Questões de Inglês

Read the following text:

 

    […] The right of children to grow up and be educated, the right of women to receive protection, the right to conserve nature, the right to survival of other lives intimately connected with the survival of the human race – all these have now become major elements in the concept of human rights. As science and technology develop, authoritarian states invade privacy and limit personal freedom in the name of counter-terrorism and maintaining stability, intensifying psychological manipulation at all levels. Through control of the internet and command of facial recognition technology, authoritarian states tighten their grip on people’s thoughts and actions, threatening and even eliminating freedoms and political rights. Similar kinds of controls are being imposed to varying degrees within the global context. From this we can see that under these new conditions human rights have not gained a common understanding, and if discussion of human rights becomes narrow and shortsighted, it is bound to become nothing more than outdated, empty talk.

(Available in: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/01/human-dignity-danger-ai-weiwei Accessed on: July 7th, 2019.)

 

Analyse the content of the following sentences according to the ideas presented in the text:

 

I - Facial recognition is a new and important tool to catch bandits.

II - States consider counter-terrorism and maintaining stability more important than citzens privacy.

III - Facial recognition technology is being politically used as a form to limit personal freedom and to eliminate political rights. IV - The wrong use of technology for children is a problem in authoritarian states mainly.

 

Mark the item in which all the alternatives are correct according to the text:

Responda a questão de acordo com o texto abaixo.

 

Man who stood up for six hours on flight so wife could sleep goes vira

 

1- A man who stood on a plane for six hours so his wife could sleep across three seats has divided opinion online, with some describing the gesture as "romantic" and others as "selfish" on the wife's part.

2- Courtney Lee Johnson shared a picture on social media of the man standing in the aisle of the cabin and leaning on the tops of two seats as a woman lay across an entire row with her feet up. "This guy stood up the whole 6 hours so his wife could sleep. Now that is love," she claimed in the caption.

3- While some commenters expressed disbelief that cabin crew had allowed the man to stand for six hours, others said they thought the wife was wrong to expect or allow him to do so.

4- "That's not love. That's selfishness on the woman's part," one commenter said. "Can't she just place her head on his shoulders and sleep? Love doesn't work like that."

5- "Unless she's sick and this is the only rest position in the circumstance that will make her stay alive. If not, it does not make sense", said another.

6- "If that is love then I rather be lonely," said a third.

7- Another said: "I won't judge their marriage. My hubs is the kind of man who would do this for me, but I am not the kind of wife to ask this of him!"

8- It's not the first time plane etiquette sparked debate online.

9- In March, a US man's $220 compensation demand from an obese passenger for taking up part of his seat proved controversial. Reddit user Big Bawluh had been booked on a five-hour flight, which he said he endured uncomfortably "pressed up against" the other man and wanted to be "compensated".

10- "The problem here was that this large dude stuck you with being uncomfortable on your flight, right? Well, the [US]$150 didn't make you any less squished in your seat, so it really feels like you just blackmailed this guy for being fat," one said.

11- Others were supportive.

12- "You had every right to ask the flight attendant for a solution, and between the man and you, a solution was agreed upon. Everyone else can relax, because it wasn't their seat being overtaken on a flight."

13- However, another said the real problem was with the airlines themselves.

14- "But until consumers organize and demand that airlines stop cramming more and more people into smaller and smaller spaces, most of us have decided to just grit our teeth and deal with how uncomfortable air travel is."

Lorna Thornber

In: https://www.traveller.com.au/man-who-stood-up-forsix-hours-on-flight-so-wife-could-sleep-goes-viral-h1hw2q

No parágrafo 11 – Others were supportive –, others refere-se a

Responda a questão de acordo com o texto abaixo.

 

Man who stood up for six hours on flight so wife could sleep goes vira

 

1- A man who stood on a plane for six hours so his wife could sleep across three seats has divided opinion online, with some describing the gesture as "romantic" and others as "selfish" on the wife's part.

2- Courtney Lee Johnson shared a picture on social media of the man standing in the aisle of the cabin and leaning on the tops of two seats as a woman lay across an entire row with her feet up. "This guy stood up the whole 6 hours so his wife could sleep. Now that is love," she claimed in the caption.

3- While some commenters expressed disbelief that cabin crew had allowed the man to stand for six hours, others said they thought the wife was wrong to expect or allow him to do so.

4- "That's not love. That's selfishness on the woman's part," one commenter said. "Can't she just place her head on his shoulders and sleep? Love doesn't work like that."

5- "Unless she's sick and this is the only rest position in the circumstance that will make her stay alive. If not, it does not make sense", said another.

6- "If that is love then I rather be lonely," said a third.

7- Another said: "I won't judge their marriage. My hubs is the kind of man who would do this for me, but I am not the kind of wife to ask this of him!"

8- It's not the first time plane etiquette sparked debate online.

9- In March, a US man's $220 compensation demand from an obese passenger for taking up part of his seat proved controversial. Reddit user Big Bawluh had been booked on a five-hour flight, which he said he endured uncomfortably "pressed up against" the other man and wanted to be "compensated".

10- "The problem here was that this large dude stuck you with being uncomfortable on your flight, right? Well, the [US]$150 didn't make you any less squished in your seat, so it really feels like you just blackmailed this guy for being fat," one said.

11- Others were supportive.

12- "You had every right to ask the flight attendant for a solution, and between the man and you, a solution was agreed upon. Everyone else can relax, because it wasn't their seat being overtaken on a flight."

13- However, another said the real problem was with the airlines themselves.

14- "But until consumers organize and demand that airlines stop cramming more and more people into smaller and smaller spaces, most of us have decided to just grit our teeth and deal with how uncomfortable air travel is."

Lorna Thornber

In: https://www.traveller.com.au/man-who-stood-up-forsix-hours-on-flight-so-wife-could-sleep-goes-viral-h1hw2q

Choose one of the alternatives below that best translates the title of the text.

Responda a questão de acordo com o texto abaixo.

 

Man who stood up for six hours on flight so wife could sleep goes vira

 

1- A man who stood on a plane for six hours so his wife could sleep across three seats has divided opinion online, with some describing the gesture as "romantic" and others as "selfish" on the wife's part.

2- Courtney Lee Johnson shared a picture on social media of the man standing in the aisle of the cabin and leaning on the tops of two seats as a woman lay across an entire row with her feet up. "This guy stood up the whole 6 hours so his wife could sleep. Now that is love," she claimed in the caption.

3- While some commenters expressed disbelief that cabin crew had allowed the man to stand for six hours, others said they thought the wife was wrong to expect or allow him to do so.

4- "That's not love. That's selfishness on the woman's part," one commenter said. "Can't she just place her head on his shoulders and sleep? Love doesn't work like that."

5- "Unless she's sick and this is the only rest position in the circumstance that will make her stay alive. If not, it does not make sense", said another.

6- "If that is love then I rather be lonely," said a third.

7- Another said: "I won't judge their marriage. My hubs is the kind of man who would do this for me, but I am not the kind of wife to ask this of him!"

8- It's not the first time plane etiquette sparked debate online.

9- In March, a US man's $220 compensation demand from an obese passenger for taking up part of his seat proved controversial. Reddit user Big Bawluh had been booked on a five-hour flight, which he said he endured uncomfortably "pressed up against" the other man and wanted to be "compensated".

10- "The problem here was that this large dude stuck you with being uncomfortable on your flight, right? Well, the [US]$150 didn't make you any less squished in your seat, so it really feels like you just blackmailed this guy for being fat," one said.

11- Others were supportive.

12- "You had every right to ask the flight attendant for a solution, and between the man and you, a solution was agreed upon. Everyone else can relax, because it wasn't their seat being overtaken on a flight."

13- However, another said the real problem was with the airlines themselves.

14- "But until consumers organize and demand that airlines stop cramming more and more people into smaller and smaller spaces, most of us have decided to just grit our teeth and deal with how uncomfortable air travel is."

Lorna Thornber

In: https://www.traveller.com.au/man-who-stood-up-forsix-hours-on-flight-so-wife-could-sleep-goes-viral-h1hw2q

In paragraph 14, what the commenter says indicates that

Responda a questão de acordo com o texto abaixo.

 

Man who stood up for six hours on flight so wife could sleep goes vira

 

1- A man who stood on a plane for six hours so his wife could sleep across three seats has divided opinion online, with some describing the gesture as "romantic" and others as "selfish" on the wife's part.

2- Courtney Lee Johnson shared a picture on social media of the man standing in the aisle of the cabin and leaning on the tops of two seats as a woman lay across an entire row with her feet up. "This guy stood up the whole 6 hours so his wife could sleep. Now that is love," she claimed in the caption.

3- While some commenters expressed disbelief that cabin crew had allowed the man to stand for six hours, others said they thought the wife was wrong to expect or allow him to do so.

4- "That's not love. That's selfishness on the woman's part," one commenter said. "Can't she just place her head on his shoulders and sleep? Love doesn't work like that."

5- "Unless she's sick and this is the only rest position in the circumstance that will make her stay alive. If not, it does not make sense", said another.

6- "If that is love then I rather be lonely," said a third.

7- Another said: "I won't judge their marriage. My hubs is the kind of man who would do this for me, but I am not the kind of wife to ask this of him!"

8- It's not the first time plane etiquette sparked debate online.

9- In March, a US man's $220 compensation demand from an obese passenger for taking up part of his seat proved controversial. Reddit user Big Bawluh had been booked on a five-hour flight, which he said he endured uncomfortably "pressed up against" the other man and wanted to be "compensated".

10- "The problem here was that this large dude stuck you with being uncomfortable on your flight, right? Well, the [US]$150 didn't make you any less squished in your seat, so it really feels like you just blackmailed this guy for being fat," one said.

11- Others were supportive.

12- "You had every right to ask the flight attendant for a solution, and between the man and you, a solution was agreed upon. Everyone else can relax, because it wasn't their seat being overtaken on a flight."

13- However, another said the real problem was with the airlines themselves.

14- "But until consumers organize and demand that airlines stop cramming more and more people into smaller and smaller spaces, most of us have decided to just grit our teeth and deal with how uncomfortable air travel is."

Lorna Thornber

In: https://www.traveller.com.au/man-who-stood-up-forsix-hours-on-flight-so-wife-could-sleep-goes-viral-h1hw2q

No parágrafo 7, quando a mulher diz My hubs is the kind of man who would do this for me, but I am not the kind of wife to ask this of him!, podemos inferir que ela

How robot carers could be the future for lonely elderly people

 

Alessandro Di Nuovo

December 6, 2018

 

    The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future
where robots could do almost everything humans
could. The elderly title character was given a “robot
butler” to help him continue living on his own. The
robot was capable of everything from cooking and
[5] cleaning to socializing and, it turned out, burglary. This
kind of science fiction may turn out to be remarkably
prescient. As growing numbers of elderly people
require care, researchers believe that robots could be
[10] one way to address the overwhelming demand. But
even though robots might be able to provide care and,
in some cases, social interaction, many wonder if they
really are the right solution to this uniquely human
issue.

[15]    Loneliness and social isolation are already
problems for many seniors and are even linked to
cognitive decline and a higher death rate. With the
population of seniors expected to rise, many worry
that experiences of loneliness will increase, especially
[20] if access to care is even more limited.

    But despite concerns, early studies already show
that social robots – autonomous robots trained to
interact and communicate with humans – really could
address issues of care and social interaction. The
[25] majority of robotics researchers are largely in favour
of introducing robotic technology on a wider scale
and believe it could reduce loneliness and increase
independence in elderly patients. The Japanese
government even supports introducing robots in
[30] care homes to solve the country’s ageing population
problem. However, many strongly recommend
carefully balancing the care benefits against the
ethical costs.

    A class of social robots – mobile robotic
[35] telepresence systems (MRTs) – have already been
shown to generate positive social interactions with
elderly patients. MRTs are essentially video screens
on wheels raised to head height that can be controlled
remotely using a simple smartphone app. They allow
[40] relatives and social workers to “visit” elderly people
more often, even if they live in rural or distant places.
Elderly patients don’t need to operate the device,
leaving them free to interact with their social worker
or family. Communication still happens through a
[45] computer screen, but the robot’s physical presence
mimics face-to-face interaction for elderly people.
Research has shown that people reacted more
positively when talking with someone through an MRT

    than through a regular video call or computer avatar –
[50] especially lonely people. However, MRTs still require
a human operator, which limits the amount of social
interaction seniors can have daily.

    To tackle this, developers worldwide have
started creating robot companions programmed with
[55] advanced artificial intelligence (AI), which can interact
with people on their own. Some examples include
pet-like companion robots, including Aibo and Paro,
which are made by Japanese developers, and MiRo,
which is manufactured in the UK. Other humanoid
[60] robots, such as the Care-O-bot and Pepper, are able
to provide more complex and comprehensive care.
Though “pet” robots offer limited interaction, they
have proved as effective – or even more so – than
real pets in reducing loneliness for elderly people in
[65] care homes. Robotic dogs introduced in one UK care
home this year were reported to bring happiness and
comfort to residents.

    On the other hand, humanoid robots are already
advanced enough to provide much-needed care to
[70] elderly people. These robots can pick things up and
move independently, and have a more natural, human
way of interacting, for example, using arm and hand
gestures. More advanced versions have additional
sensors and devices, including touchscreens. Many
[75] elderly people, finding the touchscreens hard to use,
preferred giving spoken commands to the robot and
reading its response off the screen. But for those with
age-related hearing loss or vision impairment, having
the option to use the touchscreen was indispensable.
[80] Humanoid robots are still being developed, so their
capabilities are still limited. Moreover, studies of
humanoid robots have mainly focused on evaluating
how well the technology functions without really
considering the social impact. There is also a general
[85] assumption that it will naturally reduce loneliness.

    Though research into social robots is just
beginning, we do know they can provide some solutions
to the challenges mounted by ageing populations, and
could even help reduce social isolation and loneliness.
[90] At this point, humans are still better in providing care
and social contact to the elderly, but robots might
be able to fill any gaps, especially as technologies
continue to improve. However, before social robots
can be fully integrated into care homes, researchers
[95] and service providers must address public anxiety
and make it clear that robots are designed to assist
social workers, not replace them. As long as humans
remain in full control to prevent any danger, robots
might well be the future of care.

Available at:https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgetsand-tech/features/robot-carer-elderly-people-lonelinessageing-population-care-homes-a8659801.html. Retrieved on: July 2, 2019. Adapted.

It can be inferred from paragraph 7 (lines 86-99) that the writer of the text