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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects , Pronúncia e Som | Pronunciation and Sound ,
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Xbox caps cloud gaming at 15 hours a month for Game Pass subscribers


Xbox is introducing strict monthly time limits for Game Pass subscribers who stream games online through its cloud gaming service.

The changes, which come into effect in November, will see a subscriber to the £16.99 Ultimate monthly plan able to stream games for up to 15 hours a month - before having to purchase additional cloud play time.

Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and they would allow the firm to "continue to invest" in the service's "reliability and performance".

While some questioned whether the service was used by many to begin with, others called out the additional limits for subscribers.

Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.

Different tiers of subscription to Game Pass will have different limits.

Premium users will get 10 hours, while those on the basic Essential tier will get five hours a month before they have to pay for extra time.

Xbox claimed just 4% of the people who use Games Pass - its Netflix-style subscription plan for games - use its cloud gaming service.

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported Game Pass has 30 million subscribers, which would leave the number of people affected by the cloud gaming changes at roughly 1.2 million.

"This is a pretty awful change, hopefully Xbox adds an extra zero on the end cause 15hrs is abysmal. 30 minutes a day, really?" posted one commenter on X. 

Jez Corden of Windows Central told the BBC the announcement showed that "absolutely nothing is safe from the AI-driven component crisis," but he added it also highlighted "where Microsoft's priorities are".

Both cloud gaming and AI use the same infrastructure - data centres - to process information.

"For them to continue to offer unlimited access to Microsoft Copilot [AI] for free but restrict paid cloud gaming in this way shows some contradiction," he added.

Xbox said in a blog post that from November, users would also be able to use the company's cloud gaming feature without subscribing to Game Pass, but by buying "cloud playtime hours" through the Xbox store.

It has not revealed how much extra hours of cloud gaming would cost.

Xbox's 'reset'

The news comes as Asha Sharma, Xbox's chief executive, told the BBC in an exclusive recent interview that the company and the industry as a whole needed to "start to innovate on affordability and efficiency," amid a "crisis" in computing prices.

"As an industry, we're in the middle of 'Rampocalypse'. We're in the middle of people coming back from Covid and the patterns changing," she said.

"Rampocalypse" refers to the fact that the cost of a previously cheap hardware component, random access memory (Ram), has shot up in price with the expansion of compute-hungry data centres. Some people also call it "Ramageddon".

Sharma added: "Within Xbox, we haven't been healthy. And so a lot of the reset that will take us throughout the year is really meant to help ensure that we are here for the next 25 years and we're continuing to serve our purpose and our mission."

According to Xbox owner Microsoft's July financial filings, annual Xbox revenue dropped by $1.7bn to roughly $21.8bn (£16.1bn) - a 7% decline from 2025.

Part of Sharma's reset has seen 3,200 people let go at the company - with 1,600 job losses announced in July, and the remaining posts to go gradually over the course of Microsoft's 2027 financial year.

Studios which had been acquired by Xbox - including Compulsion Games, which made the Bafta-winning South of Midnight and Double Fine Productions, makers of Psychonauts - were also made independent again.

Sharma is betting these changes can reverse its fortunes despite concerns over its subscription strategy and rising AI-related costs.

"Sometimes you have to restructure a business when it's not doing well, and that was true with our Xbox business," Microsoft's president Brad Smith recently told the BBC.

Cloud gaming

In an interview in July, Jeff Gattiss, Amazon's head of gaming, told the BBC he believed the rising cost of tech would mean people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.

However, despite some big names investing in the technology, it has never fully reached the mainstream.

Google launched its own cloud gaming service Stadia in November 2019, positioning it as a "Netflix for games".

The service was discontinued in January 2023 after the company said it had not attracted as many users as hoped.

For many gamers, cloud gaming remains too unreliable for regular use due to its reliance on high-speed internet - and an additional fee may further limit its appeal.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj06zd4l99lo

Consider the commenter's question quoted in the article.


"30 minutes a day, really?" 


If spoken as an expression of disbelief rather than a neutral request for information, which prosodic interpretation is appropriate?

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Inglês Determinantes e quantificadores | Determiners and quantifiers , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
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Q4342755 Inglês
Xbox caps cloud gaming at 15 hours a month for Game Pass subscribers


Xbox is introducing strict monthly time limits for Game Pass subscribers who stream games online through its cloud gaming service.

The changes, which come into effect in November, will see a subscriber to the £16.99 Ultimate monthly plan able to stream games for up to 15 hours a month - before having to purchase additional cloud play time.

Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and they would allow the firm to "continue to invest" in the service's "reliability and performance".

While some questioned whether the service was used by many to begin with, others called out the additional limits for subscribers.

Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.

Different tiers of subscription to Game Pass will have different limits.

Premium users will get 10 hours, while those on the basic Essential tier will get five hours a month before they have to pay for extra time.

Xbox claimed just 4% of the people who use Games Pass - its Netflix-style subscription plan for games - use its cloud gaming service.

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported Game Pass has 30 million subscribers, which would leave the number of people affected by the cloud gaming changes at roughly 1.2 million.

"This is a pretty awful change, hopefully Xbox adds an extra zero on the end cause 15hrs is abysmal. 30 minutes a day, really?" posted one commenter on X. 

Jez Corden of Windows Central told the BBC the announcement showed that "absolutely nothing is safe from the AI-driven component crisis," but he added it also highlighted "where Microsoft's priorities are".

Both cloud gaming and AI use the same infrastructure - data centres - to process information.

"For them to continue to offer unlimited access to Microsoft Copilot [AI] for free but restrict paid cloud gaming in this way shows some contradiction," he added.

Xbox said in a blog post that from November, users would also be able to use the company's cloud gaming feature without subscribing to Game Pass, but by buying "cloud playtime hours" through the Xbox store.

It has not revealed how much extra hours of cloud gaming would cost.

Xbox's 'reset'

The news comes as Asha Sharma, Xbox's chief executive, told the BBC in an exclusive recent interview that the company and the industry as a whole needed to "start to innovate on affordability and efficiency," amid a "crisis" in computing prices.

"As an industry, we're in the middle of 'Rampocalypse'. We're in the middle of people coming back from Covid and the patterns changing," she said.

"Rampocalypse" refers to the fact that the cost of a previously cheap hardware component, random access memory (Ram), has shot up in price with the expansion of compute-hungry data centres. Some people also call it "Ramageddon".

Sharma added: "Within Xbox, we haven't been healthy. And so a lot of the reset that will take us throughout the year is really meant to help ensure that we are here for the next 25 years and we're continuing to serve our purpose and our mission."

According to Xbox owner Microsoft's July financial filings, annual Xbox revenue dropped by $1.7bn to roughly $21.8bn (£16.1bn) - a 7% decline from 2025.

Part of Sharma's reset has seen 3,200 people let go at the company - with 1,600 job losses announced in July, and the remaining posts to go gradually over the course of Microsoft's 2027 financial year.

Studios which had been acquired by Xbox - including Compulsion Games, which made the Bafta-winning South of Midnight and Double Fine Productions, makers of Psychonauts - were also made independent again.

Sharma is betting these changes can reverse its fortunes despite concerns over its subscription strategy and rising AI-related costs.

"Sometimes you have to restructure a business when it's not doing well, and that was true with our Xbox business," Microsoft's president Brad Smith recently told the BBC.

Cloud gaming

In an interview in July, Jeff Gattiss, Amazon's head of gaming, told the BBC he believed the rising cost of tech would mean people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.

However, despite some big names investing in the technology, it has never fully reached the mainstream.

Google launched its own cloud gaming service Stadia in November 2019, positioning it as a "Netflix for games".

The service was discontinued in January 2023 after the company said it had not attracted as many users as hoped.

For many gamers, cloud gaming remains too unreliable for regular use due to its reliance on high-speed internet - and an additional fee may further limit its appeal.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj06zd4l99lo
According to the article, Xbox says that approximately 4% of Game Pass users use its cloud gaming service, while another source estimates that Game Pass has 30 million subscribers.
Which inference is CORRECTLY supported by the text?
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2026 Banca: IGEDUC Órgão: Prefeitura de Paulo Afonso - BA Prova: IGEDUC - 2026 - Prefeitura de Paulo Afonso - BA - Professor 1 - Língua Inglesa (6º ao 9º Ano) |
Q4342754 Inglês
Xbox caps cloud gaming at 15 hours a month for Game Pass subscribers


Xbox is introducing strict monthly time limits for Game Pass subscribers who stream games online through its cloud gaming service.

The changes, which come into effect in November, will see a subscriber to the £16.99 Ultimate monthly plan able to stream games for up to 15 hours a month - before having to purchase additional cloud play time.

Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and they would allow the firm to "continue to invest" in the service's "reliability and performance".

While some questioned whether the service was used by many to begin with, others called out the additional limits for subscribers.

Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.

Different tiers of subscription to Game Pass will have different limits.

Premium users will get 10 hours, while those on the basic Essential tier will get five hours a month before they have to pay for extra time.

Xbox claimed just 4% of the people who use Games Pass - its Netflix-style subscription plan for games - use its cloud gaming service.

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported Game Pass has 30 million subscribers, which would leave the number of people affected by the cloud gaming changes at roughly 1.2 million.

"This is a pretty awful change, hopefully Xbox adds an extra zero on the end cause 15hrs is abysmal. 30 minutes a day, really?" posted one commenter on X. 

Jez Corden of Windows Central told the BBC the announcement showed that "absolutely nothing is safe from the AI-driven component crisis," but he added it also highlighted "where Microsoft's priorities are".

Both cloud gaming and AI use the same infrastructure - data centres - to process information.

"For them to continue to offer unlimited access to Microsoft Copilot [AI] for free but restrict paid cloud gaming in this way shows some contradiction," he added.

Xbox said in a blog post that from November, users would also be able to use the company's cloud gaming feature without subscribing to Game Pass, but by buying "cloud playtime hours" through the Xbox store.

It has not revealed how much extra hours of cloud gaming would cost.

Xbox's 'reset'

The news comes as Asha Sharma, Xbox's chief executive, told the BBC in an exclusive recent interview that the company and the industry as a whole needed to "start to innovate on affordability and efficiency," amid a "crisis" in computing prices.

"As an industry, we're in the middle of 'Rampocalypse'. We're in the middle of people coming back from Covid and the patterns changing," she said.

"Rampocalypse" refers to the fact that the cost of a previously cheap hardware component, random access memory (Ram), has shot up in price with the expansion of compute-hungry data centres. Some people also call it "Ramageddon".

Sharma added: "Within Xbox, we haven't been healthy. And so a lot of the reset that will take us throughout the year is really meant to help ensure that we are here for the next 25 years and we're continuing to serve our purpose and our mission."

According to Xbox owner Microsoft's July financial filings, annual Xbox revenue dropped by $1.7bn to roughly $21.8bn (£16.1bn) - a 7% decline from 2025.

Part of Sharma's reset has seen 3,200 people let go at the company - with 1,600 job losses announced in July, and the remaining posts to go gradually over the course of Microsoft's 2027 financial year.

Studios which had been acquired by Xbox - including Compulsion Games, which made the Bafta-winning South of Midnight and Double Fine Productions, makers of Psychonauts - were also made independent again.

Sharma is betting these changes can reverse its fortunes despite concerns over its subscription strategy and rising AI-related costs.

"Sometimes you have to restructure a business when it's not doing well, and that was true with our Xbox business," Microsoft's president Brad Smith recently told the BBC.

Cloud gaming

In an interview in July, Jeff Gattiss, Amazon's head of gaming, told the BBC he believed the rising cost of tech would mean people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.

However, despite some big names investing in the technology, it has never fully reached the mainstream.

Google launched its own cloud gaming service Stadia in November 2019, positioning it as a "Netflix for games".

The service was discontinued in January 2023 after the company said it had not attracted as many users as hoped.

For many gamers, cloud gaming remains too unreliable for regular use due to its reliance on high-speed internet - and an additional fee may further limit its appeal.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj06zd4l99lo
A teacher converts the paragraph about Asha Sharma's comments into an audio clip and asks students to identify her main concern. Students hear references to "affordability and efficiency," "computing prices," and "Rampocalypse."
Regarding an effective listening strategy, mark T, for true, and F, for false.
(__) Identifying repeated lexical fields related to cost and efficiency can help listeners infer the central topic.
(__) Understanding the invented term Rampocalypse requires knowing its dictionary definition before listening to the surrounding context.
(__) References to computing prices and RAM can function as contextual clues for interpreting the speaker's concern.
(__) Effective listening requires recovering every individual word before identifying the main idea of the excerpt.
Select the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence. 
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Vocabulário | Vocabulary ,
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Q4342753 Inglês
Xbox caps cloud gaming at 15 hours a month for Game Pass subscribers


Xbox is introducing strict monthly time limits for Game Pass subscribers who stream games online through its cloud gaming service.

The changes, which come into effect in November, will see a subscriber to the £16.99 Ultimate monthly plan able to stream games for up to 15 hours a month - before having to purchase additional cloud play time.

Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and they would allow the firm to "continue to invest" in the service's "reliability and performance".

While some questioned whether the service was used by many to begin with, others called out the additional limits for subscribers.

Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.

Different tiers of subscription to Game Pass will have different limits.

Premium users will get 10 hours, while those on the basic Essential tier will get five hours a month before they have to pay for extra time.

Xbox claimed just 4% of the people who use Games Pass - its Netflix-style subscription plan for games - use its cloud gaming service.

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported Game Pass has 30 million subscribers, which would leave the number of people affected by the cloud gaming changes at roughly 1.2 million.

"This is a pretty awful change, hopefully Xbox adds an extra zero on the end cause 15hrs is abysmal. 30 minutes a day, really?" posted one commenter on X. 

Jez Corden of Windows Central told the BBC the announcement showed that "absolutely nothing is safe from the AI-driven component crisis," but he added it also highlighted "where Microsoft's priorities are".

Both cloud gaming and AI use the same infrastructure - data centres - to process information.

"For them to continue to offer unlimited access to Microsoft Copilot [AI] for free but restrict paid cloud gaming in this way shows some contradiction," he added.

Xbox said in a blog post that from November, users would also be able to use the company's cloud gaming feature without subscribing to Game Pass, but by buying "cloud playtime hours" through the Xbox store.

It has not revealed how much extra hours of cloud gaming would cost.

Xbox's 'reset'

The news comes as Asha Sharma, Xbox's chief executive, told the BBC in an exclusive recent interview that the company and the industry as a whole needed to "start to innovate on affordability and efficiency," amid a "crisis" in computing prices.

"As an industry, we're in the middle of 'Rampocalypse'. We're in the middle of people coming back from Covid and the patterns changing," she said.

"Rampocalypse" refers to the fact that the cost of a previously cheap hardware component, random access memory (Ram), has shot up in price with the expansion of compute-hungry data centres. Some people also call it "Ramageddon".

Sharma added: "Within Xbox, we haven't been healthy. And so a lot of the reset that will take us throughout the year is really meant to help ensure that we are here for the next 25 years and we're continuing to serve our purpose and our mission."

According to Xbox owner Microsoft's July financial filings, annual Xbox revenue dropped by $1.7bn to roughly $21.8bn (£16.1bn) - a 7% decline from 2025.

Part of Sharma's reset has seen 3,200 people let go at the company - with 1,600 job losses announced in July, and the remaining posts to go gradually over the course of Microsoft's 2027 financial year.

Studios which had been acquired by Xbox - including Compulsion Games, which made the Bafta-winning South of Midnight and Double Fine Productions, makers of Psychonauts - were also made independent again.

Sharma is betting these changes can reverse its fortunes despite concerns over its subscription strategy and rising AI-related costs.

"Sometimes you have to restructure a business when it's not doing well, and that was true with our Xbox business," Microsoft's president Brad Smith recently told the BBC.

Cloud gaming

In an interview in July, Jeff Gattiss, Amazon's head of gaming, told the BBC he believed the rising cost of tech would mean people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.

However, despite some big names investing in the technology, it has never fully reached the mainstream.

Google launched its own cloud gaming service Stadia in November 2019, positioning it as a "Netflix for games".

The service was discontinued in January 2023 after the company said it had not attracted as many users as hoped.

For many gamers, cloud gaming remains too unreliable for regular use due to its reliance on high-speed internet - and an additional fee may further limit its appeal.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj06zd4l99lo
 In the sentence "It has not revealed how much extra hours of cloud gaming would cost," the expression extra hours refers to additional time purchased after the included monthly allowance has been used.
In an everyday situation, which sentence uses extra with similar meaning?
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Inglês Números | Numbers , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
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Q4337363 Inglês
Several numerical indicators are presented to demonstrate that the increase in entrepreneurship extends beyond an isolated case. These figures compare recent business formation with previous periods and distinguish the participation of different groups.

Analyze the statements below.

I.Gen Z business applications increased by 66% in June compared with the same period one year earlier.
II.More than 531,000 business applications were filed by Americans in June, a number described as more than twice the corresponding 2020 figure.
III.Lower-income households accounted for 25% of new businesses getting off the ground, compared with 20% in 2020.

It is CORRECT what is stated in:
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
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Q4337349 Inglês
Read the text below.

At 7:10, the gym doors were still locked. Maya checked the message again: "Bring your trainers, but meet us in Room 12 first." Outside, the rain had begun to hammer the windows. She folded the permission slip back into her bag and headed upstairs.

A reader is asked to formulate a hypothesis without converting implicit information into certainty. Which interpretation is supported by the available textual evidence?
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Formação de palavras (prefixos e sufixos) | Word formation (prefix and suffix) ,
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Q4337348 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
In the expression "a largely untouched wilderness," the word untouched contributes to the characterization of the traditional view of the Amazon. Its internal structure also illustrates a productive process of English word formation.

Which morphological analysis is CORRECT?
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2026 Banca: Unesc Órgão: InoversaSul Prova: Unesc - 2026 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Finais |
Q4337346 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The text "'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon" reports archaeological findings by combining research data, explanations of LiDAR technology, numerical estimates, and statements from a specialist. Its organization reflects particular choices related to audience, communicative purpose, and the circulation of scientific information.

Considering textual genres and language practices, mark T, for true, and F, for false.
(__)The text is structured as an academic research article because it presents findings published in Nature and includes information about the methods used by researchers.
(__)The text combines journalistic explanation, numerical evidence, and expert quotations to communicate scientific findings to a broader audience.

(__)The expressive language used in the headline transforms the text into an opinion article whose primary purpose is to defend the author's personal interpretation of the discovery.
(__)The direct quotations function mainly as examples of informal spoken English and have no relevant role in supporting or explaining the information reported.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence of the items above, from top to bottom.
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Inglês Voz Ativa e Passiva | Passive and Active Voice , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2026 Banca: Unesc Órgão: InoversaSul Prova: Unesc - 2026 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Finais |
Q4337345 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.


'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The article alternates active and passive constructions according to the information being foregrounded. In the opening section, the discovery itself receives prominence before the text turns to the researchers and the methods used to obtain the evidence.

Considering verb tense, aspect, and voice in sentences from the article, mark T, for true, and F, for false.

(__)In "A civilisation [...] has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, has been uncovered" is a present perfect passive construction.
(__)In "Researchers used LIDAR", the simple past active presents researchers as the grammatical subject performing the action expressed by used.
(__)In "The findings were published in Nature", the passive construction foregrounds the findings rather than requiring the agent responsible for publication to occupy subject position.
(__)In "The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns", the verb uncovered is passive because the geometric patterns receive the action described in the sentence.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence of the items above, from top to bottom.
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing ,
Ano: 2026 Banca: Unesc Órgão: InoversaSul Prova: Unesc - 2026 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Anos Finais |
Q4337344 Inglês
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The article uses relative clauses to expand noun phrases and connect information without repeatedly naming the same referents. Consider the excerpt below and the syntactic relations established within it.

"The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways."

Regarding the highlighted linguistic structures, mark T, for true, and F, for false.

(__)The word which functions as a possessive relative pronoun and could be replaced by whose without changing the syntactic organization of the clause.
(__)The phrase by straight roads or pathways contains by introducing the element interpreted as connecting the geoglyphs in the passive construction.
(__)The relative pronoun which has geoglyphs as its antecedent and introduces information about their forms and apparent connections.
(__)In various shapes including circles and squares, including introduces examples belonging to the broader category expressed by shapes.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence of the items above, from top to bottom. 
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The article establishes temporal, causal, additive, and comparative relations through connective expressions. These relations are important because they organize the explanation of how technological limitations influenced earlier interpretations of Amazonian settlement.

Considering the connective structures used in the text, mark T, for true, and F, for false.

(__)In Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, before introduces a finite subordinate clause expressing temporal anteriority.
(__)In such as those bearing nuts or fruit, such as introduces examples of the tree species the researchers intend to investigate.
(__)In as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks, as well as contributes an additive relation to the description of variables whose relationships will be investigated.
(__)In than previously assumed, than introduces a causal subordinate clause explaining why researchers revised their interpretation of population density.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence of the items above, from top to bottom.
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The opening sentence describes archaeological evidence as being found beneath the Amazon rainforest's "dense canopy." Later, the article explains that LiDAR sends laser pulses through gaps between trees in order to map the surface below.

In this context, "canopy" refers to: 
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The article combines a headline designed to attract attention, numerical information from research, explanations of archaeological technology, and quotations attributed to a specialist involved in the study. These elements contribute differently to the construction of the report.

Considering its communicative organization, the text is characterized as:
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Inglês Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension , Verbos | Verbs , Presente simples | Simple present , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
Before LiDAR surveys became available, archaeologists were largely restricted to investigating areas in which the forest had already been cleared. The article links this methodological limitation to an interpretation of ancient settlement patterns that is now being reconsidered.

Which inference is supported by this relationship?
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'Simply astonishing': Experts just found a massive lost civilisation hiding in the Amazon


A civilisation that may have once numbered up to 3 million people has been uncovered beneath the Amazon rainforest's dense canopy, according to a new study.

Researchers used LIDAR − a technology that fires pulses of laser light through gaps in the forest canopy to map the ground below − to survey more than 4,400km of the southwestern Amazon Basin. The findings were published in Nature.

Archaeologists now believe the Aquiry civilisation, which lived in the region from roughly 600BCE to 850CE, may have been around three times larger than previously expected. At its peak, their society may have numbered 1.25 −3 million people.

The survey uncovered thousands of geometric patterns built into the Earth, known as geoglyphs, which take various shapes including circles and squares and appear to be connected by straight roads or pathways.

"The scale and precision of these constructions are simply astonishing," lead author and University of Helsinki archaeologist, Prof Martti Pärssinen, told BBC Science Focus.

"Based on LiDAR surveys covering 4,500 km², we estimate that the entire 183,000 km² Aquiry region may contain approximately 24,000 to 30,000 earthworks linked by hundreds of roads, revealing a scale of landscape modification previously unimaginable for this part of Amazonia."

Before LIDAR technology was able to peek through the trees, experts could only investigate deforested areas of the Amazon − fuelling a mistaken belief that only the rainforest's sparser regions had been settled by humans, and not its denser parts.

"These findings suggest that many other regions across Amazonia may likewise have been far more densely populated and intensively modified than previously assumed, challenging the long-standing view of the rainforest as a largely untouched wilderness," Pärssinen said.

The next phase of the project is to use the same laser technology to identify tree species that early societies domesticated − such as those bearing nuts or fruit, and which continue to grow in the region today.

"We will then investigate how their distribution relates to different ecosystems, as well as to the locations of earthworks and ancient road networks," Pärssinen said. "Simply put, one cannot help but wonder: what else remains hidden beneath the forest canopy?"


https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/amazon-civilisation-lidar
The article begins with the discovery of evidence for a large pre-Columbian population and subsequently explains the technological and archaeological basis for revising previous assumptions about Amazonia. The final paragraphs expand the implications of the findings beyond the particular region investigated.

Which statement represents the central argument developed throughout the text?
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Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are leading the way.


For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients' needs.

The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

"I feel like it's unfortunately a very neglected space where a lot of the technology and tools are really behind," Herbert, 23, told CBS News.

Although such entrepreneurship is clearly unusual for young people, it is by no means unheard of these days. Research from the Bank of America Institute shows that Generation Z members are contributing "disproportionately" to a recent surge in business formation.

In a trend that highlights how younger Americans are helping catalyze economic growth, the number of new business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced applications filed by other generations, the Bank of America Institute found.

Young Americans are helping fuel a broader jump in applications to form businesses. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans filed more than 531,000 business applications in June, more than double the 2020 figure.

Scott Issen, CEO of Future Founders, a nonprofit group that helps nurture entrepreneurial skills, said demand for the organization's services is surging — a shift he attributes to a change in many young people's attitude toward employment.

"Macroeconomically, I think there's less interest year over year for young people to work for others," he told CBS News. "They would prefer to be their own bosses and create their own opportunity."

The burst in entrepreneurship among younger Americans isn't limited to graduates of prestigious universities. Lower-income households now account for 25% of all new businesses getting off the ground, up from 20% in 2020, the Bank of America Institute found.

"In a lot of ways, I think entrepreneurship is democratizing right now," said Angela Lee, co-director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School. "So I'm not at all surprised to see younger, lower-income founders start companies."

AI lowers barriers to entry

Experts attribute part of the surge in Gen Z founders to the advent of artificial intelligence, which is helping young people get their businesses off the ground by automating basic tasks and reducing startup costs.

"The barriers to entry are getting much lower," Lori Rosenkopf, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told CBS News. "It's pretty easy for anyone to start building some content, making themselves a content creator or doing a little bit of vibe coding."

AI can also help young business founders save money. Lee, a serial entrepreneur, said she paid roughly $15,000 for a single web developer when she started her first company.

"Now with AI, something that would have taken an app developer three months and $15,000, you can vibe code over the weekend," she said.

AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the technology to streamline information from health providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other data. For example, Sync Labs' tech can "ambiently listen" to staff meetings when activated, creating a fuller picture of patient needs and offering clinically backed recommendations from the company's generative AI models, she said.

Herbert also said AI has been a "game changer" for daily operations at the San Francisco-based company, noting that it helps speed up tasks and reduce expenses. "As a startup, time is everything," she said. "We're trying to get our product out to as many people as possible as quickly as possible."

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now"

Today's challenging economic backdrop — and the rise of AI — also helps explain why more young Americans are choosing to launch their own businesses, experts said.

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now, and younger people are finding it hard to secure traditional employment given our current economic conditions," Wharton's Rosenkopf said.

Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work, especially as AI starts to automate certain functions normally reserved for entry-level workers. A recent ZipRecruiter survey of 1,000 recruiters found that 38% of employers have shifted basic data-processing tasks away from entry-level workers and onto AI.

Herbert said she didn't start Sync Labs due to concerns about the labor market, but noted that the stress of finding a job has weighed heavily on her friends.

"Being in this generation, it's probably one of the most talked about things," she said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-z-business-applications-surge-ai/
The article combines the experience of a young entrepreneur with statistical data and comments from specialists. Throughout the text, these elements are used to explain a broader economic and generational phenomenon rather than Herbert's individual career alone. Which statement represents the central argument developed in the article? 
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Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are leading the way.


For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients' needs.

The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

"I feel like it's unfortunately a very neglected space where a lot of the technology and tools are really behind," Herbert, 23, told CBS News.

Although such entrepreneurship is clearly unusual for young people, it is by no means unheard of these days. Research from the Bank of America Institute shows that Generation Z members are contributing "disproportionately" to a recent surge in business formation.

In a trend that highlights how younger Americans are helping catalyze economic growth, the number of new business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced applications filed by other generations, the Bank of America Institute found.

Young Americans are helping fuel a broader jump in applications to form businesses. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans filed more than 531,000 business applications in June, more than double the 2020 figure.

Scott Issen, CEO of Future Founders, a nonprofit group that helps nurture entrepreneurial skills, said demand for the organization's services is surging — a shift he attributes to a change in many young people's attitude toward employment.

"Macroeconomically, I think there's less interest year over year for young people to work for others," he told CBS News. "They would prefer to be their own bosses and create their own opportunity."

The burst in entrepreneurship among younger Americans isn't limited to graduates of prestigious universities. Lower-income households now account for 25% of all new businesses getting off the ground, up from 20% in 2020, the Bank of America Institute found.

"In a lot of ways, I think entrepreneurship is democratizing right now," said Angela Lee, co-director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School. "So I'm not at all surprised to see younger, lower-income founders start companies."

AI lowers barriers to entry

Experts attribute part of the surge in Gen Z founders to the advent of artificial intelligence, which is helping young people get their businesses off the ground by automating basic tasks and reducing startup costs.

"The barriers to entry are getting much lower," Lori Rosenkopf, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told CBS News. "It's pretty easy for anyone to start building some content, making themselves a content creator or doing a little bit of vibe coding."

AI can also help young business founders save money. Lee, a serial entrepreneur, said she paid roughly $15,000 for a single web developer when she started her first company.

"Now with AI, something that would have taken an app developer three months and $15,000, you can vibe code over the weekend," she said.

AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the technology to streamline information from health providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other data. For example, Sync Labs' tech can "ambiently listen" to staff meetings when activated, creating a fuller picture of patient needs and offering clinically backed recommendations from the company's generative AI models, she said.

Herbert also said AI has been a "game changer" for daily operations at the San Francisco-based company, noting that it helps speed up tasks and reduce expenses. "As a startup, time is everything," she said. "We're trying to get our product out to as many people as possible as quickly as possible."

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now"

Today's challenging economic backdrop — and the rise of AI — also helps explain why more young Americans are choosing to launch their own businesses, experts said.

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now, and younger people are finding it hard to secure traditional employment given our current economic conditions," Wharton's Rosenkopf said.

Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work, especially as AI starts to automate certain functions normally reserved for entry-level workers. A recent ZipRecruiter survey of 1,000 recruiters found that 38% of employers have shifted basic data-processing tasks away from entry-level workers and onto AI.

Herbert said she didn't start Sync Labs due to concerns about the labor market, but noted that the stress of finding a job has weighed heavily on her friends.

"Being in this generation, it's probably one of the most talked about things," she said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-z-business-applications-surge-ai/
Read the excerpt below.

"The number of new business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced applications filed by other generations."

The demonstrative form "That" establishes a cohesive relationship with information presented immediately before it. What is its contextual referent? 
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Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are leading the way.


For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients' needs.

The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

"I feel like it's unfortunately a very neglected space where a lot of the technology and tools are really behind," Herbert, 23, told CBS News.

Although such entrepreneurship is clearly unusual for young people, it is by no means unheard of these days. Research from the Bank of America Institute shows that Generation Z members are contributing "disproportionately" to a recent surge in business formation.

In a trend that highlights how younger Americans are helping catalyze economic growth, the number of new business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced applications filed by other generations, the Bank of America Institute found.

Young Americans are helping fuel a broader jump in applications to form businesses. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans filed more than 531,000 business applications in June, more than double the 2020 figure.

Scott Issen, CEO of Future Founders, a nonprofit group that helps nurture entrepreneurial skills, said demand for the organization's services is surging — a shift he attributes to a change in many young people's attitude toward employment.

"Macroeconomically, I think there's less interest year over year for young people to work for others," he told CBS News. "They would prefer to be their own bosses and create their own opportunity."

The burst in entrepreneurship among younger Americans isn't limited to graduates of prestigious universities. Lower-income households now account for 25% of all new businesses getting off the ground, up from 20% in 2020, the Bank of America Institute found.

"In a lot of ways, I think entrepreneurship is democratizing right now," said Angela Lee, co-director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School. "So I'm not at all surprised to see younger, lower-income founders start companies."

AI lowers barriers to entry

Experts attribute part of the surge in Gen Z founders to the advent of artificial intelligence, which is helping young people get their businesses off the ground by automating basic tasks and reducing startup costs.

"The barriers to entry are getting much lower," Lori Rosenkopf, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told CBS News. "It's pretty easy for anyone to start building some content, making themselves a content creator or doing a little bit of vibe coding."

AI can also help young business founders save money. Lee, a serial entrepreneur, said she paid roughly $15,000 for a single web developer when she started her first company.

"Now with AI, something that would have taken an app developer three months and $15,000, you can vibe code over the weekend," she said.

AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the technology to streamline information from health providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other data. For example, Sync Labs' tech can "ambiently listen" to staff meetings when activated, creating a fuller picture of patient needs and offering clinically backed recommendations from the company's generative AI models, she said.

Herbert also said AI has been a "game changer" for daily operations at the San Francisco-based company, noting that it helps speed up tasks and reduce expenses. "As a startup, time is everything," she said. "We're trying to get our product out to as many people as possible as quickly as possible."

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now"

Today's challenging economic backdrop — and the rise of AI — also helps explain why more young Americans are choosing to launch their own businesses, experts said.

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now, and younger people are finding it hard to secure traditional employment given our current economic conditions," Wharton's Rosenkopf said.

Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work, especially as AI starts to automate certain functions normally reserved for entry-level workers. A recent ZipRecruiter survey of 1,000 recruiters found that 38% of employers have shifted basic data-processing tasks away from entry-level workers and onto AI.

Herbert said she didn't start Sync Labs due to concerns about the labor market, but noted that the stress of finding a job has weighed heavily on her friends.

"Being in this generation, it's probably one of the most talked about things," she said.


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"Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work."

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Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are leading the way.


For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients' needs.

The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

"I feel like it's unfortunately a very neglected space where a lot of the technology and tools are really behind," Herbert, 23, told CBS News.

Although such entrepreneurship is clearly unusual for young people, it is by no means unheard of these days. Research from the Bank of America Institute shows that Generation Z members are contributing "disproportionately" to a recent surge in business formation.

In a trend that highlights how younger Americans are helping catalyze economic growth, the number of new business applications filed by Gen Zers jumped 66% in June compared with a year ago. That far outpaced applications filed by other generations, the Bank of America Institute found.

Young Americans are helping fuel a broader jump in applications to form businesses. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans filed more than 531,000 business applications in June, more than double the 2020 figure.

Scott Issen, CEO of Future Founders, a nonprofit group that helps nurture entrepreneurial skills, said demand for the organization's services is surging — a shift he attributes to a change in many young people's attitude toward employment.

"Macroeconomically, I think there's less interest year over year for young people to work for others," he told CBS News. "They would prefer to be their own bosses and create their own opportunity."

The burst in entrepreneurship among younger Americans isn't limited to graduates of prestigious universities. Lower-income households now account for 25% of all new businesses getting off the ground, up from 20% in 2020, the Bank of America Institute found.

"In a lot of ways, I think entrepreneurship is democratizing right now," said Angela Lee, co-director of the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School. "So I'm not at all surprised to see younger, lower-income founders start companies."

AI lowers barriers to entry

Experts attribute part of the surge in Gen Z founders to the advent of artificial intelligence, which is helping young people get their businesses off the ground by automating basic tasks and reducing startup costs.

"The barriers to entry are getting much lower," Lori Rosenkopf, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told CBS News. "It's pretty easy for anyone to start building some content, making themselves a content creator or doing a little bit of vibe coding."

AI can also help young business founders save money. Lee, a serial entrepreneur, said she paid roughly $15,000 for a single web developer when she started her first company.

"Now with AI, something that would have taken an app developer three months and $15,000, you can vibe code over the weekend," she said.

AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the technology to streamline information from health providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other data. For example, Sync Labs' tech can "ambiently listen" to staff meetings when activated, creating a fuller picture of patient needs and offering clinically backed recommendations from the company's generative AI models, she said.

Herbert also said AI has been a "game changer" for daily operations at the San Francisco-based company, noting that it helps speed up tasks and reduce expenses. "As a startup, time is everything," she said. "We're trying to get our product out to as many people as possible as quickly as possible."

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now"

Today's challenging economic backdrop — and the rise of AI — also helps explain why more young Americans are choosing to launch their own businesses, experts said.

"There is a lot of job dislocation right now, and younger people are finding it hard to secure traditional employment given our current economic conditions," Wharton's Rosenkopf said.

Although U.S. unemployment remains low and job growth has been solid, research shows that recent college graduates are struggling to find work, especially as AI starts to automate certain functions normally reserved for entry-level workers. A recent ZipRecruiter survey of 1,000 recruiters found that 38% of employers have shifted basic data-processing tasks away from entry-level workers and onto AI.

Herbert said she didn't start Sync Labs due to concerns about the labor market, but noted that the stress of finding a job has weighed heavily on her friends.

"Being in this generation, it's probably one of the most talked about things," she said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-z-business-applications-surge-ai/
The article introduces AI as an important component of Sync Labs and then adds information about how the company employs the technology. The writer uses a relative clause to integrate this explanation into the same sentence.

Consider the excerpt.

"AI is integral to Herbert's company, which uses the technology to streamline information from health providers' notes, staff observations, lab results and other data."

The relative pronoun "which" refers to: 
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