Questões sobre Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

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The instructions above the market cashier say, “10 items or less, exact change, no small talk, just bag your groceries and get the hell out”. Mark the item that matches text and image analysis. 

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Text 1

High-income countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have higher food spending in absolute terms, but the share of household consumption expenditures devoted to athome food is low– less than 10 percent. In Kenya and other low- -income countries, at-home food’s share of consumption expenditures can exceed 50 percent. Per capita calorie availability follows the reverse path. According to the most recent available data, U.S. per capita calorie availability was among the highest at 3,682 calories per day, while Kenya’s was estimated at only 2,206 calories.

Text 2

For a typical dollar spent in 2020 by U.S. consumers on domestically produced food, including both grocery store and eating-out purchases, 27.9 cents went to foodservice establishments such as restaurants and other eating-out places. The foodservice share of the food dollar decreased after 9 years of gains as households shifted to food-at-home consumption during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the remainder of the food dollar, transportation (4.1 cents) and wholesale trade (11.9 cents) rose to their highest shares reported in the series, which provides statistics back to 1993.

(Economic Research Service U.S. – Department of Agriculture.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products.)

In both of the texts the common theme is:

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A: So, I’ve decided I’m going to go to the bank and ask for a car loan.

B: That sounds like a good idea.

C: Well, you need a car.

B: Right.

A: Anyway, I was wondering if either of you would teach me how to drive.

B: Look, I’m very busy during the week, I'm trying to catch up with my deadline.

C: I’m in the same boat, but there must be a way...

A: What about the weekend? Say, Saturday morning? You both could take turns.

B: Fine with me!

C: Count me in! 

The words reproducing pause, hesitation, redundancy, etc which might or might not be present in abbreviated form in the dialogue are:

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There was a woman by the door. The woman was carrying a huge duffel bag. I had never seen her around, although she looked somehow familiar. The poor lady was obviously weary. I was not sure whether or not I’d address the stranger as she stared at me.

While highlighting the underlined words and conducting its due analysis, it is consistent to assert that, in the text, they illustrate the use of different.