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IME20191a faseQuestao 21InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (21) do Texto 1.
- A)ought to know
- B)must not know
- C)should have known
- D)will have known
- E)may not know
IME20191a faseQuestao 22InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (22) do Texto 1.
- A)Spotted by
- B)Unknown to
- C)Shadowed under
- D)Disguised as
- E)Characterized by
IME20191a faseQuestao 23InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaMediaTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (23) do Texto 1.
- A)before
- B)during
- C)for
- D)when
- E)after
IME20191a faseQuestao 24InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (24) do Texto 1.
- A)Despite
- B)Since
- C)Although
- D)Anyhow
- E)Unless
IME20191a faseQuestao 25InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaMediaTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (25) do Texto 1.
- A)transferred
- B)tackled
- C)addressed
- D)authorized
- E)issued
IME20191a faseQuestao 26InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (26) do Texto 1.
- A)can have raged
- B)should have been raging
- C)would have raged
- D)had been raging
- E)could be raging
IME20191a faseQuestao 27InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (27) do Texto 1.
- A)exempted
- B)designed
- C)dismissed
- D)entwined
- E)chartered
IME20191a faseQuestao 28InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (28) do Texto 1.
- A)owt
- B)neither
- C)both
- D)any
- E)each
IME20191a faseQuestao 29InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
———
Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (29) do Texto 1.
- A)wouldn't have been
- B)could have been
- C)must have never been
- D)hadn't ever been
- E)had almost been
IME20191a faseQuestao 30InglêsVocabulário e GramáticaDificilTexto 1
FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR
I’m guessing that some younger readers _____(21)_____ who Hedy Lamarr was. Old-timers
remember her as a popular Hollywood star of the mid-20th century. Characterized by MGM
studio mogul Louis B. Mayer as “the most beautiful girl in the world,” a title said to originally have
been bestowed by stage director Max Reinhardt, she appeared in some 25 Hollywood films
between 1938 and 1958.
_____(22)_____ her fans and many of her Hollywood colleagues was her creative side. They
were unaware that _____(23)_____ the cameras were not rolling, Ms. Lamarr might be at home at
her drawing board, diligently working at some concept that might lead to a commercial product
or a patentable invention.
_____(24)_____ an admirer of Hedy Lamarr the movie star (I particularly remember her in
“Ziegfeld Girl,” costarring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, and Tony Martin, and “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.,” with Robert Young and Van Heflen), I too was unaware of her innovative
proclivities until 1984, when historian of cryptology David Kahn authored an article in IEEE
Spectrum. It revealed to the uninitiated the existence of a 1941 patent _____(25)_____ to Lamarr and
her co-inventor, George Antheil, based on frequency-hopping and titled “Secret Communication
System.” World War II _____(26)_____ in Europe, and Hedy, a native Austrian, left her munitions
magnate husband Friedrich Mandl and relocated to the United States in 1937. As Hitler moved
relentlessly in his attempt to conquer most of northern Europe, she was appalled by the German
U-boat sinking of the SS City of Benarus. (…). She considered quitting the movie business and
offering her services to the newly organized National Inventors Council (NIC), _____(27)_____ to
evaluate technology that could be useful in wartime, and chaired by inventor Charles Kettering.
She did _____(28)_____ , however.
In Hollywood, Hedy had met George Antheil, not an engineer but a composer with “a fair grasp
of electronics,” as historian Kahn expressed it. Antheil joined her in her attempt to devise a jam-
proof guidance system for Allied torpedoes. A year before Pearl Harbor, she told Antheil she
knew “a good deal about new munitions and various secret weapons,” presumably knowledge
acquired while she was privy to discussions between Mandl and his munitions agents.
While not on the movie set, Lamarr would work with Antheil in her apartment to move her
idea from concept to a practical system. In her early working documents a reference is made to
the 116RX, the 1939 Philco radio console that featured the first wireless remote control (termed
the Mystery Control and offering the listener options to select up to eight stations, a volume
control, and an off switch). This _____(29)_____ just one among several inputs that inspired her to
_____(30)_____ the idea she called “hopping of frequencies” (...)
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Escolha a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna (30) do Texto 1.
- A)come up with
- B)come down on
- C)come through
- D)come over
- E)come about