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Q1287867 Inglês
A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.

If there is any doubt about the persistent power of literature in the face of digital culture, it should be banished by the recent climb of George Orwell's 1984 up the Amazon “Movers and Shakers” list. There is much that's resonant for us in Orwell's dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA [...]. We look to 1984 as a clear cautionary tale, even a prophecy, of systematic abuse of power taken to the end of the line. [...]
However, after “THE END” of his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell includes another chapter, an appendix, called “The Principles of Newspeak.” Since it has the trappings of a tedious scholarly treatise, readers often skip the appendix. But it changes our whole understanding of the novel. Written from some unspecified point in the future, it suggests that Big Brother was eventually defeated. The victory is attributed not to individual rebels or to The Brotherhood, an anonymous resistance group, but rather to language itself. The appendix details Oceania's attempt to replace Oldspeak, or English, with Newspeak, a linguistic shorthand that reduces the world of ideas to a set of simple, stark words. “The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
Fonte: Frost, Laura. http://qz.com/95696. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
No trecho “but rather, to language itself”, o termo rather pode ser substituído, sem alteração de sentido, por
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Q1287866 Inglês
A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.

If there is any doubt about the persistent power of literature in the face of digital culture, it should be banished by the recent climb of George Orwell's 1984 up the Amazon “Movers and Shakers” list. There is much that's resonant for us in Orwell's dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA [...]. We look to 1984 as a clear cautionary tale, even a prophecy, of systematic abuse of power taken to the end of the line. [...]
However, after “THE END” of his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell includes another chapter, an appendix, called “The Principles of Newspeak.” Since it has the trappings of a tedious scholarly treatise, readers often skip the appendix. But it changes our whole understanding of the novel. Written from some unspecified point in the future, it suggests that Big Brother was eventually defeated. The victory is attributed not to individual rebels or to The Brotherhood, an anonymous resistance group, but rather to language itself. The appendix details Oceania's attempt to replace Oldspeak, or English, with Newspeak, a linguistic shorthand that reduces the world of ideas to a set of simple, stark words. “The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
Fonte: Frost, Laura. http://qz.com/95696. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
De acordo com o texto, em geral, os leitores do clássico 1984, de George Orwell, dispensam a leitura do apêndice da obra porque
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Q1287864 Inglês
A  questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.

Experts warn that “the substitution of machinery for human labour” may “render the population redundant”. They worry that “the discovery of this mighty power” has come “before we knew how to employ it rightly”. Such fears are expressed today by those who worry that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could destroy millions of jobs and pose a “Terminator”-style threat to humanity. But these are in fact the words of commentators discussing mechanisation and steam power two centuries ago. Back then the controversy over the dangers posed by machines was known as the “machinery question”. Now a very similar debate is under way.
After many false dawns, AI has made extraordinary progress in the past few years, thanks to a versatile technique called “deep learning”. Given enough data, large (or “deep”) neural networks, modelled on the brain's architecture, can be trained to do all kinds of things. They power Google's search engine, Facebook's automatic photo tagging, Apple's voice assistant, Amazon's shopping recommendations and Tesla's self-driving cars. But this rapid progress has also led to concerns about safety and job losses. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others wonder whether AI could get out of control, precipitating a sci-fi conflict between people and machines. Others worry that AI will cause widespread unemployment, by automating cognitive tasks that could previously be done only by people. After 200 years, the machinery question is back. It needs to be answered.
Fonte: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2016/06/25/march-of-the-machines. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
Leia as afirmações a seguir para responder à questão.
I. Redes neurais alimentam o mecanismo de busca do Google, o assistente de voz da Apple, a identificação de fotografias no Facebook, as sugestões de compras da Amazon, os carros autônomos da Tesla. II. O temor de que as máquinas substituiriam o trabalho humano era real há duzentos anos, mas superado na atualidade. III. Steven Hawkings e Elon Musk especulam se a I.A. pode sair do controle, levando pessoas e máquinas a um conflito somente visto em obras de ficção científica. IV. Duzentos anos atrás, a controvérsia sobre os perigos impostos pelas máquinas era conhecida como “a questão das máquinas”.
De acordo com as informações do texto, estão corretas as afirmações
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Q1175355 Inglês

Read the text and answer question.


Reasons why the Airbus A380 failed


    On 14 February 2019, Airbus announced their A380s have been cancelled, with production ending in 2021. After 12 years of shaky business and development, its closure didn’t come as a surprise. The dream is over for the world’ largest passenger airliner. Why was the king of the airliners forced to land so quikly? Here’s what happened:


  •  poor business planing finds itself at the heart of the A380’s downfall. Most of all A380’ eggs were put in a basket called Emirates, Airbus biggest buyer.
  •  bigger isn’t always better. With a wingspan of almost 80 meters was difficult to guide the giant four-turbine around airports.
  •  airbus failed to antecipate how consumer’s tastes in air travel would change over the years. Passengers nowadays prefer smaller airports, using direct routes to their destinations.
  •  although a seating capacity of 800 may seem impressive at first, it is not easy to fill them up, even when you give discounts and make promotions.


    Airbus A380’ closure perhaps teaches us all a lesson or two. Dream big, but keep your feet on the ground.


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In”...Most of all the A380’s eggs were put in a basket called Emirates(...)”, we can infer that Airbus ______________.
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Q1175354 Inglês

Read the text and answer question.


Reasons why the Airbus A380 failed


    On 14 February 2019, Airbus announced their A380s have been cancelled, with production ending in 2021. After 12 years of shaky business and development, its closure didn’t come as a surprise. The dream is over for the world’ largest passenger airliner. Why was the king of the airliners forced to land so quikly? Here’s what happened:


  •  poor business planing finds itself at the heart of the A380’s downfall. Most of all A380’ eggs were put in a basket called Emirates, Airbus biggest buyer.
  •  bigger isn’t always better. With a wingspan of almost 80 meters was difficult to guide the giant four-turbine around airports.
  •  airbus failed to antecipate how consumer’s tastes in air travel would change over the years. Passengers nowadays prefer smaller airports, using direct routes to their destinations.
  •  although a seating capacity of 800 may seem impressive at first, it is not easy to fill them up, even when you give discounts and make promotions.


    Airbus A380’ closure perhaps teaches us all a lesson or two. Dream big, but keep your feet on the ground.


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According to the text, choose the alternative that best complete the sentence.


Airbus A380 _________________.

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Respostas
1016: E
1017: B
1018: D
1019: B
1020: D