(EsPCEx - 2021)
Lockdown Named 2020's Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary
Lockdown, the noun that has come to define so many lives across the world in 2020, has been named word of the year by Collins Dictionary. Lockdown is defined by Collins as "the imposition of stringent restrictions o travel, social interaction, and access to public spaces". The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, which contais written material from websites, books and newspapers, as well as spoken material from radio, television and conversations, registered a 6,000% increase in _______ (1) usage. In 2019, there were 4,00 recorded instances of lockdown being used. In 2020, this had risen to more than quarter of a million.
"Language is a reflection of the world around us and 2020 has been dominated by the global pandemic." says Collins language content consultant Helen Newstead. "We have chosen lockdown as _______ (2) word of the year because it encapsulates the shared experience of billions of people who have had to restrict _______ (3) daily lives in order to contain the virus. Lockdown has affected the way we work, study, shop and socialise. It is not a word of the year to celebrate, but it is, perhaps, one that sums up the year for most of the world."
Other pandemic-related words such as coronavirus, social distancing and key worker were on the dictionary's list of the top 10 words. However, the coronavirus crisis didn't completely dominate this year's vocabulary: words like "Megxit", a termo to describe Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepping back as senior members of the royal family, also made the shortlist along with "TikToker" (a person who regularly shares or appears in videos on TikTok), and "BLM." The abbreviation BLM, for Black Lives Matter is defined by Collins as "a movement that campaigns against racially motivated violence and oppression", it registered a 581% increase in usage.
Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/lockdown-named-word-of-the-year-by-collins-dictionary
Choose the alternative with words that respectively complete gaps (1), (2) and (3) in the correct way.
its, our, their
my, our, her
your, his, our
its, his, their
my, their, your
Gabarito:
its, our, their
Considerando as lacunas temos as seguintes frases para completar:
“The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, which contains written material from websites, books and newspapers, as well as spoken material from radio, television and conversations, registered a 6,000% increase in _____ (1) usage.”
Essa primeira lacuna está inserida em uma frase que retoma um termo da frase anterior, que seria “lockdown”, que no caso é um termo, não uma pessoa, por isso não seria correto fazer o uso de “his” ou “hers”, ficando o “its” como pronome correto.
“We have chosen lockdown as _____ (2) word of the year because it encapsulates the shared experience of billions of people who have had to restrict _____ (3) daily lives in order to contain the virus.”
As duas últimas lacunas podem ser completadas ao mesmo tempo, já que retomam termos que estão próximos. No caso da lacuna 2 ela deve ser completada por “our”, já que retoma o termo “we”, sendo seu pronome equivalente.
No caso da lacuna 3, ela está retomando “billions of people”, que seria no caso indicado por “their”.
A) CORRECT.
B) INCORRECT: pois não é adequado utilizar o "my" na primeira lacuna, não colabora no sentido. No caso da lacuna 3, ela está retomando “billions of people”, que seria no caso indicado por “their”.
C) INCORRECT: pois o "your" não é utilizado da mesma forma em alguns casos que o "seu" no português, sendo incorreto nesse caso. No (2), não é correto colocar "his/her/their" porque a pessoa que se refere é a pessoa we. No caso da lacuna 3, ela está retomando “billions of people”, que seria no caso indicado por “their”.
D) INCORRECT: pois, no (2), não é correto colocar "his/her/their" porque a pessoa que se refere é a pessoa we.
E) INCORRECT: pois não é adequado utilizar o "my" na primeira lacuna, não colabora no sentido. No (2), não é correto colocar "his/her/their" porque a pessoa que se refere é a pessoa we. No caso da lacuna 3, ela está retomando “billions of people”, que seria no caso indicado por “their”.