Questão 2606667

Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.

The Cheap Thrills and Instant Gratification of Home Organization

01-----------Home organization projects can be fraught with emotion. For those looking for the biggest

02---payoff, consider attacking the closet. “There are usually a lot of emotions tied into it because

03---people hold onto things in such an emotional way,” says Joanna Teplin, co-founder of organizing

04---firm The Home Edit. “Will I fit into these clothes again? Am I going to have another baby? Once

05---you cross those land mines emotionally, I think there’s a big weight off of you.” Ms. Teplin and you.” Ms. Teplin and

06---her co-founder, Clea Shearer, reveal the home-organization spots that give the biggest

07---emotional lift:

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09---WSJ: What’s your favorite mood-boosting organization project? Is there one spot in

10---the home that feels especially good to tackle?

11---Ms. Teplin: The easiest project that brings instant gratification is a junk drawer. Everyone needs

12---tape, scissors, and that one battery. The pantry is also very satisfying when it’s done, but don’t

13---attempt it on a school week if you have kids at home — it’s just going to be so frustrating because

14---it’s a big job. Another feel-good project is color coordinating your books by lining things up in

15---rainbow order. It makes you happy, and it’s an easy win that costs no money.

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17---WSJ: Please explain your rainbow-colors approach.

18---Ms. Shearer: It’s both functional and beautiful. A rainbow is actually a set of labels that are

19---visual instead of text. If you line things up in a rainbow, you’re assigning a spot for something

20---and making it look instantly beautiful. Labeling is such a big piece of what we do because it lets

21---you know where something lives, where it needs to go back to and it’s the key to long-term

22---maintenance. It really is actually a functional system of labeling, but it also just makes you

23happy.

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25---WSJ: In addition to the closet, what other organizing projects offer the biggest payoff

26---once it’s finally finished?

27---Ms. Shearer: I think it’s the communal spaces — they are the hardest to maintain right now,

28---but also the most critical to maintain. Trying to figure out the kitchen and pantry is exhausting,

29---but you don’t have to do it in one day. Do your kitchen drawers, then cabinets, then pantry or

30---food cabinets. And then organize your fridge.

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32---WSJ: What if you doubt your family will help keep things organized?

33---Ms. Shearer: We always point people to the silverware drawer. Almost every single household

34---has a utensil holder for their silverware and every single person agrees that the spoons go here

35---and the forks go there. That’s how it gets unloaded from the dishwasher, that’s where you go to

36---grab one. That drawer tells the story for the rest of the kitchen, and honestly the rest of the

37---house. It’s about routine and training everyone that this is where something goes.

Adapted from: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cheap-thrills-and-instant-gratification-of-homeorganization-11586268815

Consider the statements about the highlighted words in the excerpt “I think there’s a big weight off of you” (l. 05):

I. “Weight off” means the weight is removed (partially or totally).

II. “Of” is used to express the “origin” of the weight.

III. According to standard English rules, it would be ungrammatical to use “weight of off” in the sentence.

Which statements are correct?