Questão nº 36
Questão de Língua Inglesa · CEBRASPE Câmara dos Deputados 2025 - NS (nº 36)
When conducting a survey on the use of technology in the legislative process, one of the questions I asked was “Has the legislature, as an institution or in part, resisted technology based changes?” I asked this question based on my own experience with the Massachusetts Legislature. I spent 9 years working with legislators and senior staff, and the way they sometimes approached technology was at times comical―at times frightening. My friends and I watched on―and laughed―the first time a laptop computer or an iPhone made its way onto the floor of the Massachusetts House or Senate and the members gathered around it, acting as though they were looking at an artifact that had been dropped from Mars. I also saw an older legislative drafter become befuddled and angry when he was forced to start using the “track changes” and “comment” functions on Microsoft Word rather than marking up a bill with his beloved red pencil.
Judge the following items concerning the previous text.
In his text, the author shows his skepticism about the use of technology in the legislative process.
Resposta comentada
O ceticismo é a atitude de duvidar, desconfiar ou criticar algo. A pegadinha aqui é confundir a crítica ao comportamento das pessoas (que é o que o autor faz) com ceticismo sobre a tecnologia em si (que ele não faz). O autor ri de como os legisladores usavam a tecnologia, não duvida da utilidade dela.
- Correta: Errado. O autor não duvida da tecnologia; ele critica o comportamento dos legisladores diante dela. O item torce o sentido ao afirmar que o autor mostra "skepticism about the use of technology" — na verdade, ele relata cenas cômicas ("comical", "frightening") de pessoas que não sabiam lidar com laptops, iPhones e o "track changes" do Word.
Como ficaria certo: In his text, the author shows his skepticism about the legislators' ability to adapt to technology, not about the use of technology itself.
Fonte: CEBRASPE Câmara dos Deputados 2025 - NS Conhecimentos Comuns. Reproduzida para fins de estudo.