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It’s funny that James and I turned out to be
such great friends, considering that for the first
two weeks of our friendship he thought I was
someone else entirely.
[5] I remember our first meeting like it’s a scene
from a movie about someone else. It was a
Thursday ........ November, and I was standing
behind the counter ........ O’Connor Books. This
was 2009. It was my final year ........
[10] university, and there were twenty-nine days
until Christmas. Our manager, Ben, was
already worried that it would be a
disappointing season, and was always walking
around saying things about “the industry”. He
[15] talked about the book industry as if it were a
dragon that was chained in the basement, and
would tear us limb from limb at any moment.
He spoke about that year’s spate of stocking

filler books – Dawn French and Julie Walters
[20] had competing memoirs out, I believe – as if
they were charred corpses that we were flinging
into the dragon’s throat to keep it sated.
“This will keep the industry going”, Ben said,
with almost touching sincerity. He had more
[25] faith ........ the memories of character
actresses than I imagine either Julie Walters or
Dawn French had when writing them down. I
lifted another stack out of the stockroom, the
book tower starting at my waist and sitting
[30] under my chin.
James Devlin had started as a Christmas temp
the Thursday before, which I had taken as time
off so I could finish my end-of-year essays for
college. James had spent his first shift with
[35] Sabrina. Later, he would say that he was so
inundated with new faces and names on his
first shift that they were a blur, and when I said
that was nonsense, he threw his hands up and
said straight women all looked the same to him.
[40] The first shift with Sabrina must have been fun
– puzzling, considering how little craic Sabrina
was generally understood to be – because
when James opened the wooden flap to the
counter area, he was full of conspiracy.
[45] “Someone here has scabies”, he said, “and
they left the lotion in the jacks”.
It feels strange now, setting that first
conversation down like this, because it does
nothing to communicate how James was. How

[50] utterly charming this opener was to me.
“Someone here has scabies.” He said it like he
was Poirot investigating a country house
blighted by murder. Like someone who saw the
inherent prejudices of our polite society and
[55] was prepared to unveil it. The second part of
the sentence was a whole different thing: “and
they left the lotion in the jacks.” He was from
Cork county, Fermoy to be exact, which was
strictly country to me. But he had grown up in
[60] the UK – all over it, I would later learn – and
so his voice had a peculiar quality that was
hard to place. I was born in Douglas, a
suburban little village that was two miles south
of the city centre, and I was still living there.

Adaptado de: O’DONOGHUE, C. The Rachel Incident. New York: Knopf Publishing Group, 2023. p. 10-11.

Assinale a alternativa que preenche adequadamente as lacunas das linhas 07, 08, 09 e 25, nesta ordem.

THE BENEFITS OF SLOWING DOWN

Hustle culture uses speed as a measure of performance. How fast can you ship a new feature? How many
prospective clients can you call in an hour? How much of your day can you devote to work? If you’re not
fast, are you even being productive? This harmful mindset results in burnout, poor decision-making and
bad communication.
[5] It may seem counterintuitive, but slowing down can be a faster way to achieve your goals. Fighting our
urge to live and work faster can lead to clearer thinking, deeper connections and better mental health. The
illusory imperative to keep up with everyone else is hurting us. Faster is not always better – far from it. By
slowing down, you can build three key pillars to rely on in your life and work.
When we focus on speed, we may blindly follow a path that may not be the most efficient one to reach our
[10] goals – whether it’s a path dictated by others, or one that seems the most obvious. Slowing down allows us
to be more intentional when making decisions and executing our plans.
Being fast allows us to do more. But “doing more” does not equal “doing what’s best”. Doing things slower
means we can achieve a substantial increase in positive results, and even sometimes in the experience
itself. Would you design a more polished feature if you had two days, or if you had two weeks? Would
[15] you enjoy a landscape better if you are driving over the speed limit, or if you are taking a leisurely walk?
Would you learn more about a friend if you had a quick chat or a long conversation? Of course, we may
not always have the luxury of slowness, but we should make a conscious effort to question artificial time
constraints.
Consistent effort over time is more sustainable than pushing your limits to work as fast as possible. To do
[20] our best work, we need mental downtime, space for self-reflection, and a realistic schedule we can actually
keep up with.
Overall, slowing down will help you make better decisions, connect deeper with people, have more
meaningful experiences, all while improving your mental well-being by avoiding burnout. You may go
slower, but you will go further.
[25] Whatever area of your life you are targeting, making space for self-reflection is crucial. Helpful methods
to slow down include journaling, meditation and taking breaks. Speed may sometimes be a goal in and of
itself, but it should be an intentional goal rather than an automatic need to “keep up” with others.
An easy trick to slow down is to ask “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the
quality of the output?

ANNE-LAURE LE CUNFF Adaptado de nesslabs.com.

In the second paragraph, the author mentions three principles we can count on in our life and work. Each is presented in a separate paragraph, along lines 09 to 21.

 

The words that best represent the topic of each of the three paragraphs, respectively, are:

THE BENEFITS OF SLOWING DOWN

Hustle culture uses speed as a measure of performance. How fast can you ship a new feature? How many
prospective clients can you call in an hour? How much of your day can you devote to work? If you’re not
fast, are you even being productive? This harmful mindset results in burnout, poor decision-making and
bad communication.
[5] It may seem counterintuitive, but slowing down can be a faster way to achieve your goals. Fighting our
urge to live and work faster can lead to clearer thinking, deeper connections and better mental health. The
illusory imperative to keep up with everyone else is hurting us. Faster is not always better – far from it. By
slowing down, you can build three key pillars to rely on in your life and work.
When we focus on speed, we may blindly follow a path that may not be the most efficient one to reach our
[10] goals – whether it’s a path dictated by others, or one that seems the most obvious. Slowing down allows us
to be more intentional when making decisions and executing our plans.
Being fast allows us to do more. But “doing more” does not equal “doing what’s best”. Doing things slower
means we can achieve a substantial increase in positive results, and even sometimes in the experience
itself. Would you design a more polished feature if you had two days, or if you had two weeks? Would
[15] you enjoy a landscape better if you are driving over the speed limit, or if you are taking a leisurely walk?
Would you learn more about a friend if you had a quick chat or a long conversation? Of course, we may
not always have the luxury of slowness, but we should make a conscious effort to question artificial time
constraints.
Consistent effort over time is more sustainable than pushing your limits to work as fast as possible. To do
[20] our best work, we need mental downtime, space for self-reflection, and a realistic schedule we can actually
keep up with.
Overall, slowing down will help you make better decisions, connect deeper with people, have more
meaningful experiences, all while improving your mental well-being by avoiding burnout. You may go
slower, but you will go further.
[25] Whatever area of your life you are targeting, making space for self-reflection is crucial. Helpful methods
to slow down include journaling, meditation and taking breaks. Speed may sometimes be a goal in and of
itself, but it should be an intentional goal rather than an automatic need to “keep up” with others.
An easy trick to slow down is to ask “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the
quality of the output?

ANNE-LAURE LE CUNFF Adaptado de nesslabs.com.

It may seem counterintuitive, (l. 5)

The pronoun it refers to a certain idea present in the text.

This idea is found in the following fragment:

THE BENEFITS OF SLOWING DOWN

Hustle culture uses speed as a measure of performance. How fast can you ship a new feature? How many
prospective clients can you call in an hour? How much of your day can you devote to work? If you’re not
fast, are you even being productive? This harmful mindset results in burnout, poor decision-making and
bad communication.
[5] It may seem counterintuitive, but slowing down can be a faster way to achieve your goals. Fighting our
urge to live and work faster can lead to clearer thinking, deeper connections and better mental health. The
illusory imperative to keep up with everyone else is hurting us. Faster is not always better – far from it. By
slowing down, you can build three key pillars to rely on in your life and work.
When we focus on speed, we may blindly follow a path that may not be the most efficient one to reach our
[10] goals – whether it’s a path dictated by others, or one that seems the most obvious. Slowing down allows us
to be more intentional when making decisions and executing our plans.
Being fast allows us to do more. But “doing more” does not equal “doing what’s best”. Doing things slower
means we can achieve a substantial increase in positive results, and even sometimes in the experience
itself. Would you design a more polished feature if you had two days, or if you had two weeks? Would
[15] you enjoy a landscape better if you are driving over the speed limit, or if you are taking a leisurely walk?
Would you learn more about a friend if you had a quick chat or a long conversation? Of course, we may
not always have the luxury of slowness, but we should make a conscious effort to question artificial time
constraints.
Consistent effort over time is more sustainable than pushing your limits to work as fast as possible. To do
[20] our best work, we need mental downtime, space for self-reflection, and a realistic schedule we can actually
keep up with.
Overall, slowing down will help you make better decisions, connect deeper with people, have more
meaningful experiences, all while improving your mental well-being by avoiding burnout. You may go
slower, but you will go further.
[25] Whatever area of your life you are targeting, making space for self-reflection is crucial. Helpful methods
to slow down include journaling, meditation and taking breaks. Speed may sometimes be a goal in and of
itself, but it should be an intentional goal rather than an automatic need to “keep up” with others.
An easy trick to slow down is to ask “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the
quality of the output?

ANNE-LAURE LE CUNFF Adaptado de nesslabs.com.

This harmful mindset results in burnout, poor decision-making and bad communication. (l. 3-4)

 

The sentence above lists some harmful mental attitudes that result in using speed as a measure of performance.

 

Besides these, another result of hustle culture is the one below:

Read the text below.

 

The (I) Russian invasion into Ukraine will have far reaching consequences in a variety of areas: the situation has evolved into a humanitarian crisis, has turned food and energy security volatile and raises questions about the architecture of global (II) security. These challenges will not be limited to Ukraine, (III) but due to the globalised world we live in, will pose challenges (IV) worldwide. Both short- and (V) long-term solutions must be found to (VI) ensure these consequences won't result into catastrophes (VII) upon catastrophes.

(Source: Adapted from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/04/an-unfair-war-economicsocial-and-security-consequences-of-the-russian-invasion-into-ukraine/ - retrieved on Sep10th, 2023)

 

Now mark the alternative which contains the CORRECT classification of the words/group of words according to their function in the text above

Read the excerpt below taken from an article about Holistic Medicine, and answer the question that follows.

 

While traditional, conventional, allopathic, or western doctors often tell patients that holistic or alternative medicine is just so much “snake oil,” and that people turn to it because of “slick marketing,” and not because it works, millions of satisfied and healthy patients can’t be wrong. Yet the debate continues as patients focus on what works for them rather than “who is right or which is better.” One of the best emerging practices to come out of these debates is something called CAM, the use of both Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. For instance, using ginger syrup (alternative medicine) to treat nausea during a chemotherapy treatment (conventional treatment).

(Source: What is Holistic Medicine? A Guide To Holistic Treatments & More - Holistic Health HQ retrieved on September 2nd, 2023)

 

What does the expression in bold type mean in the excerpt above?