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In the quest for technological advancements that can revolutionize our world, the scientific community has always been captivated by the elusive phenomenon of superconductivity. For decades, researchers have strived to unlock its full potential, seeking to discover materials that can exhibit superconducting properties at room temperature. And now, the wait might finally be over! Enter LK-99, a groundbreaking potential room-temperature superconductor that has sent shockwaves through the scientific world, spearheaded by a team of brilliant minds from Korea University, led by esteemed researchers Sukbae Lee and Ji-Hoon Kim.
Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance, leading to unprecedented energy efficiency and technological advancements. In summary, LK-99 represents an exciting prospect as a potential room-temperature superconductor, but its superconducting properties have yet to be confirmed and independently verified.
Room temperature superconductors could revolutionize the energy sector by enabling lossless power transmission over long distances. With reduced energy dissipation during transmission, electricity could be distributed more efficiently, lowering carbon footprints and electricity costs.
Internet: <dataconomy.com/> (adapted).
According to the preceding text, judge the following items.
The adjective “groundbreaking” (fourth sentence of the first
paragraph) could be correctly replaced by “conventional”,
without changing the meaning of the text.
Internet: <www.britannica.com> (with adaptations).
In the construction “whence the state derives its name.” (lines 5 and 6) “whence” means from where and its is a possessive adjective related to “the state”.
TEXT II – Tema: Variação linguística no ensino-aprendizagem de inglês
INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH
1 The most familiar way to classify the varieties of English around the world was developed by
2 Kachru (1985) and looks like this:
(Available from: https://www.eltconcourse.com/training/common/variety.html Accessed on July 5 , 2023)
“The world’s biggest bull is ________ a small elephant.”