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49 TEACHER ANDREA BELO AULA 00 – ENGLISH GENERAL PRESENTATION Questão 02 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “This was the rationale behind behaviorism, a now-dead theory of psychology that took this trend to a perverse extreme.” (Paragraph 1), the word rationale means: A) excuse B) logic C) prevention D) proof E) fate Questão 03 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – The word did in the sentence “Schrödinger did identify both the problem and the solution.” (paragraph 2) expresses A) emphasis B) irrelevance C) contrast D) conclusion E) denial Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 04, 05 e 06 What will art look like in 20 The future may be uncertain, but some things are undeniable: climate change, shifting demographics, geopolitics. The only guarantee is that there will be changes, both wonderful and terrible. It’s worth considering how artists will respond to these changes, as well as what purpose art serves, now and in the future. Reports suggest that by 2040 the impacts of human-caused climate change will be unescapable, making it the big issue at the centre of art and life in 20 years’ time. Artists in the future will wrestle with the possibilities of the post-human and post-Anthropocene – artificial intelligence, human colonies in outer space and potential doom. The identity politics seen in art around the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements will grow as environmentalism, border politics and migration come even more sharply into focus. Art will become increasingly diverse and might not ‘look like art’ as we expect. In the future, once we’ve become weary of our lives being visible online for all to see and our privacy has been all but lost, anonymity may be more desirable than fame. Instead of thousands, or millions, of likes and followers, we will be starved for authenticity and connection. Art could, in turn, become more collective and experiential, rather than individual. Adapted from http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190418-what-will-art-look-like-in-20-years 50 TEACHER ANDREA BELO AULA 00 – ENGLISH GENERAL PRESENTATION Questão 04 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Which question below has its answer in paragraph 3? A) What are some undeniable things about the future? B) Who studied about art in the future? C) When will the impacts of human-caused climate change be unescapable? D) What will art look like in the future? E) What are some possibilities of the post-human and post-Anthropocene? Questão 05 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Which one from the underlined verbs in the text conveys a verb form that is different from the others? A) be (paragraph 1) B) respond (paragraph 1) C) wrestle (paragraph 2) D) seen (paragraph 3) E) look (paragraph 3) Questão 06 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – Choose the alternative that correctly substitutes the sentences “The future may be uncertain, but some things are undeniable...” (paragraph 1) with no change in meaning. A) The future may be uncertain, so some things are undeniable. B) The future may be uncertain, because some things are undeniable. C) The future may be uncertain. Some things are undeniable, as well. D) The future may be uncertain; moreover, some things are undeniable. E) The future may be uncertain. Some things are undeniable, though. Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões 07, 08 e 09 Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps Tech companies don’t have favourite songs, but if they __________ (1), they __________ (2) all pick Radiohead’s Just – “You do it to yourself, you do/ And that’s what really hurts,” they would croon, staring their users dead in the eye. And strictly speaking, they’d be right: many of the worst excesses of the industry are, technically, optional. The world isn’t actually a binary choice between living in a surveillance state and opting out of all technological development since the turn of the millennium. You can opt out – you just have to know how. Of course, that knowledge is not always easily acquired, nor is it necessarily easy to apply. So a new breed of services has arrived to try to help normal users take control of their digital lives. Companies including Disconnect. 51 TEACHER ANDREA BELO AULA 00 – ENGLISH GENERAL PRESENTATION Me and Jumbo act as something like a digital concierge for their users, tweaking privacy settings, deleting sensitive data and throwing a spanner into the inner workings of surveillance capitalism. But there’s a Faustian pact involved: to use the privacy apps to their fullest requires handing them a level of control over your digital life that would be all too easy to abuse – and it’s hard to be certain that any company can be trusted with information that sensitive. Most of the companies that track you aren’t open enough for you to even know they’re snooping on you in the first place. Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/16/internet-privacy-settings-apps-to-protect-you- Questão 07 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – According to the text, read the statements and choose the correct alternative. A new kind of services has emerged to try to help users take control of their digital lives. There are only two possible choices in digital life: living in a surveillance state or choosing not to participate of technology. Most of the companies that track people are honest about snooping on them. Using privacy apps requires handing them a safe level of control over users’ digital life. Companies including Disconnect.Me and Jumbo work as a digital curator for their users, deleting sensitive data, for example. A) I and V are correct. B) All of them are correct. C) III, IV and V are correct. D) II, III and IV are correct. E) I and III are correct. Questão 08 (EsPCEx/INÉDITA) – In the sentence “Most of the companies that track you aren’t open enough for you to even know they’re snooping on you in the first place.” (Paragraph 3), the verb snooping means A) tolerating B) preparing C) spying D) serving E) neglecting