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Q3517862
Inglês
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Equipped with spiritual armor against the threats and
blows of a new, strange life, literate man marches forth to win
victories in war and statecraft, art and science, religion and
business. But in achieving these triumphs each civilization brings
into being, willy-nilly, a larger and more complex community,
increasingly divided against itself by internal cleavages of needs
and creeds and fraught with growing contradictions in all spheres
of life between theory and practice, faith and works, ideals and
realities. The new unity of sentiment and purpose which
gloriously characterizes the coming of the great age proves to be
short-lived.
The uneasy balance of instinct, egotism, and ethics,
woefully lost with the initial transition from preliteracy to
civilization and transiently regained in new devotions to tribal
gods, human or divine, is again lost as the orbit of civilization
moves from tribe and kingdom and nation to the complex
and confusing imperium of the great society and the World State.
The acids of rationalism and skepticism dissolve old loyalties.
The injunctions of morality, even when reinforced by the vision
of the monotheistic higher religions, conflict with reason and
self-interest. Man is divided against himself. And therefore men
become divided against themselves in new cleavages of rich
and poor, in-group and out-group, faithful and infidel, orthodox
and heterodox, my side and your side.
Frederick L. Schuman. International politics: the destiny of the
Western State System. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the second sentence of the first paragraph, the expression “willy-nilly” indicates that civilizations easily generate more complex communities.
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Q3517861
Inglês
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Equipped with spiritual armor against the threats and
blows of a new, strange life, literate man marches forth to win
victories in war and statecraft, art and science, religion and
business. But in achieving these triumphs each civilization brings
into being, willy-nilly, a larger and more complex community,
increasingly divided against itself by internal cleavages of needs
and creeds and fraught with growing contradictions in all spheres
of life between theory and practice, faith and works, ideals and
realities. The new unity of sentiment and purpose which
gloriously characterizes the coming of the great age proves to be
short-lived.
The uneasy balance of instinct, egotism, and ethics,
woefully lost with the initial transition from preliteracy to
civilization and transiently regained in new devotions to tribal
gods, human or divine, is again lost as the orbit of civilization
moves from tribe and kingdom and nation to the complex
and confusing imperium of the great society and the World State.
The acids of rationalism and skepticism dissolve old loyalties.
The injunctions of morality, even when reinforced by the vision
of the monotheistic higher religions, conflict with reason and
self-interest. Man is divided against himself. And therefore men
become divided against themselves in new cleavages of rich
and poor, in-group and out-group, faithful and infidel, orthodox
and heterodox, my side and your side.
Frederick L. Schuman. International politics: the destiny of the
Western State System. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
The spiritual armor mentioned in the first sentence of the text can be correctly understood as the condition of literacy, which characterizes the notion of civilization adopted by the author.
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Q3517860
Inglês
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Equipped with spiritual armor against the threats and
blows of a new, strange life, literate man marches forth to win
victories in war and statecraft, art and science, religion and
business. But in achieving these triumphs each civilization brings
into being, willy-nilly, a larger and more complex community,
increasingly divided against itself by internal cleavages of needs
and creeds and fraught with growing contradictions in all spheres
of life between theory and practice, faith and works, ideals and
realities. The new unity of sentiment and purpose which
gloriously characterizes the coming of the great age proves to be
short-lived.
The uneasy balance of instinct, egotism, and ethics,
woefully lost with the initial transition from preliteracy to
civilization and transiently regained in new devotions to tribal
gods, human or divine, is again lost as the orbit of civilization
moves from tribe and kingdom and nation to the complex
and confusing imperium of the great society and the World State.
The acids of rationalism and skepticism dissolve old loyalties.
The injunctions of morality, even when reinforced by the vision
of the monotheistic higher religions, conflict with reason and
self-interest. Man is divided against himself. And therefore men
become divided against themselves in new cleavages of rich
and poor, in-group and out-group, faithful and infidel, orthodox
and heterodox, my side and your side.
Frederick L. Schuman. International politics: the destiny of the
Western State System. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
One of the assumptions underlying the text is that there is a fundamental difference between two kinds of human groups: the literate and civilized, on one hand, and the illiterate and uncivilized, on the other.
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Q3517859
Inglês
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Equipped with spiritual armor against the threats and
blows of a new, strange life, literate man marches forth to win
victories in war and statecraft, art and science, religion and
business. But in achieving these triumphs each civilization brings
into being, willy-nilly, a larger and more complex community,
increasingly divided against itself by internal cleavages of needs
and creeds and fraught with growing contradictions in all spheres
of life between theory and practice, faith and works, ideals and
realities. The new unity of sentiment and purpose which
gloriously characterizes the coming of the great age proves to be
short-lived.
The uneasy balance of instinct, egotism, and ethics,
woefully lost with the initial transition from preliteracy to
civilization and transiently regained in new devotions to tribal
gods, human or divine, is again lost as the orbit of civilization
moves from tribe and kingdom and nation to the complex
and confusing imperium of the great society and the World State.
The acids of rationalism and skepticism dissolve old loyalties.
The injunctions of morality, even when reinforced by the vision
of the monotheistic higher religions, conflict with reason and
self-interest. Man is divided against himself. And therefore men
become divided against themselves in new cleavages of rich
and poor, in-group and out-group, faithful and infidel, orthodox
and heterodox, my side and your side.
Frederick L. Schuman. International politics: the destiny of the
Western State System. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the first sentence of the second paragraph, “woefully” and “transiently” modify two different actions.
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Q3517858
Inglês
Texto associado
Equipped with spiritual armor against the threats and
blows of a new, strange life, literate man marches forth to win
victories in war and statecraft, art and science, religion and
business. But in achieving these triumphs each civilization brings
into being, willy-nilly, a larger and more complex community,
increasingly divided against itself by internal cleavages of needs
and creeds and fraught with growing contradictions in all spheres
of life between theory and practice, faith and works, ideals and
realities. The new unity of sentiment and purpose which
gloriously characterizes the coming of the great age proves to be
short-lived.
The uneasy balance of instinct, egotism, and ethics,
woefully lost with the initial transition from preliteracy to
civilization and transiently regained in new devotions to tribal
gods, human or divine, is again lost as the orbit of civilization
moves from tribe and kingdom and nation to the complex
and confusing imperium of the great society and the World State.
The acids of rationalism and skepticism dissolve old loyalties.
The injunctions of morality, even when reinforced by the vision
of the monotheistic higher religions, conflict with reason and
self-interest. Man is divided against himself. And therefore men
become divided against themselves in new cleavages of rich
and poor, in-group and out-group, faithful and infidel, orthodox
and heterodox, my side and your side.
Frederick L. Schuman. International politics: the destiny of the
Western State System. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
It is correct to conclude from the meanings and the grammatical structure of the second sentence of the text that contradictions are part of the “cleavages of needs and creeds”.
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Q3517853
Inglês
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There is nothing inevitable about choices that are
environmentally destructive. In 1800, there were indeed 550
steam engines in Europe but there were over 500,000 water mills.
Coal was more expensive than hydro power and many
industrialists were not persuaded of its added value. It was the
economic recession of 1825-1848 with increasing agitation by
textile workers over salaries and conditions which made the use
of coal-powered, steam-driven spinning machines a much more
attractive proposition. More machines meant fewer workers and
fewer workers meant fewer demands, notably for wage rises.
Therefore, the substantial increase in CO2 emissions in Britain in
the first half of the nineteenth century, which through economic
competition, war and imperial domination would start a
worldwide trend, was not the blind outcome of the machinery of
‘progress’ but the cumulative consequence of a set of very
specific decisions taken by identifiable socio-economic actors.
Similarly, the notion that ecological awareness is only a
very recent phenomenon where “humanity” finally woke up to
the environmental consequences of its economic activities does
not stand up to scrutiny. In the period from the beginnings of the
industrial revolution to the decade when the movement towards
fossil fuels use becomes more marked, awareness of the
relationships between humans and their environment or the
“natural world” was widespread. Environmental risks have been
clearly and repeatedly signalled from the time of the industrial
revolution onwards. The notion of an unthinking humanity
bringing destruction upon itself does not bear up to examination.
Michael Cronin. Eco-Translation: translation and ecology in the
Age of the Anthropocene. New York: Routledge, 2017. p. 11-12 (adapted).
In relation to the previous text, judge the item that follow.
The second sentence of the first paragraph indicates that, in 1800, there were already anthropogenic changes in nature.
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Q3517852
Inglês
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They couldn’t even tell the time — this uncountable army
of believers.
The warriors of God pushed on to the gates of the imperial
city of Constantinople, their arrival heralded by a plague of
locusts that destroyed the vines but left the wheat untouched.
Their leader, an implacable cleric who had appeared from
nowhere to great popular acclaim, exhorted his charges to holy
war against the infidel with promises of a home in paradise.
Disease and malnutrition were rife. Medical care often involved
exorcism of the amputation of injured limbs. Torture and other
ordeals settled criminal cases.
Few had any learning at all. What education there was
back home consisted of memorizing outdated texts under the
watchful eyes of hidebound doctors of religion. They had no
understanding of basic technology, science, or mathematics.
They could not date their most important holy days, nor chart the
regular movements of the sun, the moon, and the planets. They
knew nothing of papermaking or the use of lenses and mirrors,
and they had no inkling of the prince of contemporary scientific
instruments — the astrolabe. Natural phenomena, such as an
eclipse of the moon or a sudden change in weather, terrified
them. They though it was black magic.
The arrival of this fanatical army horrified the locals. Who
were these pale-skinned, blue-eyed barbarians, marching under
the sign of the cross, and what did they want on Arab shores at
the dawn of the twelfth Christian century?
Jonathan Lyons. The House of Wisdom. How the Arabs Transformed
Western Civilization. London: Bloomsbury, 2009. p. 9 (adapted).
Based on the preceding text, judge the following item.
In all its occurrences in the third paragraph, the pronoun “They” refers to “The warriors of God” (second paragraph), also referred in the text as “barbarians” (last paragraph).
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Q3517850
Inglês
Texto associado
They couldn’t even tell the time — this uncountable army
of believers.
The warriors of God pushed on to the gates of the imperial
city of Constantinople, their arrival heralded by a plague of
locusts that destroyed the vines but left the wheat untouched.
Their leader, an implacable cleric who had appeared from
nowhere to great popular acclaim, exhorted his charges to holy
war against the infidel with promises of a home in paradise.
Disease and malnutrition were rife. Medical care often involved
exorcism of the amputation of injured limbs. Torture and other
ordeals settled criminal cases.
Few had any learning at all. What education there was
back home consisted of memorizing outdated texts under the
watchful eyes of hidebound doctors of religion. They had no
understanding of basic technology, science, or mathematics.
They could not date their most important holy days, nor chart the
regular movements of the sun, the moon, and the planets. They
knew nothing of papermaking or the use of lenses and mirrors,
and they had no inkling of the prince of contemporary scientific
instruments — the astrolabe. Natural phenomena, such as an
eclipse of the moon or a sudden change in weather, terrified
them. They though it was black magic.
The arrival of this fanatical army horrified the locals. Who
were these pale-skinned, blue-eyed barbarians, marching under
the sign of the cross, and what did they want on Arab shores at
the dawn of the twelfth Christian century?
Jonathan Lyons. The House of Wisdom. How the Arabs Transformed
Western Civilization. London: Bloomsbury, 2009. p. 9 (adapted).
Based on the preceding text, judge the following item.
According to the text, as a consequence of the arrival of the warriors, the vines mentioned in the second paragraph were attacked by a widespread plant disease.
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Q3517849
Inglês
Texto associado
They couldn’t even tell the time — this uncountable army
of believers.
The warriors of God pushed on to the gates of the imperial
city of Constantinople, their arrival heralded by a plague of
locusts that destroyed the vines but left the wheat untouched.
Their leader, an implacable cleric who had appeared from
nowhere to great popular acclaim, exhorted his charges to holy
war against the infidel with promises of a home in paradise.
Disease and malnutrition were rife. Medical care often involved
exorcism of the amputation of injured limbs. Torture and other
ordeals settled criminal cases.
Few had any learning at all. What education there was
back home consisted of memorizing outdated texts under the
watchful eyes of hidebound doctors of religion. They had no
understanding of basic technology, science, or mathematics.
They could not date their most important holy days, nor chart the
regular movements of the sun, the moon, and the planets. They
knew nothing of papermaking or the use of lenses and mirrors,
and they had no inkling of the prince of contemporary scientific
instruments — the astrolabe. Natural phenomena, such as an
eclipse of the moon or a sudden change in weather, terrified
them. They though it was black magic.
The arrival of this fanatical army horrified the locals. Who
were these pale-skinned, blue-eyed barbarians, marching under
the sign of the cross, and what did they want on Arab shores at
the dawn of the twelfth Christian century?
Jonathan Lyons. The House of Wisdom. How the Arabs Transformed
Western Civilization. London: Bloomsbury, 2009. p. 9 (adapted).
Based on the preceding text, judge the following item.
According to the last paragraph of the text, the local population of the Arab shores was greatly frightened by the presence of the newcomers because nobody knew what their purpose was.
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Q3517847
Inglês
Texto associado
Diplomacy is often described as an art, involving
decisions shaped by sensitive political nuances that require
human judgment, cultural understanding, and emotional
intelligence — qualities that AI cannot fully replicate. While AI
can support decision-making, it may also manipulate human
behavior subtly, especially through systems developed in
countries with different geopolitical priorities. This deepens the
AI divide between technologically advanced and resource-limited
nations, embedding linguistic and cultural biases and reinforcing
global power asymmetries. As algorithms take their place
alongside diplomats, the art of negotiation now meets the science
of AI. The future of diplomacy must lie in fostering a symbiotic
relationship where AI enhances human expertise, streamlines
processes, and offers new strategic tools while leaving the
nuanced art of diplomacy in human hands.
Diplomatic institutions adopting such technologies should
also adopt guardrails to clarify how these systems inform
decision-making. To ensure that AI systems function
appropriately across diverse cultural contexts, adaptive and
responsible AI frameworks should be integrated into policy
discussions at the national and international levels. Crucially, any
AI deployment must prioritise human agency. The goal must not
be to automate diplomacy, but to augment it. AI’s incorporation
into diplomacy offers both promise and peril. While the
technology supports efficiency and expands access to
information, it must be governed by strong ethical frameworks,
particularly when it can shape global power relations through
sensitive negotiations. Rather than embracing AI as a magic
wand, it must be approached as a double-edged sword that is
capable of assisting, but never replacing the unique human skills
that diplomacy demands.
Anusha Guru. The Future of Diplomacy: AI’s Expanding Role in International Affairs.
In: Observer Research Foundation, 18/6/2025. Internet:<www.orfonline.org> (adapted).
Judge the following item based on the ideas presented in the preceding text, as well as on its linguistic aspects.
The text suggests that, although AI can assist diplomats, it cannot fully replace the human qualities required in diplomacy.
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Q3517846
Inglês
Texto associado
Diplomacy is often described as an art, involving
decisions shaped by sensitive political nuances that require
human judgment, cultural understanding, and emotional
intelligence — qualities that AI cannot fully replicate. While AI
can support decision-making, it may also manipulate human
behavior subtly, especially through systems developed in
countries with different geopolitical priorities. This deepens the
AI divide between technologically advanced and resource-limited
nations, embedding linguistic and cultural biases and reinforcing
global power asymmetries. As algorithms take their place
alongside diplomats, the art of negotiation now meets the science
of AI. The future of diplomacy must lie in fostering a symbiotic
relationship where AI enhances human expertise, streamlines
processes, and offers new strategic tools while leaving the
nuanced art of diplomacy in human hands.
Diplomatic institutions adopting such technologies should
also adopt guardrails to clarify how these systems inform
decision-making. To ensure that AI systems function
appropriately across diverse cultural contexts, adaptive and
responsible AI frameworks should be integrated into policy
discussions at the national and international levels. Crucially, any
AI deployment must prioritise human agency. The goal must not
be to automate diplomacy, but to augment it. AI’s incorporation
into diplomacy offers both promise and peril. While the
technology supports efficiency and expands access to
information, it must be governed by strong ethical frameworks,
particularly when it can shape global power relations through
sensitive negotiations. Rather than embracing AI as a magic
wand, it must be approached as a double-edged sword that is
capable of assisting, but never replacing the unique human skills
that diplomacy demands.
Anusha Guru. The Future of Diplomacy: AI’s Expanding Role in International Affairs.
In: Observer Research Foundation, 18/6/2025. Internet:<www.orfonline.org> (adapted).
Judge the following item based on the ideas presented in the preceding text, as well as on its linguistic aspects.
According to the text, the use of AI in diplomacy reduces the risk of reinforcing global inequalities.
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Q3517844
Inglês
Texto associado
Diplomacy is often described as an art, involving
decisions shaped by sensitive political nuances that require
human judgment, cultural understanding, and emotional
intelligence — qualities that AI cannot fully replicate. While AI
can support decision-making, it may also manipulate human
behavior subtly, especially through systems developed in
countries with different geopolitical priorities. This deepens the
AI divide between technologically advanced and resource-limited
nations, embedding linguistic and cultural biases and reinforcing
global power asymmetries. As algorithms take their place
alongside diplomats, the art of negotiation now meets the science
of AI. The future of diplomacy must lie in fostering a symbiotic
relationship where AI enhances human expertise, streamlines
processes, and offers new strategic tools while leaving the
nuanced art of diplomacy in human hands.
Diplomatic institutions adopting such technologies should
also adopt guardrails to clarify how these systems inform
decision-making. To ensure that AI systems function
appropriately across diverse cultural contexts, adaptive and
responsible AI frameworks should be integrated into policy
discussions at the national and international levels. Crucially, any
AI deployment must prioritise human agency. The goal must not
be to automate diplomacy, but to augment it. AI’s incorporation
into diplomacy offers both promise and peril. While the
technology supports efficiency and expands access to
information, it must be governed by strong ethical frameworks,
particularly when it can shape global power relations through
sensitive negotiations. Rather than embracing AI as a magic
wand, it must be approached as a double-edged sword that is
capable of assisting, but never replacing the unique human skills
that diplomacy demands.
Anusha Guru. The Future of Diplomacy: AI’s Expanding Role in International Affairs.
In: Observer Research Foundation, 18/6/2025. Internet:<www.orfonline.org> (adapted).
Judge the following item based on the ideas presented in the preceding text, as well as on its linguistic aspects.
The author argues that the ethical governance of AI’s application in diplomacy is especially critical because its influence may extend beyond technical efficiency to altering the global distribution of political power.
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Q3517843
Inglês
Texto associado
A lack of women at decision-making tables around the
world is hindering progress when it comes to tackling conflicts or
improving health and standard of living, the highest-ranking
woman in the UN (United Nations) has said.
“We’re half the population. And what we bring to the
table is incredibly important and it’s missing”, said Amina
Mohammed, the UN deputy secretary general. “I think it’s why
mostly our human development indices are so bad, why we have
so many conflicts and we’re unable to come out of the conflicts.”
Since her appointment in 2017, Mohammed has been a
constant voice in pushing back against the under-representation
of women in politics, diplomacy and even the UN general
assembly. Her efforts have helped cast a spotlight on the fact that
women remain relegated to the margins of power around the
world; last year the global proportion of female lawmakers stood
at 26.9%, according to Switzerland’s Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Speaking to The Guardian, Mohammed said “flexing
muscle and testosterone” often dominated at tables of power
around the world. “This win, win, win at all costs — I think that
would change if women were at the table”, she said.
She acknowledged that the world had seen a handful of
female leaders who had not used their position to advocate for
greater peace or conflict resolution. “Fair point, we see women in
power and they’re sometimes the image of men”, she said. But
she described it as unfair to judge women on an individual basis
while they were still within the confines of a system dominated
by men. “We don’t judge men that way.”
Mohammed highlighted how many parts of society still
view women in power as “about taking away, rather than adding”
value. “And we have to change that mentality”, she said.
“We kept looking at the Band-aid: put the women in
office, let’s have affirmative action. And we never connected the
dots for women themselves to build the constituencies and to go
out and vote”, she said. “So we have to have a conversation with
women first. Because if we’re doing this for women, should it not
be by women?”
Ashifa Kassam. Lack of women at global tables of power hinders progress, says top UN official.
In: The Guardian, 19/6/2024. Internet:: <www.theguardian.com.> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
In the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred from the expressions ‘flexing muscle and testosterone’ and ‘win at all costs’ that, for Mohammed, the male dominance in political representation evokes an attitude of aggressiveness, strength, and competition.
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Q3517841
Inglês
Texto associado
A lack of women at decision-making tables around the
world is hindering progress when it comes to tackling conflicts or
improving health and standard of living, the highest-ranking
woman in the UN (United Nations) has said.
“We’re half the population. And what we bring to the
table is incredibly important and it’s missing”, said Amina
Mohammed, the UN deputy secretary general. “I think it’s why
mostly our human development indices are so bad, why we have
so many conflicts and we’re unable to come out of the conflicts.”
Since her appointment in 2017, Mohammed has been a
constant voice in pushing back against the under-representation
of women in politics, diplomacy and even the UN general
assembly. Her efforts have helped cast a spotlight on the fact that
women remain relegated to the margins of power around the
world; last year the global proportion of female lawmakers stood
at 26.9%, according to Switzerland’s Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Speaking to The Guardian, Mohammed said “flexing
muscle and testosterone” often dominated at tables of power
around the world. “This win, win, win at all costs — I think that
would change if women were at the table”, she said.
She acknowledged that the world had seen a handful of
female leaders who had not used their position to advocate for
greater peace or conflict resolution. “Fair point, we see women in
power and they’re sometimes the image of men”, she said. But
she described it as unfair to judge women on an individual basis
while they were still within the confines of a system dominated
by men. “We don’t judge men that way.”
Mohammed highlighted how many parts of society still
view women in power as “about taking away, rather than adding”
value. “And we have to change that mentality”, she said.
“We kept looking at the Band-aid: put the women in
office, let’s have affirmative action. And we never connected the
dots for women themselves to build the constituencies and to go
out and vote”, she said. “So we have to have a conversation with
women first. Because if we’re doing this for women, should it not
be by women?”
Ashifa Kassam. Lack of women at global tables of power hinders progress, says top UN official.
In: The Guardian, 19/6/2024. Internet:: <www.theguardian.com.> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
According to the text, Mohammed claims that affirmative action alone is not enough to solve women under-representation because it lacks a strategy for engaging women as political agents and voters.
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Q3517838
Inglês
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A lack of women at decision-making tables around the
world is hindering progress when it comes to tackling conflicts or
improving health and standard of living, the highest-ranking
woman in the UN (United Nations) has said.
“We’re half the population. And what we bring to the
table is incredibly important and it’s missing”, said Amina
Mohammed, the UN deputy secretary general. “I think it’s why
mostly our human development indices are so bad, why we have
so many conflicts and we’re unable to come out of the conflicts.”
Since her appointment in 2017, Mohammed has been a
constant voice in pushing back against the under-representation
of women in politics, diplomacy and even the UN general
assembly. Her efforts have helped cast a spotlight on the fact that
women remain relegated to the margins of power around the
world; last year the global proportion of female lawmakers stood
at 26.9%, according to Switzerland’s Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Speaking to The Guardian, Mohammed said “flexing
muscle and testosterone” often dominated at tables of power
around the world. “This win, win, win at all costs — I think that
would change if women were at the table”, she said.
She acknowledged that the world had seen a handful of
female leaders who had not used their position to advocate for
greater peace or conflict resolution. “Fair point, we see women in
power and they’re sometimes the image of men”, she said. But
she described it as unfair to judge women on an individual basis
while they were still within the confines of a system dominated
by men. “We don’t judge men that way.”
Mohammed highlighted how many parts of society still
view women in power as “about taking away, rather than adding”
value. “And we have to change that mentality”, she said.
“We kept looking at the Band-aid: put the women in
office, let’s have affirmative action. And we never connected the
dots for women themselves to build the constituencies and to go
out and vote”, she said. “So we have to have a conversation with
women first. Because if we’re doing this for women, should it not
be by women?”
Ashifa Kassam. Lack of women at global tables of power hinders progress, says top UN official.
In: The Guardian, 19/6/2024. Internet:: <www.theguardian.com.> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
According to the text, more than one-third of lawmakers worldwide are women.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
Instituto Rio Branco
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - Instituto Rio Branco - Diplomata (Terceiro Secretário) - Manhã e Tarde |
Q3517837
Inglês
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A lack of women at decision-making tables around the
world is hindering progress when it comes to tackling conflicts or
improving health and standard of living, the highest-ranking
woman in the UN (United Nations) has said.
“We’re half the population. And what we bring to the
table is incredibly important and it’s missing”, said Amina
Mohammed, the UN deputy secretary general. “I think it’s why
mostly our human development indices are so bad, why we have
so many conflicts and we’re unable to come out of the conflicts.”
Since her appointment in 2017, Mohammed has been a
constant voice in pushing back against the under-representation
of women in politics, diplomacy and even the UN general
assembly. Her efforts have helped cast a spotlight on the fact that
women remain relegated to the margins of power around the
world; last year the global proportion of female lawmakers stood
at 26.9%, according to Switzerland’s Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Speaking to The Guardian, Mohammed said “flexing
muscle and testosterone” often dominated at tables of power
around the world. “This win, win, win at all costs — I think that
would change if women were at the table”, she said.
She acknowledged that the world had seen a handful of
female leaders who had not used their position to advocate for
greater peace or conflict resolution. “Fair point, we see women in
power and they’re sometimes the image of men”, she said. But
she described it as unfair to judge women on an individual basis
while they were still within the confines of a system dominated
by men. “We don’t judge men that way.”
Mohammed highlighted how many parts of society still
view women in power as “about taking away, rather than adding”
value. “And we have to change that mentality”, she said.
“We kept looking at the Band-aid: put the women in
office, let’s have affirmative action. And we never connected the
dots for women themselves to build the constituencies and to go
out and vote”, she said. “So we have to have a conversation with
women first. Because if we’re doing this for women, should it not
be by women?”
Ashifa Kassam. Lack of women at global tables of power hinders progress, says top UN official.
In: The Guardian, 19/6/2024. Internet:: <www.theguardian.com.> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
Amina Mohammed believes that women’s absence from decision-making roles is the only reason global development remains stagnant.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FUVEST
Órgão:
USP
Prova:
FUVEST - 2025 - USP - Técnico de Laboratório (Prática em experimentação em biomédicas e trabalho com animais de pesquisas) |
Q3510809
Inglês
Synesthesia is when you hear music, but you see shapes. Or
you hear a word or a name and instantly see a color. Synesthesia
is a name for when you experience one of your senses through
another. For example, you might hear the name "Alex" and see
green. Or you might read the word "street" and taste citrus fruit.
The word "synesthesia" has Greek roots. It translates to “perceive together.” Synesthesia isn’t a disease or disorder. It won’t harm your health, and it doesn’t mean you’re mentally ill. Some studies suggest people who have it may do better on memory and intelligence tests than those who don’t.
One of the most common responses is to see letters, numbers, or sounds as colors. You might also see or hear a word and taste food; hear sounds and see shapes or patterns; feel a touch when seeing someone else being touched. (This is called mirror touch.)
It can be an annoyance. But most synesthetes see their condition as a sixth sense, not a drawback.
You can’t control it. The response happens right away. For example, if you hear a new piece of music, you may see a color or taste a flavor without any effort. It just happens.
It’s internal, mostly. The colors are just in your mind.
It stays the same over time. If you see the letter "A" in green today, you’ll see it in green 10 years from now.
It often starts in childhood. Studies of kids with synesthesia found that it develops over time.
webmd.com. December 17, 2024. Adaptado.
De acordo com o texto apresentado, a sinestesia pode ser descrita como
The word "synesthesia" has Greek roots. It translates to “perceive together.” Synesthesia isn’t a disease or disorder. It won’t harm your health, and it doesn’t mean you’re mentally ill. Some studies suggest people who have it may do better on memory and intelligence tests than those who don’t.
One of the most common responses is to see letters, numbers, or sounds as colors. You might also see or hear a word and taste food; hear sounds and see shapes or patterns; feel a touch when seeing someone else being touched. (This is called mirror touch.)
It can be an annoyance. But most synesthetes see their condition as a sixth sense, not a drawback.
You can’t control it. The response happens right away. For example, if you hear a new piece of music, you may see a color or taste a flavor without any effort. It just happens.
It’s internal, mostly. The colors are just in your mind.
It stays the same over time. If you see the letter "A" in green today, you’ll see it in green 10 years from now.
It often starts in childhood. Studies of kids with synesthesia found that it develops over time.
webmd.com. December 17, 2024. Adaptado.
De acordo com o texto apresentado, a sinestesia pode ser descrita como
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FUVEST
Órgão:
USP
Prova:
FUVEST - 2025 - USP - Técnico de Laboratório (Prática em experimentação em biomédicas e trabalho com animais de pesquisas) |
Q3510808
Inglês
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Scientists have found that generally the world feels brighter when you wake up.
People start the day in the best frame of mind in the morning, but end in the worst, at about midnight, the findings suggest, with the day of the week and the season also playing a part.
Mental health also tends to be more varied at weekends but steadier during the week, according to the study led by University College London.
“Generally, things do seem better in the morning,” the researchers concluded.
Mental health and wellbeing are dynamic in nature, and subject to change over short and long periods. However, few studies have looked at how they might change over the course of the day.
Scientists wanted to explore whether time of day was associated with variations in mental health, happiness, life satisfaction, sense of life being worthwhile and loneliness.
People in the study answered questionnaires, with questions such as: “In the past week, how happy did you feel?”, “How satisfied have you been with your life?”, and “To what extent have you felt the things you are doing in your life are worthwhile?”
Factors such as age, health conditions and whether people worked were taken into account.
The results showed that happiness, life satisfaction, and worthwhile ratings were all higher on Mondays and Fridays than on Sundays, while happiness was also higher on Tuesdays. There was no evidence that loneliness differed across days of the week.
There was clear evidence of a seasonal influence on mood. Compared with winter, people tended to have lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms and loneliness, and higher levels of happiness, and feeling that life was worthwhile in the three other seasons.
Mental health was best in the summer across all outcomes. But the season didn’t affect the associations observed across the day, however.
This was an observational study, so it cannot establish cause.
The Guardian.com. February 5, 2025. Adaptado.
No trecho “Factors such as age, health conditions and whether
people worked were taken into account” (8º parágrafo), o
termo "whether" indica
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FUVEST
Órgão:
USP
Prova:
FUVEST - 2025 - USP - Técnico de Laboratório (Prática em experimentação em biomédicas e trabalho com animais de pesquisas) |
Q3510807
Inglês
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Scientists have found that generally the world feels brighter when you wake up.
People start the day in the best frame of mind in the morning, but end in the worst, at about midnight, the findings suggest, with the day of the week and the season also playing a part.
Mental health also tends to be more varied at weekends but steadier during the week, according to the study led by University College London.
“Generally, things do seem better in the morning,” the researchers concluded.
Mental health and wellbeing are dynamic in nature, and subject to change over short and long periods. However, few studies have looked at how they might change over the course of the day.
Scientists wanted to explore whether time of day was associated with variations in mental health, happiness, life satisfaction, sense of life being worthwhile and loneliness.
People in the study answered questionnaires, with questions such as: “In the past week, how happy did you feel?”, “How satisfied have you been with your life?”, and “To what extent have you felt the things you are doing in your life are worthwhile?”
Factors such as age, health conditions and whether people worked were taken into account.
The results showed that happiness, life satisfaction, and worthwhile ratings were all higher on Mondays and Fridays than on Sundays, while happiness was also higher on Tuesdays. There was no evidence that loneliness differed across days of the week.
There was clear evidence of a seasonal influence on mood. Compared with winter, people tended to have lower levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms and loneliness, and higher levels of happiness, and feeling that life was worthwhile in the three other seasons.
Mental health was best in the summer across all outcomes. But the season didn’t affect the associations observed across the day, however.
This was an observational study, so it cannot establish cause.
The Guardian.com. February 5, 2025. Adaptado.
De acordo com o texto, a relação entre estações do ano e
variação emocional torna mais plausível a inferência de que
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FUVEST
Órgão:
USP
Prova:
FUVEST - 2025 - USP - Técnico de Laboratório (Prática em experimentação em biomédicas e trabalho com animais de pesquisas) |
Q3510804
Inglês
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The idea of time blindness, or difficulty perceiving and
managing time, has spread across social media. While there is
no diagnosis for it, some people explain that, despite their best
efforts, they frequently lose track of time, underestimate or
overestimate how long tasks will take, show up late, and miss
deadlines.
Time blindness is a psychological phenomenon that nearly
everyone experiences from time to time, said Michael Manos,
at the Cleveland Clinic.
“Who doesn’t get completely occupied with a hobby or a
conversation they’re having with somebody, or some kind of
activity that is so interesting that it occupies attention, and it
takes attention away from other things that might be pressing?”
he said.
Not all experts agree, but some suggest that it could be a
limitation for some people.
Renae Beaumont, an associate professor of psychology in
clinical psychiatry, said time blindness and flow, a state of
intense focus in an activity that is engaging, enjoyable and
temporarily distracts from the passage of time, are different
phenomena.
“Flow is typically associated with positive emotions when
you’re doing something you enjoy, and you are able to shift to
a different task when you need to. Time blindness involves
getting stuck, losing track of time and typically having trouble
transitioning to a different task,” she said.
There is no clear consensus, but some researchers
consider time blindness to be an impairment in temporal
perception, or the way the brain experiences time.
Certain strategies may help people who struggle with time
perception and management, experts said.
Use digital reminders including alarms, timers and
calendars to keep track of appointments, dates and deadlines.
Washington Post. February 5, 2025. Adaptado.
Conforme o texto, uma característica do conceito de “flow”
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