Questões de Inglês

TEXTO:

The power of BIG IDEAS

    What changed the course of human events most
profoundly? It wasn’t a general at battle, emperor
or president or assassin, as the historians hold. It
was more likely... well, clocks or the thermos bottle
[5] or writing. It was, in other words, a technological
invention, according to 80-plus scholars gathered in
the electronic salon called Edge (www.edge.org). Last
November, literary agent and author John Brockman,
who presides over Edge, asked scientists and other
[10] thinkers to nominate the most important invention of
the last 2,000 years.
    Together, the nominations make a strong
case that how we think, and the social and political
institutions we create, are products of the science and
[15] technology we invent.

BEGLEY, Sharon. The power of big ideas. Speak up, São Paulo, ano 12, n. 147, p. 6, ago. [2019].

According to the text, the word that corresponds to its respective meaning is

TEXTO:

The power of BIG IDEAS

    What changed the course of human events most
profoundly? It wasn’t a general at battle, emperor
or president or assassin, as the historians hold. It
was more likely... well, clocks or the thermos bottle
[5] or writing. It was, in other words, a technological
invention, according to 80-plus scholars gathered in
the electronic salon called Edge (www.edge.org). Last
November, literary agent and author John Brockman,
who presides over Edge, asked scientists and other
[10] thinkers to nominate the most important invention of
the last 2,000 years.
    Together, the nominations make a strong
case that how we think, and the social and political
institutions we create, are products of the science and
[15] technology we invent.

BEGLEY, Sharon. The power of big ideas. Speak up, São Paulo, ano 12, n. 147, p. 6, ago. [2019].

“What changed the course of human events most profoundly?” (l. 1-2)

Based on the text, the suitable answer for this question is

TEXTO:

 Eraser and delete keys

    Along with “Tipp-ex and all the other tools that let
us fix our mistakes”, says Douglas Rushkoff, author
of “Cyberia” and “Media Vírus”, these inventions give
us the “ability to go back, erase and try again. Without
[5] it, there would be no scientific model”, for science
is based on the notion that all “Truths” are merely
tentative, ready to be over-turned by the next
discovery. Nor without erasers and their cousins,
would there be “any way to evolve government, culture
[10] or ethics”, says Rushkoff.

ERASER and delete keys. Speak up, São Paulo, ano 12, n. 147, p. 7, s.d.

 

In reference to eraser and delete keys one can say that

TEXTO:

An English tale

 

     In England there once was a man who, despite
being quite wealthy and having a loving wife plus two
wonderful children, one fine day decided to set out in
search of the Truth. He discussed the matter with his
[5] wife, made sure that all her needs would be provided
for while he was away and started out. For years he
traveled, looking for the Truth on the four corners of
the world.
    One day someone pointed to a mountain and told
[10] him, “There’s a cave up there, and some say that the
Truth lives there.” The man climbed the mountain and
found an old woman, dirty and dressed in rags, sitting
on the cave’s mouth. “Are you the Truth?” he asked
her; and she said “Yes” in such a clear and charming
[15] voice that he felt sure she was telling the truth. He
decided to stay, sharing the cave with the woman and
learning more about life and things in general. After
a year and a day, he got homesick and decided to go
back home. Truth was not opposed. As he took his QUESTÃO 22
[20] leave of the old woman he asked her what he could
do for her, considering all she had done for him. The
Truth thought for a while before raising a wrinkled
finger and replying, “When people ask about me, tell
them I am young and beautiful!”

SCHEHERAZADE. The Truth. Tale collected by folklore as performed by actress Raquel Barcha.

In reference to verb forms, in the text, the correct information is

TEXTO:

An English tale

 

     In England there once was a man who, despite
being quite wealthy and having a loving wife plus two
wonderful children, one fine day decided to set out in
search of the Truth. He discussed the matter with his
[5] wife, made sure that all her needs would be provided
for while he was away and started out. For years he
traveled, looking for the Truth on the four corners of
the world.
    One day someone pointed to a mountain and told
[10] him, “There’s a cave up there, and some say that the
Truth lives there.” The man climbed the mountain and
found an old woman, dirty and dressed in rags, sitting
on the cave’s mouth. “Are you the Truth?” he asked
her; and she said “Yes” in such a clear and charming
[15] voice that he felt sure she was telling the truth. He
decided to stay, sharing the cave with the woman and
learning more about life and things in general. After
a year and a day, he got homesick and decided to go
back home. Truth was not opposed. As he took his QUESTÃO 22
[20] leave of the old woman he asked her what he could
do for her, considering all she had done for him. The
Truth thought for a while before raising a wrinkled
finger and replying, “When people ask about me, tell
them I am young and beautiful!”

SCHEHERAZADE. The Truth. Tale collected by folklore as performed by actress Raquel Barcha.

Both terms are prepositions in the alternative

TEXTO:

An English tale

 

     In England there once was a man who, despite
being quite wealthy and having a loving wife plus two
wonderful children, one fine day decided to set out in
search of the Truth. He discussed the matter with his
[5] wife, made sure that all her needs would be provided
for while he was away and started out. For years he
traveled, looking for the Truth on the four corners of
the world.
    One day someone pointed to a mountain and told
[10] him, “There’s a cave up there, and some say that the
Truth lives there.” The man climbed the mountain and
found an old woman, dirty and dressed in rags, sitting
on the cave’s mouth. “Are you the Truth?” he asked
her; and she said “Yes” in such a clear and charming
[15] voice that he felt sure she was telling the truth. He
decided to stay, sharing the cave with the woman and
learning more about life and things in general. After
a year and a day, he got homesick and decided to go
back home. Truth was not opposed. As he took his QUESTÃO 22
[20] leave of the old woman he asked her what he could
do for her, considering all she had done for him. The
Truth thought for a while before raising a wrinkled
finger and replying, “When people ask about me, tell
them I am young and beautiful!”

SCHEHERAZADE. The Truth. Tale collected by folklore as performed by actress Raquel Barcha.

The man met a woman who