Questões de Inglês

By 2050, the world's population will hit 9 billion-so how will we feed everyone? The answer, according to a recent article in The Economist, is that we will have to become more like Brazil. In "The Miracle of the Cerrado," the publication examines the giant farms that have transformed Brazilian agriculture over the last 30 years, and how other countries might be able to learn from them to become more productive.

ln less than 30 years Brazil has turned itself from a food importer into one of the world's great breadbaskets. It is the first country to have caught up with the traditional "big five" grain exporters (America, Canada, Australia, Argentina and the European Union). It is also the first tropical food-giant; the big five are all temperate producers.

(from http ://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/ZO 1 0/0 8/how-to-feed-a-growing-world-brazil-might-have-a-solution/ 6222 1/)

Some sentences below are written in singular and in plural. You have to choose the incorrect sentence:

Texto 8

According to the cartoon above, the problem of the patient is the  

Texto 7

 

AM I ALL RIGHT? 

 

  While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert’s operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. ‘No,’ the patient answered, ‘I am Mr. John Gilbert.’

ALEXANDER, L. G. Practice and progress. Longman. London, 1978. 

 

According to the text above

 

1. Mr. Gilbert is patiently waiting to know about his operation news.

2. the doctor talked about Mr. Gilbert’s situation immediately.

3. Mr. Gilbert was a very smart person.

4. Mr. Gilbert went home just after the operation.

5. a relative called the doctor to ask about Mr. Gilbert.

 

The CORRECT option is just

Texto 6

 

HOW GOOD SOCIAL COMPANION WOULD A ROBOT MAKE? 

 

  The dream of the future where robots could be programmed to perform tasks such as laying the table, taking the rubbish out, or even more responsible roles such as minding children or pets is being explored by University of Hertfordshire academics. 

  The University has taken the robot out of the laboratory and into the house as part of a study of humanrobot interaction.  

  The study aims to research how humans can comfortably interact with robots. 

  Mick Walters, a researcher in the University’s School of Computer Science, described the School’s work on Cognition, a European integrated project which aims to develop cognitive robot companions. 

  He said: “Computer scientists and psychologists are working together on this project to understand how groups of individuals would like robots to look and behave, whether they need to be humanoid or just computer on wheels, and the level of closeness and eye contact they would like if they had a robot living with them.”. 

  Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, professor in Artificial Intelligence at the School who is leading the University’s contribution to the project commented: “We aim to develop personalized robot companions. We are studying how a robot companion can be personalized and modified according to people’s different preferences, likes and dislikes.

Adaptado de (MARIZA, F.; RUBIN, S.G. Inglês – de olho no mundo do trabalho. Editora Scipione. São Paulo, 2008.) 

 

Considerando o texto, qual o melhor significado para as palavras TAKING, BEING, WORKING, LIVING and LEADING respectivamente?  

Texto 6

 

HOW GOOD SOCIAL COMPANION WOULD A ROBOT MAKE? 

 

  The dream of the future where robots could be programmed to perform tasks such as laying the table, taking the rubbish out, or even more responsible roles such as minding children or pets is being explored by University of Hertfordshire academics. 

  The University has taken the robot out of the laboratory and into the house as part of a study of humanrobot interaction.  

  The study aims to research how humans can comfortably interact with robots. 

  Mick Walters, a researcher in the University’s School of Computer Science, described the School’s work on Cognition, a European integrated project which aims to develop cognitive robot companions. 

  He said: “Computer scientists and psychologists are working together on this project to understand how groups of individuals would like robots to look and behave, whether they need to be humanoid or just computer on wheels, and the level of closeness and eye contact they would like if they had a robot living with them.”. 

  Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, professor in Artificial Intelligence at the School who is leading the University’s contribution to the project commented: “We aim to develop personalized robot companions. We are studying how a robot companion can be personalized and modified according to people’s different preferences, likes and dislikes.

Adaptado de (MARIZA, F.; RUBIN, S.G. Inglês – de olho no mundo do trabalho. Editora Scipione. São Paulo, 2008.) 

 

The research the text above talks about is trying to take robots to

 

1. interact with people in houses.

2. work for scientists and psychologists.

3. help the University of Hertfordshire academics.

4. perform special tasks for human beings.

5. have different likes and dislikes.

 

The CORRECT option is just 

Texto 5

 

De acordo com a tira cômica, o personagem Dilbert