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Judge the sentences according to the text:
I. Fiona is an example of someone who became ill because of a relationship breaking down.
II. In the sentence "She ended up weighing just six stone when she passed away when I was 21," the expression "passed away" can be replaced by died.
III. To the experts, the growing numbers of women developing anorexia or bulimia in adulthood is due to the fact that some women in their 40s or 50s refuse to look young like Madonna and Sharon Stone do.
IV. Bulimia and anorexia are examples of crippling conditions that threaten adults‘ health if they are under these vulnerable conditions: moving to another place, starting a new career, or seeing children become homeless people.
V. In the following extract "In one case the husband‘s parting words to her were a derogatory comment about her weight," the underlined words are used, respectively, as an object pronoun and as a possessive adjective.
I. It is not related to self-control.
II. It stands for a person who is always thinking first of his/her own interest and needs without concern for others.
III. It can be used to refer to someone who thinks more of others‘ needs and welfare than of his/her own.
IV. It reminds people that have pity for themselves.
V. It could be related to a person who can give up things that he or she wants, in order to help or for a good purpose.
VI. It is the contrary of what is used to refer to someone who is interested only in taking personal advantage.
Mark the CORRECT answer:
According to the text:
I. Regardless of the strong security, the slum inhabitants enjoyed Obama‘s presence.
II. Despite the police pacification program, inhabitants of City of God want more attention from government.
III. Sasha and Malia refused to play with the shantytown children.
IV. The slum inhabitants‘ support for Obama is partially explained by the identification with the skin color of the American president.
V. Obama promised to improve basic services in City of God, which explained his approval amongst the local residents.
VI. The story of the occupation by cocaine gangs of City of God is not unique amongst other Rio de Janeiro‘s slums.
Mark the CORRECT answer:
I. The statements try to alert to the fact that many attitudes adopted by governments and industries have effects similar to terrorist actions.
II. The character‘s speech defends that the word terrorism should have a much broader meaning than we are used to.
III. It is possible that society and governments support actions that are sometimes as harmful as terrorist actions.
IV. Are considered terrorist actions to the character only those listed in the second balloon.
V. Sometimes terrorist actions are indeed trying to protect society.
VI. The character admits that all actions taken against the law should be considered terrorist attitudes.
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