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an issue um problema ou uma questão de difícil solução
a challenge um desafio
to deal with a problem lidar com um problema
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to overcome a problem superar um problema
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1 Fuvest 2014 In the future, more robots will occupy a stran-
ge gray zone: doing not only jobs that humans can do 
but also jobs that require social grace. In the last decade, 
an interdisciplinary field of research called Human-Ro-
bot Interaction (H.R.I.) has arisen to study the factors that 
make robots work well with humans, and how humans 
view their robotic counterparts. 
H.R.I. researchers have discovered some rather 
surprising things: a robot’s behavior can have a bigger 
impact on its relationship with humans than its design; 
many of the rules that govern human relationships apply 
equally well to human-robot relations; and people will 
read emotions and motivations into a robot’s behavior that 
far exceed the robot’s capabilities. As we employ those 
lessons to build robots that can be better caretakers, maids 
and emergency responders, we risk further blurring the 
(once unnecessary) line between tools and beings. 
KOERTH-BAKER, Maggie. “How robots can trick you into loving them”. 
The New York Times, 17 set. 2013. Disponível em: <www.nytimes.
com/2013/09/22/magazine/how-robots-can-trick-you-into- 
loving-them.html>. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2020..
Com base no texto, responda em português.
a) Qual é o foco específico dos estudos realizados no 
campo de pesquisas denominado Human-Robot 
Interaction (H.R.I.)?
b) O que os pesquisadores do H.R.I. têm descoberto 
sobre as reações dos humanos ao comportamen-
to dos robôs? 
O texto abaixo servirá de base para as questões 2 e 3.
How useful is online social networking in Education?
ICT in Education
UNESCO Bangkok
Online social networking is now so deeply embedded 
in the lifestyles of teens that it rivals television for their 
attention, according to a new study from Grunwald 
Associates LLC, conducted in cooperation with the US 
National School Boards Association. 
Nine-to-17-year-olds now spend almost as much time 
using social networking services and web sites as they spend 
watching television, the study revealed. Among teens, that 
amounts to about nine hours a week on social networking 
activities, compared to about 10 hours a week watching TV. 
Students are hardly passive couch potatoes online. 
Beyond basic communications, many students engage 
in highly creative activities on social networking sites – 
and a sizeable proportion of them are adventurous 
nonconformists who set the pace for their peers […]
Furthermore, students reported that one of the most 
common topics of conversation on the social networking 
scene is education. Almost 60 per cent of students who 
use social networking talk about education topics online 
and, surprisingly, more than 50 per cent talk specifically 
about schoolwork. 
Yet the vast majority of school districts have stringent 
rules against nearly all forms of social networking during 
the school day – even though students and parents report 
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few behavior problems online. Indeed, both district 
leaders and parents believe that social networking could 
play a positive role in students' lives and they recognise 
opportunities for using it in education – at a time when 
teachers now routinely assign homework that requires 
Internet use to complete. In light of the study findings, 
school districts may want to consider re-examining their 
policies and practices and explore ways in which they 
could use social networking for educational purposes. 
The study was comprised of three surveys: an online 
survey of 1,277 nine-to-17-year-old students, an 
online survey of 1,039 parents and telephone interviews 
with 250 school district leaders who make decisions on 
Internet policy. Grunwald Associates LLC, an independent 
research and consulting firm formulated and directed 
the study.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION. Creating & 
Connecting: research and guidelines on online social – and 
educational – networking. Alexandria (Virginia): NSBA, 2007. 
(Adapt.). Disponível em: <http://grunwald.com/pdfs/Grunwald_
NSBA_Study_Kids_Social_Media.pdf>. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2020. 
2 UFRN 2012 Em relação ao papel das redes sociais na 
escola:
a) qual a postura adotada pela maioria das escolas?
b) o que pensam pais e líderes escolares?
3 UFRN 2012 O estudo relatado no texto utilizou três 
fontes de dados. De que forma as informações foram 
coletadas e quem foram os informantes da pesquisa?
Leia o texto para responder às questões de 4 a 7.
1.4 million ebola infections possible 
by January, U.S. forecasts
By Reuters
Filed: 9/23/14 at 3:27 PM | Updated: 9/23/14 at 3:41 PM
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NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) – Global experts issued 
stark new warnings of the scale of West Africa's ebola 
outbreak on Tuesday, with the U.S. government estimating 
between 550,000 and 1.4 million people might be infected 
in the region by January.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) said its projection was based on data from late 
August and did not take into account a planned U.S. 
mission to fight the disease, so the upper end of the forecast 
was unlikely.
However, it followed research by experts from the 
World Health Organization (WHO) and Imperial College, 
which estimated that 20,000 people risked infection within 
six weeks – months earlier than previous forecasts. It 
warned that the disease might become a permanent feature 
of life in West Africa.
The worst ebola outbreak on record has already killed 
over 2,800 people – more than the combined total of all 
previous outbreaks. The disease has marched across much 
of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing dozens of 
health workers and crippling economies recovering from 
years of conflict.
Outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal appear for now 
to have been contained. But nations across the region 
fear contagion and, against expert advice, have shuttered 
borders and restricted travel, complicating international 
efforts to fight the disease.
“I am confident the direst projections will not come 
to pass,” CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden told reporters.
“A surge now can break the back of the epidemic,” 
Frieden said. “If you get enough people effectively isolated, 
the epidemic can be stopped.”
Amid complaints from aid workers and regional 
leaders that the world was doing too little, U.S. President 
Barack Obama last week announced plans to send 3,000 
troops to build 17 treatment centers and train thousands 
of healthcare workers.
The U.S. move has been welcomed, but it was 
accompanied by calls for other nations to follow suit, since 
the disease was still spreading faster than the moves being 
made to contain it.
Underscoring this gap, a senior U.N. official in Liberia, 
the worst-hit nation, said on Tuesday that 150 foreign 
experts were in the country but another 600 to 700 were 
needed.
Antonio Vigilante, head of the U.N. Development 
Programme in Liberia, said Liberia now had 350 to 400 beds 
for ebola patients, but that fell far short of the 2,000 needed.
“We have announcements that more will come but 
very small numbers,” Vigilante added. “The American 
military are bringing in a camp hospital, but it is for 25 
beds with medical staff. And so there are still very few. 
Even if we are at 2,000 beds two or three weeks from 
now, the cases we'll have in any single day may be more 
than that,” he said.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called the 
CDC predictions “horrendous” and “scary.” Butnow that 
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structures had been put in place, she said, the U.S. effort 
would help ensure the outbreak would decline as fast as 
it spread.
“I believe that, given another couple of weeks, we 
shall see that this major effort begins to show results,” she 
said, via Skype to an audience at Georgetown University 
in Washington, DC.
In a bid to fill the void, Liberia is now planning to train 
some 40,000 community workers.
“1.4 Million Ebola Infections Possible by January, U.S. Forecasts”. 
Newsweek com informações da Reuters, 23 set. 2014. Disponível 
em: <www.newsweek.com/us-forecasts-more-500000-ebola-
cases-west-africa-272763>. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2020.
4 FDF 2015 No parágrafo 4, lê-se que o ebola
A prejudicou a economia estável da região.
b matou duas vezes mais pessoas desde o último surto.
c matou centenas de pessoas saudáveis.
d matou vários profissionais da saúde.
E levou os infectados para a Guiné, Libéria e Serra Leoa.
5 FDF 2015 Em relação à Nigéria e ao Senegal, o pará-
grafo 5 diz que
A ambos temem a propagação do surto.
b os dois países fecharam suas fronteiras.
c ambos facilitaram o controle da propagação.
d os países próximos conseguiram controlar o surto.
E o surto foi aparentemente controlado nos dois países.
6 FDF 2015 No parágrafo 8, Barack Obama anunciou um 
plano de ajuda porque
A os Estados Unidos também estão ameaçados pelo 
surto.
b o surto pode ser global.
c o treinamento de voluntários era insuficiente.
d dezessete centros de tratamento seriam o bastante.
E houve reclamação sobre a falta de ajuda global.
7 FDF 2015 Leia as afirmações abaixo e depois escolha 
a alternativa correta.
No parágrafo 9, é dito que, embora a ação americana 
fosse bem-vinda,
1. ela contemplava vários locais.
2. havia a necessidade de envolver outros países.
3. a doença já estava fora de controle.
4. a propagação do surto era maior do que as ações 
para contê-lo.
5. era impossível atender a todos devido à mobilida-
de das pessoas.
A 1 e 3.
b 3 e 5.
c 2 e 4.
d 2 e 3.
E 1 e 4.
Texto para a questão 8.
Feds settle over fake Facebook 
profile used in drug case
By Lauren Walker
A DEA agent created a fake Facebook profile in 
a woman’s name using the contents from her seized 
cellphone.
The Justice Department reached a $134,000 settlement 
with a woman in upstate New York on Tuesday after the 
Drug Enforcement Administration used information from 
her cellphone to create a fake Facebook page in her name 
in an attempt to nab an alleged drug ring.
The settlement comes more than a year after the 
woman, Sondra Arquiett, sued the Justice Department 
saying the DEA had caused “fear and great emotional 
distress” by creating the fake account. The government 
initially defended the agency, saying that Arquiett 
implicitly consented to the page by “granting access to 
the information stored in her cellphone and by consenting 
to the use of that information to aid in... ongoing criminal 
investigations.” But as the case attracted widespread media 
attention over privacy concerns, the Justice Department 
decided to review the case.
The drama began in 2010 when the authorities 
arrested Arquiett and seized her cellphone as part of a 
drug bust. Arquiett later pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to 
distribute cocaine, and a judge eventually sentenced her 
six weeks of time already served, in addition to a period 
of home detention and five years probation.
But as Arquiett was awaiting trial, DEA Special Agent 
Timothy Sinnigen used information taken from her cellphone 
and created a fake Facebook page. He then used this fake 
account to gather information about an alleged drug ring.
In 2013 Arquiett sued the agency, claiming the page 
endangered her well being as it “initiate[d] contact with 
dangerous individuals,” such as sending a friend request 
to a fugitive, and made it appear as if she was cooperating 
with a federal investigation.
WALKER, Lauren. “Feds Settle Over Fake Facebook Profile Used in Drug 
Case”. Newsweek, 21 jan. 2015. Disponível em: <www.newsweek.com/
feds-settle-over-fake-facebook-profile-used-drug-case-301096>. 
Acesso em: 5 ago. 2020.
8 UFU 2015 De acordo com o texto, Sondra Arquiett 
decidiu processar o Departamento de Justiça dos Es-
tados Unidos, porque
A discordava da sentença dada pelo juiz, após seu 
julgamento.
b precisava chamar a atenção da mídia, depois da 
prisão domiciliar.
c sentia-se em situação de risco, depois das ações 
de um agente do DEA.
d considerava impróprias as informações usadas 
pelo DEA, após sua prisão.
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Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 1 e 2. 
Bribery, corruption, and worker 
abuse have reached a boiling point in 
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host
Migrant workers on a construction site in Doha, Qatar.
The world was shocked when Qatar won the bid to 
host the 2022 World Cup in 2010. Of course, there’s the 
weather: the Persian Gulf state suffers temperatures well 
north of 100 degrees – sometimes over 120 – in the World 
Cup months of June and July. And there’s the fact that the 
tiny, oil-rich nation has little soccer history or presence 
on the sport’s international stage: It’s never sent a team 
to the Cup to compete. Turns out, there may have been 
more suspicious factors behind FIFA’s bizarre decision. 
The British press have alleged that Qatari billionaire 
Mohamed bin Hammam paid off FIFA officials in order 
to secure their votes to bring the Cup to his country. If 
the allegations are true, FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce 
said he’d push to strip Qatar of the Cup and re-award it 
to another country. What could push all this to critical 
mass is ongoing outrage over Qatar’s mistreatment of 
the construction workers tasked with building Cup 
infrastructure. The long hours of hard labor in unbearably 
hot conditions have proven lethal: It’s estimated that 
1200 workers have died in Qatar since the country 
was awarded the Cup. They are almost exclusively 
migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia and can 
only leave Qatar with the written permission of their 
employers – a system some watchers have compared 
to slavery. Five of the World Cup’s six top corporate 
sponsors (including Coca-Cola and Adidas) have voiced 
concern over corruption and worker abuse allegations, 
and publicly back formal investigations. Blatter, in a rare 
off-message moment, admitted that giving Qatar the bid 
was a “mistake”. Qatari officials have denied wrong doing 
on corruption charges and promised to reform labor 
laws – but clearly, they have a lot more to worry about 
than air-conditioning their stadiums.
BRODEY, Sam. “A Guide to the Scandals Plaguing the World Cup”. 
Mother Jones, 12 jun. 2014. Disponível em: <www.motherjones.com/
media/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-scandals-brazil-qatar/>. 
Acesso em: 5 ago. 2020.
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1 UEL 2015 De acordo com o texto, considere as afirma-
tivas a seguir.
I. Existe uma possibilidade de o Catar deixar de 
sediar a Copa do Mundo de 2022 devido a de-
núncias da imprensa internacional.
II. O Catar é conhecido por sua tradição futebolística, 
inclusive com participação em eventos esportivos 
internacionais.
III. Até 2022, há uma previsão de queda no núme-
ro de mortos entre os operários que atuarão nas 
obras para a Copa do Mundo do Catar.
IV. Patrocinadores da Copa do Mundo de 2022 demons-
traram preocupação com as alegações de corru pção 
e abusos contra os trabalhadores do evento.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
A Somente as afirmativas I e II são corretas.
b Somente asafirmativas I e IV são corretas.
c Somente as afirmativas III e IV são corretas.
d Somente as afirmativas I, II e III são corretas.
E Somente as afirmativas II, III e IV são corretas.
2 UEL 2015 Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, correta-
mente, o argumento central no qual se baseia o texto. 
A A pouca tradição no futebol e a ausência em 
campeonatos mundiais anteriores foram fatores 
decisivos para a escolha do país sede.
b O governo do Catar escraviza seus operários, o 
que preocupa as grandes empresas mundiais em 
termos de direitos humanos.
c O clima do Catar, nos meses nos quais ocorrerá o 
Mundial, é um fator que impede sua realização nes-
se local.
d A escolha do Catar como sede do Mundial de fu-
tebol está envolvida com suspeitas de suborno e 
alegações de abusos contra os trabalhadores.
E Milionários do Catar pagarão as despesas para a 
realização do Mundial assim como os salários dos 
funcionários envolvidos na construção dos estádios.
Texto para as questões de 3 a 5. 
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 systems to 
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.
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