Magna Concursos
2545744 Ano: 2017
Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: DIRENS Aeronáutica
Orgão: EPCAR
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Directions: Read the text below and answer question according to it.
SOME OF THE INTERNET'S CRAZIEST CONSPIRACY
THEORIES
Michael Jackson Is Still Alive
The advent of the internet hasn't just cooked up1 new conspiracy theories, it's also accelerated existing ones. If you refuse to believe that it was the Iranians that killed him, perhaps you'll be convinced that MJ is actually still alive. Proof? His own daughter Paris Jackson took a photo of him. Seriously. What do you mean you don't see him? He's right there in the back seat, stacked2 under that pile of clothes wearing his iconic hat. Believe, man. Thriller Vol.2 to drop next year.
The Moon Doesn't Exist
It's no good looking at it, night after night. The moon doesn't exist. It's a hologram, put there by persons unknown. Of course, serial conspiracy theorist David Icke has a theory. There are also countless YouTubers keeping an eye out, one of whom has gone as far as "looking at it regularly for a year".
Jay Z Is A Time-Travelling Vampire
There are vast regions of the internet devoted to explaining why Jay Z is part of the Illuminati. Hence3 when this photo, which was taken in New York in 1939, appeared last year, he was accused of being a timetraveller. And a vampire. This video lists other old-time celebrity lookalikes4, as well as suggesting that Hollywood stars don't age because they're the immortal bloodsucking undead. Not because they're stuffed5 with botox, then?
The Earth Is Hollow
Don't give up, readers. We're halfway through this list. We can make it to the end. Dig6 deep. Well, not too deep. You see, the Earth is hollow7 and accessible via portals at the north and south poles. Luckily though, it's quite habitable down there, providing excellent living quarters8 for the lost Viking colonies of Greenland and the Nazis, while "aliens" are in fact just visitors from the subterranean areas.
Siri Can Predict The Apocalypse
Amazing as it may seem, given that it can't do anything else you actually ask it to do, Siri can predict the apocalypse. When asked "What day is 27th July 2014?", Apple's assistant replied, "The opening of the gate of Hades", aka9 The End Of The World. That date has now passed without issue10. Say what you like about the maligned MS Office paperclip, but at least he didn't scaremonger11 that the end was near.
We All Live In The Matrix And Billionaires Want To
Break Us Out Of It
The New Yorker’s Tad Friend claims that many people in Silicone Valley are obsessed with the idea that we're all living in a Matrix-like simulation, and some are taking that obsession a stage further: “Two tech billionaires have gone so far as to secretly engage scientists to work on breaking us out of the simulation.”Here's hoping Mark Zuckerberg is 'The One', yeah?
Hitler Is Still Alive
"Hitler is still alive" rumours have circulated since the 1970s, fuelled by the fact that his crony Josef Mengele hid in South America. Stories like this one, however, speculate the 125-year-old Hitler has been responsible for various world disasters, including 9/11 and the 2010 Gulf oil spill, which happened on his birthday. Other theories say he died in 1984 in Brazil, aged 94. Or in Argentina, aged 73.
(Adapted from http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/20-of-the-internets-craziest-conspiracy-theories/Acesso em: 14 de fev 2017)
Glossary:
1 - cook up – to invent a story, a plan, etc.
2 - stacked – covered with things
3 - hence – the reason, the explanation for
4 - lookalikes – similar in appearance
5 - stuffed – filled with something
6 - dig – to make a hole in the ground
7 - hollow – a hole or empty space
8 - quarter – a place to live
9 - aka – abbreviation for also known as
10 - issue – problem
11 - scaremonger – a person that creates stories that cause public fear
Mark the option that shows the appropriate question tag for the sentence.
“He's right there in the back seat”, ?
 

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