Questão b1deb9ac-e8
Prova:UFAC 2011
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Choose the alternative that best completes the
sentence:
According to Google, it takes _________ seconds
for a typical user to do a web search.
Choose the alternative that best completes the
sentence:
According to Google, it takes _________ seconds
for a typical user to do a web search.
TEXT I
Google Instant promises live search results
by Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter,
BBC News, Silicon Valley
“Google has speeded up its internet search
engine by launching a product called Instant that
displays results as soon as users type in queries.
The service predicts a user's query and
modifies the displayed results as more letters are
typed into the search box.
The company described it as ‘search at the
speed of thought’.
Previously Google's suggested search terms
and did not reveal results until the ‘enter’ key was
hit or the ‘search’ button was clicked.
Google Instant goes live in the next week and on
mobile devices by autumn.
The service will initially be rolled out in the
US, UK, Spain, Germany, France and Russia. Challenge to Microsoft?
In a demo event held at San Francisco's
Museum of Modern Art, Marissa Mayer, Google's
vice-president of search products and user
experience, typed in ‘sfm’ into the search box to
demonstrate the new service.
As she typed, results appeared instantly for
‘SF MOMA’ - the first predicted search result.
In another demo, when the letter ‘w’ was
entered, a list of links offering the ‘weather’
appeared along with images showing the
temperature. ‘We've actually predicting what query you
are likely to do and we're giving you results for
that,’ said Ms Mayer.
Google estimates that the typical user
spends nine seconds entering a query and 15
seconds looking for answers. The company says Google Instant could
shave between two and five seconds off a typical
web search. ‘Google is betting all they have that speed is
everything,’ Harry McCracken of technology blog
Technologizer.com told the BBC.
‘Saving one or two seconds isn't that big of a
deal. One of my instant thoughts is that I am going
to see results I don't want because until I type
enough that it knows what I want, it is going to
show me links I am not interested in.’
Technology commentator Robert Scoble
said that the new feature would present a real
challenge to Microsoft search engine Bing, which
has been slowly chipping away at Google's lead in
the search market.
‘Playing with it, it dramatically changes the
way I do searches. I think it is a pretty major leap
forward but this means that Bing becomes far less
interesting and they now have to step up,’ said Mr.
Scoble.
Microsoft currently commands around 11%
of the US search market compared to Google's
66%, according to research firm Comscore.
Bing has gradually increased its market
share since launch, although its growth has
recently slowed.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newstechnology-11239037.
TEXT I
Google Instant promises live search results
by Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter,
BBC News, Silicon Valley
“Google has speeded up its internet search
engine by launching a product called Instant that
displays results as soon as users type in queries.
The service predicts a user's query and
modifies the displayed results as more letters are
typed into the search box.
The company described it as ‘search at the
speed of thought’.
Previously Google's suggested search terms
and did not reveal results until the ‘enter’ key was
hit or the ‘search’ button was clicked.
Google Instant goes live in the next week and on
mobile devices by autumn.
The service will initially be rolled out in the
US, UK, Spain, Germany, France and Russia.
Challenge to Microsoft?
In a demo event held at San Francisco's
Museum of Modern Art, Marissa Mayer, Google's
vice-president of search products and user
experience, typed in ‘sfm’ into the search box to
demonstrate the new service.
As she typed, results appeared instantly for
‘SF MOMA’ - the first predicted search result.
In another demo, when the letter ‘w’ was
entered, a list of links offering the ‘weather’
appeared along with images showing the
temperature.
‘We've actually predicting what query you
are likely to do and we're giving you results for
that,’ said Ms Mayer.
Google estimates that the typical user
spends nine seconds entering a query and 15
seconds looking for answers.
The company says Google Instant could
shave between two and five seconds off a typical
web search.
‘Google is betting all they have that speed is
everything,’ Harry McCracken of technology blog
Technologizer.com told the BBC.
‘Saving one or two seconds isn't that big of a
deal. One of my instant thoughts is that I am going
to see results I don't want because until I type
enough that it knows what I want, it is going to
show me links I am not interested in.’
Technology commentator Robert Scoble
said that the new feature would present a real
challenge to Microsoft search engine Bing, which
has been slowly chipping away at Google's lead in
the search market.
‘Playing with it, it dramatically changes the
way I do searches. I think it is a pretty major leap
forward but this means that Bing becomes far less
interesting and they now have to step up,’ said Mr.
Scoble.
Microsoft currently commands around 11%
of the US search market compared to Google's
66%, according to research firm Comscore.
Bing has gradually increased its market
share since launch, although its growth has
recently slowed.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newstechnology-11239037.
A
22.
B
19.
C
9.
D
5.
E
24.
Gabarito comentado
S
Sabrina MatosMonitor com apoio de IA
Gabarito: E
Fundamento decisivo: O ponto decisivo é a soma dos dois tempos explicitamente atribuídos pela Google no trecho “Google estimates that the typical user spends nine seconds entering a query and 15 seconds looking for answers.” Como o enunciado pede o tempo para “do a web search”, ele abrange o processo total descrito; por isso, 9 + 15 = 24, o que leva à alternativa E.
Tema central: tempo total da busca
Análise das alternativas
A
Errada
22 está em desacordo com os números expressos no texto. Os únicos tempos informados para a busca típica são 9 segundos para digitar a consulta e 15 segundos para procurar respostas; a soma correta é 24, não 22.
B
Errada
19 não aparece no texto como tempo total e também não resulta da combinação correta dos dados fornecidos. O trecho relevante traz apenas 9 e 15 segundos, cuja totalização correta é 24.
C
Errada
9 segundos corresponde apenas à etapa de “entering a query”. A questão pede o tempo para “do a web search”, isto é, o processo completo descrito no texto, que inclui também os 15 segundos de “looking for answers”.
D
Errada
5 segundos não é a duração da busca típica. Esse número pertence a outra informação textual: a estimativa de quanto o Google Instant poderia economizar em uma busca (“could shave between two and five seconds off”). Houve troca entre tempo economizado e tempo total gasto.
E
Certa
A alternativa E está correta porque decorre diretamente do trecho obrigatório do texto: “nine seconds entering a query and 15 seconds looking for answers”. Esses dois dados compõem a busca típica do usuário no contexto da questão. Portanto, o tempo total é a soma das duas etapas informadas: 24 segundos.
Pegadinha da questão
A banca explora a confusão entre etapa parcial e processo total: 9 segundos é só o tempo de digitar a busca, enquanto 5 segundos é apenas a economia estimada com o Google Instant; o enunciado exige o tempo total da busca típica, obtido pela soma das duas etapas mencionadas.
Dica para questões semelhantes
- Localize primeiro o trecho indicado por expressões como “According to...”, porque isso define exatamente de onde a resposta deve sair.
- Verifique se o enunciado pede uma etapa isolada ou o processo completo; quando o texto divide a ação em partes, a resposta pode exigir combinação dos dados.
- Em questões com números, confronte cada alternativa com a função exata do número no texto: tempo total, etapa parcial ou economia estimada.
