Questões de Inglês

  “CHILE, which has South America’s most successful

economy, elected its first female president this year. But

the lot of Chilean women is by many measures worse than

that of their sisters elsewhere in the region. A smaller

[5] proportion of them work and fewer achieve political power.

According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary

Union, an association of parliaments, 15% of

representatives in the lower house of Chile’s Congress are

women, less than half the proportion in Costa Rica and

[10] Argentina and below the level in eight other countries in

the region, including Venezuela and Bolivia. Chilean

women hope that Michelle Bachelet’s presidency will

improve their position but there are worries that she will do

more harm than good.”

The Economist August 12th 2006

According to the text, the Chilean president

  “CHILE, which has South America’s most successful

economy, elected its first female president this year. But

the lot of Chilean women is by many measures worse than

that of their sisters elsewhere in the region. A smaller

[5] proportion of them work and fewer achieve political power.

According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary

Union, an association of parliaments, 15% of

representatives in the lower house of Chile’s Congress are

women, less than half the proportion in Costa Rica and

[10] Argentina and below the level in eight other countries in

the region, including Venezuela and Bolivia. Chilean

women hope that Michelle Bachelet’s presidency will

improve their position but there are worries that she will do

more harm than good.”

The Economist August 12th 2006

According to the text, Chilean women

Leia os textos I e II e responda à questão.

 

TEXTO I

 

Little Boy: What does your Daddy do?
Little Girl: Whatever my Momma tells him.

(JANSSEN, Arlo T. International Stories. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1981.)

 

TEXTO II

 

George: Which candidate is your wife going to vote for?
Herman: Oh, she’ll vote for the same one I do.
George: Which one is that?
Herman: I don’t know yet. She’s going to tell me
tomorrow.

(JANSSEN, Arlo T. International Stories. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1981.)

Em she’ll vote for the same one I do., texto II, a palavra sublinhada foi empregada no lugar de

In: “A high level of salt causes water retention, so there is more blood for the heart to pump and blood pressure goes up”, to go up means

In: “British government wants producers of breakfast cereals, pizza, soups and biscuits to reduce salt levels, but this is a problem because salt is used in food products for many reasons, from adding flavour, to controlling fermentation and preservation”, but express an idea of

Salt is a enemy for the British Government, EXCEPT because