A questão refere-se aos textos abaixo, extraídos da reportagem “Technology you can use at home,“ da revista TIME de 17 de julho de 1995.

Chaining channels

The latest version of Sony’s tiny portable television, FDL-22 Watchman Color TV with Straptenna, is ergonomically designed for easy holding and viewing. A 5.6-cm liquid-crystal-display screen — the smallest to date – emits an impressively sharp picture. The signal is pulled in by a strap/antenna worn around the neck; it makes use of the water content of the human body to help with the reception.

Super food for skinnies

Scientists discovered 20 years ago that butter could be rendered more benign to the heart if, in a bit of molecular manipulation, the food’s fatty acids were rearranged. The resulting concoction, which tastes like butter but doens’t clog arteries, is nearly ready for commercial use. Playing around with several recipes, Dr. Edward Mascioli and a team at the Harvard Medical School have baked modified butter into guilt-free muffins and cookies that they hope will lower snackers’ blood-cholesterol levels. The stuff is being tested with a group of consumers eating regular goodies for five weeks followed by five weeks more on the virtuous kind. Medical Foods, a Canadian firm, plans to bring a line of such treats to market after that experimental phase is over.

Play tripper

Renault’s commuter car of the future is called Ludo (Latin for I play), though customers aren’t likely to go joyriding in anything similar for several years. But as far as the prototype is concerned, the designers have achieved a playful combination of practicality and efficiency in a city car. One of three designs being studied by Renault, the Ludo has twin sliding doors, giving as many as five passengers easy access, and fold-down seats that allow plenty of space for stowing paraphernalia. It features a peppy 1.15-liter engine fueled by clean-burning petroleum gas (a mixture of butane and propane). Top speed: about 150 km/h.

A questão refere-se aos textos cujo vocabulário se segue:

• the latest = a mais recente

• tiny = minúscula

• to design = projetar

• easy = fácil

• holding = manuseio

• screen = tela

• to date = até o momento

• sharp = preciso

• to wear, wore, worn = usar

• neck = pescoço

• content = conteúdo

• human body = corpo humano

• strap = fio, alça, correia

• skinnies = magricelas

• butter = manteiga

• to render = tornar-se

• a bit of = um pouco de

• fatty acids = ácidos graxos

• concoction = invenção

• to taste = ter o gosto de

• to clog = entupir

• nearly = quase

• ready = pronto

• recipes = receitas

• several = diversas

• team = equipe

• to bake = assar

• guilt-free = sem culpa

• cookies = biscoitos

• to lower = diminuir, reduzir

• levels = níveis

• stuff = coisa

• goodies = doces

• such = tais

• treats = guloseimas

• to be over = terminar, acabar

• though = embora

• to joyride = passear (de carro)

• as far as… is concerned = no que se refere a

• to achieve = alcançar

• playful = divertido

• twin sliding doors = duas portas corrediças

• fold-down seats = bancos que abaixam

• to allow = permitir

• plenty of space = muito espaço

• to stow = acondicionar

• to feature = apresentar

• engine = motor

• to fuel = mover a

• clean-burning petroleum gas = gasolina antipoluente

• top speed = velocidade máxima

Dadas as asserções:

I. A tela de cristal líquido da TV Sony possui uma imagem extremamente nítida e é a menor já desenvolvida até a data de publicação do artigo.

II. Um conectivo que poderia substituir though no texto “Play tripper” é thus.

III. A descoberta feita pelos cientistas da Escola de Medicina de Harvard levou o Dr. Mascioli e sua equipe a desenvolver receitas de biscoitos e de bolinhos especiais para pessoas com alta taxa de colesterol no sangue.

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