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MOUNT RORAIMA

 

Mount Roraima is surrounded by three different countries (Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana) whose borderlines intersect on the massive shelf, with all four sides being sheer 400-meter high cliffs. While its cliff walls are only scalable by the most experienced of climbers, there is a path up the mountain’s natural ramp-like path (usually a two-day hike). However, the mountain is worth a visit for more reasons than its impressive cliffs. Mount Roraima, part of Venezuela’s 30000-square-kilometer Canaima National Park, is the site of the highest peak of the country of Guyana’s Highland Range. The mountains of this range, including Roraima, are considered to be some of the oldest geological formations known, some dating back to two billion years ago. Its near daily rains have also created a unique ecosystem which includes several endemic species, such as a unique carnivorous pitcher plant, and some of the highest waterfalls in the world. Culturally, the mountain has long held significance to the indigenous people of the area and features prominently in their myths and folklore. […]

Adaptado de: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mount-roraima Acesso em: 05 out. 2018.

 

O Monte Roraima, bem como a cadeia de montanhas do Parque Nacional Canaima, possui diversos atributos que impressionam e atraem visitantes, como a dimensão dos penhascos, por exemplo.

 

Outras características também mencionadas no texto são:

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Increasing Our Efforts to Fight False News

By Tessa Lyons, Product Manager - June 21, 2018

 

Over the last year and half, we have been committed to fighting false news through a combination of technology and human review, including removing fake accounts, partnering with fact-checkers, and promoting news literacy. This effort will never be finished and we have a lot more to do. Today, we’re announcing several updates as part of this work:

 

• Expanding our fact-checking program to new countries

• Expanding our test to fact-check photos and videos

• Increasing the impact of fact-checking by using new techniques, including identifying duplicates and using Claim Review

• Taking action against new kinds of repeat offenders

• Improving measurement and transparency by partnering with academics

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We’re currently working with the commission to develop privacy-protected data sets, which will include a sample of links that people engage with on Facebook. The academics selected by the commission will be able to study these links to better understand the kinds of content being shared on Facebook. Over time, this externallyvalidated research will help keep us accountable and track our progress.

https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/06/increasing-our-efforts-to-fightfalse-news/

Considerando que a fonte do texto é uma publicação do próprio Facebook, assinale a alternativa que apresente, em primeiro lugar, um trecho através do qual é possível perceber que a empresa se coloca como responsável pelo problema que vem tentando resolver e, em seguida, uma medida possível de ser encontrada no texto:

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Increasing Our Efforts to Fight False News

By Tessa Lyons, Product Manager - June 21, 2018

 

Over the last year and half, we have been committed to fighting false news through a combination of technology and human review, including removing fake accounts, partnering with fact-checkers, and promoting news literacy. This effort will never be finished and we have a lot more to do. Today, we’re announcing several updates as part of this work:

 

• Expanding our fact-checking program to new countries

• Expanding our test to fact-check photos and videos

• Increasing the impact of fact-checking by using new techniques, including identifying duplicates and using Claim Review

• Taking action against new kinds of repeat offenders

• Improving measurement and transparency by partnering with academics

(...)

We’re currently working with the commission to develop privacy-protected data sets, which will include a sample of links that people engage with on Facebook. The academics selected by the commission will be able to study these links to better understand the kinds of content being shared on Facebook. Over time, this externallyvalidated research will help keep us accountable and track our progress.

https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/06/increasing-our-efforts-to-fightfalse-news/

São trechos que identificam ações que estão acontecendo no presente, com aspecto de continuidade, quando da edição do texto:

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Em se desejando criar uma frase verbal para constar da placa presente no cartum, sem alterar o sentido original veiculado pelo texto, seria possível que se escrevesse o seguinte na sinalização:

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(1) This summer Jeni Stepien walked down the aisle in Swissvale, PA, arm-in-arm with the man whose life was saved
10 years ago by her murdered father’s donated heart. Though bitter-sweet for assembled family members, the
moment clearly demonstrated how deeply moving and important organ donation can be. In fact, one person can
save or improve the life of up to 50 other people by sharing his or her organs, eyes and tissue. But sadly, over 20
[05] people die every day because of organ shortages.

 

(2) Only 40 percent of U.S. adults are registered organ donors (48 percent offer their leyes; 45 percent tissue). And
if you’re one of the reluctant who worry a doctor won’t do everything possible to save your life because you are a
donor, that’s just not true and here’s why.

[10] (3) You’re seen by the doctor who specializes in your condition, not the one who harvests organs. And doctors have
every incentive to save you. Not only do they care about you, their reputation is on the line! You also may worry
you’ll be declared dead prematurely. In fact, organ donors have a right to extra tests to determine if they really are
deceased, at no cost.

(4) So if you’ve been on the fence about becoming a donor, think about what your legacy could do! And it’s easier
[15] than ever to sign up. You don’t have to wait until you renew your driver’s license. Apple’s updated Health app lets
you register to become an organ, eye and tissue donor.

BY DR. MEHMET OZ, MD AND DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN, MD (Source: https://www.sharecare.com/health/surgical-procedures/article/busting-organ-donation-myths, retrieved on April 10, 2019)

Classify the following words as they are employed in Text: moving (line 3); shortages (line 5); harvests (line 9); dead (line 11); ever (line 14); renew (line 14).

As stated by Collins Dictionary, "A proverb is a short sentence that people often quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life"

(https://www.collinsdictionary.com).

 

Having this definition in mind, which of the proverbs below has the closest meaning to "people who complain the most are the ones who get attention or what they want"