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In the 5 th paragraph, the word ―our‖ is used four times as a

possessive pronoun.

subject pronoun.

possessive adjective.

preposition.

noun.

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In the 2 nd paragraph: Historically, distance learning described correspondence courses in which students would communicate with their schools or teachers by mail., in which is

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What is Distance Learning and Why Is It So Important?

1 Distance learning – any form of remote education where the student is not physically present for the lesson – is booming thanks to the power of the Internet. In fact, there are a number of advantages of learning remotely over even traditional teaching models. As the Internet blurs the line between near and far, distance learning is set to disrupt the current paradigm of education.

2 Historically, distance learning described correspondence courses in which students would communicate with their schools or teachers by mail. More recently, distance education has moved online to include a huge range of systems and methods on practically any connected device.

3 Distance education is clearly different from regular education in terms of a student or teacher‘s physical presence. For the most part, it translates into increased freedom for both learners and educators, but it also requires higher degrees of discipline and planning to successfully complete the course of study.

4 The enhanced freedom of remote learning is most clearly seen in the fact that students can choose courses that fit their schedules and resources. (Teachers can do the same.) And in the case of digital learning, students can also choose the location and teaching styles that best suit their needs.

5 Remote education is certainly not a magic bullet and there will always be a place for in-class learning. At the same time, distance learning still has a lot of untapped potential to reach students where they are and connect educators and learners in new ways. From increased flexibility to new learning styles, it seems that the future of learning will be as diverse in time and place as it will be in thought.

Disponível em: https://www.viewsonic.com/library/education/what-is-distance-learning-and-why-is-it-so-important/. Texto adaptado. Acesso em: 20 set. 2020.

a sort of connector.

an object pronoun.

a subject pronoun.

an adjective pronoun.

a possessive pronoun.

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PUC - SP 2018 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

No excerto do sexto parágrafo “whether it requires ‘merely more than de minimis’, or something greater”, a palavra it se refere a

Responda a questão de acordo com o texto de Lauren Camera.

Supreme Court Expands Rights for Students with Disabilities

By Lauren Camera, Education Reporter - March 22, 2017. Adaptado.

In a unanimous decision with major implications for students with disabilities, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that schools must provide higher educational standards for children with special needs. Schools must do more than provide a ‘merely more than de minimis’ education for students with disabilities and instead must provide them with an opportunity to make "appropriately ambitious" progress in line with the federal education law.

“When all is said and done,” wrote Chief Justice John G. Roberts, “a student offered an education program providing a ‘merely more than de minimis’ progress from year to year can hardly be said to have been offered an education at all.” He continued, citing a 1982 Supreme Court ruling on special education: “For children with disabilities, receiving an instruction that aims so low would be equivalent to ‘sitting idly... awaiting the time when they were old enough to drop out.’”

There are roughly 6.4 million students with disabilities between ages 3 to 21, representing roughly 13 percent of all students, according to Institute for Education Statistics. Each year 300,000 of those students leave school and just 65 percent of students with disabilities complete high school.

The case which culminated in the Supreme Court decision originated with an autistic boy in Colorado named Endrew. His parents pulled him out of school in 5th grade because they disagreed with his individualized education plan. Under federal law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), schools must work with families to develop individualized learning plans for students with disabilities.

While Endrew had been making progress in the public schools, his parents felt his plan for that year simply replicated goals from years past. As a result, they enrolled him in a private school where, they argued, Endrew made academic and social progress.

Seeking tuition reimbursement*, they filed a complaint with the state’s department of education in which they argued that Endrew had been denied a "free appropriate public education". The school district won the suit, and when his parents filed a lawsuit in federal district court, the judge also sided with the school district. In the Supreme Court case, Endrew and his family asked for clarification about the type of education benefits the federal law requires of schools, specifically, whether it requires ‘merely more than de minimis’, or something greater.

“The IDEA demands more,” Roberts wrote in the opinion. “It requires an educational program reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.”

*reimbursement – a sum paid to cover money that has been spent or lost.

In:<https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2017-03-22/supreme-court-expands-rights-for-students-with-disabilities> 30.03.2018

Federal law.

family.

education.

Supreme Court.

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IFN-MG 2017 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

A depressão é um problema de saúde pública mundial. Ela se distingue da tristeza pela duração de seus sinais e pelo contexto em que ocorre. Trata-se de uma experiência cotidiana associada a várias sensações de sofrimento psíquico e físico. Leia o TEXTO e responda
Depression in Developing Countries
The National Institute of Mental Health defines depression as a serious but common illness characterized by prolonged periods of sadness. According to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a diagnosis for major depressive disorder requires either symptoms of a depressed mood or loss of interest and pleasure, along with other symptoms such as changes in weight, fatigue or feelings of suicidal thoughts. We can better understand the global impact of depression by measuring it in terms of disability. When analyzed by the disruption and dysfunction it causes in peoples’ lives, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Fortunately, today, many therapies for depression are highly effective.
Disponível em: https://yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2015/05/16/depression-in-developing countries/ . Acessado em: 08 set. 2017. Adaptado.

Na frase “We can better understand the global impact of depression by measuring it in terms of disability”, o pronome it, em destaque, refere-se:

Ao desenvolvimento.

Ao impacto global da invalidez.

Ao impacto global da depressão.

Aos termos de invalidez.

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UNB 2010 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

The pronoun “It” in “It is imperative to set examples” (L.17) refers to the phrase “theory of examples” (L.16-17).

According to the text above, judge the following items.

Certo

Errado

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UFPR 2017 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

Com base no texto, considere as seguintes afirmativas:
1. No primeiro parágrafo, a palavra em negrito e sublinhada (“it”) refere-se ao Reino Unido.
2. No segundo parágrafo, a palavra em negrito e sublinhada (“they”) refere-se a “electric, fuel cell and pug-in hybrid cars”.
3. No terceiro parágrafo, a palavra em negrito e sublinhada (“they”) refere-se a “conventional vehicles”.
4. No oitavo parágrafo, a palavra “we” em negrito e sublinhada refere-se ao governo da França.
Assinale a alternativa correta.

Britain bans gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040

Britain will ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040 as part of a bid to clean up the country’s air. The decision to phase out the internal combustion engine heralds a new era of low-emission technologies with major implications for the auto industry, society and the environment. “We can’t carry on with diesel and petrol cars”, U.K. environment secretary Michael Gove told the BBC on Wednesday. “There is no alternative to embracing new technology”. Almost 2.7 million new cars were registered in the U.K. in 2016, making it the second biggest market in Europe after Germany.

Meeting the 2040 deadline will be a heavy lift. British demand for electric and fuel cell cars, as well as plug-in hybrids, grew 40% in 2015, but they only accounted for less than 3% of the market. Still, experts say sales of clean cars are likely to continue on their dramatic upward trajectory.

The car industry says that demand for electric vehicles will only reach a tipping point once they're cheaper to own than conventional vehicles.

The deadline was announced by the government on Wednesday as part of a plan to reduce air pollution. The blueprint highlighted roughly £1.4 billion in government investment designed to help ensure that every vehicle on the road in Britain produces zero emissions by 2050.

Gove said action was needed because gasoline and diesel engines contribute to health problems, “accelerate climate change, do damage to the planet and the next generation”. Roughly 40,000 deaths in Britain each year are attributable to outdoor air pollution, according to a study published last year by the Royal College of Physicians. Dirty air has been linked to cancer, asthma, stroke and heart disease, among other health issues.

The problem is especially pronounced in big cities. London surpassed the European Union’s annual limit for nitrogen dioxide exposure just five days into the new year, according to King’s College. The university estimates that air pollution is responsible for 9,400 premature deaths in the city every year.

The timeline for ending sales of internal combustion engines mirrors one proposed in early July by France. President Emmanuel Macron has given the auto industry the same deadline to make the switch to cleaner tech.

“We are quite rightly in a position of global leadership when it comes to shaping new technology”, Gove said. But the auto industry, which supports over 800,000 jobs in the U.K., is wary of hard deadlines.

Other countries have been even more ambitious than the U.K. India is planning to stop selling gas-powered vehicles by 2030.

The German car industry and government officials will meet in early August to discuss the future of diesel engine technology. Manufacturers are trying to avoid diesel cars being banned from German towns and cities.

(Disponível:http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/26/news/uk-bans-gasoline-diesel-engines-2040/index.html>. Adaptado. Acesso: 26 de julho de 2017.)

Somente as afirmativas 1 e 2 são verdadeiras.

Somente as afirmativas 2 e 4 são verdadeiras.

Somente as afirmativas 3 e 4 são verdadeiras

Somente as afirmativas 1, 2 e 3 são verdadeiras.

As afirmativas 1, 2, 3 e 4 são verdadeiras.

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UFPR 2016 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

The word “they”, in boldface and underlined, in section 3, refers to:

Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car

1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.

We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.

2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.

The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.

3 - They’re cute.

Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.

4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.

Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.

5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.

I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.

6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.

Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.

(Adapted from: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car> . 21/08/2016.)

Google’s new self-driving cars.

inanimate or animate objects.

objects resembling living things.

other car drivers.

open-road warriors.

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UNESPAR 2016 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronome indefinido | Indefinite Pronouns, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

The elements in bold, on the second paragraph, respectively refer to:

Question based on Text.

Adapted from: <http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/13/fighting-corruptionzombies-development-anti-corruption >.Access on: 03/11/2015.

The son, the mom, the son, both (the son and the mom);

The son, the mom, the mom, both (the son and the mom);

The mom, the son, the mom, both (the mon and the son);

The mom, the son, both (the mom and the son), the mom;

The son, the mom, both (the son and the mom), the son.

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FGV 2016, FGV 2016 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

In paragraph 5, “they” in the phrase “…they are useless at running a household…” most likely refers to

men who subject women to benevolent sexism.

women who try to compete with men as equals.

men who are especially skilled in business and mechanics.

men in general, according to certain benevolent sexists.

men whose beliefs are openly hostile to women in general.

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UFPR 2015 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

The word “they", in boldface and italics, last paragraph, refers to:

Forget Texting While Driving: AT&T Survey reveals drivers do a lot more with their smartphones

By Menchie Mendoza, Tech Times | May 20, 10:10 AM

    Drivers who continue to use their smartphones while driving are not only distracted when they call and text. Apart from calling and texting, drivers are also browsing the Internet, tweeting, video chatting, taking selfies and sending email with their devices, according to a study by AT&T.
    The research was conducted as part of the carrier's "It Can Wait" campaign launched in 2010. It hopes to increase awareness of the dangers posed by using smartphones while one is behind the wheel. The study polled 2,067 U.S. residents ages 16-65 who use their smartphone and drive once or more per day.
    Seventy percent of those surveyed admit they use their smartphones for a number of activities while they are driving: 61 percent say they text and 33 percent send email while they are behind the wheel. Posting or interacting on social media is also one of the most common activities that drivers engage in. Using Facebook ranks first on the list, with 27 percent of drivers logging in while driving. Other social media channels that keep drivers "multitasking" include Instagram and Twitter (14 percent) and Snapchat (11 percent).
    The results also show that there is a deeper problem involved when people use social media while driving. Among those surveyed, 22 percent blame their addiction to social media.
    Other revelations show 62 percent keep their smartphones within easy reach, and that 30 percent of those who post to Twitter while driving do it "all the time". Drivers also don't seem to run out of other activities using their smartphones since most apps are now easily accessed with just a simple tap. Because of this, 28 percent of drivers browse the web; 17 percent take selfies (or groupies); and 10 percent video chat.
    "One in 10 say they do video chat while driving", said Lori Lee, AT&T's senior VP for global marketing. "I don't even have words for that". AT&T plans to expand the "It Can Wait" campaign in order to add more focus on the topic of texting while driving by including other driving distractions that result from using the smartphones. "When we launched 'It Can Wait' five years ago, we pleaded with people to realize that no text is worth a life", said Lee. "The same applies to other smartphone activities that people are doing while driving. For the sake of you and those around you, please keep your eyes on the road, not on your phone". AT&T will also launch a nationwide virtual reality tour in summer in order to spread the word that driving and using a smartphone don't and will never mix.

Adapted from <http://www.techtimes.com/>

AT&T workers.

the people surveyed.

senior marketing managers.

app developers.

young drivers.

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UCS 2015 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Orações Relativas e pronomes relativos | Relative clauses and relative pronouns, Pronomes e adjetivos possessivos | Possessive pronouns and adjectives, Pronomes | Pronouns

Com base no texto, analise as proposições a seguir, quanto à sua veracidade (V) ou falsidade (F). O pronome.

( ) his (linha 28) refere-se a Albert (linha 27).

( ) they (linha 31) refere-se a artists (linha 30).

( ) whose (linha 35) refere-se a The queen (linha 34).

Assinale a alternativa que preenche correta e respectivamente os parênteses, de cima para baixo.

INSTRUÇÃO: A questão refere-se ao texto abaixo.

Victoria and Albert: how a royal love changed culture

By Lucinda Hawksley

Disponível em: <http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150623-victoria-albert-cultural-impact>.

Acesso em: 3 ago. 15. (Parcial e adaptado.)

F – V – F.

V – F – V.

V – F – F.

V – V – V.

F – F – V.

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UNESP 2011 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

A que se refere o pronome it, na oração it reduces carbon missions by between 65% and 80% ?

Sustainable flight

TAM was the first airline in South America to carry out an experimental flight using biofuel on November 22, 2010. Produced from the oil of 100% domestic nettlespurge, known in Portuguese as pinhão-manso, it reduces carbon emissions by between 65% and 80% compared with petroleum-derived kerosene, according to research. Besides, the plant does not threatens the food chain, as it is not edible for humans nor animals. “Compared with other biofuels, the fuel from this plant is very promising for the Brazilian scenario,” says Paulus Figueiredo, TAM’s fuel manager. The next step in the project is to implement a farming unit, in reduced scale, at TAM’s Technological Center in São Carlos (SP), exclusively to conduct studies and make better cultivation techniques viable. “The objective is to carry out studies concerning technical and economic viability to build a biofuel Brazilian platform based on nettlespurge,” explains TAM’s CEO, Líbano Barroso. The experimental flight was a joint effort between TAM, Airbus, CFM International (joint venture between U.S.’s GE and the French Safran Group) and Air BP. The trip was authorized by Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

(TAM News, January 2011. Adaptado.)

Ao combustível de origem vegetal.

Ao pinhão-manso.

Ao voo experimental da TAM.

À emissão de carbono.

Ao querosene derivado do petróleo.

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CEDERJ 2015 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

No terceiro parágrafo, o pronome “they" se refere:

What Your Tweets Say About You

By Maria Konnikov

How much can your tweets reveal about you? A lot! - would be the answer of psychologists James Pennebaker e Cindy Chung, at the University of Texas, who study how language relates to well-being and personality. One of Pennebaker’s most famous projects is a computer program called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (L.I.W.C.), which looks at the words we use, and in what frequency and context, and uses this information to study our psychological states and various aspects of our personality.

Since the creation of the L.I.W.C., in 1993, studies utilizing the program have suggested a close connection between our language, our state of mind, and our behavior. They have shown, for instance, that a person’s word choices can reveal her place in a social or professional hierarchy; and that the use of different filler words (“I mean”; “You know”) can suggest whether a speaker is male or female, younger or older, and more or less conscientious. “The words we use in natural language reflect our thoughts and feelings in often unpredictable ways,” Pennebaker and Cindy Chung have written.

The psychologist Johannes Eichstaedt and his colleagues analyzed eight hundred and twenty-six million tweets across fourteen hundred American counties(1). Then, using lists of words that can be reliably associated with positive and negative emotions, they gave each county an emotional profile. Finally, they asked a simple question: Could those profiles help determine which counties were likely to have more deaths from heart disease?

The answer was yes. Counties where residents’ tweets included words related to hostility, aggression, hate, and, fatigue — words such as “jealous,” and “bored”— had significantly higher rates of heart-related deaths. On the other hand, where people’s tweets reflected more positive emotions and engagement, heart disease was less common. The tweet-based model even had more predictive power than other models based on traditional demographic, socioeconomic, and health-risk factors.

(1) Um condado (county/counties) ou província é um aglomerado de cidades, não tão grande quanto um estado.

From: http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/can-tweets-predict-heart-disease

GLOSSARY: conscientious: consciencioso/cuidadoso; reliably: seguramente; profile: perfil; heart disease: doença do coração; hate: ódio; jealous: com ciúmes; bored: entediado; higher rates: taxas mais altas; engagement: comprometimento; predictive: previsível.

Leia o texto e responda à questão.

aos oitocentos e vinte e seis milhões de tweets analisados.

a emoções positivas e negativas.

ao psicólogo Johannes Eichstaedt e seus colegas.

às mil e quatrocentas províncias estudadas.

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CEDERJ 2014 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

The pronoun 'they' in “They noted that narcissistic people use Facebook in a self-promoting way, rather than in a connective way"(paragraph 3) refers to

Are social networking sites addictive?

¹With the increasing popularity of wireless devices like smartphones — devices that can move lots of data very quickly — users have access to their social networks 24 hours a day. Most social networking sites have developed applications for your mobile phone, so logging on is always convenient. Social networks also tap into our human desire to stay connected with others. Besides, the rush of nostalgia as you connect with your former grade-school classmate on Facebook can be quite heady and exciting.

²But what's the main reason we find these sites so addictive? Plain old narcissism. We broadcast our personalities online whenever we publish a thought, photo, YouTube video or answer one of those “25 Things About Me" memes. We put that information out there so people will respond and connect to us. And being part of a social network is sort of like having your own entourage that follows you everywhere, commenting on and applauding everything you do. It's very seductive.

³In 2008, researchers at the University of Georgia studied the correlation between narcissism and Facebook users. Unsurprisingly, they found that the more “friends" and wall posts a user had, the more narcissistic he or she was. They noted that narcissistic people use Facebook in a selfpromoting way, rather than in a connective way. It may be an obvious theory, but it also suggests that social networks bring out the narcissist in all of us.

⁴Social networks are also a voyeuristic experience for many users. Following exchanges on Twitter or posts on Facebook and MySpace are akin to eavesdropping on someone else's conversation. It's entertaining and allows you to feel like a “fly on the wall" in someone else's life.

⁵Social networking sites also publicly list your “friends" or “followers" — giving you instant status. How many people do you know online who spend all their time trying to get more friends, more followers, more testimonials? We work hard in real life to elevate our statuses, make friends and search out boosters for our self-esteem. Online social networking provides this to us, and we don't even have to change out of our sweatshirts to get it.

(adapted from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/socialnetworking/information/social-networking-sites-addictive2.htm)

Glossary

addictive: viciante; tap into: explorar/tirar proveito; broadcast: anunciar; entourage: comitiva/séquito; akin to eavesdropping: parecido com bisbilhotar; booster: aquilo que impulsiona; sweatshirts: camisetas

social networks.

Facebook users.

narcissistic people.

researchers at the University of Georgia.

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CEDERJ 2013 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension, Pronomes | Pronouns

O pronome “they" em “If only they had played a musical instrument" (parágrafo 5) se refere

Why I took up the cello in my 60s

Michelle Hanson

Learning to play a musical instrument at any point in life is good for the brain. Who cares if I sound like a 'sick cow'?

It's exciting to know that I have done something right and rewarding – taking up the cello in my 60s. A new study from St. Andrew's University proves it. Taking up a musical instrument, even late in life, is good for the brain, and “can slow, stop, or even reverse, age or illness-related decline in mental functions". Hurrah!

My efforts have been rewarded, because starting the cello was a bit of a struggle, physically and mentally. Back then, my mother was alive, and rather critical: “You sound like a sick cow," she would cry out in a tormented way, but I persisted, joined an orchestra, and now here I am, with a bigger frontal cortex area than I might have otherwise had, and able to “adjust my behaviour more effectively in conflict-rich situations".

The more you practise the better, suggests the research. Good. It will spur me on, sick cow or not. Because I desperately need to keep my brain in order. Don't we all, if we're going to live to over 100? Last week I went for a walk with an old friend of mine and her dog. She is 92 and browned off.

“How are you?" I asked. “Fed up. I want to die." This was my mother's primary aim once she hit 96. “What do you want for your birthday?" we would ask. “To be dead!", she would say. No wonder. What else did life offer? At least my old friend could walk about. My mother could hardly walk, talk or eat.

If only they had played a musical instrument. You can do it sitting down, on your own, with friends, cheer yourself up, be in control, or wildly emotional. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Fonte: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/ 30/why-i-took-up-cello-in-60s

Glossário

took up: aprendi; struggle: luta/muito esforço; spur me on: encorajar/estimular; browned off: sem entusiasmo

à mãe e à amiga da autora.

a pessoas idosas que tocam instrumentos musicais.

à autora e a sua amiga idosa.

a pessoas que desenvolvem doenças cerebrais.

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UEMG 2011 - Inglês - Pronome objetivo | Objective pronoun, Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes e adjetivos possessivos | Possessive pronouns and adjectives, Pronomes | Pronouns

In the sentence “All over the globe are historical mysteries left to us by the ancient world”, the word us is

a personal subject pronoun.

a personal object pronoun.

a possessive adjective pronoun.

none of the above.

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PUC - RS 2011 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

According to the text, the words that fit in the blanks are in

1 e 2

1 e 4

2 e 3

2 e 5

3, 4 e 5

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PUC - RJ 2011 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

Check the CORRECT statement concerning reference.

In ““Their clients in China and Southeast Asia are saying, ‘How come it’s the Indians getting all the top jobs?’”” (lines 29-31), “Their” refers to Jill Ader and Egon Zehnder.

In “And they grew up speaking English, the global business language.” (lines 37-38), “they” refers to Indian managers.

In “And India is already the location of many of their operations.” (lines 41-42), “their” refers to “countries”.

In “Unlike Americans, they’re well versed in negotiating India’s byzantine bureaucracy,” (lines 63-64), “they” refers to “Americans”.

In “It gave them exposure to a young and fast-growing consumer market.” (lines 81-82), “It” refers to “this generation”.

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UFMG 2006 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

Both occurrences of the word “it” in lines 7 and 8 refer to

Read the texts carefully and then choose the alternative which
correctly completes the statement in each question.

TEXT 1 – Questions from 46 to 50

Political corruption

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption#Bribery:_Bribe-takers_
and_bribe-givers Access: Apr. 2006.(Adapted)

criminal enterprise.

organized crime.

political corruption.

racial illegitimacy.

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UFMG 2006 - Inglês - Pronome subjetivo | Subjective pronoun, Pronomes | Pronouns

The word they in this cartoon refers to the

TEXT 4 – Questions 57 and 58

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http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=1880 - Access: Apr. 2006.

lies.

means.

press.

senators.