(IME - 2019/2020 - 2ª FASE)
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HALF A CENTURY AGO, THE MOON LANDING SHOWED US THE FRAGILITY OF OUR PLANET, AND THAT NOTHING WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
Dr Dame SUE ION, DBE FREng FRS
Chair of the UK Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board and chair of the judging panel for the MacRobert Award for engineering innovation.
“Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 space mission took its place in global history.
I remember watching the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was an amazing achievement, enabled by a brilliant team of engineers, scientists and technicians at Nasa. I was still at school, and we were utterly awed by the engineering and ingenuity that made it happen. [...]
Today, half a century later, it’s important to remember how crucial the inspiration of that one small step was to a new generation of engineers around the world – it would underpin so many of the innovations we take for granted today.
Here in the UK, a “new Britain” was being forged in the “white heat” of technology. The MacRobert Award for Engineering Innovation was presented for the first time in 1969. Established by the MacRobert Trust, the medal features a man leaping for the moon to commemorate the lunar landing, and the £50,000 prize recognises those that meet three key criteria – commercial success, societal benefit, and true innovation.
In a year that saw Americans on the moon, ___________(33)_____________. They announced joint winners: a team from Freeman, Fox and Partners for the aerodynamic deck design of the Severn Bridge – later used for long-span bridges all over the world – and a team from Rolls-Royce for the Pegasus engine that powered the Harrier, the world’s first vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
Since 1969, the global influence of winning British innovations has been maintained, with a host of world firsts, including the CT scanner in 1972, the first bionic hand in 2008 and Raspberry Pi, the world’s most affordable computer, in 2017.”
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An equivalent meaning for the word "meet" in the sentence: "[...] the £50,000 prize recognises those that meet three key criteria [...]" is found in:
He was about to meet this type of problem for the first time.
The line where the sky seems to meet the Earth is the horizon
They had to meet with their advisers to think of a new plan
She will try to meet some requirements to be able to work there
His company is going to meet all the expenses of this trip.
Gabarito:
She will try to meet some requirements to be able to work there
Nesse trecho, o verbo "meet" tem o sentido de "atender", "estar em conformidade, com precisão". Esse sentido é encontrado na alternativa D (" Ela tentará atender a alguns requisitos para poder trabalhar lá").
As outras alternativas estão incorretas.
A) Meet tem o sentido de se deparar pela primeira vez com tal problema.
B) Meet tem o sentido de encontrar/juntar, "A linha onde o céu parece encontrar terra é o horizonte".
C) Meet tem o sentido de encontrar com outra pessoa para resolver algo.
E) Meet tem o sentido de se deparar com/arcar com as despesas da viagem.