Questões de Inglês - FUVEST 2003 | Gabarito e resoluções

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 The passage tells us that the writer

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, 1whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 Choose the correct translation for ...whole hours can go missing. (ref. 1)

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 What did the writers friend find when she was able to check her e-mail, according to the passage?

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didnt offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet caf. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when youre going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P. TIME, JUNE 10, 2002 According to the passage, the writers friend

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by five, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4.37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director before it could be sent out to the client. Haskins didnt hesitate to remind her that they had lost two similar contracts that week. It was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could slip away, an authorisation would land on her desk. One glance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of escaping before six. JEFFREY ARCHER, The Collected Short Stories, p. 1 According to the passage, Diana

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by five, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4.37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director before it could be sent out to the client. Haskins didnt hesitate to remind her that they had lost two similar contracts that week. It was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could slip away, an authorisation would land on her desk. One glance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of escaping before six. JEFFREY ARCHER, The Collected Short Stories, p. 1 The passage tells us that when Phil Haskins presented Diana with a document, she

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by five, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4.37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director before it could be sent out to the client. Haskins didnt hesitate to remind her that they had lost two similar contracts that week. It was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could slip away, an authorisation would land on her desk. One glance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of escaping before six. JEFFREY ARCHER, The Collected Short Stories, p. 1 The passage says that on Fridays

(FUVEST - 2003 - 1a Fase) Read the following text: DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by five, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4.37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director before it could be sent out to the client. Haskins didnt hesitate to remind her that they had lost two similar contracts that week. It was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could slip away, an authorisation would land on her desk. One glance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of escaping before six. JEFFREY ARCHER, The Collected Short Stories, p. 1 Choose the item which best completes the sentence, according to the passage: Diana wouldnt be at the farm in time for dinner unless she...by five.