DESAFIO 4 - Transparências (palavras cognatas)

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DESAFIO 4
TRANSPARÊNCIAS (PALAVRAS COGNATAS)
A day at work
In the morning I ________ a meeting between management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive, covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary ________ everything in the notes. ________, they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement. Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company ________ not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. ________, I didn't want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office. After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government ________ to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government.
SUPPORTIVE ENGLISH. Exercícios de interpretação de texto - falsos cognatos. Disponível em: ‹http://www.supportiveenglish.com/2012/04/text-comprehension-exercises-false_04.html›. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2015.
Após ler o texto, veja qual das opções, abaixo, traz a alternativa CORRETA dos cognatos utilizados:
a) actually, attended, recorded, intends, eventually, policy
b) recorded, attended, eventually, policy, actually, intends
c) policy, actually, intends, attended, recorded, eventually
d) eventually, policy, actually, intends, attended, recorded
e) attended, recorded, eventually, policy, actually, intends
Resposta:
Resposta correta é a letra “E”
Padrão de resposta esperado
Ao ler o texto, o aluno deverá ser capaz de preencher as lacunas com as palavras cognatas apropriadas ao contexto das frases em que estão inseridas. Ele deverá saber que a ordem correta dos falsos cognatos é: attended, recorded, eventually, policy, actually, intends. Veja:
• Na primeira frase, há a informação de que a pessoa participou (ATTENDED) de uma reunião. 
• Na segunda frase, há a informação de que a secretária registrou (RECORDED) tudo. 
• Na terceira frase, há a informação de que, afinal (EVENTUALLY), decidiram marcar uma nova reunião. 
• Na quarta frase, há a informação sobre a política (POLICY) da empresa de não aceitar funcionários que já eram aposentados. 
• Na quinta frase, há a informação de que a pessoa não queria, na verdade (ACTUALLY), discutir o problema naquele momento. 
• Na sexta frase, há a informação de que o prefeito disse que o seu governo tem a intenção (INTENDS) de ajudar programas de saúde.
Assim, a alternativa correta é a letra E.