Questões de Inglês - Grammar - Prepositions

Considerando os usos das preposições “in”, “on” e “at”, assinale a alternativa correta.

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Silver Society - The young old people

 

    The world is getting old! All over. People are reaching higher ages than ever before in industrialized countries as well as in emerging economies and even lesser developed countries. As older populations increase, many systems are under pressure to adapt. And it is already clear today that the impacts of an aging population will become more and more noticeable in coming decades.

    The fact is that the older generation is becoming more and more important as a consumer. And, companies also have to think about making changes to their employee structure and culture to embrace this generation.

    According to experts interviewed, there is concern that the generation of people who are 60 and over will no longer live up to today’s dynamic changes, are less efficient and do not have innovative thinking. Also, the elderly are not viewed as open to change. The rapid technological development and the everincreasing complexity are considered further difficulties.

    However, the trend clearly shows that more and more older people do not want to retire in the future, and they want to continue working because working longer can help you to stay fit and active.

    And that’s good, because one thing is certain: older employees have potential. Certainly, they bring a different kind of potential than someone who is just starting a career or a colleague in the “peak” of their career, but they are still important.

    Older people today live completely differently and they feel younger and younger. Surveys show that their perceived age is between 10 and 20 years younger than their biological age. Due to our medical advances, people today increasingly reach a ripe old age with few health concerns. As a consequence, the desire for a more active, self-directed life arises. The traditional ideas of elderly activities and retirement homes are becoming less common. Rather, people who are older seek to not only live as long as possible without help, but to also live consciously and well.

    All this shows how aging has changed. People beyond 60 years old today are socially interwoven differently than before. These changes contribute to the fact that “generation wars” are less likely to occur in companies than feared, because older people today have a completely different mentality, hence “are different” and use their potential to remain socially active.

    They are also, so to speak, “up for a challenge.” They are curious and inquisitive. That is why you should train older employees in dealing with new work techniques or technology and should establish systems that specifically promote the exchange between younger and older colleagues. This enables the shared transfer and receipt of experiences.

    So if we break away from traditional ways of thinking, both entrepreneurially and personally, we will most likely be able to reach more because we will be freer. We will not only view record sales figures as a success, but also a thriving corporate culture. A coexistence of different people.

Disponível em: https://otrs.com/otrsmag/silver-society-the-young-old-people/ (Adaptado)

Os marcadores discursivos constituem-se como um importante recurso para manter a coesão textual, ligando orações e ideias, indicando como as mesmas se relacionam. Analise o excerto a seguir:

 

According to experts interviewed, there is concern that the generation of people who are 60 and over will no longer live up to today’s dynamic changes, are less efficient and do not have innovative thinking. Also, the elderly are not viewed as open to change. The rapid technological development and the everincreasing complexity are considered further difficulties. However, the trend clearly shows that more and more older people do not want to retire in the future, and they want to continue working because working longer can help you to stay fit and active.

 

Assinale a alternativa CORRETA.

Virgínia Wolf foi uma das mais importantes escritoras em Língua Inglesa e afirmou em uma de suas mais importantes obras.

 

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”

Virginia Woolf, in A Room of One's Own.

 

Qual o sentido da conjunção but no texto?

Read the text below about Monkeypox, a viral disease, and choose the CORRECT words to complete the blanks.

 

Monkeypox is a viral infection that is often accompanied (1) ______ a rash. The virus (2) _______ isn’t all that new to scientists. According to the WHO, monkeypox was first identified in humans (3) ______ in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (4) ______ then, human cases have been identified in 11 African countries. In May 2022, monkeypox cases began to be identified in several non-endemic countries (5) ______ Africa. It is still unknown (6) _____ the virus is spiking now.

(Source: https://nationalpost.com/health/monkeypox-explained - retrieved on 14th August, 2022).

 

Mark the alternative which contains the words you have chosen respectively.

Preencha o espaço em branco com a única preposição correta.

 

Fair Play

 

“Hey, break the rules again and you are _____ of the game”, said the referee to the soccer player.”

“Sorry, Sir”, said the soccer player. “It won’t happen again.”

Peter and David were on a train. Peter said, “See that Indian standing on the corner? If you ask him what he had for breakfast ten years ago hell remember.” “O.K.," said David, “Pl ask him.” He walked up to the Indian and said, “What did you have for breakfast ten years ago?” The Indian said, “Eggs." David did not believe the Indian. He thought that anybody could have said that. Ten years later David saw the same Indian he had talked to 10 years before. He walked up to the Indian and said, “How?” The Indian replied, “Scrambled..

 ...... car is yours, the blue or the red one?