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Sobre sinônimos | synonyms em inglês
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Ano: 2023
Banca:
SELECON
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT
Prova:
SELECON - 2023 - Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT - Professor - Ensino Fundamental: Língua Inglesa |
Q2297180
Inglês
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TEXT:
Mistakes help you learn
Maija Kozlova
May 19, 2021
It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour
communication over accuracy: real life is nothing like a
classroom! In real-life situations, when you make a mistake in the
language you are learning, context provides ample information
as to what the intended message is. In fact, most of the time,
impeccable accuracy is not needed at all! “Don’t worry about
making mistakes,” I used to tell my English language students.
“Communicating is the most important thing!”
While making mistakes when trying to master a language might
seem counter-intuitive, letting learners freely communicate
and negotiate meaning is key to success. A learner who
communicates a lot while making a few mistakes is much more
likely to develop confidence for dealing with real-life situations
than a learner who communicates very little because they’re
afraid of making any. In communicative language teaching, for
example, the teacher is tasked with both encouraging the learner
to express themselves and with providing corrective feedback in
a way that is not obstructive to communication.
This means that if a learner says, “I go swimming last night,”
it is much more effective to respond with, “Oh, that’s nice, you
went swimming. What did you do after?” rather than, “No! You
went swimming! Use past simple for past events!” – the former
encourages the learner to continue their narrative while the latter
is much more likely to make the learner stop in their tracks,
re-evaluate the context, and think twice before expressing
themselves again in the future, for the fear of making a mistake
again. Teachers need to be careful not to parrot back everything
the students say in this manner, of course, but the technique
can be an effective method of acknowledging the content of a
student’s response, while also providing feedback on accuracy.
The importance of the freedom to make mistakes in language
learning is also supported by research in psychology, which
suggests that learners who try a task without having mastered
it completely experience improved retention of new information.
A similar experiment in the context of language learning also
indicates that the process of making mistakes activates a greater
network of related knowledge in the brain, which leads to superior
learning outcomes.
It is believed that the key to help learners feel relaxed and ready
for communicating freely in the classroom is authenticity. This
means that there should be both a real communicative need for
a learner to speak and the authentic reaction from those around
to what the learner has said.
Here are a few ways of how such authentic communicative
interactions can be practiced in the classroom:
• surround learners with the English language – encourage
them to speak to you and each other in English;
• don’t worry about diverging from topics that are not strictly
covered in your lesson plan;
• model communication by telling your students stories and
anecdotes about your own life and encourage them to do
the same;
• let your learners have fun with English – give them colloquial
expressions to try and ask them to share some expressions
;
• do not overcorrect – make a note of errors and cover it in
subsequent lessons;
• avoid the temptation to turn what was intended as speaking
practice into a full-on grammar lesson.
While easier said than done, especially when the outcome of an
exam is at stake, it is worth remembering that people that our
learners might come to interact with outside of the classroom
are driven by the natural desire to understand the people they
communicate with. This is especially powerful when practiced in
the context of a classroom. They set the learners up for success
in real-life communication. In other words, when communication
is the goal, mistakes are secondary, and that’s real life, isn’t it?
Adapted from: https://wwwcambridgeenglish.org/blog/mistakes-help-you-learnfreedom-to-fail-in-games-and-language-learning/
Na frase “I used to tell my English language students”, a
expressão em destaque pode ser substituída, sem prejuízo de
significado, por:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
SELECON
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT
Prova:
SELECON - 2023 - Prefeitura de Campo Verde - MT - Professor - Ensino Fundamental: Língua Inglesa |
Q2297179
Inglês
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TEXT:
Mistakes help you learn
Maija Kozlova
May 19, 2021
It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour
communication over accuracy: real life is nothing like a
classroom! In real-life situations, when you make a mistake in the
language you are learning, context provides ample information
as to what the intended message is. In fact, most of the time,
impeccable accuracy is not needed at all! “Don’t worry about
making mistakes,” I used to tell my English language students.
“Communicating is the most important thing!”
While making mistakes when trying to master a language might
seem counter-intuitive, letting learners freely communicate
and negotiate meaning is key to success. A learner who
communicates a lot while making a few mistakes is much more
likely to develop confidence for dealing with real-life situations
than a learner who communicates very little because they’re
afraid of making any. In communicative language teaching, for
example, the teacher is tasked with both encouraging the learner
to express themselves and with providing corrective feedback in
a way that is not obstructive to communication.
This means that if a learner says, “I go swimming last night,”
it is much more effective to respond with, “Oh, that’s nice, you
went swimming. What did you do after?” rather than, “No! You
went swimming! Use past simple for past events!” – the former
encourages the learner to continue their narrative while the latter
is much more likely to make the learner stop in their tracks,
re-evaluate the context, and think twice before expressing
themselves again in the future, for the fear of making a mistake
again. Teachers need to be careful not to parrot back everything
the students say in this manner, of course, but the technique
can be an effective method of acknowledging the content of a
student’s response, while also providing feedback on accuracy.
The importance of the freedom to make mistakes in language
learning is also supported by research in psychology, which
suggests that learners who try a task without having mastered
it completely experience improved retention of new information.
A similar experiment in the context of language learning also
indicates that the process of making mistakes activates a greater
network of related knowledge in the brain, which leads to superior
learning outcomes.
It is believed that the key to help learners feel relaxed and ready
for communicating freely in the classroom is authenticity. This
means that there should be both a real communicative need for
a learner to speak and the authentic reaction from those around
to what the learner has said.
Here are a few ways of how such authentic communicative
interactions can be practiced in the classroom:
• surround learners with the English language – encourage
them to speak to you and each other in English;
• don’t worry about diverging from topics that are not strictly
covered in your lesson plan;
• model communication by telling your students stories and
anecdotes about your own life and encourage them to do
the same;
• let your learners have fun with English – give them colloquial
expressions to try and ask them to share some expressions
;
• do not overcorrect – make a note of errors and cover it in
subsequent lessons;
• avoid the temptation to turn what was intended as speaking
practice into a full-on grammar lesson.
While easier said than done, especially when the outcome of an
exam is at stake, it is worth remembering that people that our
learners might come to interact with outside of the classroom
are driven by the natural desire to understand the people they
communicate with. This is especially powerful when practiced in
the context of a classroom. They set the learners up for success
in real-life communication. In other words, when communication
is the goal, mistakes are secondary, and that’s real life, isn’t it?
Adapted from: https://wwwcambridgeenglish.org/blog/mistakes-help-you-learnfreedom-to-fail-in-games-and-language-learning/
No 1º parágrafo do texto, pode-se substituir o termo favour,
sem prejuízo de significado, por:
Ano: 2023
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OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Esperança do Sul - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Esperança do Sul - RS - Professor – Inglês |
Q2293495
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Dogs will eat almost anything—cats, not so much. Here’s
why.
Why are cats such picky eaters when dogs seem
willing to wolf down just about anything they encounter? It’s
a question many pet parents likely ask themselves while
__________ their feline friend to swallow a pill or prying
another slobbery piece of mulch from their puppy’s mouth.
There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about animal
taste preferences. But, thanks to a small but growing body of
research, researchers are starting to unravel some of the
mysteries around our four-legged friends’ flavor fancies.
Here’s what we know so far.
Accidentally drop a cupcake on the ground and your
dog will probably scarf it down in one bite. Your cat, on the
other hand, may turn up her nose. One possible reason for
their ____________ behaviors? Cats can’t taste sweetness.
Since they couldn’t just ask cats directly,
researchers figured this out by analyzing their DNA. House
cats, tigers, and cheetahs have a “broken” version of the
gene Tas1r2, which works with another gene, Tas1r3, to
enable sweetness detection. Though Tas1r3 appears to
function perfectly fine in cats, Tas1r2 is an “unexpressed
pseudogene” that’s missing 247 letters. Without them,
Tas1r2 does not produce a crucial protein needed to form a
receptor for sweetness on cats’ taste buds.
To take the study a step further, they gave 25
felines the choice between a bowl of plain water and one
that’d been spiked with molecules that provide umami
flavor. As ___________, the cats strongly preferred the
umami water, and more specifically, water containing
umami compounds present in tuna. That may help explain
why felines love the saltwater fish so much.
(Source: National Geographic — adaptation.)
In “Why are cats such picky eaters when dogs seem
willing to wolf down just about anything they encounter.”,
the underlined word can be substituted, without loss of
meaning, by:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291649
Inglês
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READ TEXT III AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text III
English as an Additional Language:
Enhancing Critical Digital Literacy
EAL classrooms are spaces to build communicative
competence in the English language. That language has a unique
role for many people around the world. For those without
financial resources who do not live in English dominant countries,
the digital sphere is perhaps the only space in which authentic
use of the language is likely to take place. For learners situated in
inner circle countries, effective use of the language can make the
difference between social, economic and political exclusion, or
inclusion. This is also true for a lesser extent in outer circle
countries. For those in expanding circle countries, English is
becoming a language of the global elite in political, economic,
and academic life. In all of these circles, it is often used as a lingua
franca. Sociocultural theory states that true competence in
encoding and decoding language can only exist when there is an
understanding of the cultural realities attached to the
communication when it is used. Digital media provide the vector
of communication for a tremendous number of communicative
acts in all of the circles, but communication in the digital medium
carries special attributes that are not necessarily obvious or
transparent. Therefore, it seems imperative to arm language
users with an understanding of communication issues the digital
realm as well as an understanding of the implication of
communication in this space. Furthermore, there is an ethical
responsibility to empower language users from a variety of
background with equal agency and therefore equal voice. Doing
so requires more than just technical skills, but also skills of
critique and critical language awareness, productive ability, and
an understanding of agency and rights claims that stretch from
the linguistic to the economic and political. By reimagining Critical
Language Awareness as a component of a multiliteracy approach
that encompasses the full spectrum of analogue to digital
communication in English, teachers, students, and policy makers
can work toward making language studies as relevant, authentic,
and empowering as possible.
Adapted from: (PDF) English as an Additional Language: Enhancing Critical Digital
Literacy (researchgate.net)
The adverb in “Furthermore, there is an ethical responsibility”
can be replaced, without change in meaning, by
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291647
Inglês
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READ TEXT III AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text III
English as an Additional Language:
Enhancing Critical Digital Literacy
EAL classrooms are spaces to build communicative
competence in the English language. That language has a unique
role for many people around the world. For those without
financial resources who do not live in English dominant countries,
the digital sphere is perhaps the only space in which authentic
use of the language is likely to take place. For learners situated in
inner circle countries, effective use of the language can make the
difference between social, economic and political exclusion, or
inclusion. This is also true for a lesser extent in outer circle
countries. For those in expanding circle countries, English is
becoming a language of the global elite in political, economic,
and academic life. In all of these circles, it is often used as a lingua
franca. Sociocultural theory states that true competence in
encoding and decoding language can only exist when there is an
understanding of the cultural realities attached to the
communication when it is used. Digital media provide the vector
of communication for a tremendous number of communicative
acts in all of the circles, but communication in the digital medium
carries special attributes that are not necessarily obvious or
transparent. Therefore, it seems imperative to arm language
users with an understanding of communication issues the digital
realm as well as an understanding of the implication of
communication in this space. Furthermore, there is an ethical
responsibility to empower language users from a variety of
background with equal agency and therefore equal voice. Doing
so requires more than just technical skills, but also skills of
critique and critical language awareness, productive ability, and
an understanding of agency and rights claims that stretch from
the linguistic to the economic and political. By reimagining Critical
Language Awareness as a component of a multiliteracy approach
that encompasses the full spectrum of analogue to digital
communication in English, teachers, students, and policy makers
can work toward making language studies as relevant, authentic,
and empowering as possible.
Adapted from: (PDF) English as an Additional Language: Enhancing Critical Digital
Literacy (researchgate.net)
“Likely” in “language is likely to take place” indicates
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291646
Inglês
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READ TEXT III AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text III
English as an Additional Language:
Enhancing Critical Digital Literacy
EAL classrooms are spaces to build communicative
competence in the English language. That language has a unique
role for many people around the world. For those without
financial resources who do not live in English dominant countries,
the digital sphere is perhaps the only space in which authentic
use of the language is likely to take place. For learners situated in
inner circle countries, effective use of the language can make the
difference between social, economic and political exclusion, or
inclusion. This is also true for a lesser extent in outer circle
countries. For those in expanding circle countries, English is
becoming a language of the global elite in political, economic,
and academic life. In all of these circles, it is often used as a lingua
franca. Sociocultural theory states that true competence in
encoding and decoding language can only exist when there is an
understanding of the cultural realities attached to the
communication when it is used. Digital media provide the vector
of communication for a tremendous number of communicative
acts in all of the circles, but communication in the digital medium
carries special attributes that are not necessarily obvious or
transparent. Therefore, it seems imperative to arm language
users with an understanding of communication issues the digital
realm as well as an understanding of the implication of
communication in this space. Furthermore, there is an ethical
responsibility to empower language users from a variety of
background with equal agency and therefore equal voice. Doing
so requires more than just technical skills, but also skills of
critique and critical language awareness, productive ability, and
an understanding of agency and rights claims that stretch from
the linguistic to the economic and political. By reimagining Critical
Language Awareness as a component of a multiliteracy approach
that encompasses the full spectrum of analogue to digital
communication in English, teachers, students, and policy makers
can work toward making language studies as relevant, authentic,
and empowering as possible.
Adapted from: (PDF) English as an Additional Language: Enhancing Critical Digital
Literacy (researchgate.net)
The extract “For those in expanding circle countries, English is
becoming a language of the global elite” means that in these
contexts English
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291644
Inglês
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READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text II
From: https://www.facebook.com/photo
As used in Text II, the correct definition of “costume” is a
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291643
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READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text II
From: https://www.facebook.com/photo
In Text II, the verb that is similar in meaning to “made it up” is
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
SEE-MG
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - SEE-MG - Professor de Educação Básica (PEB) - Língua Inglesa |
Q2291637
Inglês
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READ TEXT I AND ANSWER QUESTION
Text I
English Language Learning In Brazil
According to the BNCC1
, learning English enables students to
engage and participate in a globalized and pluralistic world. It
allows students to develop a critical mindset and exercise their
citizenship rights while expanding the possibilities of interaction
and mobility. In this sense, the BNCC outlines three critical
implications for the English curriculum. The first is the globalized
nature of English, in which the concepts of language, territory
and culture are reconsidered since English speakers are no longer
found only in countries where English is the official language. The
second implication concerns broadening the definition of literacy,
bringing the concept of “multi-literacies” to the Brazilian
curriculum as students expand their linguistic knowledge, and
English becomes a symbolic asset for Brazilians to express
themselves in a different language. Finally, the third implication
concerns different teaching approaches, which implies embracing
the culture and traditions of the language, not only the formal
grammatical standards, breaking with aspects related to
“correctness”, “accuracy”, and “proficiency”.
[…]
Even in a challenging context, it is clear that Brazil has made
significant progress by approving a new and flexible curriculum
for upper secondary schools and putting English mandatory in the
standard part of the curriculum. However, major efforts are still
required to ensure the smooth implementation of this reform,
which the pandemic and the difficulties in coordination across
the national and subnational levels have already hindered.
1BNCC: Base Nacional Comum Curricular
Adapted from: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/english-language-learning-inbrazil/
In the excerpt “since English speakers are no longer found” (1st
paragraph), “since” is used to
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Tapejara - RS
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Tapejara - RS - Professor Municipal de Língua Inglesa |
Q2284304
Inglês
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Two Teens Hitchhiked to a Concert. 50 Years Later, They Haven’t Come Home.
(Available at: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/mitchel-weiser-bonnie-bickwit-missingteens-summer-jam-1234798437/ – text especially adapted for this test).
*Hitchhike (verb): to travel by getting free rides in someone else's vehicle.
(In: www.dictionary.cambridge.org).
The options below could replace the highlighted word “huge” (l. 24) with no
significative changes in meaning, EXCEPT for:
Ano: 2023
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
DATAPREV
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Q2275209
Inglês
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Text CG2A2
A new study on physical activity that involved more than
half a million participants over age 40 found that modest exercise
increases life expectancy regardless of weight.
Contrary to most of the attention given to obesity as the
crucial risk factor for health, the study found that an active
lifestyle increased life expectancy to a greater extent than a lower
body mass index (BMI), in general. In fact, participants who
were active but class 1 obese lived an average of 3.1 years longer
than those who were at a normal weight but didn’t engage in
physical activity. This is in-line with reports from earlier this year
that excessive sitting is unhealthy and that reducing excessive
sitting to less than 3 hours a day alone can improve longevity
by 2.0 years.
The article states low level of physical activity of
moderate to vigorous intensity would confer a 1.8-year gain in
life expectancy after age 40, compared with no activity. A low
level of physical activity is defined as up to 75 minutes of fast
walking per week.
A consequence of this study is that it calls into question
the reliance on BMI to assess fitness. That isn’t to suggest that
BMI isn’t a factor, but that what we’ve heard for years in the
media that being overweight is “bad” for you while exercise is
“good” is a flawed message. A better message would be: Regular
exercise is essential to longevity and a lower BMI helps too —
do the first and the other will likely follow.
Internet:<singularityhub.com> (adapted).
Concerning grammar and semantics in text CG2A2, judge the following item.
The phrase “didn’t engage in physical activity” (in the
second sentence of the second paragraph) can be substituted
with were sedentary without altering the intended message
of the text.
Ano: 2023
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
DATAPREV
Prova:
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Q2275208
Inglês
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Text CG2A2
A new study on physical activity that involved more than
half a million participants over age 40 found that modest exercise
increases life expectancy regardless of weight.
Contrary to most of the attention given to obesity as the
crucial risk factor for health, the study found that an active
lifestyle increased life expectancy to a greater extent than a lower
body mass index (BMI), in general. In fact, participants who
were active but class 1 obese lived an average of 3.1 years longer
than those who were at a normal weight but didn’t engage in
physical activity. This is in-line with reports from earlier this year
that excessive sitting is unhealthy and that reducing excessive
sitting to less than 3 hours a day alone can improve longevity
by 2.0 years.
The article states low level of physical activity of
moderate to vigorous intensity would confer a 1.8-year gain in
life expectancy after age 40, compared with no activity. A low
level of physical activity is defined as up to 75 minutes of fast
walking per week.
A consequence of this study is that it calls into question
the reliance on BMI to assess fitness. That isn’t to suggest that
BMI isn’t a factor, but that what we’ve heard for years in the
media that being overweight is “bad” for you while exercise is
“good” is a flawed message. A better message would be: Regular
exercise is essential to longevity and a lower BMI helps too —
do the first and the other will likely follow.
Internet:<singularityhub.com> (adapted).
Concerning grammar and semantics in text CG2A2, judge the following item.
The adverb “likely” (in the last sentence of the last
paragraph) is a synonym for certainly.
Ano: 2023
Banca:
CPCON
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Dona Inês - PB
Prova:
CPCON - 2023 - Prefeitura de Dona Inês - PB - Professor B - Nível - 1 (Licenciatura em Inglês) |
Q2273302
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TEXT I – Tema: O papel da Língua Inglesa na BNCC
IS THE BNCC REALLY GOING TO AFFECT MY CLASSES?
(by Lúcia Rodrigues Alves)
(Adapted from: https://www.luciarodriguesalves.com.br/is-the-bncc-really-going-to-affect-my-classes/. Accessed on July 1 , 2023)
The idiom “for the time being" (in line 26) is a synonym of
I. for the moment. II. for now. III. heretofore.
Choose the alternative that indicates the CORRECT option(s):
I. for the moment. II. for now. III. heretofore.
Choose the alternative that indicates the CORRECT option(s):
Ano: 2023
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UFABC
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VUNESP - 2023 - UFABC - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação |
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Design Languages
Just as spoken languages are the basis for our
conversations with people, so design languages are the
basis for our interactions with products and services. Spoken
languages consist of words and rules of grammar. By analogy,
design languages consist of design elements and guidelines
for their combination. People use spoken language to express
themselves. Product designers use design languages
to design expressive objects. When a designer uses a
design language to design a product, the resulting product
expresses what it is, what it does, how it is to be used, and
the experiences to which it has the potential to contribute.
When people use a design language to use a product, the
resulting experience of use is simple and straightforward. The
best design languages take the design of experience on step
further by making interactions between people and objects
pleasant and continuously meaningful. Design languages
play a very important role in the expression of the “unfolding
of meaning” of objects.
[Fonte: Usability, Paul S. Adler & Terry A. Winograd,
Oxford University Press, 1992, pg. 18]
Considerando a palavra straightforward presente no
texto apresentado, assinale a alternativa que expressa
adequadamente o seu significado nesse contexto.
Ano: 2023
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Passo Fundo - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Passo Fundo - RS - Professor – Inglês |
Q2248473
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What life in medieval Europe was really like
A time of innovation, philosophy, and legendary
works of art: the realities of the medieval period (500 to
1500 C.E.) in Europe may surprise you. Many know the years
before the Renaissance and _________________ that
followed as Europe’s “Dark Ages,” a time of backward,
slovenly, and brutal people who were technologically
primitive and hopelessly superstitious.
Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the
germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors
and “miasmas” that could damage human health. But the
___________ image of medieval people as slovenly,
unwashed, and lacking hygiene is false. In fact, both indoor
and outdoor bathing were beloved in Europe. People not
only made and used soap at home, but they frequented
bathhouses—some public, some private, some merely fronts
for brothels.
A myth persists that during the Middle Ages, the
unenlightened believed Earth was flat and worried that ships
might even fall off the planet’s edge. That’s patently false:
People knew the planet was a sphere as far back as ancient
Greece (12th to 9th centuries B.C.), and had relatively
complex astronomical and planetary ______________ by the
time Christopher Columbus made his voyage to the
Americas in 1492.
The so-called “Dark Ages” is a myth historians have
spent years trying to disprove. The myth seems to stem from
some authors’ use of “dark” to refer to everything from a
14th-century poet’s complaints about the quality of local
literature to a 17th-century historian’s failed attempt to find
historical sources from centuries earlier.
(Fonte: National Geographic — adaptado.)
The underlined word in "A fluffy cat curled up on the
cozy blanket.” can be substituted, without loss of meaning,
by:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
OBJETIVA
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Pinto Bandeira - RS
Prova:
OBJETIVA - 2023 - Prefeitura de Pinto Bandeira - RS - Professor (Letras/Inglês) |
Q2243143
Inglês
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The intrigue behind the Bermuda Triangle
On a sunny day nearly 80 years ago, five Navy
planes took off from their base in Florida on a _________
training mission, known as Flight 19. Neither the planes nor
the crew were ever seen again. Thus was a legend born. The
Bermuda Triangle is an area roughly bounded by Miami,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. No one keeps statistics, but in
the last century, numerous ships and planes have simply
vanished without a trace within the imaginary triangle.
The disappearances have been attributed to the machinations of enormous sea monsters, giant squid, or extra-terrestrials. Alien abductions, the existence of a mysterious third dimension created by unknown beings, and ocean flatulence—the ocean suddenly spewing great quantities of trapped methane—have all been suggested as culprits.
The reality, say many, is far more prosaic. They argue that a sometimes treacherous Mother Nature, human error, shoddy __________________ or design, and just plain bad luck can explain the many disappearances.
"The region is highly traveled and has been a busy crossroads since the early days of European exploration," said John Reilly, a historian with the U.S. Naval Historical Foundation. "To say quite a few ships and airplanes have gone down there is like saying there are an ________ lot of car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike—surprise, surprise."
(Fonte: National Geographic. — adaptado.)
The underlined word in the 3rd paragraph can be
replaced, without loss of meaning, by:
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FUNDATEC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Harmonia - RS
Prova:
FUNDATEC - 2023 - Prefeitura de Harmonia - RS - Professor de Inglês |
Q2240733
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Which option best fills out the gap in line 14?
Ano: 2023
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
MPE-RO
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - MPE-RO - Analista de Suporte Computacional |
Q2239812
Inglês
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Text 2A7
Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago, you
wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation, but today it seems there’s constant talk about how generative AI tools like
ChatGPT and DALL-E will affect the future of work, the spread of information, and more. A major question that has thus far been
almost entirely unexamined is how this AI-dominated future will affect people’s minds.
There’s been some research into how using AI in their jobs will affect people mentally, but there isn’t yet an understanding of
how simply living amongst so much AI-generated content and systems will affect people’s sense of the world. How is AI going to
change individuals and society in the not-too-distant future?
AI will obviously make it easier to produce disinformation. That will affect people’s sense of trust as they’re scrolling on
social media. AI can also allow someone to imitate your loved ones, which further erodes people’s general ability to trust what was
once unquestionable.
Internet: < wired,com > (adapted).
In the context of text 2A7-I, the word “ amongst ” could be correctly replaced by
Ano: 2023
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
MPE-RO
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2023 - MPE-RO - Analista Programador |
Q2239463
Inglês
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Text 2A7
Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most rapidly
advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago,
you wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation,
but today it seems there’s constant talk about how generative AI
tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E will affect the future of work,
the spread of information, and more. A major question that has
thus far been almost entirely unexamined is how this
AI-dominated future will affect people’s minds.
There’s been some research into how using AI in their
jobs will affect people mentally, but there isn’t yet an
understanding of how simply living amongst so much
AI-generated content and systems will affect people’s sense of
the world. How is AI going to change individuals and society in
the not-too-distant future?
AI will obviously make it easier to produce
disinformation. That will affect people’s sense of trust as they’re
scrolling on social media. AI can also allow someone to imitate
your loved ones, which further erodes people’s general ability to
trust what was once unquestionable.
Internet: <wired.com> adapted).
In the first paragraph of text 2A7, “thus far” means the same as
Ano: 2023
Banca:
FGV
Órgão:
Banco do Brasil
Prova:
FGV - 2023 - Banco do Brasil - Analista Tecnológico |
Q2234102
Inglês
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Read Text I and answer the question.
Text I
Why We're Obsessed With the Mind-Blowing ChatGPT AI Chatbot
Stephen Shankland
Feb. 19, 2023 5:00 a.m. PT
This artificial intelligence bot can answer questions, write essays, summarize documents and write software. But deep down, it doesn't know what's true.
Even if you aren't into artificial intelligence, it's time to pay attention to ChatGPT, because this one is a big deal.
The tool, from a power player in artificial intelligence called OpenAI, lets you type natural-language prompts. ChatGPT then offers conversational, if somewhat stilted, responses. The bot remembers the thread of your dialogue, using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses. It derives its answers from huge volumes of information on the internet.
ChatGPT is a big deal. The tool seems pretty knowledgeable in areas where there's good training data for it to learn from. It's not omniscient or smart enough to replace all humans yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound downright authoritative. A few days after its launch, more than a million people were trying out ChatGPT.
But be careful, OpenAI warns. ChatGPT has all kinds of potential pitfalls, some easy to spot and some more subtle.
“It's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now,” OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman tweeted. “We have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.” […]
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot system that OpenAI released in November to show off and test what a very large, powerful AI system can accomplish. You can ask it countless questions and often will get an answer that's useful.
For example, you can ask it encyclopedia questions like, “Explain Newton's laws of motion.” You can tell it, "Write me a poem," and when it does, say, "Now make it more exciting." You ask it to write a computer program that'll show you all the different ways you can arrange the letters of a word.
Here's the catch: ChatGPT doesn't exactly know anything. It's an AI that's trained to recognize patterns in vast swaths of text harvested from the internet, then further trained with human assistance to deliver more useful, better dialog. The answers you get may sound plausible and even authoritative, but they might well be entirely wrong, as OpenAI warns.
Adapted from: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/why-were-all-obsessedwith-the-mind-blowing-chatgpt-ai-chatbot/
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