Questão 2144056

• Banca: Exército
• Órgão: IME
• Ano: 2016
• Provas: Exército - 2016 - IME - Quadro de Engenheiro Militar - Português e Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

                                                              Texto 5

              HIGH-TECH EAVESDROPPING ON THE GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN SONAR

               SIGNALS HOLD CLUES THAT COULD SAVE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

      The Ganges river dolphin is one of only two remaining freshwater dolphin species on Earth. But pollution, fishing, and dams threaten to wipe it out entirely.

      So acoustical engineer Harumi Sugimatsu and her team have deployed an experimental sonar monitoring system just under the surface of the murky water. The hope is to track the dolphins by the high-frequency clicks they use to navigate and hunt. By eavesdropping on their underwater lives, Sugimatsu believes she can gather data about their behavior and geographical range—data that conservationists can use in their struggle to keep the species from going extinct.

IEEE Spectrum. High-tech eavesdropping on the ganges river dolphin. In: IEEE Spectrum, 2016. Disponível em:<http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/green-tech/conservation/hightecheavesdropping-on-the-ganges-river-dolphin> . Acesso em: 15/06/2016. 

Why is the word eavesdrop used?

• A. Because researches will be able to keep the species living in the Ganges.
• B. Because scientists and dolphins can track each other through the murky water.
• C. Because dolphins can communicate and indicate the presence of scientists.
• D. Because researchers need to deal with obstacles.
• E. Because dolphins seem unaware of the interception of communication.

Gabarito: E