Questão
ID 3172397Disciplina: Língua Inglesa
Assunto: Substituição de Palavras e Reescrita de Frases | Word Substitution And Sentence Rewriting
Ano: 2023 Banca: ADVISE Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Maravilha
Want to keep your memory sharp? Here's what science recommends.
- Have you ever frantically searched for your phone using the light on your
- phone? lt's embarrassing for sure, but that and other things-forgetting a word or
- missing an appointment -aren't signs that you're on the road to dementia. ln
- fact, we shouldn't accept that our memory will gel worse and worse alter middle
- age, because there's a body of research saying otherwise.
- While many things about our memory are outside of our control71enetics and
- aging for starters-we can tweak our recall ability through lifestyle choices. Just
- because we are experiencing normal, age-related memory decline doesn't mean
- we can't do something about lt.
- Having a higher expectation of our memory skills as we age helps us engage
- in more of the very things that maintain recall. Studies show that in cultures
- where the older population is not stereotyped as being forgetful, such as in China,
- people score better on memory tests. ln other words, folks there aren't
- conditioned to give in to the idea that aging and memory loss go hand in hand, so
- they naturally put forth more effort into staying mentally engaged.
- What are those activities and factors that can grease the wheels of our
- memory machinery? The same things that help lower our risk of diseases such as
- heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and depression: exercising, eating healthfully,
- getting good sleep, socializing, and challenging our mind. ln addition, there are
- several memory tricks that people of all ages can learn that can help.
- [...]
Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/top-tips-memory-sharp-age-dementia: 08/06/23. Published June 29, 2023 By Tula Karras
Analyze the propositions and select the right alternative:
I- ‘age-related’ (l.8) is a hyphenated compound word;
II- ‘middle age’ (l.4, 5) is working as a noun;
III- ‘healthfully’ (l.18) is an adverb built by prefixation;
IV- ‘outside’ (l.6) is a preposition.