My English Tests (11 Grade)

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara SAMPLE Test – M1 November 2010

11º Ano (Cont.)

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Read the following text carefully:

When Organic Isn’t Really Organic When you buy a gallon of organic milk, you expect to get tasty milk from happy cows who haven’t been subjected to antibiotics, hormones or pesticides. But you might also unknowingly be getting genetically modified cattle feed.

Albert Straus, owner of the Straus Family Creamery in northern California, decided to test the feed that he gave his 1,600 cows last year and was alarmed to find that nearly 6% of the organic corn feed he received from suppliers was “contaminated” by genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic food is, by definition, supposed to be free of genetically modified material, and organic crops are required to be isolated from other crops. But as GM crops become more prevalent, there is little than an organic farmer can do to prevent a fragment of GM pollen or a stray GM seed from being blown by the wind onto his land or farm equipment and, eventually, into his products. In 2006, GM crops accounted for 61% of all the corn planted in the U.S. and 89% of all the soybeans.

So Straus and five other natural food producers, including industry leader Whole Foods, announced last week that they would seek a new certification for their products, “non-GMO verified,” in the hopes that it will become a standard for GM-free goods. In a few weeks, Strauss expects to become the first food manufacturer in the country to carry the label in addition to his “organic” one.

Earning the non-GMO label, at least initially, requires nearly as much effort as getting certified organic. To root out the genetically modified corn, Strauss spent several months and about $ 10 000 testing, re-testing and tracing back his products: from his own dairy’s milk, to other dairies that supply some of his milk, to the brother who sell them feed, to their mills and grind the corn, to farmers who grow it.

So why bother? The organic and natural foods industry sees a huge opportunity in telling consumers even more about what’s in their food. Few consumers would think about the pesticides and hormones in conventional foods without the organic alternative to remind them. Similarly, genetically modified crops have become so prevalent in the U.S. that chances are you’ve been buying and eating them for years. You just wouldn’t know it from the label: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, unlike agencies in Europe and Japan, do not require GM foods to be labeled. While scientists have not identified any specific health risks from eating GM foods, anti-GM activists say there is not enough research yet into their long-term risks or impact on biodiversity. By telling consumers loud and clear which products are GM-free, organic-food producers will give them one more reason to choose organic.

SOURCE: Time Magazine, March 2007, (abridged)

A. Find evidence in the text for the following statements: 1. There isn’t much organic farmers can do against the presence of GM organisms in their farms?

2. Most of the crops in the US are genetically modified.

3. Strauss isn’t the only company interested in earning the non-GMO verified label.

4. Strauss has spent a lot of time and money on the testing of his dairy products.

B. Answer the following questions about the text. Use your own words: 1. What is wrong with Straus Family Creamery’s dairy products?

2. Is it difficult to earn the non-GMO verified label? Explain.

3. Why are organic food companies interested in telling consumers what is in their food?

C. Find out in the text what the underlined words refer to.

1. who (line 1) 2. he (line 7)

3. it (line 25) 4. their (line 27)

D. Find the equivalents in the text (paragraphs 3 and 4) for the words below: 1. look for 2. model

3. needs 4. mapping out

Written Production E. Write about 120-150 words on ONE of the following topics.

1. Comment on the cartoon and relate it to the dictionary entry and the text you have just read. frankenfood

noun. Derogatory term for genetically

modified produce. Used by consumers who won’t eat food made by a “pharmer”, namely a scientist who modifies plants or animals by incorporating altered DNA into their cells.

2. Our future depends on genetically-modified products since one day nature will be so damaged that its soil won’t contain a single living plant. Comment.

3.

Imagine you are an anti-GMO activist and you are writing an article for a scientific magazine, in which you will mention the pros and cons of GMOs.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS A. 1. “But as GM crops become more prevalent, there is little than an organic farmer can do to

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3.

4.

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prevent a fragment of GM pollen or a stray GM seed from being blown by the wind onto his land or farm equipment and, eventually, into his products.”

“In 2006, GM crops accounted for 61% of all the corn planted in the U.S. and 89% of all the soybeans.”

“So Straus and five other natural food producers, including industry leader Whole Foods, announced last week that they would seek a new certification for their products, “non-GMO verified ...”

“To root out the genetically modified corn, Strauss spent several months and about $ 10 000 testing, re-testing and tracing back his products...” “the U.S. Department of Agriculture, unlike agencies in Europe and Japan, do not require GM foods to be labeled"

B.

1. His diary products are supposed to be organic and as such they should not have any traces of genetically modified organisms in them. However, he discovered that his cattle feed had GM organisms.

2. Yes, it is because the producers need to test not only their products but also their suppliers’ products as well.

3. They are interested in doing so because they will be promoting their organic products.

C. 1.

2.

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4.

Happy cows Albert Strauss Corn Organic and natural food industry’s

1.

2.

3.

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seek standard requires tracing

D.

E. Open answer

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara SAMPLE Test – M1 November 2010

11º Ano (Cont.)

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Read the following text carefully. Check the glossary

Earth is hemorrhaging. By some estimates, we lose three or four species per hour — perhaps 30,000 unique life-forms disappear every year — a rate of extinction the planet has not seen since an errant asteroid struck the Yucatan 65 million years ago and wiped out dinosaurs, toothed birds, ammonites and much else. But this time we’re the asteroid, destroying habitats and altering ecosystems on a global scale.

Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger Researchers in Australia believe so, and they are trying to quite literally raise from the dead one of the most famous extinct species in the world —the surpassingly strange marsupial called the thylacine, better (and misleadingly) known as the Tasmanian tiger.

Not a cat at all, this wolf-like predator with a striped pelt is believed to have died out in 1936, after persecution by sheep ranchers. But two and a half years ago, a team of scientists at the Australian Museum in Sydney mapped out an audacious plan to remove tissue from a thylacine baby pickled in alcohol in 1866, sequence its DNA, reassemble its genetic blueprint in artificial chromosomes, and ultimately clone a live thylacine.

Recently, the team announced success in replicating the animal’s DNA; not a groundbreaking achievement as other researchers working with extinct DNA have accomplished the same task, but a crucial stepping stone toward their larger goal.

The Australians figure cloning will require decades of work, tens of millions of dollars in funding, and forms of molecular technology not yet invented. Even then, lead researcher Don Colgan pegs their chance of success as 15 percent at best.

In the meantime, the project has drawn critics who believe it siphons money from more pressuring conservation needs and that it sends the wrong signal to policymakers and the public, suggesting that science may soon have a quick-fix for extinction – and thus, there’s little need to preserve endangered species or their habitat. The museum counters that the funds are not coming from existing programs.

Other thylacine enthusiasts consider the whole debate moot because they don’t be the Tasmanian tiger really is extinct in the first place. Ever since 1936, reports have come out of the mountains of Tasmania that suggest a few thylacines may have survived. If so, they’ve managed to avoid leaving any clear physical evidence of their existence – but then, science dismissed the cahow as extinct for almost three centuries.

This is still a wide and infinitely surprising world we live in, and even as we push the bounds of science and technology, conservationists have learned to say never when it comes to lost species.

Scott Wiedensaul, special for National Geographic News, July 9, 2002 (adapted)

GLOSSARY ammonite —fossil of a squid-like animal who lived 380 million years ago to peg – to classify/ to set to siphon – to take away moot – dubious; controversial cahow — a seabird also known as Bermuda petrel

A. Say if the following statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS) in the text.

1. The earth is facing a dramatic loss of wildlife.

2. Today’s situation is not comparable to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

3. The Tasmanian tiger owes its name to its feline character.

4. The people responsible for the Tasmanian tiger’s disappearance regret it deeply.

5. Bringing back the Tasmanian tiger means restoring the imbalance it created.

6. To clone the Tasmanian tiger scientists will use a fossil.

7. Scientists still don’t have the necessary technology and resources to clone an extinct species.

B. Find evidence of the following statements in the text. (paragraphs 2 to 5).

1. The thylacine is considered an unusual and quite peculiar animal. It carried its babies in a bag of skin over its stomach.

2. Removing tissue from a preserved animal to clone it is not an uncommon or new practice 3. It is believed that not only lack of technology will be an obstacle in the cloning process.

C. Find expressions in the text that mean the same.

1. to destroy completely (1st paragraph) 2. bring back to life (2nd paragraph) 3. to plan or prepare something in detail (3rd paragraph) D. Answer the following questions about the text.

1. What does the title of this text refer to? Explain and justify.

2. The author states that “this time we’re the asteroid” (1st paragraph). What does he mean exactly? Do you agree?

3. Cloning the Tasmanian tiger has caused controversy. What exactly do people criticise about this project?

Explain and justify.

E. Choose ONE of the following topics and write about 140 words on it.

1. Should there be limits as to the cloning of extinct species? What should these limits consist of? Who would make sure it doesn’t get out of control? Bearing in mind all that you’ve learnt, comment on the importance/need of cloning.

2. Imagine that you had the chance to talk to one of the Australian scientists who are trying to clone the Tasmanian tiger. Write an interview for a magazine like National Geographic or Time, for example. Write down your questions and his answers.

Mention the following items: 

reason(s) for working with genetics;

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why Tasmanian tiger;

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advantages/disadvantages of cloning (this animal and others);

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inspiration;

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possible consequences;

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ethical questions;

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future projects.

3. Should we use science, for example genetics, to try and repair or even cure the damage done to the earth?

Account for your answer writing a well-planned essay. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SUGGESTED ANSWERS A. 1. T

3. F

5. NS

2. F

4. NS

6. F

7. T

B. 1. “(...) the surpassingly strange marsupial called the thylacine, better (and misleadingly) known as the Tasmanian tiger.”

2. “(...) not a groundbreaking achievement as other researchers working with extinct DNA have accomplished the same task (…)”

3. “ The Australians figure cloning will require decades of work, tens of millions of dollars in funding (…)”

C. 1. to wipe out

2. to raise from the dead

3. to map out

D. (in key words) 1. scientific process of making extinct species come to life again by cloning their DNA; the consequences of this process 2. humans had the same impact on nature/wildlife; humans destroy on a global scale and as fast 3. much too expensive; takes away money necessary for more important projects; not everybody thinks the Tasmanian Tiger is extinct; all necessary technology not available yet; might make people think it’s not necessary to preserve because species can be cloned later 4. Open answer E. Personal answer

Read the following text carefully

THE EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT King’s civil rights activities began with a protest of Montgomery’s segregated bus system in 1955. That year, a black passenger named Rosa Parks was arrested for disobeying a city law requiring that blacks give up their seats on buses when white people wanted to sit in their seats or in the same row. Black leaders in Montgomery urged blacks to boycott (refuse to use) the city’s buses. The leaders formed an organisation to run the boycott, and asked King to serve as president. In his first speech as leader of the boycott, King told his black colleagues: “First and foremost, we are American citizens. …We are not here advocating violence. …The only weapon that we have… is the weapon of protest. …The great glory of American democracy is the right to protest for right.”

Terrorists bombed King’s home, but King continued to insist on non-violent protests. Thousands of blacks boycotted the buses for over a year. In 1956, the United States Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to provide equal, integrated sating on public buses. The boycott’s success won King national fame and identified him as a symbol of Southern black’s new efforts to fight racial injustice. (…)

King and other civil rights leaders then organised a massive march in Washington, D.C. The event, called the March on Washington, was intended to highlight African-American unemployment and to urge Congress to pass Kennedy’s Bill. On August 28, 1963, over 200,000 Americans, including many whites, gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the capital. The high point of the rally, King’s stirring “I Have a Dream” speech, eloquently defined the moral basis of the civil rights movement.

The movement won a major victory in 1964, when the Congress passed the civil rights bill that Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson, had recommended. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited racial discrimination in public places and called for equal opportunity in employment and education. King later received the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. While organizing the Poor People’s Campaign, King went to Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike of black garbage men. There, on April 4, 1968, King was shot and killed. (…) On King’s tombstone are the words: “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I’m free at last.” King’s assassination produced immediate shock, grief and anger. Blacks rioted in more than 100 cities. A few months later, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited racial discrimination in the sale and rental of most housing in the nation.

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Read the following text carefully

Rosa Parks (recalling 1955 and her involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement) Beginning in December, the work (as a tailor’s assistant in a department store in Montgomery, Alabama, USA) was a bit heavy. I was tired every day. I had a severe ache in my neck and shoulders. I came up to the bus to get on. I noticed this was the same driver who had evicted me from a bus about 15 years before. I walked down the aisle just back of the whites and sat down in the only vacant seat I saw.

At the next stop a few whites boarded the bus and the driver looked back at us and asked us to stand up. "Y’all let me have those front seats," he said. The other three black people got up. Then he asked me if I was going to stand up. I told him, "No, I’m not." He said, “Well, if you don't stand up, I’m going to call the police and have you arrested". I said “You may do that. You may go and have me arrested. Anyway, two policemen came. The one in front said, "Why don’t you stand up?" I said" I don’t think I should have to." At that point I asked him, "Why do you push us around?" And he said “I don't know, but the law is the law, and you're under arrest".

It was not a good feeling to be locked up and know that you weren't going to get out until somebody turned the key. If everybody else had been happy and doing well and thinking everything was all right, my arrest wouldn't have made any difference. The one thing that I appreciated was the fact that when so many others, by the hundreds and thousands, joined in, there was a kind of lifting of a burden from me individually. I could feel that I was not alone. Some have suffered much more than I did. Some have even lost their lives. I just escaped some of the physical pain, but some of the pain still remains.

From back as far as I remember.

In, Life Magazine

A. Go through the text and find evidence to prove the following 1. Rosa Parks felt pain in her body due to hard work 2. The bus - driver had expelled her from a bus before.

3. When she was arrested she felt down.

4. Many other people supported her attitude.

B. Complete the following sentences according to the ideas of the text.

1. The driver asked Rosa to stand up, so that ….

2. If Rosa stood up at the bus, she ….

3. In spite of ……., the pain remains with her.

C. Go through the text and say what the following words refer to: 1. who (line ) 2. us(line ) 3. him (line ) 4. some (line ) D. Go through the text and find equivalents for these words: 1. hard 2. pain 3. expelled 4. free D. Answer the following questions: 1. Rosa refused to stand up when the driver talked to her. Do you agree with her attitude? Why (not)?

2. Which violations of human rights concern you the most? How can those rights be promoted?

E. Rephrase the following sentences: 1. "Why don’t you stand up?"

The policeman asked Rosa …

2. "Why do you push us around?”

Rosa asked the policeman …

3. The driver had evicted her from a bus 15 years before.

She …

4. Rosa refused to stand up. She was arrested.

If Rosa hadn’t 5. The policeman knew Rosa was right. Even though he arrested her.

In spite of …

F. Write a short paragraph commenting on the following statement “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character�

Martin Luther King Jr. " I have a dream"

Key A. 1. “ … was a bit heavy …. I had a severe ache in my neck and shoulders.”

2. “I noticed this was the same driver who had evicted me from a bus about 15 years before.”

3. “It was not a good feeling to be locked up…”

4. “… so many others, by the hundreds and thousands, joined in…”

B. 1. …, so that a white person could sit down on her place.

2. …, she wouldn’t have arrested 3. In spite of having escaped some of the physical pain …

C. 1. driver 2. black people 3. the policeman 4. people who supported her D. 1. heavy 2. ache 3. evicted 4. vacant E. 1. yes, I do. Her attitude was very fearless. She was standing up to her rights. Rosa shouldn’t be forced to give away her seat, just because she was black. All men and women are created equal, according to the American Constitution and to the Universal declaration of the Human Rights. She was a person like everyone else, so she shouldn’t be discriminated. She got arrested, but it served as an example to many other coloured people, who were pushed around. She just fought for what she believed in.

2. The violation of the human rights that concerns me the most is the discrimination of all kinds, such as race, religion, sex, language, birthplace, political or social ideas and so on. I think that people are free to choose the way they live or the way they think, as far as they respect the others. In order to overcome discrimination, there

should be a change in people’s mentality and that can only be achieved through a good education and proper information.

E. 1. The policeman asked Rosa why she didn’t stand up 2. Rosa asked the policeman why he pushed them around 3. She had been evicted from a bus 15 …

4. If Rosa hadn’t refused to stand up, she wouldn’t have been arrested.

5. In spite of knowing Rosa was right, the policeman arrested her.

F. Possible answer: This statement by Martin Luther King is a very beautiful one. People shouldn’t be judged by the colour of their skin or by their physical aspect; quite the opposite, people should be judged by their character. There are many injustices, practised all over the world, because most people are only concerned with the others’ physical aspect.

Racism is very ugly. Black people have the same rights as white people: they have the right to a name, a nationality, an education, a home, a job, and so on. As a matter of fact inside and spiritually speaking, some black people can be better than some whites. However discrimination is being erased from our world, as Martin Luther King once dreamt. I hope that some day people, who are discriminatory, will understand that discrimination is an error and they will feel their conscience very heavy.

We should raise our children in such a way, that they can share M. L. King’s dream and believe that the colour of one’s skin makes no difference at all.

A. Before reading the text answer the following question in 20-25 words.

1. What is discrimination based on?

2. Don't you think that each of us has the right to differ? Express your opinion on this matter.

Read the text carefully!

The Dollar

1925, in the South of the USA, Richard, a seventeen-year-old Black, works for a big optical company.

One day I went to the optical counter of a department store to deliver a pair of eyeglasses. The counter was empty of customers and a tall, florid-faced white man looked at me curiously.

"Will you please sign for this, sir?" I asked, presenting the account book and the eyeglasses. He picked up the book and the glasses, but his eyes were still upon me.

"Say, boy, I’m from the North," he said quietly.

I held very still. Was this a trap? He had mentioned a taboo subject and I wanted to wait until I knew what he meant. I did not look at the man or answer. With one sentence he had lifted out of the silent dark the race question and I stood on the edge of a precipice.

"Don't be afraid of me," he went on, "I just want to ask you one question.”

"Yes, sir," I said in a waiting neutral tone.

"Tell me, boy, are you hungry?" He asked seriously.

I stared at him. He had spoken one word that touched the very soul of me, but I could not talk to him, could not let him know that I was starving myself to save money to go north. I did not trust him. But my face did not change its expression.

"Oh, no, sir," I said managing a smile. I was hungry and he knew it; but he was a white man and I felt that if I told him I was hungry I would be revealing something shameful. I wanted to leave the counter, yet he was a white man and I had learned not to walk abruptly away from a white man when he was talking to me. I stood, my eyes looking away. He ran his hand into his pocket and pulled a dollar bill.

"Here, take this dollar and buy yourself some food," he said.

"No, sir," I said.

"Don’t be a fool," he said, "You're ashamed to take it. God, boy, don’t let anything like that stop you from taking a dollar and eating."

The more he talked the more it became impossible for me to take the dollar. I wanted it, but I could not look at it. I wanted to speak, but I could not move my tongue. I wanted him to leave me alone. He frightened me. Another white man walked up to the counter and I sighed with relief.

"Do you want the dollar?" The man asked.

"No, sir," I whispered.

"All right," he said, "Just forget it" He signed the account book and took the eyeglasses. I avoided him after that.

Whenever I saw him I felt in a queer way that he was my enemy, for he knew how I felt and the safety of my life in the South depended upon how I concealed from all whites what I felt.

Richard Wright, Black Boy

B. Read the text carefully and find evidence for the following statements.

1. There were no clients in the shop.

2. The man in the shop wanted to help Richard.

3. Richard didn't want to express his feelings.

4. Richard wanted the dollar note but he didn't want to reveal his situation.

5. The white man advised Richard to take the dollar note.

6. Richard's life depended upon his altitude towards white people.

C. Complete the following sentences accordingly.

1. Richard didn't look at the man's face because ....

2. The man said that he was from the North (in order) to ....

3. It was impossible for Richard to ...

4. Richard considered this man an enemy so ...

D. Match the words on the left to their equivalent meaning on the right.

1.

deliver

1.

border

2.

taboo

2.

comfort

3.

edge

3.

dying from lack of food

4.

stared

4. hid

5.

starving

5. hand over

6.

shameful

6.

something which is forbidden by religious belief, law, etc

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sighed

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strange

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relief

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deserving blame

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queer

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took a long deep breath, expressing relief, etc.

10. concealed

10. looked for a long time with very wide-open eyes

E. Answer these questions. Use your own words as far as possible.

1. What did Richard do one day? Describe the man at the counter.

2. Why did the man say he was from the North? What did he really mean?

3.

Why did the man want to give Richard a dollar?

4. Why was Richard so frightened?

5. What reasons made Richard avoid the white man?

6. What are your feelings at the end of the story?

F. Change these sentences from the text into reported speech.

1. "Will you please sign for this, sir?"

2. "Don't be afraid of me; I just want to ask you one question."

3. "Tell me, are you hungry?"

4. "Here, take this dollar and buy yourself some food."

5. "Don't be a fool. You are ashamed to take it. God, boy, don't let a thing like that stop you from taking a dollar and eating."

6. "Do you want the dollar?"

G. Rephrase the following!

1. Richard wanted the dollar note but he didn'1 want to reveal his situation.

Although ___________________________________________ 2. He had mentioned a taboo subject.

A taboo subject _______________________________________ 3. Richard was a seventeen-year old black boy. He worked for a big optical company.

Richard, ___________________________________________ 4. I visit my family only once a year. I would like to visit them more often.

I wish_____________________________________________ H. Composition Choose A or B and write about 120 words on it.

1. What does this story reveal about black-white relationships in the US in the 20s?

2. Complete the story "The Dollar". ******************** A. 1. Discrimination can be based on race, sex, social class, people with disabilities or illnesses.

2. Yes, I think so. We should accept people as equals, even if they are from different cultures or races, different ideologies, different religions, different social classes.

B. 1. "The counter was empty of customers."

2. "Say, boy, I’m from the North." "Don't be afraid of me." "Tell me, boy, are you hungry?"

3. "I could not talk to him, could not let him know that I was starving myself to save money to go north."

4.

"I wanted it, but I could not look at it."

5. "Don't be a fool, You're ashamed to take it. God, boy, don't let a thing like that stop you from taking a dollar and eating."

6. "...The safety of my life in the South depended upon how I concealed from all whites what I felt."

C. 1. ... he didn't trust him.

2. ... gain the boy's confidence.

3. ... accept the dollar note.

4. ... he couldn't believe in his generosity.

D. 1. e); 2. f); 3. a); 4. j); 5. c); 6. h); 7. i); 8. b); 9. g); 10. d) E. 1. One day, Richard went to an optical counter of a department store to hand over a pair of glasses. The man at the counter was tall, white and had a florid face.

2. He said he was from the North because in the North there was no race discrimination. He wanted to say that Richard could trust him; he only wanted to help.

3. The white man wanted to give Richard a dollar because he thought Richard was hungry and he needed money to buy some food.

4. Richard was so frightened because he was afraid the white man could guess his inner feelings.

5. Richard didn't accept the white man's offer because he didn't trust in his words and intentions; he thought it could be a trap.

6. I admire the boy's attitude, he demonstrated he had a strong personality and I feel respect and admiration for a person like that.

F. 1. Richard asked the white man if he would sign for that.

2. The white man told Richard not to be afraid of him; he just wanted to ask him a question.

3. He asked Richard to tell him if he was hungry.

4. He told him to take that dollar and buy himself some food.

5. The man said that Richard should not be a fool, and that he should not be ashamed to take it. He exclaimed or added that he shouldn't let anything like that stop him taking a dollar and eating.

6. He asked him if he wanted the dollar.

G 1. Although Richard wanted the dollar note, he didn't want to reveal his situation.

2. A taboo subject had been mentioned (by him).

3. Richard, who worked for a big optical company, was a seventeen-year old black boy.

4. I wish I could visit my family more (often) than once a year.

H. Personal answer.

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara Formative Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

October 2010

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Name: ________________________________________________ Information: ______________________

Class: ________ No. _______

EE: ___________________________

A. Complete the story about the theft of a river barge. Put in a, an, or the.

This is a true story about (1) .................... man who chose (2) .................... worst possible time for his crime. It happened in London in (3) .................... summer of 1972. (4) .................... man stole a barge on (5) .................... River Thames (in case you don't know, (6) .................... barge is a river boat used for carrying goods). (7) .................... owner of (8) .................... barge soon discovered that it was missing and immediately informed (9) .................... police so that they could look for it. Normally (10) .................... river is quite (11) .................... busy place, and it would be difficult to find what you were looking for. On this day, however, there was (12) .................... dock strike, and so there was only one barge on (13).................... river. (14) .................... thief was quickly found and arrested.

B. Read the story about a silly mistake. Write A, AN, THE or Ø This is also (1) .…………... true story. It shows how (2) .…………... plans can sometimes go wrong and how (3) .…………... people can make silly mistakes. This too happened quite (4)……………. long time ago -in (5)…………… 1979, in fact. The scene was (6)……………. old people's home in (7)........………..small town in (8) ................. north of England called (9)…………….. Otley. The owners of the home wanted to put (10)................... fence around it to make it more private. The work began soon after (11) ..................

Christmas when (12).................... workmen arrived in (13)……………………... lorry with planks of wood which they put up around the building. 'It was (14)………………….. very nice fence,' said one of the old people. But there was (15)………………… problem. The workmen forgot to leave a gap for the lorry to drive out through. They had to come back the next day to knock down part of (16)…………. fence. 'What a silly mistake!' said another resident. 'It was so funny we had to laugh. In fact it was (17) ................ most fun we've had for a long time.'

C. Put a/an or the in each space, or leave the space blank.

1. Neil Armstrong made …………. first footprint on …………. Moon.

2. There was …………. accident yesterday at …………. corner of …………. street.

3. I need …………. time to think about …………. offer you made me.

4. …………. recipe for …………. success is …………. hard work.

5. …………. people who live in …………. glass houses shouldn't throw …………. stones.

6. …………. worst part of …………. living in a caravan is …………. lack of space.

7. …………. book you ordered …………. last week is now in …………. stock.

8. …………. dancing is …………. more interesting activity than …………. reading.

9. …………. people we met on …………. holiday in …………. north of England sent us …………. postcard.

10. …………. little knowledge is …………. dangerous thing.

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara Formative Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

January 2011

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Name: _______________________________________________ Information: ______________________

Class: ______

No. _____

EE: ___________________________

A. Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb. Use the present continuous or the present simple 1. A: Is Janet in, please?

B: Yes, but I .................... (think) she's busy at the moment. She .................... (wash) her hair.

2. A: I .................... (think) of buying a new computer.

B: But computers .................... (cost) so much money. What's wrong with the one we've got?

3. A: Your new trousers .................... (look) nice.

B: Thank you. The trouble is they .................... (not / fit) properly. I .................... (not / know) why I bought them, really.

4. A: What .................... (you/do)?

B: I .................... (weigh) this letter. I .................... (need) to know how many stamps to put on it.

5. A: I .................... (like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn't it? .................... (you / enjoy) it?

B: Yes, I am. I .................... (love) every minute of it.

6. A: I .................... (always / fall) asleep. I just can't keep awake.

B: What time .................... (you / go) to bed?

A: About ten o'clock usually. But it .................... (not / make) any difference.

B. Complete the sentences. Put in the correct form of each verb. Use the past continuous or past simple.

1. When Martin .................... (arrive) home, Anna .................... (talk) to someone on the phone.

2. I .................... (lie) in the bath when the phone .................... (ring).

3. It .................... (be) cold when we .................... (leave) the house that day, and a light snow .................... (fall).

4. Your friend who .................... (come) here the other day .................... (seem) very nice. I.................... (enjoy) meeting her.

5. I .................... (walk) along the street when I suddenly .................... (feel) something hit me in the back. I .................... (not / know) what it was.

6. We .................... (go) to London yesterday, but on the way we .................... (hear) about a bomb scare in Oxford Street. So we .................... (drive) back home straight away.

C. Put in the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. The last time I .................................... (go) to Brighton was in August.

2. I'd like to meet a ghost, but I .................................... (never / see) one.

3. I've finished my homework. I .................................... (do) it before tea.

4. And the race is over! And Micky Simpson .................................... (win) in a

record time!

5. I .................................... (work) for a computer company for a year. That was

after college.

6. What time .....................................(you / get) to work this morning?

7. Martin ....................................(be) to Greece five times. He loves the place.

8. We moved here in 1993. We .................................... (be) here a long time now.

D. Put in the past perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. William ....................................

(live) in Boston for six years before he

................................... (move) to New York.

2. The

blue car .................................... (cross) the street after the lights

.................................... (turn) red.

3. When James .................................... (try) to ring us, we ....................................

(already / leave) the house.

4. On her first day at the driving school, we .................................... (be) very

nervous because we .................................... (not/ drive) a car before.

E. Complete the news report. Put each verb into the correct form. (Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous.)

The actress Vanessa Kemp (1)……………….................. (disappear). Yesterday she (2)……………….................. (fail) to arrive at the Prince Charles Theatre in London's West End for her leading role in the comedy 'Don't look now!'. Ms Kemp, who (3)……………….................. (live) in Hampstead, (4)……………….................. (leave) home

at

four

o'clock

yesterday

afternoon

for

the

theatre,

a

journey

she

(5)……………….................. (make) several times the week before. Two people who (6)………………..................

(walk)

past

her

home

at

the

time

(7)………………..................(see) her leave. But no one (8)……………….................. (see) her since then. At half past seven she still (9)……………….................. (not / arrive) at the theatre. At eight o'clock the theatre manager had to break the news to the audience, who (10)……………….................. (wait) patiently for the play to start. Since yesterday, theatre staff and friends (11)……………….................. (try) to contact Ms Kemp, but they (12)……………….................. (have) no success so far. The police (13)………………..................

(take)

the

matter

seriously,

but

(14)……………….................. (believe) that she is unlikely to be in any danger.

they

Key A. 1.

think / is washing

2.

‘m thinking / cost

3.

look/don’t fit/don’t know

4.

are you doing/ ‘m weighting/ need

5.

like/ are you enjoying/’m loving

6.

‘m always falling/ do you go/doesn’t make

B. 1.

arrived/ was talking

4.

came/seemed/enjoyed

2.

was lying/ rang

5.

was walking/felt/didn’t know

3.

was/ left/was falling

6.

were going/heard/drove

1.

went

5.

worked

2.

have never seen

6.

did you get

3.

did

7.

has been

4.

has won

8.

have been

1.

had lived/ moved

3.

tried/ had already left

2.

crossed / had turned

4.

were/hadn’t driven

C.

D.

E. 1.

has disappeared

2.

failed

3.

lives

4.

left

5.

had made

6.

were walking

7.

saw

8.

has seen

9.

hadn’t arrived

10. were waiting/ had been waiting 11. had been trying/ have tried 12. have had 13. are taking 14. believe

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara Formative Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

May 2011

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Name: _______________________________________________ Information: ______________________

Class: ______

No. _____

EE: ___________________________ TEST A

A. Re-write the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original.

1. If the kitchen isn’t clean you’ll be punished.

Unless ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. The women really hoped they would find work soon.

The women were looking forward to _________________________________________________ 3. Despite his confidence, he won’t be the champion in Formula 1.

Although ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Her hobby is visiting Art Galleries.

She enjoys __________________________________________________________________________ 5. Elizabeth George is an excellent writer. Her novels are best-sellers.

Elizabeth George, whose _____________________________________________________________ 6. “Is there any important regatta in June?”

Mary wanted to know ________________________________________________________________ 7. We should abolish such laws.

Such laws ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. We decided to continue with the match in spite of the rain.

Although ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. The school bell went off unexpectedly. It was repaired last week.

The school bell, _____________________________________________, went off unexpectedly.

10. I forgot to print the article. I wrote it last night.

I forgot to print the article ___________________________________________________________ 11. As a consequence of his father's illness, he couldn't go to work.

Since _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Nobody has heard anything about the workers' strike.

Nothing ____________________________________________________________________________ 13. I'd like to be on a deserted island right now.

I wish _______________________________________________________________________________

14. Helen went to the market. She wanted to buy some vegetables.

Helen went to the market ____________________________________________________________ 15. “I saw a good match on Saturday”, Casey said.

Casey said___________________________________________________________________________ 16. They got lost in London because they didn't have a street map.

As __________________________________________________________________________________ 17. You seldom get such a changeable weather.

Seldom _____________________________________________________________________________ 18. ”Who won the Grand National last year?”

Michael wanted to know _____________________________________________________________ 19. You must not allow the children to view television until late.

The children ________________________________________________________________________ 20. Did the noise disturb you?

Were ________________________________________________________________________________

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara English Assessment Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

November 2010

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Read the following text carefully The birth of every baby is an emotional moment for the parents, but the delivery of Jamie Whitaker at a Sheffield hospital four days ago resonated far beyond his close family.

Jamie is the first baby born to British parents whose embryos was deliberately selected during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to provide a near-perfect match for his four-year-old brother Charlie, who suffers from a rare blood 5

disorder in which bone marrow produces too few red blood cells.

The birth has already caused controversy over the ethics of producing a "saviour sibling" - one born for the benefit of another - and how far the state should interfere with parental choice. Blood extracted from Jamie’s umbilical cord will be kept for later transfusion into Charlie and represents the only hope of a cure from the rare disease, which is always fatal. In the meantime, Charlie has to have daylong blood transfusions every three weeks

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and painful daily injections to keep him alive.

The authority which licenses fertility treatment in Britain decided it was unethical for embryos produced by parents Michelle and Jayson to be genetically tested in the hope of creating an exact tissue match for Charlie. So the Whitakers travelled to Chicago, where the procedure was carried out.

There, embryos taken from Mrs Whitaker were screened by doctors to match them as closely as possible to

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Charlie's immune system and to ensure that the embryo did not also carry the disorder. She returned to Britain to complete her pregnancy and Jamie was born on 16th June.

Last year, shortly after Mrs Whitaker became pregnant, her husband explained why they had taken the step of travelling 6,000 miles for treatment. "We were always determined that we would get what we wanted somewhere.

There was no selection on the basis of colour of eyes or hair or sex. I’m sure many parents would do the same,

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wouldn't they?"

This week they had their reward. The happy mother said: "When I first held Jamie, I couldn't believe it. He is so sweet that I cried. I think people have a second child to give the existing sibling a brother or sister. My husband and I have always wanted to have more children, so we just combined having more with helping Charlie."

Dr Rechitsky, of the Chicago Institute denied the fertility treatment was unethical. "People say we are doing

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wrong because we are making designer babies. That is wrong. These are not babies brought into the world just to save the sibling's life. These are families who want a health child, and if that healthy child can also save the life of the child they already have, I think it's a double blessing. There was no other way for Charlie to survive."

The Independent Digital (abridged)

A. Read these statements and scan the text to find evidence: Jamie Whitaker was not born by natural means.

Charlie had to undergo a severe treatment to stay alive.

The implantation of selected embryos in the mother was not permitted in her country and the Whitakers had to do that overseas.

As an ordinary mother, Michelle Whitaker was deeply touched when she first saw her new born baby.

B. Read the 2nd , 3rd and 4th paragraphs again and find synonyms/ equivalents for the following words/phrases. on purpose unusual to give somebody official permission to do something not morally acceptable

C. Who/what do these words refer to? him (line 10) there (line 14) them (line 14) they (line 20)

D. Answer the following questions. Use your words as far as possible.

In June 2003 Jamie made history in Britain. Why? How could Jamie save his brother Charlie from dying?

Critics of this procedure say that Jamie was only brought into the world to serve one purpose and that is morally unacceptable. Do you agree or disagree with this position? Explain your viewpoint.

Dr Lana Rechitsky says that a second child born in these circumstances is a double blessing. What does she mean?

E. Choose the correct future verb tense 1. Tomorrow I ________ (paint) all day. a. will be painting b. will paint c. will be paint 2. By the time we get there, the store ________ (close). a. will close b. will have closed c. closed 3. I ________ (see) you tomorrow at 3:00 PM. a. will see b. see c. will be seeing 4. After we finish this video, I ________ (see) all of this director's movies. a. will see b. will be seeing c. will have seen 5. Can I come over in an hour? No, I ________ (clean) the house. a. will clean b. will be cleaning c. clean 6. This time next week I ________ (drink) wine in Argentina. a. will drink b. drink c. will be drinking 7. She doesn't realize what kind of person he is, but she ________ (find out). a. will find out b. will be finding out c. will have found out 8. She insulted me. I ________ (speak) to her again! a. will never speak b. will never be speaking c. will have never spoken 9. If he continues drinking so fast, he ________ (drink) the whole bottle by midnight. a. will drink b. will have drunk c. will be drinking 10. She ________ (tell) me when her birthday is. a. will not have told b. will not be telling c. won't tell

F. Rewrite the sentences starting them as suggested He knows that a clone would not be a photocopy of his son but he talks about the traits the baby might possess.

Although ...

If he’s not cloned before he dies, his estate will be set up so that he can be cloned after his death.

Unless ...

A new step towards success was achieved because organ rejection was eliminated after transplantation.

But if ...

Paul Young runs a lighting shop in New York City. He is the spokesman for the Human Cloning Foundation.

Paul Young, ....

Mr Whitaker was very nervous. He couldn’t say a word.

Mr Whitaker was .....

G. Bearing in mind what you’ve learnt about Bioethics comment on the following sentence: “Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species – man- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.”

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A. 1. Jamie is the first baby born to British parents whose embryos was deliberately selected during in vitro fertilisation 2. Charlie has to have daylong blood transfusions every three weeks and painful daily injections to keep him alive.

3. The authority which licenses fertility treatment in Britain decided it was unethical for embryos produced by parents Michelle and Jayson to be genetically tested in the hope of creating an exact tissue match for Charlie. So the Whitakers travelled to Chicago, where the procedure was carried out.

4.

"When I first held Jamie, I couldn't believe it. He is so sweet that I cried.

B. deliberately

rare

to license

unethical

Charlie

Chicago

embryos

many parents

C.

D. (Open answers) E. 1. a 2. b

3. a 4. c

5. b 6. c

7. a 8. a

9. b 10. c

F. Although he knows that a clone would not be a photocopy of his son, he talks about the traits the baby might possess Unless he’s cloned before he dies, his estate will be set up so that he can be cloned after his death Bt If organ rejection hadn’t been eliminated after transplantation, a new step towards success wouldn’t have been achieved.

Paul Young, who runs a lighting shop in New York City, is the spokesman for the Human Cloning Foundation.

Mr Whitaker was so nervous that he couldn’t say a word.

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara English Assessment Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

December 2010

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Read the following text carefully

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35

40

As I‟m heading towards the T-shirts, I‟m not quite as l happy as I should be. I look through the racks, trying to recreate the excitement I usually feel at buying myself a little treat —„but somehow today I feel a bit empty. Still, I choose a top with a silver star in the middle, and put it over my arm, telling myself I feel better already. Then I spot a rack of dressing gowns. I could do with a new dressing gown, as a matter of fact.

As I finger a lovely, white, waffle robe, I can hear a little voice at the back of my head, like a radio turned down low. Don‟t do it.

You‟re in debt. Don‟t do it. You‟re in debt.

Yes, well, maybe I am.

But quite frankly, what does it matter now? It‟s too late to make any difference. I‟m already in debt; I might as well be more in debt. Almost savagely, I pull the dressing gown down from the rack and put it over my arm. Then I reach for the matching waffle slippers. No point buying one without the other. (...)

Every time I add something to my pile I feel a little whoosh of pleasure, like a fire-work going off. And for a moment everything‟s all right. But then, gradually the light and sparkles disappear, and I‟m left with cold dark blackness again. So I look feverishly around for something else. (...) „Can I help you?‟ says a voice, interrupting my thoughts. A young assistant has come up and is looking at my pile of stuff on the floor. „Would you like me to hold some of these while you continue shopping?‟ „Oh,‟ I say blankly, and look down at the stuff I‟ve accumulated. It‟s actually quite a lot now. „No, don‟t worry. I‟ll just... I‟ll just pay for this lot.‟ Somehow, between us, we manage to lug all my shopping to the stylish granite checkout point and the assistant begins to scan everything through. A queue begins to form behind me. „That‟ll be £370.56,’ she says at last, and smiles at me. „How would you like to pay? „Erm.,. Switch card...,‟ I say, and reach for my purse. As she‟s swiping it, I eye up my carrier bags and wonder how I‟m going to get all this stuff home. „I‟m sorry,‟ says the girl apologetically, „but there‟s something wrong with your card. It won‟t authorize your purchase.‟ She hands it back to me. „Do you have anything else?‟ „Oh,‟ I say, slightly flustered. „Well... here‟s my VISA card.‟ How embarrassing ... And anyway, what‟s wrong with my card? It looks all right to me. I must complain to the bank about all this. „No,‟ says the girl. „This one‟s no good either.‟ What?‟ I whip round in shock. How can my VISA card be no good? It‟s my VISA card for God‟s sake. Accepted all over the world. What‟s going on? It doesn‟t make any sense. It doesn‟t make any — No. Don‟t say they‟ve cancelled my card. They can‟t have done.

My heart starts to thump in panic. I know I haven‟t been that great at paying my bills — but I need my VISA card. I need it. They can‟t just cancel it, just like that. Suddenly I feel rather shaky.

There are other people waiting,‟ says the girl, gesturing to the queue. „So if you aren‟t able to pay...

A. Read the text from the beginning until line 19 and find evidence for the following sentences: 1. Rebecca doesn‟t feel the usual thrill when shopping.

2. Today Rebecca knows deep down she‟s not doing the right thing.

3. However, she is unable to resist and decides to add another item.

4. Oddly enough her spirits don‟t improve that much.

B. Reread the text from line 20 until the end and complete the following sentences using your own words as far as possible.

1. The shop assistant offers her help when...

2. A queue is beginning to form behind Rebecca at the checkout point because...

3. As the first card doesn‟t work,...

4. Rebecca is in shock when...

C. Find in the text from line 8 to 19 the words that mean: 1. feel 2. corresponding 3. fade away

D. Who/what do these words refer to?

1. I (line 20) 2. I (line 23) 3. we (line 25) 4. my (line 32) 5. it (line 40)

E. Say what you think 1. Why can‟t Rebecca control her shopping fever?

2. Where will that shopping fever lead to?

3. What would you advise Rebecca to do?

F. Put in these words: although, because, but, if, in case, in order to, in spite of, so,

so that, unless.

1. ___________ it was late, Alex didn't seem in a hurry to leave.

2. They put video cameras in shops ____________ stop people stealing things.

3. I decided not to go out for a meal ____________ I couldn't afford it.

4. ____________ you're ready, we can start now.

5. Our room was very small, ____________ we didn't mind at all.

6. No one was watching the television, ____________ I switched it off.

7. You can't drive a car ____________ you‟ve got a licence.

8. ____________ having absolutely no talent, the man became a popular TV personality.

9. Vicky sent us a map ____________ we'd be able to find her house.

10. I think my answers are right, but can I just check them with yours ____________ I've

made a mistake?

G. Combine the two sentences into one. ► That man was Anna's brother. He just walked past. ► The man who just walked past was Anna's brother.

1. The plane was twenty-five years old. It crashed.

The plane …………………………………………. twenty-five years old.

2. Our offices are in Queen Street. They are new.

Our ………………………………………….in Queen Street.

3. That map is out of date. You were looking at it.

The map …………………………………………. out of date.

4. The King's Theatre is in the centre of town. It dates from 1896.

The King's …………………………………………. in the centre of town.

5. A woman was terribly upset. Her dog was run over.

The woman …………………………………………. terribly upset.

6. The talk was very interesting. Judy gave it.

The talk ………………………………………….very interesting.

7. The house is empty now. I used to live there.

The house ………………………………………….is empty now.

H. Choose ONE of the following topics and write 180 words on it

1. ‘There are other people waiting,‟ says the girl, gesturing to the queue. „So if you aren‟t able to pay...‟ What do you think happened next? Find an ending to this episode.

2. „How embarrassing ...‟ says Rebecca.

What about you? Write a text about the most embarrassing moment in your life.

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KEY A. 1. “As I‟m heading towards the T-shirts, I‟m not quite as l happy as I should be.”

2. “... but somehow today I feel a bit empty.”

3. “...Almost savagely, I pull the dressing gown down from the rack and put it over my arm.”

4. “But then, gradually the light and sparkles disappear, and I‟m left with cold dark blackness again.

So I look feverishly around for something else. (...)”

B. (Suggested answers) 1. ... she sees the amount of items Rebecca is carrying.

2. ... the assistant is scanning the things Rebecca wants to buy.

3. ... Rebecca decides to use her visa card.

4. ... she finds out she won‟t be able to use her visa card either.

C. 1. finger

2. matching

3. disappear

D. 1. young assistant

4. Rebecca

2. Rebecca

5. visa card

3. Rebecca and the young assistant E. Open answers F. 1. although

4. if

7. unless

2. (in order) to

5. but

8. in spite of

3. because

6. so

9. so that

10. in case

G. 1. ... that/which crashed was .../..., which crashed, was ...

2. .... new offices are /... offices, which are new, are ...

3. ... (that/which) you were looking at is ...

4. ... theatre, which dates from 1896, is ...

5. ... whose dog was run over was ...

6. ... (that/which) Judy gave was .../...., which Judy gave, was ...

7. ... where I used to live ... /.... (that/which) I used to live in .... /.... in which I used to live ....

H. Open answer

A.E. Arraiolos - E.B. 2,3 /Sec Cunha Rivara English Assessment Test - 11º Ano (Cont.)

February 2011

Teacher: Mª José Brito

Read the following text carefully

Consumerism consumes. At summer sales, there are many faces pressed against the shop window panes, but there is

only

one

expression:

all-consuming

bargain

hunger.

Consumerism consumes the variety of human features; the

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human face, usually a rich register of human emotion, is here reduced to a cash register.

Consumerism similarly reduces the varieties of human encounter. According to British Rail, passengers no longer exist. Everyone is a “customer”. Patients are

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“customers” of hospitals in the health-service marketplace.

The cash relationship is privileged over all others. If the story of Eve and the Serpent were invented today, it would be told without reference to experience or temptation, knowledge or sex. The consumer angle would be exclusively portrayed, Eve the first customer, the serpent a Berwick Street barrow boy – “Apples, thirty-five pence a pound to you, darlin’;

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that’s my best price and don’t tell the guv.”

Consumerism consumes time. When businesses have exhausted spatial territories, they expand into time territories, so by the world today of the international stock exchange, it is always McMarket day, and shops, opening 24 hours, opening on Sabbath days and on festivals, consume the distinctiveness of time for everyone, and do so to fatten the girth of their profit

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margins. Consumerism creates a McTime, a McWorld where the McSun always McShines.

Consumerism consumes resources: energy, space, time and nature. It is a cultural appetite problem, and bulimia is both sickness and the symbolic sign of consumer society; this self-destructive monster gobbling materials, forests, oils, and lumbering off to a landfill site for a dump in what’s left of the woods.

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The language of consumerism is the language of hunger. “Appetite” for products must be created. Markets can be “glutted” or “satiated”. Consumer “tastes” must be “satisfied”.

Consumerism depends on persuading customers that their “wants” are actually their “needs” and further that these needs have the force of food-hunger, the literal meaning of “appetite”.

It

persuades

us

that

we

are

the

predator,

but

we

are

really

the

prey.

A. TRUE or FALSE? CIRCLE the correct answer and then QUOTE from the text to justify all your answers.

1. Nothing escapes consumerism, not even human emotions.

T / F Quote: _________________________________________________________________ 2. Consumerism makes human encounter easier.

T / F Quote: _________________________________________________________________ 3. Consumerism tries to convince people that they don’t need anything.

T / F Quote: _________________________________________________________________ 4. People don’t consume; they are consumed.

T / F Quote: _________________________________________________________________ B. Match these words from the text with their meaning on the right.

1. bargain (line 3)

a. eating very fast

2. girth (line 19)

b. animal that lives by feeding on other animals

3. gobbling (line 23)

c.

4. landfill site (line 23)

d. animal hunted, killed and eaten by another

5. predator (line 29)

e. area where waste material is buried

6. prey (line 29)

f.

size around the waste

thing bought for less than the usual price

C. Who/what do these words refer to?

1. others (line 11) 2. it (line 12) 3. my (line 15) 4. their (line 19) 5. their (line 27)

D. Answer the following questions according to the information given in text.

1. According to the author, what consequences does consumerism have on people?

2. Why does the author mention the episode of the Bible of Eve and the Serpent?

3. What type of language is used by consumerism?

E. Rewrite the following statements/questions in the Reported Speech.

1. "Last month l went to a meeting about tricky advertising."

Paul stated...

2. "Haven’t you been influenced by this advert?"

Susan asked us...

3. "Don't buy these beauty products!"

They advised me...

4. "Why are they being so supportive?"

He wondered...

5. "Yes, I smashed the TV but it was against my will."

John admitted...

F. Circle the correct answer.

1. My cousin ___________ the day before yesterday.

a. came on b. came by c. came to 2. The other kids always ___________ me because I look different.

a. pick on b. pick at c. pick around 3. Let’s ___________ your test.

a. go over b. go around c. go away 4. I like ___________ with my friends at the mall.

a. hanging up b. hanging out c. hanging at 5. I just can’t ___________ how rude he was to you.

a. get over b. go over c. get by 6. You’re ___________! = You’re trying to trick me (* not in a bad way*)

a. putting me off b. putting me on c. putting me out

7. He ___________ his father.

a. takes into b. takes about c. takes after 8. My car ________ on the freeway.

a. broke down b. broke up c. broke through 9. ________! Things will get better.

a. Cheer on b. Cheer at c. Cheer up 10. Friends can help you to ________ a difficult time in your life.

a. get around b. get by c. get through

G. Choose ONE of the following topics and write about 140 words on it.

1. As a teenager, comment on the advantages and disadvantages of living in a consumerist society.

2. Bearing in mind marketing and advertising techniques, comment on the following statement: “Sell them their dreams. Sell them what they longed for and hoped for and almost despaired of having. People don’t buy things to have things. They buy things to work for them. They buy hope. Sell them this hope and you won’t have to worry about selling them goods.”

Or ...

G. Bearing in mind what you’ve learnt about consumerism/ advertising comment on the following pictures writing an opinion essay of about 140 words.

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KEY (in, Preparar os Testes 11º)p. 59) A. (4 Items x 4 pts = 16 pts) 1. TRUE – “Consumerism consumes the variety of human features” 2. FALSE – “Consumerism similarly reduces the varieties of human encounter”.

3. FALSE – “Consumerism depends on persuading customers that their “wants” are actually their “needs” 4. TRUE – “It persuades us that we are the predator, but we are really the prey” B. (6 Items x 3 pts = 18 pts) 1. F

3. A

5. B

2. C

4. E

6. D

C. (5 Items x 2 pts = 10 pts) 1. Relationships

4. Shops

2. The story of Eve and the Serpent

5. Customers

3. Berwick Street barrow boy D. (3 Items x 12 pts = 36 pts) 1. According to the author, consumerism has very negative effects on people. They lose their human qualities, which are reduced to materialistic thoughts (“all-consuming bargain hunger”). People aren’t treated as such but mere “customers”; their relationships are mainly based on money (“The cash relationship is privileged over all others”.) People are contributing to our planet depletion and they lose not only much money but also much time and they may not realise it, but they are not consuming, they are being consumed. 

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Consumerism consumes our emotions, reduces the varieties of human encounters; it consumes our time and the resources of our planet.

(Diogo)

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One of the consequences that consumerism has on people is that it reduces the varieties of human encounters and everyone is a “costumer”. Other consequence is that consumerism consumes resources: energy, space, time and nature. (Luciana – with some corrections)

2. The author mentions this episode to show that while Eve was tempted by her curiosity, her desire to know more, if it were nowadays she would be tempted by consumerist ideas, which are the ones that prevail in our society. 

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The author mentions the episode of the Bible of Eve and the Serpent because nowadays it would be told without reference to experience or

temptation, knowledge or sex and characterizes the relationship between customers and “non-customers”, in which the customers consume everything they need (and don’t need) and “non-customers” sell everything with or without the permission of the “guv”. (Isabel – with some corrections). o

The author mentions this episode of the Bible because even Eve was manipulated

to

get

something,

just

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everyone

is

now.

“Temptation” isn’t a thing of our era; the difference is that nowadays everything is about making money as long as in the past it was about moral values. (Rita Pereira – with some corrections) 3. Consumerism uses very strong words all related to hunger, appetite, satisfaction, in order to persuade the consumer that only if he buys a certain product will be “satiated”.

They intend to give shopping the same strength as food hunger. 

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The language of consumerism is the language of hunger because “appetite” for products is created by businesses so that their products and services can satiate our psychological hunger. (Diogo – with a small correction and a suggestion of the underlined word)

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The type of language used by consumerism is the language of hunger. Words like “appetite”, “glutted”, “satiated”, “tastes” and even “bulimia” work like metaphors to show our daily habits of consume.

(Filipa – with some corrections and with the suggestion of the underlined sentence)

E. (5 Items x 8 pts = 40 pts) 1. Paul stated (that) the previous month he had gone .....

2. Susan asked us if we hadn’t been influenced by that ...

3. They advised me not to buy those ...

4. He wondered why they were being ...

5. John admitted he had smashed the TV but it had been against his ...

F. (10 Items x 3 pts = 30 pts) 1. B

5. A

9. C

2. A

6. B

10. C

3. A

7. C

4. B

8. A

G. (1Item x 50 pts = 50 pts) 

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Âş ÂŞ Read the following text carefully Certain conditions since World War II have made discrimination against the gypsy community worse than ever.

Before the war most gypsies were quite self-sufficient and our romantic notions of the quaint Romanian people dancing

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round the fireside happy in their environment might have held some truth. Many of them pitched their caravans on farm ground, where they would be a welcome source of seasonal labour for the farmer. But with mechanised farming doing away with that need, the gypsies themselves had to learn new trades, bringing them into closer

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contact with local communities.

Neighbourhoods have not taken kindly to gypsies moving into their areas. In some places, like Glais, South Wales, local people wrecked the gypsy site to show how unwelcome they were. The local government councillors have often turned a blind eye to harassment, as they fear they might lose the support of their voters if they helped the gypsies.

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In London a local popular newspaper has printed this statement: 'Any sympathy the public may have had for these bands of marauding scavengers has long disappeared in a welter of complaints from people whose orderly lives have been turned into chaos by them. They make no contribution to society and just take from itâ€&#x;. This article fired the local community against the gypsies who had camped along the road - largely because the council had not provided

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legal camp sites for them. Yet the Commission for Racial Equality said it could not protect them from this bad publicity, and the newspaper faced no action in the courts.

One way that public opinion about gypsies might change is through schools. Only a small number of gypsy children go to state schools regularly, because their families are moved to different sites fairly often, making it impossible for them to continue a stable education.

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The National Gypsy Council has demanded state education for all their children, as one of its major tasks. They face a world where they can no longer live a completely separate lifestyle, and where their children have to learn to read and write English, often speaking the gypsy languages of Romania and Shelta as second languages. Nevertheless, gypsies are by and large committed to a life of nomadic travelling. They have said they do not want to live in

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houses like "normal" people. While some people say gypsies would fit into the settled society if the prejudice against them disappeared, the gypsies insist they want to keep their own identity and culture.

Current (abridged & slightly adapted)

A. Say whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false ones by referring to the text 1. People‟s romantic ideas about gypsies are still perfectly justified.

2. Contrary to what happens nowadays, gypsies once were accepted in some places.

3. Politicians are the only ones gypsies can rely on for support.

B. Answer these questions about the text in your own words.

1. Were the gypsies well accepted in Britain? Account for your answer.

2. How do you feel about the way gypsies are abused by other people as referred to in the text?

3. Do you agree that the school might contribute to a decrease in discrimination against gypsies? Justify your opinion.

4. Choose a suggestive title for this passage.

C. Say what/who the underlined words refer to.

1. they (line 14) 2. them (line 20) D. Transform the following into conditional sentences. Use the Third Conditional.

1. Information about gypsies might reduce discrimination against them.

If people...

2. Giving gypsies places to live according to their traditions probably would make these tensions disappear.

If gypsies...

E. Rewrite each of the following sentences starting them as suggested below.

Make any necessary changes.

1. “I didn‟t attend a state school and this changed my entire life” The gipsy said …

2. Although gypsies are developing literacy skills, they have difficulty in finding a job.

In spite of …

F. Make one new sentence from each pair of sentences, beginning as shown, and using the word given in brackets.

1. I offered to carry the girl‟s bag. She turned out to be a fortune-teller.(Whose) The girl, ...........

TEXT PRODUCTION G. Choose ONE of the following topics and write 180 words on it 1. Comment on the following sentences taken from the text. „They have said they do not want to live in houses like "normal" people.

While some people say gypsies would fit into the settled society if the prejudice against them disappeared, the gypsies insist they want to keep their own identity and culture.‟ Write your text expressing your point of view on the topic.

2. Comment on the following statement by former US President Jimmy Carter: “We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.”

3. Describe a situation in which you yourself have felt special difficulties of integration in a group, school, ethnic community, town or country.

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º ª Read the following text carefully “The absolute greatest scam on the planet has to be telecommutation. When I first heard that some employers actually permit their workers to stay home all day and "commute" to the office over the Net, I chuckled with good-natured disbelief: No way.

Then, I became obsessed with the idea - not in a bad

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way, of course. Sure I spent a few weekends following my editor to show him the kind of guy I was a total self starter and a serious loner - in short, the perfect candidate upon whom to give the splendid privilege of telecommutation.

Shortly after the dynamite thing, a computer equipped

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with a modem and a cranky little piece of software known as a PPP connection summarily, arrived at my home.

I was a telecommuter at last!

How to describe the soaring liberation I felt in those first fleeting days of “working" at

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home! Forget about the 9-to-5 rat race. I could work in the wee hours of the morning or between matinees. No longer did I have to wear stiff, itchy suits and ties and shoes to the office. I could work in the nude if I chose! And goodbye to the filthy, always late and criminally expensive Long Island Railroad. It takes me 30 seconds to wander, naked, from my bedroom to my "office" in the garage.

But what did I know? It turns out that telecommuting is not the golden goose some

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servants of the Digital Age claim it is. No! It is a cruel and doomed mirage that could send you back.

In a minute I was working 70 hours a week, and soon my imagination was fired up by images of my friends, at work, having really long lunches and snickering about anything. And I?

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I was at home. Alone! Chatting with a machine!

Feeling blue and to overcome isolation I’ve joined professional associations, in which I attend workshops and courses, and at the same time I started using the phone to stay in touch with co-workers. It’s important to set boundaries between work and personal time. I schedule a few large blocks of work rather than lots of short spurs.

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Aside from that, I love telecommuting. I really do. And I'm sure you will too!”

Joshua Quittner, Time Digital (abridged and adapted)

A. Go through the first five paragraphs and find evidence to prove the following sentences: 1. At first Joshua had laughed incredulously at the idea of working from home using an internet connection.

2. He was in his seventh heaven shortly after the arrival of the equipment.

3. Telecommuters can establish their working hours.

4. He didn’t need to use uncomfortable clothes any more.

B. Match the words from the box with the correct definition feeling blue

golden goose

spurs

rat race

1. Permanent and undignified competition for success in one’s career as among office workers 2. (taken from a fairy tale) something wonderful and usually the main cause for happiness 3. feeling depressed 4. sudden burst of effort or activity C. Say what/who the underlined words refer to.

1. their (line 2) 2. him (line 7) 3. it (line 21) 4. you (line 30) E. Answer the following questions. Use your own words as far as possible.

1. What are the benefits and drawbacks of working from home?

2. What can be done to overcome possible drawbacks?

3. Are you for or against telework? Account for your answer.

TEXT PRODUCTION F. Choose ONE of the following topics and write 180 words on it 1. Most technological changes such as new models of cars, televisions, telephones, computers and improved medical treatment are perceived as increasing the quality of life. But the most palpable effects of technological advance are on jobs and on wage and productivity disparities.

Bearing in mind the above excerpt write your text on the advantages and disadvantages of technological advances related to work.

2. Would you like to work from home? Account for your answer.

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KEY A. 1. “When I first heard that some employers actually permit their workers to stay home all day and "commute" to the office over the Net, I chuckled with good-natured disbelief: No way.”

2. “How to describe the soaring liberation I felt in those first fleeting days of “working" at home!”

3. “Forget about the 9-to-5 rat race. I could work in the wee hours of the morning or between matinees.”

4. “No longer did I have to wear stiff, itchy suits and ties and shoes to the office. I could work in the nude if I chose!”

B. Match the words from the box with the correct definition 1. rat race 2. Golden goose 3. feeling blue 4. spurs

C. Say what/who the underlined words refer to.

1. Employers 2. Joshua’s editor 3. Telecommuting 4. I (the reader)

E. Answer the following questions. Use your own words as far as possible.

1. On the one hand, telework gives us freedom and flexibility, since we can choose our schedule. Besides, we don't have to commute to work daily or wear formal clothes. On the other hand, we don't have the opportunity to socialize with work- mates or even work as part of a team.

2. Telecommuters can join professional associations, attend workshops and courses and call co-workers to stay in touch with them.

3. Open answer

TEXT PRODUCTION