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The new recruitment program, called the Single

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OUESTOES enable students with suitable qualincations in
sdence, technology -or engineering, to spend two
years learning about comm_unications, security and

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tráining and work placements.
JEARY, P. Disponível em: worldnews.nbcnews.com.
Acesso em: 19 nov. 2012.
Complete the dialogue with the correct qua~tifjers: _...

, Alex: How ............ pictures do you think are going to be


necessary?
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Samantha: 1 don't know... as ........ ... ..... pictures às you want.
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Alex: Are there going to be .. .. .......... ... people at the party?
Samantha: No, just ........ ... .. .. dose friends ..
Alex: Ok, so l'm not gonn~ put ........ .. ..... work into this,
• recruitschool-leavers: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
• work placements: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
• _________,,Y -.

just some pictures will be fine . .
Segundo informações veiculadas pela NBC News,
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Os quantifrers são expressões usadas para .
a. a geração digital já tem seu espaço conquistado nas

t:
quantidade de · pessoas, animais ou objetos em uma agências britânicas de inteligênda. O governo britâ-
sentença. Sobre o uso adequado dos quantif,ers, tem-se: nico de~idiu que . ' · ·

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mariy/ many/ a lot of/ a few/ muçh. enfre.ntará a guerra vigente e deliberada contra a- ·

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propriedade intelectual no Reino Unido.
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many/ much/ many / a few/ a few. tários como agentes _secretos. ·
_ E) many/ a lot <?fl àfewi a"few/much. ·. C9 recrutará j~vens jogadores de Xbóx como ciberes-
piões das agências de inteligência. •
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G) implántará um esquema de. capacitação de adqles-
centes para atuarem como agentes secretos. ·

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dos pelas agências de inteligência.

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r In the 50-. years since the first Ja~es ·Bond mo:-tie Watchwhat you do during·and after work
t d a lasting impression of a Bnt,sh s~cret agent,
crea e . . b t t .
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ln an expan s1 100
. . Hague announced Thursday that up to .
William ld -11 be given the chance to train for a ca~eer
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leavers marksffa f rem among university graduates.
theirsta ro ,
d rew the key to our country s futur~ success,
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justas th r: but I see evidence every day o~ del,berate, .
are not at wa ' k against intellectual property, and
. ed attac s ks in the United K',ngdom." - , .. ., : , ; W~ frequer:itly hear,abqut celebrities behaving badly
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however time after time we see them becoming even . dié than university graduates. . ~
more popular. The public may be very forgiving but Adaptado de: Word Report News. Magazine Speak Up. W,
will your boss be if you behave badly after work?
Will your actions your career? lt depends on what
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you did, who saw you doing it and how it affects your
employer. Avoid these behaviors and you may save
• dying: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a
your professional reputation. • heart disease: • •
You maythinkthat picture of you, drunk and incoherent,
• lik:: ____________,,) •
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on Facebook, lnstagram ar Snapchat is funny, but if
your boss ar prospective boss comes across it, it could
Em relação às pesquisas, a utilização da expressão uni-
be very embarrassing. Think of the image you are trying
versity graduates evidencia a intenção de informar que
to convey. Is this it?(...)
Disponível em: www.thebalance.com/bad-behavior-that-can-make- O as doenças do coração atacam dez mil pacientes.
·you-lose-your-job-526262. Acesso em: 24 ago. 2016 (Adaptado).
., Q maior nível de estudo reduz riscos de ataques do
• ('coração.

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seis anos.
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G) as pesquisas sobre doenças são divulgadas no meio ~
O se queremos nos tornar chefes, devemos ser en- acadêmico.
graçados e populares . C, jovens americanos são alertados dos riscos de
O para nos tornarmos chefes, devemos fazer qual- doenças do coração.
quer coisa, seja ela boa ou ruim.
(9 informações na internet sobre nós são sempre
ruins para nossa vida profissional. ♦iiii·iéhWi·i
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G) devemos sempre ter fotos engraçadas ou sensuais
nas redes sociais para sermos populares. -- -~
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internet, pode afetar nossa vida pr?fissional.

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O enunciado do texto indica que o assunto a ser tratado é

O "Funcionários que agridem seus chefes".


Q "Chefes injustos que perseguem seus funcioná'rios''. ~
(9 "Chefes agressivos que demitem seus funcionários''. ~
G) "Funcionários que perdem o emprego devido a
fraudes".
A woman says to her husband, "Our neighbor says l've
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got the skin of an eighteen-year-old girl:'
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nd that people who leave school before the age o,f
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O não entendeu o comen tário do vizinho. Ltd, and ruled that "the resulting product falis outside .
the defmition of 'bread' for the purposes of the Act." ·
~8 desconstruiu o elogio do vi~inho.
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G) aborreceu-se com a fala do vizinho. bread~íreland-ruling-scli-intl/index.html. Acesso em: 30 set. 2020.

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aceitar o elogio feito pelo vizinho.
elogiar a filha do vizinho da mesma forma.
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• outside:

A famosa rede de sanduíches Subway enfren ta uma


inadequação na Irlanda. Para os padrões_irlandeses
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(9 deixar de envelhecer e de criar rugas.


O os sanduíches são muito gordurosos.
E) devolver o elogio para o vizinho.
O o pão tem um sabor muito adocicado.
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do permitido na Irlanda. '

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Old habits are hard to break, right?

lrish court rules Subway loaves are too sugary to be


called bread
_Bread in Subway's hot sandwiches tontain s too much ·
sugar to meet lreland's legal definition for bread, the
country's Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment
' was handed down on Tuesday in response to a Subway
___ •.·~ franchisee who had appealed for a tax refund, arguing
_that its bread is a "staple" food and therefo re subject Here's how it works. When you repeat though ts
to a 0% tax rate. Five judges considered the case, and actions, it creates strong er connections in your
~ determining that Subway bread has too much sugar in brain. What does that mean? Well, it means that the
_ __ it to be part of this category, and is therefo re subject more you do something, the more likely you're going
to a higher tax. "The bread supplied by Subway in its to keep doing it. After a while, it ·almost becomes
heated sandwiches has a sugar conten t of 10% of the second nature , Your brain connections are kind of
f--1 weight of the flour included in the dough," Justice Danai like a muscle. When you exercise you muscles over_

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~ O'Donnell said when delivering the -judgment. Under
ri lreland's Tax Act 1972, the sugar conten t should not
and ovef, they get bigger and stronger. The sarne is .
tr:ue for the connec tions in your brain - even the ones

;~t
;,-. exceed 2% of the weight offlou r in the dough. O'Don nell
rejecte d argum ents from the franc~isee, Bookfmders
conn~c ted to habits.

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So, that got me thinking about some of the habits that 1
You've heard of vegetarians, but what about the VEGE-
••
should change. And at the sarne time. it got me thinking
about the good habits that I already have that might
benefit you as well. Here's a list of things habits that
could help you have a better life:
TABLE RIGHTS MILITANT MOVEMENT (VRMM)?
Thi s organization is flghting for the rights of innocent
fruit and vegetables everywhere. lts members claim:
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"Plants feel pain, and vegetables are picked and often
1. Not sleeping with your phone near your head - or
eaten while still alive:· Is this a joke? Well, a visit to the
even in your bedroom. VRMM website (www.vegetablecruelty.com) suggests
2. Keeping a food diary. it probably is. There are, however, people who seriously
3. Taking a walk every day. believe vegetables feel pain. Strict vegan Ann Michelle
from Wirral in England says we should think twice
4. Meditation.
before eating a plant. and prefers to eat fruit which has 19
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s. Ooing a random act of kindness. fallen naturally from its plant. lndeed there is a fruitarian
6. Routinely focusing on what you appreciate in life. movement whose members only eat fallen fruit; some
7. Listen to your intuition and follow it. fruitarians believe fruit was the original d1et of humanity,
while others refuse to kill any livingthing, including plants. e3
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lf you want to improve your life, you just need to take
Source: Speak Up. Ano XXI 11. Nº 275. July 2010. p.10.
some action. 1- hope these little tips will help you be
happier and have a better life!
De acordo com o texto, algumas pessoas não comem
By Carol Morgan. Disponível em: www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-
carol-morgan/ 12-good-habits-that-you-s_b_9 5343 96.html. legumes e frutas, porque

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Acesso em: 29 mar. 2018 (adapatado).
O são alimentos muito caros na Inglaterra.

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eles acreditam que os vegetais são seres vivos.
esses alimentos provocam dores em algumas pes- e
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• keepdoing: _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ soas que os consomem.

e G) existe um movimento na Inglaterra que incentiva

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• afterawhile: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• benefit: :J seus seguidores a só consumirem frutas caídas do pé.
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reitos de pessoas, plantas e animais em todo o mundo.
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fpost, um agregador de blogs americano, com o intuito de

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dar dicas de como ser bem sucedido na vida.

diferenciar o que é saudável do que não é.


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pesquisas acadêmicas sobre saúde e bem-estar.
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