(ITA - 2001 - 1a Fase)
(...)
Ever since Dad had returned from his life at sea he had been interested in robots. Maybe that in itself wasn't so strange, but with Dad it didn't end there. He was convinced that one day science would be able to create artificial people. By this, he didn't just mean those dumb metal robots with red and green flashing lights and hollow voices. Oh no, Dad believed that science would one day be able to create real thinking human beings, like us. And there was more - he also believed that, fundamentally, human beings are artificial objects. (...)
"Just imagine if all this suddenly came alive, Hans Thomas," he said. "Imagine if these Lego figures suddenly began to toddle around among the plastic houses. What would we do then?" (...) "Basically, we ourselves are such Lego figures."
The Solitaire Mystery - J. Gaardner - p. 8
Assinale a alternativa que melhor expressa o significado da frase "Ever since Dad had returned from his life at sea he had been interested in robots."
O pai de Hans Thomas começou a se interessar por robôs quando abandonou a vida de marinheiro.
O pai de Hans Thomas começou a se interessar por robôs quando retornou à vida de marinheiro.
O pai de Hans Thomas passou a se interessar por robôs depois que se salvou de um naufrágio.
O pai de Hans Thomas sempre preferiu a vida ao mar, embora fosse aficionado por robôs.
O pai de Hans Thomas sempre se interessou pela vida no mar e por robôs.