Questões de EFAF Inglês

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What is a prepaid water meter?

There are several types of prepaid water meters but the idea behind them is the same. If you cannot pay upfront, (01) you are unable to access water. Water from prepaid water meters typically costs more than water billed from the utility. (02). As a result, those in most need are denied access to water.

In the United States, the typical prepaid water meter is used in areas without access to water infrastructure. The users are poor, often immigrant workers, who travel long distances to collect water from the meters. (03) To get water you drop quarters into the slot (04) and place your bucket (01) at the faucet.

A similar type of meter has been used in South Africa where prepaid water meters replaced previous free communal standpipes in rural townships. The meter worked by inserting a plastic card with a chip that could be bought for R60 (US$9). In order to get more water, money can be added to the card at a store.

Other types of prepaid water meters are used in individual homes - this system was used in the United Kingdom some time ago.

(Source: <www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/humanright/ meter/index.cfm>)

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We wanted to feature new work by older as well as younger writers, believing that many authors improve with age and experience. (...)Their work was selected for its energy, insight and skill, and for the excitement it generated in us - in the same way as the work of younger writers excited us. We’re happy to have had a broader brief:${}^1$to highlight new writing ${}^3$in English by writers of all ages and nationalities.

It was no great surprise to discover, when we arrived at the final selection, that half the best pieces were written by women. Since ${}^6$ gender in no way influenced ${}^2$ selection, it’s almost embarrassing to mention this.

But in a literary world where shortlists for literary prizes regularly feature twice as many men as women, and where poetry anthologies including ${}^4$ half a dozen women out of fifty contributors aren’t yet a distant memory, this selection is glowing ${}^5$ evidence of the equal talents of today’s female and male writers.

(Source: ADEBAYO, D., MORRISON, B.; ROGERS, J. (2003) New Writing)

A palavra “since” (06) é empregada da mesma forma e tem o mesmo sentido no texto e em duas das frases a seguir:

1. They were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried.

2. It’s been long since we last went to a movie or a party.

3. Since you are up, hand me those tools over there, please.

4. The original building has long since been torn down.

5. We thought that, since we were in the area, we’d stop by and see them.

Essas duas frases são:

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We wanted to feature new work by older as well as younger writers, believing that many authors improve with age and experience. (...)Their work was selected for its energy, insight and skill, and for the excitement it generated in us - in the same way as the work of younger writers excited us. We’re happy to have had a broader brief:${}^1$to highlight new writing ${}^3$in English by writers of all ages and nationalities.

It was no great surprise to discover, when we arrived at the final selection, that half the best pieces were written by women. Since ${}^6$ gender in no way influenced ${}^2$ selection, it’s almost embarrassing to mention this.

But in a literary world where shortlists for literary prizes regularly feature twice as many men as women, and where poetry anthologies including ${}^4$ half a dozen women out of fifty contributors aren’t yet a distant memory, this selection is glowing ${}^5$ evidence of the equal talents of today’s female and male writers.

(Source: ADEBAYO, D., MORRISON, B.; ROGERS, J. (2003) New Writing)

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We wanted to feature new work by older as well as younger writers, believing that many authors improve with age and experience. (...)Their work was selected for its energy, insight and skill, and for the excitement it generated in us - in the same way as the work of younger writers excited us. We’re happy to have had a broader brief:${}^1$to highlight new writing ${}^3$in English by writers of all ages and nationalities.

It was no great surprise to discover, when we arrived at the final selection, that half the best pieces were written by women. Since ${}^6$ gender in no way influenced ${}^2$ selection, it’s almost embarrassing to mention this.

But in a literary world where shortlists for literary prizes regularly feature twice as many men as women, and where poetry anthologies including ${}^4$ half a dozen women out of fifty contributors aren’t yet a distant memory, this selection is glowing ${}^5$ evidence of the equal talents of today’s female and male writers.

(Source: ADEBAYO, D., MORRISON, B.; ROGERS, J. (2003) New Writing)

TEXT 1

We wanted to feature new work by older as well as younger writers, believing that many authors improve with age and experience. (...)Their work was selected for its energy, insight and skill, and for the excitement it generated in us - in the same way as the work of younger writers excited us. We’re happy to have had a broader brief:${}^1$to highlight new writing ${}^3$in English by writers of all ages and nationalities.

It was no great surprise to discover, when we arrived at the final selection, that half the best pieces were written by women. Since ${}^6$ gender in no way influenced ${}^2$ selection, it’s almost embarrassing to mention this.

But in a literary world where shortlists for literary prizes regularly feature twice as many men as women, and where poetry anthologies including ${}^4$ half a dozen women out of fifty contributors aren’t yet a distant memory, this selection is glowing ${}^5$ evidence of the equal talents of today’s female and male writers.

(Source: ADEBAYO, D., MORRISON, B.; ROGERS, J. (2003) New Writing)

TEXT 1

We wanted to feature new work by older as well as younger writers, believing that many authors improve with age and experience. (...)Their work was selected for its energy, insight and skill, and for the excitement it generated in us - in the same way as the work of younger writers excited us. We’re happy to have had a broader brief:${}^1$to highlight new writing ${}^3$in English by writers of all ages and nationalities.

It was no great surprise to discover, when we arrived at the final selection, that half the best pieces were written by women. Since ${}^6$ gender in no way influenced ${}^2$ selection, it’s almost embarrassing to mention this.

But in a literary world where shortlists for literary prizes regularly feature twice as many men as women, and where poetry anthologies including ${}^4$ half a dozen women out of fifty contributors aren’t yet a distant memory, this selection is glowing ${}^5$ evidence of the equal talents of today’s female and male writers.

(Source: ADEBAYO, D., MORRISON, B.; ROGERS, J. (2003) New Writing)