Questões de Inglês

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence bellow:

 

When spring comes, people often feel inclined to ______ their houses.

Read the sentence bellow and mark the correct alternative:

 

At the end of the speech the whole assembly gave the speakers a standing ______.

  A top FBI official told a drone conference in Denver that criminals deliberately flew several small drones to block the rescue team's view of an unfolding situation.

  The drones caused the FBI to lose sight of the attacker.

  "We were then blind," Joseph Mazel, the FBI's operational technology law unit chief, told the AUVSI drone conference.

  According to military news site Defense One, which attended the conference, the hostage situation occurred over the winter in the outskirts of a large US city.

  The FBI had set up an elevated observation post to monitor the hostage situation, and suddenly drones appeared, carrying out a series of "high-speed low passes at the agents in the observation post to flush them [out]," Mr Mazel said.

  Criminal use of drones is rising, and the most popular use for unmanned aerial vehicles is for the smuggling of smartphones and drugs into prisons, according to the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).

  However, the law enforcement body is concerned that criminals could also use drones in other ways. 

  "As part of any operational planning for public events, police are now considering the malicious use of drones and how they will counter that risk," an NPCC spokesman told the BBC.

  "From news reports, practical experience and events within the prison service, quite clearly we're seeing an increasing risk in drone usage, and that's why as an organisation we're doing something about it. " 

  In 2015, it was reported that criminals were using drones to scope out potential burglary targets in Suffolk, and, in 2017, news site Vice made a video documentary about people who were using heat-seeking drones to steal marijuana from illegal farms hidden in residential properties.

  And in the US, drones are increasingly being used by criminal enterprises.

  "I talk to a lot of people in the drone industry, and we've heard of the Mexican drug cartels using drones for at least 10 years to smuggle drugs across the border," Jeffrey Antonelli, a lead attorney specialising in drone and BitTorrent litigation at Antonelli Law told the BBC.
(Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44003860, Accessed on May 5th, 2018).

What were criminals doing with drones in 2015?

TEXTO:

 

 

  Despite its fearsome, Velociraptor-like skull, a

161-million-year-old dinosaur the size of a duck would

have been a shining, shimmering and splendid sight to

behold — mostly because it sported gleaming,

[5] iridescent feathers that were rainbow-colored, a new

study finds. Iridescent feathers glistened on the

dinosaur’s head, wings and tail, according to an analysis

of the shape and structure of the creature’s

melanosomes, the parts of cells that contain pigment.

[10] “The preservation of this dinosaur is incredible — we

were really excited when we realized the level of detail

we were able to see on the feathers,” study co-

researcher Chad Eliason, said.

  After discovering its iridescence and noting the

[15] unique bony crest on top of the dinosaur’s head,

researchers gave it a colorful name — Caihong juji —

which is Mandarin for “rainbow with the big crest.” C.

juji isn’t the first dinosaur on record to have iridescent

feathers; Microraptor, a four-winged dinosaur also

[20] sported gleaming feathers. But that dinosaur lived about

40 million years after C. juji, so the newly identified

dinosaur is by far the oldest dinosaur on record to flaunt

iridescent plumage, the researchers said.

  C. juji is also the oldest animal on record to

[25] have asymmetrical feathers, which help modern birds

steer while flying. However, unlike modern birds, whose

asymmetrical feathers are on their wing tips, C.

juji sported these lopsided feathers on its tail. That,

combined with the fact that C. juji likely couldn’t fly, led

[30] ’the researchers to conclude the dinosaur likely used its

feathers to attract mates and keep warm. This “bizarre”

feature has never been seen before in either dinosaurs

or birds, which evolved from dinosaurs, said study co-

researcher Xing Xu.

GEGGEL, Laura. https://www.livescience.com/61429-little-rainbowdinosaur-discovered-by-farmer-in-china.html. Acesso em: 13 maio 2018. Adaptado.

Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

Read the text and answer the questions as follows.

  A top FBI official told a drone conference in Denver that criminals deliberately flew several small drones to block the rescue team's view of an unfolding situation.
  The drones caused the FBI to lose sight of the attacker.
  "We were then blind," Joseph Mazel, the FBI's operational technology law unit chief, told the AUVSI drone conference.
  According to military news site Defense One, which attended the conference, the hostage situation occurred over the winter in the outskirts of a large US city.
  The FBI had set up an elevated observation post to monitor the hostage situation, and suddenly drones appeared, carrying out a series of "high-speed low passes at the agents in the observation post to flush them [out]," Mr Mazel said.
  Criminal use of drones is rising, and the most popular use for unmanned aerial vehicles is for the smuggling of smartphones and drugs into prisons, according to the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
  However, the law enforcement body is concerned that criminals could also use drones in other ways.
  "As part of any operational planning for public events, police are now considering the malicious use of drones and how they will counter that risk," an NPCC spokesman told the BBC.
  "From news reports, practical experience and events within the prison service, quite clearly we're seeing an increasing risk in drone usage, and that's why as an organisation we're doing something about it. "
  In 2015, it was reported that criminals were using drones to scope out potential burglary targets in Suffolk, and, in 2017, news site Vice made a video documentary about people who were using heat-seeking drones to steal marijuana from illegal farms hidden in residential properties.
  And in the US, drones are increasingly being used by criminal enterprises.
  "I talk to a lot of people in the drone industry, and we've heard of the Mexican drug cartels using drones for at least 10 years to smuggle drugs across the border," Jeffrey Antonelli, a lead attorney specialising in drone and BitTorrent litigation at Antonelli Law told the BBC.
(Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44003860, Accessed on May 5th, 2018).

What´s the sequence with the odd one out?

Read the text and answer the questions as follows.

  A top FBI official told a drone conference in Denver that criminals deliberately flew several small drones to block the rescue team's view of an unfolding situation.
  The drones caused the FBI to lose sight of the attacker.
  "We were then blind," Joseph Mazel, the FBI's operational technology law unit chief, told the AUVSI drone conference.
  According to military news site Defense One, which attended the conference, the hostage situation occurred over the winter in the outskirts of a large US city.
  The FBI had set up an elevated observation post to monitor the hostage situation, and suddenly drones appeared, carrying out a series of "high-speed low passes at the agents in the observation post to flush them [out]," Mr Mazel said.
  Criminal use of drones is rising, and the most popular use for unmanned aerial vehicles is for the smuggling of smartphones and drugs into prisons, according to the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
  However, the law enforcement body is concerned that criminals could also use drones in other ways.
  "As part of any operational planning for public events, police are now considering the malicious use of drones and how they will counter that risk," an NPCC spokesman told the BBC.
  "From news reports, practical experience and events within the prison service, quite clearly we're seeing an increasing risk in drone usage, and that's why as an organisation we're doing something about it. "
  In 2015, it was reported that criminals were using drones to scope out potential burglary targets in Suffolk, and, in 2017, news site Vice made a video documentary about people who were using heat-seeking drones to steal marijuana from illegal farms hidden in residential properties.
  And in the US, drones are increasingly being used by criminal enterprises.
  "I talk to a lot of people in the drone industry, and we've heard of the Mexican drug cartels using drones for at least 10 years to smuggle drugs across the border," Jeffrey Antonelli, a lead attorney specialising in drone and BitTorrent litigation at Antonelli Law told the BBC.
(Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44003860, Accessed on May 5th, 2018).

What´s the sequence with the odd one out?