Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2006

14 According to Hiroshi Ishiguro, the combination of robotics and cognitive science:

• A.

  can be defined as android science.

• B.

  can help humans imitate android behavior.

• C.

  may implement new human fertilization techniques.

• D.

  will be disastrous to human relationships in the future.

• E.

  will be used to evaluate the collaboration between sciences.

Ishiguro abandoned an artistic career due to his:

• A.

  interest in computer sciences.

• B.

  deficiency of color perception.

• C.

  talent to invent humanoid robots.

• D.

  involvement with the Star Trek franchise.

• E.

  concerns about his four-year-old daughter.

Check the only correct statement concerning reference.

• A.

  “It” (line 3) – “person”.

• B.

  "one” (line 10) – “robot”.

• C.

  “he” (line 34) – “character”.

• D.

  “it (line 46) – “activity”.

• E.

  “it” (line 62) – “schedule”.

Check the only correct statement.

• A.

  “decreasing” (line 13) is the opposite of diminishing.

• B.

  “ideal” (line 34) could be substituted by appropriate.

• C.

  “collaborators” (line 42) and assistants are antonyms.

• D.

  “rudimentary” (line 50) means sophisticated.

• E.

  “authentic” (line 60) and real are synonyms.

Check the item in which there is a correct correspondence between the idea expressed by the word in bold type and the idea in italics.

• A.

  “But why build a robot with pigmented silicone skin, … makeup ?” (lines 14-15) (But addition).

• B.

  “Besides the justification for making robots anthropomorphic and bipedal…”. (lines 19-20) (Besides contrast)

• C.

  “Androids can thus elicit the most natural communication.” (lines 23-24) (thus condition)

• D.

  “Because the android’s appearance is very similar to that of a human ...” (lines 53-54) (Because reason).

• E.

  “Repliee, though, is so lifelike that it has overcome the creepiness factor, ...” (lines 56-57) (though result)

Judge the following items about the schoolhouse mentioned in the text above.

The center of the schoolhouse was bare.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items about the schoolhouse mentioned in the text above.

The pupils had to look for special wood to light the fire.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items about the schoolhouse mentioned in the text above.

Regardless of the students’ age, everybody studied together in the same room.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items about the schoolhouse mentioned in the text above.

The teacher must have been a devoted one.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items about the schoolhouse mentioned in the text above.

Usually, students who attended schoolhouses rarely missed classes.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado