(UFMG - 2002)
TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO:
T R E N D S
After Some Sleepy Years, Yo-yos Are Back Up
LIKE INFLUENZA, 1THE YO-YO rage seems 2to break out, inexplicably and virulently, every decade or so. 3The current craze began in Australia in 1995 before leaping to Japan (where 45,000 players competed in this year's nationals). U.S. teachers have been confiscating them in record numbers since spring. In 4the latest incarnation, the junk-drawer toy has evolved into a giddily intricate machine. Industry leader Duncan will soon add a "clutch" model to match Yomega's popular Brain, which yanks 'itself' up. Champs prefer the faster-spinning, longer "sleeping" transaxles. Got the bug bad? Try 5the SB-2, fashioned from aircraft aluminum in cool colors. Cost: $100 a pop.
Newsweek, November 18, 1998. p. 4.
GLOSSARY:
Craze: modismo
Rage: furor
The expression TO BREAK OUT (ref. 2) means
to begin.
to change.
to collapse.
to diminish.
Gabarito:
to begin.
A frase "THE YO-YO rage seems to break out, inexplicably and virulently, every decade or so" pode ser traduzida como "A febre do yo-yo parece ___, inexplicada e virulentamente [como um vírus], mais ou menos a cada uma década". É possível inferir, portanto que ela (a febre) começa, aparece ou ressurge a cada dez anos. Assim, temos:
a) Alternativa correta. To begin é começar.
b) Alternativa incorreta. To change é mudar.
c) Alternativa incorreta. To collapse é colapsar.
d) Alternativa incorreta. To dimnish é diminuir.