Questões de Inglês - MACKENZIE 2012 | Gabarito e resoluções

(MACKENZIE - 2012) Go Easy on Yourself By Stuart Bradford Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a new area of psychological research called self-compassion how ________ (I) people view themselves. People who find it ________ (II) to be supportive and understanding to others often score ________ (III) low on self-compassion tests. They get ________ (IV) with themselves for perceived failures like being overweight or not exercising. ANXIOUS The research suggests that accepting our imperfections may be the first step toward better health. People who score high on tests of self-compassion have less depression and anxiety, and tend to be happier and more optimistic. Preliminary data suggest that self-compassion can even influence how much we eat and may help some people lose weight. This idea does contrast with the advice of many doctors and self-help books, which suggest that willpower and self-discipline are the keys to better health. But Kristin Neff, a pioneer in the field, says self-compassion is not to be confused with self-indulgence or lower standards. I found in my research that the biggest reason people arent more self-compassionate is that they are afraid theyll become self-indulgent, said Dr. Neff, an associate professor of human development at the University of Texas at Austin. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be. (www.nytimes.com) The words that properly fill in the blanks I, II, III and IV in the text are

(Mackenzie - 2012) You have to motivate yourself with challenges. Thats how you know youre still alive. Once you start doing only what you _____(I)_____ you can do, you _____(II)_____ on the road to death. Jerry Seinfeld The verb forms that correctly complete the blanks I and II in the quotation are:

(Mackenzie - 2012) The annual Bridge School Benefit has featured special acoustic sets by everybody from David Bowie and Paul McCartney to Metallica and Phish. But for the 24th edition, on October 23rd and 24th, organizer Neil Young unveiled a stunning finale: the first set since 1968 by his old band Buffalo Springfield. From my perspective, we just picked up where we left off many, many years ago, says singer Richie Furay. It was almost like going back in time. Over two chilly, wet days at the Shoreline Amphitheater near San Francisco, baby boomers and local dot-com kids gathered for a remarkable, eclectic lineup: Jackson Browne and David Lindley tackled Bruce Springsteens 1983 Brothers Under the Bridge; Kris Kristofferson broke out Me and Bobby McGee; Billy Idol revved up the crowd with a sing-along on Rebel Yell; and Pearl Jam blasted through their eighth appearance at the benefit. At the end of their set, which included Black and Better Man, Young joined them on his new tune Walk With Me. We played it for him backstage, and he said, Thats basically it, but let me show you what you arent playing, says Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. We _____(I)_____ an interaction with him that _____(II)_____ a lesson in the sheer, raw love of rock. Rolling Stone The right forms of the verbs have and be which appropriately complete blanks I and II in the text are:

(Mackenzie - 2012) It is one of the days most familiar and most chilling images: rescue workers carrying the beloved Fire Department chaplain Father Mychal Judge from the rubble. But the man nearest Judge was no rescue worker: he was a 28-year-old associate at Goldman Sachs. Seeing papers flying in the air outside his office, he headed into the chaos on the ground. Just after the first tower fell, he found the men struggling to carry the dying Judge. It was too late to perform CPR, so John Maguire started back toward Ground Zero. Then the second tower collapsed. I jumped under a truck, and everything went black, he recalls. I thought, I guess this is how its going to end. Maguire eventually made it to the apartment of his sister, who showed him the photo the next day: It seemed surreal. He found solace in an unexpected place. Recalled to active duty, the West Point graduate served as a civic-affairs officer in Iraq from 2006 to 2007. Doing so was his therapy, alleviating a crushing sense of futility. Today, Maguire is back at Goldman. _____(I)_____ because I commute through that site every day. www.newsweek.com The right sequence of words that properly fill in blank I in the text is

(Mackenzie - 2012) TEXTO PARA A PRXIMA QUESTO: American Genius Steve Jobs How He Changed Our World By Alan Deutschman If ever there was a showman who knew how to end on a high note - leaving his awed and adoring audience begging for more - it is the man in the trademark black mock turtleneck. Even as an ailing Steve Jobs announced to the world last week that unfortunately, that day has come for him to step down as chief executive officer of Apple, his timing was - yet again - _____(I)_____. In the 14 years since Jobs regained control of his company in the summer of 1997 after a long, _____(II)_____ exile, Apple shares have increased a _____(III)_____ 57-fold. Having surpassed rival Microsoft a year ago, Apples $350 billion in market capitalization places it behind only ExxonMobil as the most _____(IV)_____ company in the world. Apple has made money so quickly and so prodigiously that it holds an _____(V)_____ $76 billion in cash and investments - an _____(VI)_____ sum thought to be parked in an obscure subsidiary, Braeburn Capital, located across the California border in Reno because the state of Nevada doesnt have corporate or capital-gains taxes. In his second time around at Apple, Jobs ultimately achieved what had eluded him in his early years there, from 1976 to 1985, when he was acclaimed as a visionary and a brilliant promoter but wasnt respected as a businessman - not even by his board of directors, who pushed him aside for a more experienced executive. Now Jobs, 56, retires, having closely rivaled (or some might say eclipsed) Bill Gates as the most highly regarded business figure of our times. He proved himself the ultimate willful leader, forging his singular vision through a combination of inspiration, unilateralism, and gut instinct. Jobs didnt just create products that instilled lust in consumers and enriched his company. He upended entire industries. Personal computing. The music business. Publishing. Hollywood. All have been radically transformed because of Steve Jobs. www.newsweek.com The right sequence of adjectives that properly fill in blanks I, II, III, IV, V and VI in the text are