicity, and gender to
education beyond borders. Education takes place in conditions
ranging from a one room, rural classroom with one teacher
instructing students in many grades to individual students
tapping into distance learning all over the world beyond physical
borders. Degrees, credentials, and certifications connote a
measure of formal education and organizations. For the twenty-
-first century, however, education is not necessarily synonymous with credits earned toward some finite degree or
credential. Rather, ongoing learning and the sharing/creation of
knowledge are lifelong processes for individuals and organizations. Increasingly innovation, and creative productive capital
demand a multidisciplinary approach. This is not to say that there
is no longer a role for formal education but to acknowledge the value of ongoing informal education and shared knowledge,
especially performance-based knowledge and team work.
(Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/
concept-of-education. Adapted.)
Word choices help to communicate not just in a functional
way. They also construct options for readers/listeners to
consider the polysemic aspects which determine meaning in
context. The word RATHER, highlighted in the text, signifies:
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381287
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Texto associado
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What is education beyond borders all about?
The concept of education in the twenty-first century has
outgrown its twentieth-century meaning. It is time to move
beyond measures of disparity by race, ethnicity, and gender to
education beyond borders. Education takes place in conditions
ranging from a one room, rural classroom with one teacher
instructing students in many grades to individual students
tapping into distance learning all over the world beyond physical
borders. Degrees, credentials, and certifications connote a
measure of formal education and organizations. For the twenty-
-first century, however, education is not necessarily synonymous with credits earned toward some finite degree or
credential. Rather, ongoing learning and the sharing/creation of
knowledge are lifelong processes for individuals and organizations. Increasingly innovation, and creative productive capital
demand a multidisciplinary approach. This is not to say that there
is no longer a role for formal education but to acknowledge the value of ongoing informal education and shared knowledge,
especially performance-based knowledge and team work.
(Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/
concept-of-education. Adapted.)
In the text, education beyond borders is typified by
Ano: 2021
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SEED-PR
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Q4381286
Não definido
Texto associado
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What is education beyond borders all about?
The concept of education in the twenty-first century has
outgrown its twentieth-century meaning. It is time to move
beyond measures of disparity by race, ethnicity, and gender to
education beyond borders. Education takes place in conditions
ranging from a one room, rural classroom with one teacher
instructing students in many grades to individual students
tapping into distance learning all over the world beyond physical
borders. Degrees, credentials, and certifications connote a
measure of formal education and organizations. For the twenty-
-first century, however, education is not necessarily synonymous with credits earned toward some finite degree or
credential. Rather, ongoing learning and the sharing/creation of
knowledge are lifelong processes for individuals and organizations. Increasingly innovation, and creative productive capital
demand a multidisciplinary approach. This is not to say that there
is no longer a role for formal education but to acknowledge the value of ongoing informal education and shared knowledge,
especially performance-based knowledge and team work.
(Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/
concept-of-education. Adapted.)
While producing a text, the author introduces strategies
which will lead the reader to infer the text’s purpose. The
segment “What is education beyond borders all about?”
makes it possible for the reader to realize that the text’s
intended to:
Ano: 2021
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Instituto Consulplan
Órgão:
SEED-PR
Prova:
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Q4381285
Não definido
Texto associado
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Public policies for English teaching, an overview of
Brazilian public network experience
Next year, 2020, English teaching will become compulsory
in public schools in Brazil. The government has recognised that,
if it wants to have a world class economy that can negotiate
internationally, having a greater percentage of people who can
operate in English is an essential requirement, not a luxury. A
study carried out by Move Social exclusively for the British
Council, the first comprehensive analysis of how Brazilian states
are creating a basis for compulsory teaching and learning of
English has been issued. The study is supplemented by analyses
and reflections by professionals from the area of education and
English language teaching, and also describes some inspirational practices. As was to be expected, the results show great
variations in the states’ level of preparation, even though a
considerable amount of work has been done in developing
curricula to comply with the Base Nacional Comum Curricular
(BNCC) [Commom National Curricular Base]. There is also an
important analysis of the positioning in state documents about
a focus on traditional grammar versus essential communication skills for the 21st century listed in the BNCC.
According to the survey Demandas de Aprendizagem de
Inglês no Brasil [Demand for English Learning in Brazil, British
Council, 2013], only 5.1 per cent of the population aged 16 or
more claim to have some knowledge of English. This claim,
however, is more a question of perception and does not
necessarily translate into actual knowledge of the language.
Among the younger people, aged from 18 to 24 — who have
completed or are about to complete their secondary education
— the number claiming to speak English doubles to 10.3 per
cent. Even so, this is a low percentage if we consider that most
Brazilian students spend at least seven years studying English
at school – more specifically, from the sixth grade of lower
secondary education to the third grade of upper secondary
education, for an average of two hours a week. There are also
students who take English lessons at private language institutions or on courses offered before or after class by the public networks themselves. If we want to disrupt this conflicting
situation and offer quality English teaching for all as part of the
basic curriculum, we have to understand what it is during their
time at school that determines whether or not they learn the
language properly.
(Available at https://www.britishcouncil.org.br. Adapted.)
Gerunds are words that are formed with verbs but act as nouns.
Present participles do not act as nouns. Instead, they act as
modifiers or verbs. Analyse the use of the underlined ING forms
in the text and mark the one that is a modifier.
Ano: 2021
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Órgão:
SEED-PR
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Q4381284
Não definido
Texto associado
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Public policies for English teaching, an overview of
Brazilian public network experience
Next year, 2020, English teaching will become compulsory
in public schools in Brazil. The government has recognised that,
if it wants to have a world class economy that can negotiate
internationally, having a greater percentage of people who can
operate in English is an essential requirement, not a luxury. A
study carried out by Move Social exclusively for the British
Council, the first comprehensive analysis of how Brazilian states
are creating a basis for compulsory teaching and learning of
English has been issued. The study is supplemented by analyses
and reflections by professionals from the area of education and
English language teaching, and also describes some inspirational practices. As was to be expected, the results show great
variations in the states’ level of preparation, even though a
considerable amount of work has been done in developing
curricula to comply with the Base Nacional Comum Curricular
(BNCC) [Commom National Curricular Base]. There is also an
important analysis of the positioning in state documents about
a focus on traditional grammar versus essential communication skills for the 21st century listed in the BNCC.
According to the survey Demandas de Aprendizagem de
Inglês no Brasil [Demand for English Learning in Brazil, British
Council, 2013], only 5.1 per cent of the population aged 16 or
more claim to have some knowledge of English. This claim,
however, is more a question of perception and does not
necessarily translate into actual knowledge of the language.
Among the younger people, aged from 18 to 24 — who have
completed or are about to complete their secondary education
— the number claiming to speak English doubles to 10.3 per
cent. Even so, this is a low percentage if we consider that most
Brazilian students spend at least seven years studying English
at school – more specifically, from the sixth grade of lower
secondary education to the third grade of upper secondary
education, for an average of two hours a week. There are also
students who take English lessons at private language institutions or on courses offered before or after class by the public networks themselves. If we want to disrupt this conflicting
situation and offer quality English teaching for all as part of the
basic curriculum, we have to understand what it is during their
time at school that determines whether or not they learn the
language properly.
(Available at https://www.britishcouncil.org.br. Adapted.)
Mark the option that is consistent with the text.
Ano: 2021
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Instituto Consulplan
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SEED-PR
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Q4381283
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Texto associado
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America could soon face a wave of single
moms being evicted
(By Lauren Sandler; may 28/2021.)
Itwill be the true measure of our society and the predictor
of our future: Whenever the CDC moratorium on evictions
expires – which it’s set to do next month — millions of people
could find themselves homeless. And perhaps most heavily
represented among those millions are single mothers and their
kids. These mothers are not numbers, they are people. People
with names and narratives, with passions and ambitions. Data
can tell us who is unemployed, who is on welfare, who is at risk
for eviction, who is homeless. Data is an aggregate of lives distilled into cold figures, devoid of humanity. And yet the
statistics of this pandemic year tell a staggering story. Women’s
labor force participation has dropped to 57% since the pandemic began, and of all groups of parents, single moms have
seen the biggest drop in the proportion who are employed. The
service industry, a sector largely made up of women of color,
shed more jobs than any other sector. Pandemic life – with
massive unemployment, zoom schooling and social isolation —
has brutalized no group as direly as the single mothers raising
15.76 million children. Lost jobs mean no money for rent, at
least with our miserly welfare system. It didn’t have to be this
way. It still doesn’t. For decades, researchers from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development to Harvard
have shown that vouchers providing rent payment are the
most effective form of homelessness-prevention intervention. Families who receive vouchers are not only less likely to
experience housing instability, they’re also less likely to need
foster care. And they’re considerably less likely to experience
domestic violence: four times as many housing-insecure women
report abuse compared to those with greater stability. Despite
all this, Section 8 program, which provides housing assistance to
families, is severely underfunded. We are defined by who we
deem worthy of investment, as an economy as well as an ethical
society. Today we are failing ourselves on both counts.
(Available at https://time.com. Adapted.)
The word LIKELY, highlighted in the text, can be an adverb
but it also has the distinguishing aspect of acting as an
adjective. As for its usage in the text, LIKELY conveys the
concept of:
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Q4381282
Não definido
Texto associado
Read the text to answer.
America could soon face a wave of single
moms being evicted
(By Lauren Sandler; may 28/2021.)
Itwill be the true measure of our society and the predictor
of our future: Whenever the CDC moratorium on evictions
expires – which it’s set to do next month — millions of people
could find themselves homeless. And perhaps most heavily
represented among those millions are single mothers and their
kids. These mothers are not numbers, they are people. People
with names and narratives, with passions and ambitions. Data
can tell us who is unemployed, who is on welfare, who is at risk
for eviction, who is homeless. Data is an aggregate of lives distilled into cold figures, devoid of humanity. And yet the
statistics of this pandemic year tell a staggering story. Women’s
labor force participation has dropped to 57% since the pandemic began, and of all groups of parents, single moms have
seen the biggest drop in the proportion who are employed. The
service industry, a sector largely made up of women of color,
shed more jobs than any other sector. Pandemic life – with
massive unemployment, zoom schooling and social isolation —
has brutalized no group as direly as the single mothers raising
15.76 million children. Lost jobs mean no money for rent, at
least with our miserly welfare system. It didn’t have to be this
way. It still doesn’t. For decades, researchers from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development to Harvard
have shown that vouchers providing rent payment are the
most effective form of homelessness-prevention intervention. Families who receive vouchers are not only less likely to
experience housing instability, they’re also less likely to need
foster care. And they’re considerably less likely to experience
domestic violence: four times as many housing-insecure women
report abuse compared to those with greater stability. Despite
all this, Section 8 program, which provides housing assistance to
families, is severely underfunded. We are defined by who we
deem worthy of investment, as an economy as well as an ethical
society. Today we are failing ourselves on both counts.
(Available at https://time.com. Adapted.)
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Ano: 2021
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America could soon face a wave of single
moms being evicted
(By Lauren Sandler; may 28/2021.)
Itwill be the true measure of our society and the predictor
of our future: Whenever the CDC moratorium on evictions
expires – which it’s set to do next month — millions of people
could find themselves homeless. And perhaps most heavily
represented among those millions are single mothers and their
kids. These mothers are not numbers, they are people. People
with names and narratives, with passions and ambitions. Data
can tell us who is unemployed, who is on welfare, who is at risk
for eviction, who is homeless. Data is an aggregate of lives distilled into cold figures, devoid of humanity. And yet the
statistics of this pandemic year tell a staggering story. Women’s
labor force participation has dropped to 57% since the pandemic began, and of all groups of parents, single moms have
seen the biggest drop in the proportion who are employed. The
service industry, a sector largely made up of women of color,
shed more jobs than any other sector. Pandemic life – with
massive unemployment, zoom schooling and social isolation —
has brutalized no group as direly as the single mothers raising
15.76 million children. Lost jobs mean no money for rent, at
least with our miserly welfare system. It didn’t have to be this
way. It still doesn’t. For decades, researchers from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development to Harvard
have shown that vouchers providing rent payment are the
most effective form of homelessness-prevention intervention. Families who receive vouchers are not only less likely to
experience housing instability, they’re also less likely to need
foster care. And they’re considerably less likely to experience
domestic violence: four times as many housing-insecure women
report abuse compared to those with greater stability. Despite
all this, Section 8 program, which provides housing assistance to
families, is severely underfunded. We are defined by who we
deem worthy of investment, as an economy as well as an ethical
society. Today we are failing ourselves on both counts.
(Available at https://time.com. Adapted.)
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argumentative and features subjective positions with some
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