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O humor da tirinha está vinculado ao fato do personagem Hagar querer recrutar homens casados para sua nova tripulação devido às qualidades que esses homens supostamente apresentam. Assinale a alternativa que NÃO exprime uma das qualidades apresentadas por Hagar.

  There are foods with health halos. And then there are probiotics, which have practically been canonized. The word itself means—no big whoop—"to give life." Probiotics are now a nearly $37 billion industry in the U.S. Sales of probiotic-rich yogurt and kefir surged nearly 30 percent in the past three years. And just slapping "contains probiotics" on a product helps it sell better, says San Diego attorney Tim Blood, who specializes in consumer protection in advertising. Not too shabby for bacteria, right?

  Indeed, their initial claim to fame was hardly sexy: soothing digestive disorders such as diarrhea, constipation, and acid reflux, which plague 70 million people (mostly women). But that take on pro-b's now feels as dated as a Jamie Lee Curtis Activia ad.

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O texto trata de alimentos conhecidos como probióticos. Percebe-se certa ironia em relação à grande importância conferida a tais alimentos. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o excerto retirado do texto que confirma o ponto de vista sugerido a respeito da ironia.

  People often live in rural areas because they love a slower pace of life, fresh air, and being closer to nature. But a disturbing new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that rural living comes with a scary side effect: A higher risk of dying from certain forms of cancer.

  According to the report, which pulled data from 2006 to 2015, overall cancer deaths are falling in the U.S., but the numbers are higher and falling at a slower pace in rural areas. Specifically, there are 180 deaths for every 100,000 people who live in the country compared to 158 per 100,000 people in urban areas. Even more bizarre: Cancer rates are slightly lower in rural areas—there are 442 cases per 100,000 compared to 457 per 100,000 for their urban-living counterparts— but, again, more people are dying of cancer in these areas. The CDC specifically cited lung, colorectal, prostate, and cervical cancers as the biggest issues for people in rural areas.

Disponível em: . Acesso em: 30 out. 2017.

 

Levando em consideração as informações relacionadas ao câncer contidas no texto, assinale a alternativa correta.

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Multitasking undermines our efficiency

    A study indicates that multitasking may actually be less efficient, especially for complicated or unfamiliar tasks, because it takes extra time to shift mental gears every time a person switches between the two tasks.

    Researchers conducted four experiments that measured the amount of time lost when young adults repeatedly switched between two tasks. The tasks, such as solving math problems or classifying geometric objects, were either familiar or unfamiliar and simple or complex. For all types of tasks, participants lost time when they switched back and forth. Moreover, the time loss increased with the complexity and the unfamiliarity of the tasks.

    Drawing from their research, researchers propose two stages for executive mental control in which the brain must make two separate preparatory decisions to switch tasks. The first, called goal shifting, involves choosing to switch to a new task. The second, rule activation, requires the brain to turn off the cognitive rules of the old task and turn on the cognitive rules of the new task.

    Accessing the rules for the new task and activating them can take several tenths of a second, a significant amount of time for some tasks. For example, a mere half-second lost to task switching can be disastrous for a driver using a cell phone while maneuvering on a busy freeway. Those lost seconds can also build up for air traffic controllers, pilots and office workers surfing the Web while writing a report.

(Source: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/multitask.aspx)

 

Glossary:

shift: mudar.

gears: engrenagens.

switch: alternar.

draw: extrair.

The amount of time taken to switch to a new task can

READ THE TEXT BELOW, THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Multitasking undermines our efficiency

    A study indicates that multitasking may actually be less efficient, especially for complicated or unfamiliar tasks, because it takes extra time to shift mental gears every time a person switches between the two tasks.

    Researchers conducted four experiments that measured the amount of time lost when young adults repeatedly switched between two tasks. The tasks, such as solving math problems or classifying geometric objects, were either familiar or unfamiliar and simple or complex. For all types of tasks, participants lost time when they switched back and forth. Moreover, the time loss increased with the complexity and the unfamiliarity of the tasks.

    Drawing from their research, researchers propose two stages for executive mental control in which the brain must make two separate preparatory decisions to switch tasks. The first, called goal shifting, involves choosing to switch to a new task. The second, rule activation, requires the brain to turn off the cognitive rules of the old task and turn on the cognitive rules of the new task.

    Accessing the rules for the new task and activating them can take several tenths of a second, a significant amount of time for some tasks. For example, a mere half-second lost to task switching can be disastrous for a driver using a cell phone while maneuvering on a busy freeway. Those lost seconds can also build up for air traffic controllers, pilots and office workers surfing the Web while writing a report.

(Source: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/multitask.aspx)

 

Glossary:

shift: mudar.

gears: engrenagens.

switch: alternar.

draw: extrair.

In the four experiments, when it comes to switching between tasks, researchers concluded that

READ THE TEXT BELOW, THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Multitasking undermines our efficiency

    A study indicates that multitasking may actually be less efficient, especially for complicated or unfamiliar tasks, because it takes extra time to shift mental gears every time a person switches between the two tasks.

    Researchers conducted four experiments that measured the amount of time lost when young adults repeatedly switched between two tasks. The tasks, such as solving math problems or classifying geometric objects, were either familiar or unfamiliar and simple or complex. For all types of tasks, participants lost time when they switched back and forth. Moreover, the time loss increased with the complexity and the unfamiliarity of the tasks.

    Drawing from their research, researchers propose two stages for executive mental control in which the brain must make two separate preparatory decisions to switch tasks. The first, called goal shifting, involves choosing to switch to a new task. The second, rule activation, requires the brain to turn off the cognitive rules of the old task and turn on the cognitive rules of the new task.

    Accessing the rules for the new task and activating them can take several tenths of a second, a significant amount of time for some tasks. For example, a mere half-second lost to task switching can be disastrous for a driver using a cell phone while maneuvering on a busy freeway. Those lost seconds can also build up for air traffic controllers, pilots and office workers surfing the Web while writing a report.

(Source: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/multitask.aspx)

 

Glossary:

shift: mudar.

gears: engrenagens.

switch: alternar.

draw: extrair.

The four experiments conducted by the research