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TEXTO:

 

Gregor Mendel

1822-1884

    Gregor Johann Mendel was

born on July 22, 1822, in

Heizendorf, Austria. He was the

only son of a peasant farmer. In

[5] 1843 he began studying at the St.

Thomas Monastery of the

Augustinian Order. After his

ordination, Mendel was assigned

to pastoral duties, but it soon

[10] became apparent that he was

more suited to teaching. In 1849,

he was assigned to a secondary

school in the city of Znaim. It was there that he took the

qualifying examination for teacher certification and failed.

[15] In 1851, he entered the University of Vienna to train to

be a teacher of Mathematics and Biology. It was there

that he developed his skills as a researcher which he

utilized later in his life.

    Mendel did groundbreaking work into the theories

[20] of heredity. He studied seven basic characteristics of

the pea pod plants. By tracing these characteristics,

Mendel discovered three basic laws which governed the

passage of a trait from one member of a species to

another member of the same species.

[25]    Mendel found actual proof of the existence of genes

and is considered to be the father of genetics.

Unfortunately, he was not recognized for his work by his

scientific peers and his findings were not given their real

importance until the early 1900s. His work and theories

[30] later became the basis for the study of modern genetics,

and are still recognized and used today.

MENDEL, Gregor. Disponível em: <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/mendel_gregor.html. Acesso em: 20 maio 2010.

 

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

TEXTO:

 

Gregor Mendel

1822-1884

    Gregor Johann Mendel was

born on July 22, 1822, in

Heizendorf, Austria. He was the

only son of a peasant farmer. In

[5] 1843 he began studying at the St.

Thomas Monastery of the

Augustinian Order. After his

ordination, Mendel was assigned

to pastoral duties, but it soon

[10] became apparent that he was

more suited to teaching. In 1849,

he was assigned to a secondary

school in the city of Znaim. It was there that he took the

qualifying examination for teacher certification and failed.

[15] In 1851, he entered the University of Vienna to train to

be a teacher of Mathematics and Biology. It was there

that he developed his skills as a researcher which he

utilized later in his life.

    Mendel did groundbreaking work into the theories

[20] of heredity. He studied seven basic characteristics of

the pea pod plants. By tracing these characteristics,

Mendel discovered three basic laws which governed the

passage of a trait from one member of a species to

another member of the same species.

[25]    Mendel found actual proof of the existence of genes

and is considered to be the father of genetics.

Unfortunately, he was not recognized for his work by his

scientific peers and his findings were not given their real

importance until the early 1900s. His work and theories

[30] later became the basis for the study of modern genetics,

and are still recognized and used today.

MENDEL, Gregor. Disponível em: <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/mendel_gregor.html. Acesso em: 20 maio 2010.

 

“Mendel did groundbreaking work into the theories of heredity.” (l. 19-20)

 

This sentence means that Mendel

TEXTO:

 

Gregor Mendel

1822-1884

    Gregor Johann Mendel was

born on July 22, 1822, in

Heizendorf, Austria. He was the

only son of a peasant farmer. In

[5] 1843 he began studying at the St.

Thomas Monastery of the

Augustinian Order. After his

ordination, Mendel was assigned

to pastoral duties, but it soon

[10] became apparent that he was

more suited to teaching. In 1849,

he was assigned to a secondary

school in the city of Znaim. It was there that he took the

qualifying examination for teacher certification and failed.

[15] In 1851, he entered the University of Vienna to train to

be a teacher of Mathematics and Biology. It was there

that he developed his skills as a researcher which he

utilized later in his life.

    Mendel did groundbreaking work into the theories

[20] of heredity. He studied seven basic characteristics of

the pea pod plants. By tracing these characteristics,

Mendel discovered three basic laws which governed the

passage of a trait from one member of a species to

another member of the same species.

[25]    Mendel found actual proof of the existence of genes

and is considered to be the father of genetics.

Unfortunately, he was not recognized for his work by his

scientific peers and his findings were not given their real

importance until the early 1900s. His work and theories

[30] later became the basis for the study of modern genetics,

and are still recognized and used today.

MENDEL, Gregor. Disponível em: <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/ information/biography/klmno/mendel_gregor.html. Acesso em: 20 maio 2010.

 

About Gregor Mendel, it’s correct to say:

TEXTO:

 

You will be a parent to your parents

    Modern American households are coming to

resemble those of centuries past, when it was the norm

for multiple generations to live under the same roof.

Census data show that the number of U.S. households

[5] with three or more generations increased by 38 percent

between 1990 and 2000.

    Between 2000 and 2007, the number of parents

living in the homes of their adult children increased by a

whopping 67 percent. In other cases, grown children with

[10] families of their own are moving back into a parent’s

house. Experts say harsh economic realities like high

housing costs and low incomes are probably a driving

force behind the trend. “It is so much less expensive to

have one kitchen, one living room, one dwelling to heat,”

[15] says Frances Goldscheider, professor emeritus of

sociology at Brown. “If you can manage to be polite to

each other … you can get all the benefits of the reduced

costs.” Other forces at work include immigration — certain

cultures favor extended-family living — and increased

[20] longevity, since multigenerational households can care

for aging parents.

    According to futurist Andrew Zolli, people born after

1975 could end up taking care of their mothers longer

than their mothers took care of them, since women in

[25] that generation are likely to live more than 18 years into

retirement, when they are most likely to need help of

some kind from their children. Philip Cohen, author of

the upcoming book Family: Diversity, Inequality and

Social Change, predicts that the economic downturn will

[30] contribute further to the rise in multigenerational living.

“Especially with foreclosures and people losing their

homes, where do people turn?” he asks. “They’re most

likely to go to their families first.”

Yarret, Ian. You will be a parent to your parents. Newsweek, New York, p. 52, 24 & 31, 2009.

The recent trend mentioned in the text is:

TEXTO:

 

You will be a parent to your parents

    Modern American households are coming to

resemble those of centuries past, when it was the norm

for multiple generations to live under the same roof.

Census data show that the number of U.S. households

[5] with three or more generations increased by 38 percent

between 1990 and 2000.

    Between 2000 and 2007, the number of parents

living in the homes of their adult children increased by a

whopping 67 percent. In other cases, grown children with

[10] families of their own are moving back into a parent’s

house. Experts say harsh economic realities like high

housing costs and low incomes are probably a driving

force behind the trend. “It is so much less expensive to

have one kitchen, one living room, one dwelling to heat,”

[15] says Frances Goldscheider, professor emeritus of

sociology at Brown. “If you can manage to be polite to

each other … you can get all the benefits of the reduced

costs.” Other forces at work include immigration — certain

cultures favor extended-family living — and increased

[20] longevity, since multigenerational households can care

for aging parents.

    According to futurist Andrew Zolli, people born after

1975 could end up taking care of their mothers longer

than their mothers took care of them, since women in

[25] that generation are likely to live more than 18 years into

retirement, when they are most likely to need help of

some kind from their children. Philip Cohen, author of

the upcoming book Family: Diversity, Inequality and

Social Change, predicts that the economic downturn will

[30] contribute further to the rise in multigenerational living.

“Especially with foreclosures and people losing their

homes, where do people turn?” he asks. “They’re most

likely to go to their families first.”

Yarret, Ian. You will be a parent to your parents. Newsweek, New York, p. 52, 24 & 31, 2009.

The number of multigenerational U.S. households has _____.

The only alternative that, according to the text, does not complete this sentence correctly is

TEXTO:

 

You will be a parent to your parents

    Modern American households are coming to

resemble those of centuries past, when it was the norm

for multiple generations to live under the same roof.

Census data show that the number of U.S. households

[5] with three or more generations increased by 38 percent

between 1990 and 2000.

    Between 2000 and 2007, the number of parents

living in the homes of their adult children increased by a

whopping 67 percent. In other cases, grown children with

[10] families of their own are moving back into a parent’s

house. Experts say harsh economic realities like high

housing costs and low incomes are probably a driving

force behind the trend. “It is so much less expensive to

have one kitchen, one living room, one dwelling to heat,”

[15] says Frances Goldscheider, professor emeritus of

sociology at Brown. “If you can manage to be polite to

each other … you can get all the benefits of the reduced

costs.” Other forces at work include immigration — certain

cultures favor extended-family living — and increased

[20] longevity, since multigenerational households can care

for aging parents.

    According to futurist Andrew Zolli, people born after

1975 could end up taking care of their mothers longer

than their mothers took care of them, since women in

[25] that generation are likely to live more than 18 years into

retirement, when they are most likely to need help of

some kind from their children. Philip Cohen, author of

the upcoming book Family: Diversity, Inequality and

Social Change, predicts that the economic downturn will

[30] contribute further to the rise in multigenerational living.

“Especially with foreclosures and people losing their

homes, where do people turn?” he asks. “They’re most

likely to go to their families first.”

Yarret, Ian. You will be a parent to your parents. Newsweek, New York, p. 52, 24 & 31, 2009.

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

The text says that multigenerational households

 

(  ) are becoming usual in the United States nowadays.

(  ) will still take a long time to be accepted by the American society.

(  ) weren’t common in the United States some centuries ago.

(  ) are unheard-of in any other culture.

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is