Questões de Inglês para Vestibular

cód. #3049

FUVEST - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeira Fase

    Assigning female genders to digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa is helping entrench harmful gender biases, according to a UN agency.

    Research released by Unesco claims that the often submissive and flirty responses offered by the systemsto many queries – including outright abusive ones – reinforce ideas of women as subservient.

    “Because the speech of most voice assistants is female, it sends a signal that women are obliging, docile and eager‐to‐ please helpers, available at the touch of a button or with a blunt voice command like ‘hey’ or ‘OK’”, the report said.

    “The assistant holds no power of agency beyond what the commander asks of it. It honours commands and responds to queries regardless of their tone or hostility. In many communities, this reinforces commonly held gender biases that women are subservient and tolerant of poor treatment.”

    The Unesco publication was entitled “I’d Blush if I Could”; a reference to the response Apple’s Siri assistant offers to the phrase: “You’re a slut.” Amazon’s Alexa will respond: “Well, thanks for the feedback.”

    The papersaid such firms were “staffed by overwhelmingly male engineering teams” and have built AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems that “cause their feminised digital assistants to greet verbal abuse with catch‐me‐if‐you‐can flirtation”.

    Saniye Gülser Corat, Unesco’s director for gender equality, said: “The world needs to pay much closer attention to how, when and whether AI technologies are gendered and, crucially, who is gendering them.”

The Guardian, May, 2019. Adaptado.

Segundo o texto, o título do relatório publicado pela Unesco ‐ “I´d Blush if I Could” ‐, no que diz respeito aos assistentes digitais, indica

A) resposta padrão para comandos que incluem impropérios.

B) capacidade tecnológica para selecionar temas sensíveis ao grande público.

C) preocupação dos fabricantes de dispositivos eletrônicos com usuários conservadores.

D) perda de controle das formas de interação entre seres humanos e máquinas.

E) necessidade de elaboração de sistemas integrados de reconhecimento de voz.

A B C D E

cód. #3050

FUVEST - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Primeira Fase

    Assigning female genders to digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa is helping entrench harmful gender biases, according to a UN agency.

    Research released by Unesco claims that the often submissive and flirty responses offered by the systemsto many queries – including outright abusive ones – reinforce ideas of women as subservient.

    “Because the speech of most voice assistants is female, it sends a signal that women are obliging, docile and eager‐to‐ please helpers, available at the touch of a button or with a blunt voice command like ‘hey’ or ‘OK’”, the report said.

    “The assistant holds no power of agency beyond what the commander asks of it. It honours commands and responds to queries regardless of their tone or hostility. In many communities, this reinforces commonly held gender biases that women are subservient and tolerant of poor treatment.”

    The Unesco publication was entitled “I’d Blush if I Could”; a reference to the response Apple’s Siri assistant offers to the phrase: “You’re a slut.” Amazon’s Alexa will respond: “Well, thanks for the feedback.”

    The papersaid such firms were “staffed by overwhelmingly male engineering teams” and have built AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems that “cause their feminised digital assistants to greet verbal abuse with catch‐me‐if‐you‐can flirtation”.

    Saniye Gülser Corat, Unesco’s director for gender equality, said: “The world needs to pay much closer attention to how, when and whether AI technologies are gendered and, crucially, who is gendering them.”

The Guardian, May, 2019. Adaptado.

Conforme o texto, em relação às mulheres, um efeito decorrente do fato de assistentes digitais reforçarem estereótipos de gênero é

A) a inclusão de uma única voz nos dispositivos.

B) a normalização de formas de assédio sexista.

C) o poder de influência positiva sobre as pessoas.

D) o incremento de vendas e customização de robôs.

E) a busca por formas que reflitam problemas sociais.

A B C D E

cód. #3819

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

[…] “whereas our bees can collect data for hours […] (Singular Form)

A) Datae;

B) Datus;

C) Dati;

D) Dato;

E) Datum.

A B C D E

cód. #3820

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

“We showed for the first time that it’s possible to do all this computation and sensing using insects in lieu of drones.” (Context Word Meaning)

A) Instead;

B) Although;

C) For instance;

D) However;

E) Similar.

A B C D E

cód. #3821

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

[…]”requires only a tiny battery” […] (Synonym)

A) Huge;

B) Enormous;

C) Cheap;

D) Very small;

E) Large.

A B C D E

cód. #3822

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees.




Researchers at the University of Washington have created a sensor package that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.

Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without needing a charge.

Now, engineers at the University of Washington have created a sensing system that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee. Because insects can fly on their own, the package requires only a tiny rechargeable battery that could last for seven hours of flight and then charge while the bees are in their hive at night.

“Drones can fly for maybe 10 or 20 minutes before they need to charge again, whereas our bees can collect data for hours,” said senior author Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor in the UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. “We showed for the first time that it’s possible to actually do all this computation and sensing using insects in lieu of drones.”

Source: www.washington-edu/news/2018/12/11/sensor-bees/
The advantages of using a sensing system are… (Except - Text Comprehension)

A) The sensing system is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee;

B) The battery is unrechargeable while the bees are in their hive;

C) The package requires a tiny battery;

D) The battery lasts for seven hours of flight;

E) Insects can fly on their own.

A B C D E

cód. #3823

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

Should we relax about screen time?

The UK government's plans for regulation of the internet and social media contained a long list of online harms. Among them was excessive screen use by teenagers.



On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we ask whether there is convincing evidence that spending hours staring at smartphones and other screens is damaging the mental health of young people.

f you read news headlines - or indeed the government's Online Harms White Paper - you might think that the case against screen time was a no-brainer. But this week, a study by the Oxford Internet Institute suggested that it had little obvious effect on the mental wellbeing of teenagers, even if they were spending hours staring at screens at bedtime.

"We look at general wellbeing," one of the researchers, Amy Orben, tells us. "We do not find a relationship between digital screen use 30 minutes, one hour and two hours before bed and a decrease in wellbeing."

The research examined data from more than 17,000 teenagers in the UK, Ireland and the United States

Source: www.bbc.com/news/technology-47910524
“If you read news headlines or indeed the government’s Online Harms White Paper […] (Discourse Marker)

A) Exemplification;

B) Contrast;

C) Addition of ideas;

D) Cause;

E) Condition.

A B C D E

cód. #3824

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

Should we relax about screen time?

The UK government's plans for regulation of the internet and social media contained a long list of online harms. Among them was excessive screen use by teenagers.



On the Tech Tent podcast this week, we ask whether there is convincing evidence that spending hours staring at smartphones and other screens is damaging the mental health of young people.

f you read news headlines - or indeed the government's Online Harms White Paper - you might think that the case against screen time was a no-brainer. But this week, a study by the Oxford Internet Institute suggested that it had little obvious effect on the mental wellbeing of teenagers, even if they were spending hours staring at screens at bedtime.

"We look at general wellbeing," one of the researchers, Amy Orben, tells us. "We do not find a relationship between digital screen use 30 minutes, one hour and two hours before bed and a decrease in wellbeing."

The research examined data from more than 17,000 teenagers in the UK, Ireland and the United States

Source: www.bbc.com/news/technology-47910524
Concerning to the text above “online harms” are… (Except) (Text Comprehension)

A) Excessive screen use;

B) Not spending hours staring at smartphones;

C) People use phones and technology in their everyday life;

D) Staring at other screens, such as digital ones;

E) None of the answers above.

A B C D E

cód. #3825

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

A fire gutted parts of Notre Dame Cathedral and altered the Paris skyline


Paris (CNN) A catastrophic fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, altering the city's skyline and threatening a potent symbol of Catholicism at the start of Holy Week.

The fire burned for several hours, destroying the 850-year-old cathedral's iconic spire and roof before firefighters contained the blaze early Tuesday morning.

A pair of bell towers immortalized in Victor Hugo's tale "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" survived, along with the cathedral's elaborate stonework facade. Officials said invaluable artifacts were saved, including the Crown of Thorns, believed to be a relic of the passion of Christ.

President Emmanuel Macron lamented the destruction of an awe-inspiring building that embodied the heart of Paris for more than 800 years. But he pledged to rebuild, starting with the launch of an international fundraising campaign.

"Notre Dame is our history, it's our literature, it's our imagery. It's the place where we live our greatest moments, from wars to pandemics to liberations," he said.

"This history is ours. And it burns. It burns and I know the sadness so many of our fellow French feel."
The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the fire, the cause of which is still unknown.


Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to the scene, snarled by rush hour traffic.

For much of the afternoon, flames and plumes of smoke billowed from the cathedral as firefighters in cranes sprayed water onto the structure. 

The cathedral was undergoing renovation work, the fire service said.

'Madness'
The fire, just days before Easter, was met with horror by Parisians and tourists.

As firefighters battled the blaze, Parisians gathered outside the church Monday night, raising their voices in prayer.

"It's awful to see such a symbol disappearing in front of you. It's been there for so many years and in a few minutes half of it disappeared ... crazy.

"Paris without Notre Dame, madness."

Source: www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/world/note-dame-cathedral-fire/index.html 

“President Emmanuel Macron lamented the destruction of an awe-inspiring building” […] (Passive Voice)

A) The destruction of an awe-inspiring building was lamented by President Emmanuel Macron;

B) The destruction of an awe-inspiring building is lamented by President Emmanuel Macron;

C) President Emmanuel Macron laments the destruction of an awe-inspiring building;

D) President Emmanuel Macron will lament the destruction of an awe-inspiring building;

E) The destruction of an awe-inspiring building will be lamented by President Emmanuel Macron.

A B C D E

cód. #3826

Inatel - Inglês - 2019 - Vestibular - Julho

A fire gutted parts of Notre Dame Cathedral and altered the Paris skyline


Paris (CNN) A catastrophic fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, altering the city's skyline and threatening a potent symbol of Catholicism at the start of Holy Week.

The fire burned for several hours, destroying the 850-year-old cathedral's iconic spire and roof before firefighters contained the blaze early Tuesday morning.

A pair of bell towers immortalized in Victor Hugo's tale "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" survived, along with the cathedral's elaborate stonework facade. Officials said invaluable artifacts were saved, including the Crown of Thorns, believed to be a relic of the passion of Christ.

President Emmanuel Macron lamented the destruction of an awe-inspiring building that embodied the heart of Paris for more than 800 years. But he pledged to rebuild, starting with the launch of an international fundraising campaign.

"Notre Dame is our history, it's our literature, it's our imagery. It's the place where we live our greatest moments, from wars to pandemics to liberations," he said.

"This history is ours. And it burns. It burns and I know the sadness so many of our fellow French feel."
The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the fire, the cause of which is still unknown.


Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to the scene, snarled by rush hour traffic.

For much of the afternoon, flames and plumes of smoke billowed from the cathedral as firefighters in cranes sprayed water onto the structure. 

The cathedral was undergoing renovation work, the fire service said.

'Madness'
The fire, just days before Easter, was met with horror by Parisians and tourists.

As firefighters battled the blaze, Parisians gathered outside the church Monday night, raising their voices in prayer.

"It's awful to see such a symbol disappearing in front of you. It's been there for so many years and in a few minutes half of it disappeared ... crazy.

"Paris without Notre Dame, madness."

Source: www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/world/note-dame-cathedral-fire/index.html 

Among invaluable artifacts that were saved, which one is considerable as a relic? (Text Comprehension)

A) A pair of bell towers;

B) The Hunchback of Notre Dame;

C) The stone work façade;

D) The Crown of Thorns;

E) Parts of Notre Dame Cathedral.

A B C D E

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