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Colégio Estadual Vinicius de Moraes EFM

Professor: Anderson R. Gonçalves

Aluno:_____________________________________Nº______Série ___________


Reading

Education in the United States.


In the United States, children enter kindergarten when they are fives years old, but they really start studying in elementary school (from the 1 st to the 8 th grade). Most schools in the United States call the 7 th and 8 th grades “junior high school” (from the 9 th to the 12 th grade), students have educational programs that enable them to enter colleges and universities.


Besides the regular classes such as mathematics, language, fine arts, physical education, chemistry etc., students have extracurricular activities such a photography, industrial arts (carpentry and metal-working), performing arts (orchestra, dramatics, gymnastics) and home economics (sewing and cooking).


After reading

Find in the text.

The age children usually enter in the USA.

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Some regular subjects students take.

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Some extracurricular subjects students take.

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Answer.

Which grades does Junior High School refer to?

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Which grades does High School refer to?

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3-Coloque as frases a seguir no Futuro Imediato, conforme o modelo:


a) He – to catch fish.
     He is going to catch fish.
b) She – to eat an apple

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c) I – read a book.

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d) They – to buy vegetables.

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e) I – to read.


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f) They are – to play.

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Boa Sorte!

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English Test.

Reading

The inventor of the walkman

Andreas Pavel's histore proves that life is not easy for inventors. He waited for twenty-seven years to be recognized as the inventor of the walkman.

Pavel invented the walkman in São Paulo, in 1972. He transformed earphones and tape recorders into the “Stereobelt”, to be able to listen to his favorite singers, Janis Joplin and Orlando Silva.

Although Pavel patented his invention in Italy, in England and in the United States, Sony ignored the law and released the walkman as its own invention. It was a great sucess.

In 1999, a court finally acnowledged Pavel as the inventor of the walkman. He made a settlement with Sony for about ten milion dollars. In addition, he is going to receive royalties until 2021.

( From O Estado de S. Paulo, November 3^rd, 2004)

After reading

1- This text about Andreas Pavel is.

( ) an e-mail.

( ) a newspaper article.

( ) a letter.

2- Encontre no texto:

a- O nome original do walkman.

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b- O valor recebido por Pavel pelo seu acordo feito com a Sony.

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c- O lugar e o ano em que o walkman foi inventado.

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d- O ano em que Andreas Pavel ganhou a causa contra a Sony na justiça.

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e- O ano em que expiram os direitos autorais de Pavel sobre o walkman.

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f- A fonte do texto e a data de publicação.

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Texto 3 - Did Dracula really exist?

Did Dracula really exist?

Yes and no. Dracula is a books written by the Irish author, Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912) who told the story of an evil count from Transylvania (now part of Romania). The nobleman could turn into a vampire bat. He sucked people’s blood by biting them on their necks. His victims became his slaves.

Dracula was a figment of Stoker’s vivid imagination, but in the 1400s there was a cruel ruler os Transylvania know as Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname because he had he had awful habits: he drove stakes through the bodies of his enemies and left them to die. No doubt Stoker had Vlad in mind when he wrote the book.

Check your Reading

1.     According to the text:

a)     Bram Stoker invented the name Dracula.

b)     Bram Stoker didn´t invented the name Dracula.

c)     Dracula didn´t have slaves.

d)     Dracula became a ruler in the 1400s.

e)     Vlad could turn into a vampire.

2.     The book written by Bram Stoker is:

a)     a poem         c) a novel      e) a fable

b)     a fiction.        d) an adventure

3.     All the alternatives below are correct, except:

a)     Dracula was probably inspired in Vlad the Impaler.

b)     Vlad the Impaler really lived six hundred years ago.

c)      Bram Stoker met Vlad the Impaler.

d)     Bram Stoker was an Irish author.

e)     Vlad the Impaler tortured his victims.

4.     Mark the correct alternative

a)     Bram Stocker died at the age of 65.

b)     Vlad became a ruler in 1400.

c)      Romania bought Trabsylvania.

d)     Stoker gave a nickname to Vlad.

e)     Vlad drove skates through the bodies of his enemies.

5.     Mark the correct verb sequence.

a)     to write -  written – written.

b)     To become – became – beame.

c)      To drive – drove – driven

d)     To get – got – gatten.

e)     To left – left – left.

Texto 2 - A mother in doubt.

A mother in doubt

Dear Mr. Clover,

My daugther Laura tries to study English every day. But she never learns it well. Do you think that she has a bad memory for languages?

Aretha Thompson.

Dear Mrs. Thompson,

I don´t think Laura has a bad memory for languages. She is a bright student. Maybe your daughter lacks interest or she doesn´t like the subject for one reason or another. Perhaps she is studying at a wrong time of the day. You say that she “tries to study”. Why doesn´t she really study? I mean, study and not try to.

Sometimes people pretend to study, but unconsciously they don´t pay attention to what they are doing. Ask Laura to talk to her teacher before it is late.

Ken Clover (coordinator) 

Check your reading

Mark the correct answer.

1 – Mrs. Thompson writes to Mr. Clover in the condition of a:

a) student.               b) mother                        c) teacher

d) daughter             e) coordinator.

2 – Laura:

a)    doesn’t learn English well

b)    doesn’t pay attention in school.

c)    don’t study English with attention.

d)    don’t have a good memory.

e)    Doesn’t like languages.

3 – Mr. Ken Clover thinks that Laura is a:

a)    bad student.

b)    good daughter.

c)    girl without memory.

d)    good student.

e)    bad daughter.

4 – According to the text:

a)    Mrs. Thompson is being impatient with Mr. Clover.

b)    Mr. Clover is worryng too much.

c)    Mrs. Thompson is searching for another school for Laura.

d)    Mr. Clover is planning another classroom for Laura.

e)    Mrs. Thompson is trying to help Laura.

5 – The text is about.

a)    school problems.

b)    discipline.

c)    learning difficulties.

d)    adoloscence conflicts.

     e)    bad students.  

Texto 1 - Monarchies

Monarchies

There are still some monarchies all over the world.  However, not so many as there were in the distant past.

In a monarchy there is a sovereign such as a king, a queen, an emperor or an empress – in short – a monarch.

There was a time when monarchies were absolute. Nowadays, they are often limited by a constituiton, that is, the king or queen is the sovereign but the Parliament is responsible for the real government.

One of the most ancient and famous monarchies in the world is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The countries of the nited Kingdom are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster).

Among the British people there is some cristicism about the empire, but even this is part of a millenary tradition. 

Check your Reading

1-     Marque a alternativa de acordo com o texto.

a)     Ainda há muitas monarquias no mundo

b)     Há diferenças entre monarquias e soberanos.

c)      O monarca é um dos reis da monarquia.

d)     Antigamente havia muito mais monarquias.

e)     Uma imperatriz não pode ser monarca.

2-     Segundo o texto, na maioria das monarquias modernas:

a)     o rei reina, mas não governa.

b)     O rei reina e governa.

c)      O monarca é absoluto.

d)     O monarca atribui o governo ao Parlamento.

e)     A soberania é de um rei e de uma rainha

3-     O texto informa que:

a)     a republica da Irlanda faz parte do Reino Unido

b)     O reino Unido é formado por quatro países.

c)      A Grã-Bretanha faz parte da Inglaterra.

d)     A Gália faz parte do Reino Unido.

e)     O Reino Unido é a monarquia mais antiga no mundo.

4-     De acordo com o texto, podemos deduzir que:

a)     os britânicos criticam o império, sem poupar inclusive a tradição.

b)     Apesar da tradição milenar, os britânicos são criticados por seu governo.

c)      O sistema monárquico não conta com a aprovação total dos britânicos.

d)     A crítica aos imperialistas britânicos faz parte da tradição.

e)     Até a crítica do povo britânico é milenar.

5-     As palavras even this, sublinhadas no texto referem-se:

a)     ao povo britânico.

b)     A milenar.

c)      À tradição.

d)     Ao império.

e)     À crítica.

6-     A expressão “in short” traduz-se por:

a)     ou seja.

b)     Em resumo.

c)      Em princípio.

d)     A propósito.

e)     Isto é. 

Boa sorte!!!

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