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Q956584
Inglês
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America’s deadliest building fire for more than a decade struck Oakland, California, on December 2nd 2016, killing 36 people attending a dance party in a warehouse that had become a cluttered artist collective. The disaster highlights an open secret: many cities lack resources to inspect for fire risk all the structures that they should. Even though the Oakland building had no fire sprinklers and at least ten people lived there illegally, no inspector had visited in about 30 years. How might cities make better use of the inspectors they do have?
A handful of American cities have begun to seek help from a new type of analytics software. By crunching diverse data collected by government bodies and utilities, the software works out which buildings are most likely to catch fire and should therefore be inspected first. Plenty of factors play a role. Older, wooden buildings, unsurprisingly, pose more risk, as do those close to past fires and leaks of gas or oil. Poverty also pushes up fire risk, especially if lots of children, who may be attracted to mischief, live nearby. More telling are unpaid taxes, foreclosure proceedings and recorded complaints of mould, rats, crumbling plaster, accumulating rubbish, and domestic fights, all of which hint at property neglect. A building’s fire risk also increases the further it is from its owner’s residence.
Predictive software designed at Harvard that Portland, Oregon, will soon begin using will do that. Perhaps more importantly, the city’s fire chief noticed that buildings marked as being the biggest risks are clustered in areas lacking good schools, public transport, health care and food options. Healthier, happier people start fewer fires, he concluded. He now lobbies officials to reduce Portland’s pockets of deteriorated areas.
(The Economist. www.economist.com/the-economist-explains
/2018/08/29/how-cities-can-better-prevent-fires. Adaptado)
According to the first paragraph,
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950709
Inglês
The word “pristine” in bold type in the text means
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950708
Inglês
Read the text and choose the best alternative.
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950702
Inglês
The word trick in the cartoon, refers to
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950701
Inglês
According to the cartoon,
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950698
Inglês
Choose the best alternative according to the text.
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950696
Inglês
Read the dialogue and choose the best alternative to complete the blanks, respectively.
— Hey Bob, let’s keep ________. We’re almost there!
— I think you need to ________, Grandma!
— Do I?
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950695
Inglês
Read the sentence and choose the best response.
The word “remarkable” in the text can be replaced by _________
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950694
Inglês
The word “take-down” in the text means
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950693
Inglês
United States Coast Guard cadets graduate from the Academy.
Two hundred newly graduated United States Coast Guard Academy students, classified as officers, toss their cadet covers into the air during their graduation ceremony in New London, Conn. on May 23, 2018. Wednesday’s commencement ceremony was the 137th at the academy.
Adapted www.nydailynews.com/news
Based on the text, choose the best alternative.
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950691
Inglês
According to the text, what are advantages of learning
English with Podcasts?
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950690
Inglês
The sentence in bold type in the text refers to
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950689
Inglês
The main idea of the text refers to
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950688
Inglês
Choose the alternative that shows the same tense as in the
sentence “Have you heard of the Facebook?”
Ano: 2018
Banca:
Aeronáutica
Órgão:
EEAR
Prova:
Aeronáutica - 2018 - EEAR - Sargento da Aeronáutica - Aeronavegantes e Não-Aeronavegantes (Turma 2) |
Q950687
Inglês
The sentence “You should sign up”, line 6, expresses
Q949372
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir é referência para a questão.
Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots
The French philosopher René Descartes was reputedly fond of automata: they inspired his view that living things were biological
machines that function like clockwork. Less known is a strange story that began to circulate after the philosopher’s death in 1650.
This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five.
According to the tale, a distraught Descartes had a clockwork Francine made: a walking, talking simulacrum. When Queen
Christina invited the philosopher to Sweden in 1649, he sailed with the automaton concealed in a casket. Suspicious sailors forced
the trunk open; when the mechanical child sat up to greet them, the horrified crew threw it overboard.
The story is probably apocryphal. But it sums up the hopes and fears that have been associated with human-like machines for
nearly three millennia. Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits – in Descartes’s case,
death itself. But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others. In our era of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence (AI),
those polarized responses persist, with pundits and the public applauding or warning against each advance. Digging into the deep
history of intelligent machines, both real and imagined, we see how these attitudes evolved: from fantasies of trusty mechanical
helpers to fears that runaway advances in technology might lead to creatures that supersede humanity itself.
(Disponível em: <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y>.)
According to the text, it is correct to say:
Q949371
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir é referência para a questão.
Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots
The French philosopher René Descartes was reputedly fond of automata: they inspired his view that living things were biological
machines that function like clockwork. Less known is a strange story that began to circulate after the philosopher’s death in 1650.
This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five.
According to the tale, a distraught Descartes had a clockwork Francine made: a walking, talking simulacrum. When Queen
Christina invited the philosopher to Sweden in 1649, he sailed with the automaton concealed in a casket. Suspicious sailors forced
the trunk open; when the mechanical child sat up to greet them, the horrified crew threw it overboard.
The story is probably apocryphal. But it sums up the hopes and fears that have been associated with human-like machines for
nearly three millennia. Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits – in Descartes’s case,
death itself. But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others. In our era of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence (AI),
those polarized responses persist, with pundits and the public applauding or warning against each advance. Digging into the deep
history of intelligent machines, both real and imagined, we see how these attitudes evolved: from fantasies of trusty mechanical
helpers to fears that runaway advances in technology might lead to creatures that supersede humanity itself.
(Disponível em: <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y>.)
In the sentence “Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits …”, the
underlined word refers to:
Q949370
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir é referência para a questão.
Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots
The French philosopher René Descartes was reputedly fond of automata: they inspired his view that living things were biological
machines that function like clockwork. Less known is a strange story that began to circulate after the philosopher’s death in 1650.
This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five.
According to the tale, a distraught Descartes had a clockwork Francine made: a walking, talking simulacrum. When Queen
Christina invited the philosopher to Sweden in 1649, he sailed with the automaton concealed in a casket. Suspicious sailors forced
the trunk open; when the mechanical child sat up to greet them, the horrified crew threw it overboard.
The story is probably apocryphal. But it sums up the hopes and fears that have been associated with human-like machines for
nearly three millennia. Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits – in Descartes’s case,
death itself. But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others. In our era of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence (AI),
those polarized responses persist, with pundits and the public applauding or warning against each advance. Digging into the deep
history of intelligent machines, both real and imagined, we see how these attitudes evolved: from fantasies of trusty mechanical
helpers to fears that runaway advances in technology might lead to creatures that supersede humanity itself.
(Disponível em: <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y>.)
A partir das informações apresentadas no texto, considere as seguintes afirmativas:
1. Descartes viajou para a Suécia com um robô escondido. 2. Os marinheiros abriram à força um baú que continha o simulacro de uma criança. 3. A tripulação fez uma apresentação do robô para os passageiros do navio. 4. Chocados com o que viram, os marinheiros jogaram o humanoide ao mar.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
1. Descartes viajou para a Suécia com um robô escondido. 2. Os marinheiros abriram à força um baú que continha o simulacro de uma criança. 3. A tripulação fez uma apresentação do robô para os passageiros do navio. 4. Chocados com o que viram, os marinheiros jogaram o humanoide ao mar.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
Q949369
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir é referência para a questão.
Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots
The French philosopher René Descartes was reputedly fond of automata: they inspired his view that living things were biological
machines that function like clockwork. Less known is a strange story that began to circulate after the philosopher’s death in 1650.
This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five.
According to the tale, a distraught Descartes had a clockwork Francine made: a walking, talking simulacrum. When Queen
Christina invited the philosopher to Sweden in 1649, he sailed with the automaton concealed in a casket. Suspicious sailors forced
the trunk open; when the mechanical child sat up to greet them, the horrified crew threw it overboard.
The story is probably apocryphal. But it sums up the hopes and fears that have been associated with human-like machines for
nearly three millennia. Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits – in Descartes’s case,
death itself. But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others. In our era of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence (AI),
those polarized responses persist, with pundits and the public applauding or warning against each advance. Digging into the deep
history of intelligent machines, both real and imagined, we see how these attitudes evolved: from fantasies of trusty mechanical
helpers to fears that runaway advances in technology might lead to creatures that supersede humanity itself.
(Disponível em: <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y>.)
In the sentence “This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever …”, the underlined word
refers to the:
Q949368
Inglês
Texto associado
O texto a seguir é referência para a questão.
Ancient dreams of intelligent machines: 3,000 years of robots
The French philosopher René Descartes was reputedly fond of automata: they inspired his view that living things were biological
machines that function like clockwork. Less known is a strange story that began to circulate after the philosopher’s death in 1650.
This centred on Descartes’s daughter Francine, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five.
According to the tale, a distraught Descartes had a clockwork Francine made: a walking, talking simulacrum. When Queen
Christina invited the philosopher to Sweden in 1649, he sailed with the automaton concealed in a casket. Suspicious sailors forced
the trunk open; when the mechanical child sat up to greet them, the horrified crew threw it overboard.
The story is probably apocryphal. But it sums up the hopes and fears that have been associated with human-like machines for
nearly three millennia. Those who build such devices do so in the hope that they will overcome natural limits – in Descartes’s case,
death itself. But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others. In our era of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence (AI),
those polarized responses persist, with pundits and the public applauding or warning against each advance. Digging into the deep
history of intelligent machines, both real and imagined, we see how these attitudes evolved: from fantasies of trusty mechanical
helpers to fears that runaway advances in technology might lead to creatures that supersede humanity itself.
(Disponível em: <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05773-y>.)
According to the text, it is correct to say that René Descartes:
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