Questão Q3050097 - Língua Inglesa

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Text for items from 16 to 20. 1 We are often told that we are in the midst of atechnological revolution. That business and the worldof work continue to be transformed and improved4 by computers, the Internet, the increased speedof communication, data processing, robotics, andnow ‑ artificial intelligence.7 There is only one small problem with allthis ‑ none of it seems to show up in the economic data.If all this technology really is making us all work faster10 and better, there is precious little evidence.It feels like we are continuing to go througha huge period of innovation and technological13 advancement, but at the same time, productivityhas slowed to a crawl. How can you explain thisapparent paradox?16 It might be that we are all just using thetechnology to avoid doing work. Such as endlesslymessaging friends on WhatsApp, watching videos on19 YouTube, arguing angrily on Twitter, or simply mindlesslysurfing the Internet.Or there might, of course, be bigger22 underlying factors.Productivity is something economists lookat very closely. And while it is a complicated issue,25 with the 2008 financial crisis and current highinflation having a negative impact, there are said tobe two main explanations for why technology is not28 boosting productivity.The first is that we are just not measuringthe impact of technology properly. The second is that31 economic revolutions tend to be rather slow‑burningaffairs. And therefore, technological change is happening,but it just might be decades before we see the34 full benefits.The technology is seemingly not the problem,and in some respects it is not the solution either. High37 productivity growth will come only to those that learnhow to use it best. Internet: (with adaptations). Text for items from 16 to 20. 1 We are often told that we are in the midst of atechnological revolution. That business and the worldof work continue to be transformed and improved4 by computers, the Internet, the increased speedof communication, data processing, robotics, andnow ‑ artificial intelligence.7 There is only one small problem with allthis ‑ none of it seems to show up in the economic data.If all this technology really is making us all work faster10 and better, there is precious little evidence.It feels like we are continuing to go througha huge period of innovation and technological13 advancement, but at the same time, productivityhas slowed to a crawl. How can you explain thisapparent paradox?16 It might be that we are all just using thetechnology to avoid doing work. Such as endlesslymessaging friends on WhatsApp, watching videos on19 YouTube, arguing angrily on Twitter, or simply mindlesslysurfing the Internet.Or there might, of course, be bigger22 underlying factors.Productivity is something economists lookat very closely. And while it is a complicated issue,25 with the 2008 financial crisis and current highinflation having a negative impact, there are said tobe two main explanations for why technology is not28 boosting productivity.The first is that we are just not measuringthe impact of technology properly. The second is that31 economic revolutions tend to be rather slow‑burningaffairs. And therefore, technological change is happening,but it just might be decades before we see the34 full benefits.The technology is seemingly not the problem,and in some respects it is not the solution either. High37 productivity growth will come only to those that learnhow to use it best. Internet: (with adaptations). About the sentence “It feels like we are continuing to go through a huge period of innovation and technological advancement, but at the same time, productivity has slowed to a crawl” (lines from 11 to 14), select the incorrect alternative. About the sentence “It feels like we are continuing to go through a huge period of innovation and technological advancement, but at the same time, productivity has slowed to a crawl” (lines from 11 to 14), select the incorrect alternative.

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“to go through” can be correctly replaced by go around without changes in the meaning.

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The word “huge” means very big, enormous.

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“feels” is conjugated in the 3rd person singular in the simple present tense.

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“we are continuing” is in the present progressive tense.

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“has slowed” is conjugated in the present perfect tense and agrees with productivity.

About the sentence “It feels like we are continuing to go...