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26 - Mark the correct alternative to complete the blanks in the text,

considering the context and the following statements.

Numbers 1 and 2 express great quantity of;
number 3 expresses very small quantity of;
number 4 expresses not sufficient quantity of and
number 5 can substitute numbers 1 and 2.

You and I know that millions of our children are being left
behind in lives of (1) ____________ danger, (2) ____________
drugs, (3) ____________ hope and (4) ____________ opportunity.
You and I know that (5) ____________ the problems facing our
children are problems of the human heart problems that can only
be resolved when there is a one-on-one connection, community by
community, neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street, home
by home
President Bill Clinton
(Readers Digest, October 1998)

a) too many / too much / very little / enough / a lot
b) too much / too many / too little / not enough / a lot of
c) much / a lot of / too few / no enough / many
d) too little / very few / too much / a lot of / enough


27 - Observe the underlined words in the context of the dialog below and
write (P) for the ones that express present or (F) for the ones that
express future situations. Then, mark the correct alternative.

Boss: Tom, are you going to visit our clients tomorrow morning
in Houston? ( )
Tom: Yes, Mr. Hays, Im leaving at 7 this evening. ( )
Boss: But its almost 5. Arent you late?
Tom: A little bit. But Im just picking up some important reports
now and soon Im going to take the train to the airport. ( ) /
( )
Boss: Be fast or youre going to miss the last train. ( )

a) All of them express future situations.
b) All of them express present situations.
c) Only two of them express future situations.
d) Only one of them expresses present situation.


Mark the correct alternatives to complete the blanks in the text
(questions 28 to 31).

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical genius. Many people
think he was 1 composer of classical music 2 ever lived.
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756 and he was only
35 years old when he 3 , in 1791. From 1763 to 1766,
Wolfgang and his father traveled to great cities in Europe and he
became very famous. But his big problem was money. Mozart never
had 4 money, and he usually 5 it on parties and expensive
clothes. In 1781, Wolfgang left Salzburg, went to Vienna and got
married there. To earn 6 money, he often worked day and night
writing music and preparing concerts. But his health 7 to
deteriorate and he died. Orchestras all over the world 8 his
sonatas and symphonies since his time up to now.

(Adapted from Projeto Escola e Cidadania Ed. do Brasil)


28 - The correct words to complete blanks numbers 1 and 2 are,
respectively

a) greater / that
b) greatest / which
c) great / whom
d) the greatest / who

29 - The correct words to complete blanks numbers 3 and 4 are,
respectively

a) died / much
b) dies / many
c) dead / few
d) is dead / little


30 - The correct words to complete blanks numbers 5 and 6 are,
respectively

a) spends / little
b) spent / more
c) has spent / less
d) was spending / fewer


31 - The correct words to complete blanks numbers 7 and 8 are,
respectively

a) begins / has played
b) began / have played
c) begun / are playing
d) has begun / plays


Read the paragraph below and answer question 32 according to it.

The reality of human beings sharing 98 per cent of their genes with
chimpanzees has been shown at the University of Miami. There,
gorilla and chimpanzee DNA was introduced into human cells and
was found to function adequately. Similar experiments were done
with DNA from monkeys, orangutans and lemurs. All of these
experiments, however, failed.
(Adapted from Speak up issue 131)


32 - Complete the questions below so that you can find the answers in the
text.

I - _______ has been shown at the University of Miami?
II - _______ was gorilla and chimpanzee DNA introduced?
III - _______ did gorilla and chimpanzee DNA function in human
cells?

a) (I) What (II) Where (III) How
b) (I) What (II) How (III) When
c) (I) Who (II) When (III) How
d) (I) Which (II) Where (III) Why





















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33 - Read the information about a famous magazine.

Readers Digest

Foundation: more than fifteen years ago by A. J. Thompson
Language of the first print: English
Recent publications: three foreign-language countries
Countries that read it: more than ten
(Adapted from Grammar Express, Longman)

Now, read the paragraph based on the information from the box.

A. J. Thompson founded the Readers Digest more than fifteen
years ago. It was first printed in English, but nowadays it is
published in three different foreign languages. More than ten
countries read it these days.

In the paragraph above we find

a) four sentences in the active voice.
b) only two sentences in the active voice.
c) three sentences in the passive voice.
d) only one sentence in the active voice and two in the passive
voice.


34 - Observe the sentences and mark the correct alternative according to
the underlined words.

I - The centurys last total solar eclipse is more than a spectacle.
Its a chance to chant, dance and buy funny glasses.
II - Hotel Sofitel of Salvador, Bahia State, is one of the most
elegant accommodation alternatives in the capital of Bahia.
III - But as more and more tests become available, her story
shows that theyre not infallible...
IV - Since current drug therapies become less effective ...

a) Two of them are comparative and two are superlative.
b) All of them are superlative.
c) Only one of them is superlative.
d) All of them are comparative.


35 - Read the paragraph.

Steven Bliss was born in 1960 in UK, about forty five years
________. He started flying in airplanes with an important American
group of pilots in 1985 but he has been a special pilot _________ he
was younger. In 1990, Steven went to a mission in Amazon Rain
Forest ___________ fifteen days. Hes known Brazil for the first
time and liked it very much. Hes remembered that important
assignment ____________ then.
(Practice and Progress, L.G. Alexander)

The correct words to complete the paragraph are, respectively

a) ago / for / for / since
b) for / since / ago / for
c) ago / since / for / since
d) ago / for / since / for









36 - Combine the following sentences in x xx x and y yy y adding a relative
pronoun to them.

x xx x My chemistry professor has studied in Harvard. Her age was a
mystery to my fellows and me.
y yy y The English composer was Joseph Grant. I admire his songs so
much and Ive got a complete album about his songs.

a) x xx x My chemistry professor whom is a mystery to my
fellows and me has studied in Harvard.
y yy y The English composer I admire so much that was Joseph
Grant has got a complete album about his songs.

b) x xx x My chemistry professor that has studied in Harvard and
that is a mystery to my fellows and me.
y yy y The English composer whom I have got a complete album
is Joseph Grant and whose I admire so much.

c) x xx x My chemistry professors age which is a mystery has
studied in Harvard.
y yy y Joseph Grant who is an English composer has a complete
album about him and that I admire so much.

d) x xx x My chemistry professor whose age is a mystery to my
fellows and me has studied in Harvard.
y yy y The English composer whose songs I admire so much and
I have a complete album is Joseph Grant.


Read the following paragraph and answer questions 37 to 39
according to it.

FAKE BAKE

Weve all heard that tanning beds(1) are bad for the skin, but
just how bad no one really knew. Now a study confirms that
repeated bouts(2) of exposure to the artificial ultraviolet(UV) light
put you at just as high risk of skin cancer as if you were a regular
sunbather at the beach. Researchers at the Karolinska Hospital in
Stockholm, Sweden, monitored more than 1,000 teenage sun-bed
users. They found that the teenagers had poor sun-protection habits,
which contributed to their increased risk of melanoma. They wore
much less clothing in the tanning bed than they would if they were
outdoors exposing up to ten times more of their skin to the UV
rays. And, according to lead researcher Ulf Wester, most of the
teenagers wore little to no sunscreen(3). Wester advises being just
as sun-savvy at a tanning salon as you are at the beach. At the very
least, slather on a broad-spectrum sunscreen to protect your skin
from the rays.
(ALLURE.July.2000.p.58)

37 - Look at these questions:

1 - Where was the research taken ?
2 - Do teens expose more in UV beds than in open areas?
3 - What happens to people if they usually dont protect their
bodies from UV rays?
4 - How long does a teenager protect her/his skin from the sun rays?

Which ones have answers in the text?

a) Only 2 and 3.
b) Only 1, 3 and 4.
c) Only 3 and 4.
d) Only 1, 2 and 3.




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38 - Observe the context in which the underlined words (1),(2),(3) are
used and replace them by their synonyms.

a) 1 - rooms with artificial UV light
2 - sessions
3 - a lotion used to protect skin from sun rays

b) 1 - specific beds where you bathe for long hours
2 - repeated actions
3 - a cream used to relief your sunburn

c) 1 - places used by teens to sit and burn their skin
2 - processes
3 - an oil prepared specially to attract artificial sunlight

d) 1 - natural sunlight beds
2 - therapies
3 - a tanned cream used to get yourself brown


39 - Melanoma - a tumor on the skin which causes cancer.
(Longman Dictionary of English)

This kind of cancer described generally appears in people who get
too much sun without protection. When we read this article we
conclude that the risk of this disease develop is less when people

a) get a suntan through artificial UV rays.
b) live in cold countries like Sweden and are sun-bed users.
c) become suntanned by protecting their skin with efficient creams
along the exposure.
d) are conscious about the right time UV rays in tanning salons are
more dangerous.


Read the article and answer questions 40, 41 and 42 according to it.


T a l k i n g T o m b s t o n e s

Sounds like something out of a horror movie? Perhaps, but
if one American investor has his way, the dead may soon be
speaking from the grave. Talking tombstones are the idea of
Californian Robert Barrows who has filed a patent for a tombstone
that will relay a video message from the deceased.
These electronically enhanced tombstones will boast a flat
touch screen and a computer with a microchip memory or hard disc.
(Taken from the Internet)


40 - The sentence A tombstone will relay a video message from the
deceased, in the Passive Voice is

a) Someone will relay a video massage from the deceased.
b) A video message would be relayed from the tombstone.
c) Someone has relayed a video message from the deceased.
d) A video message from the deceased will be relayed by a
tombstone.



41 - In the sentence but if one American investor has his way, the dead
may soon be speaking from the grave., we can assure that the
modal may

a) is used correctly, and the verb tense in the if-clause could be
any other.
b) can be substituted by any other modal.
c) could be replaced by might.
d) is the only modal accepted in this kind of conditional sentence.


42 - Probably this article was taken from

a) an advertisement trying to sell tombstones.
b) a TV commercial about a new horror movie coming next.
c) bizarre facts in a religious newspaper.
d) curiosities about technology in a science magazine.


Read this passage about Paulo Coelho and answer questions 43, 44
and 45, according to it.

In 1986, Paulo Coelho sets out for The Pilgrimage towards
Santiago de Compostela. In _____________ days, says the author,
my spiritual quest was linked to the idea that there were secrets,
mysterious ways, and people capable of understanding and
controlling things which would be unavailable to most mortals. I
thought that what leads _____________ to grasping the mystery of
life, must be difficult and complicated. This journey becomes a
truly initiatory experience, and Paulo is transformed for ever as he
learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life:
he learns that the extraordinary is always found in the way of the
common people. As a writer, he devotes himself to show, in a plain
and fluid style, the richness of _____________ inner reality with the
intention of sharing his experiences with all of _____________.
Thus, The Pilgrimage has a very important place in the work, not
just because it is the first of his major books, after which came The
Alchemist, but because of the complete way in which it expresses
the humanity of Paulos philosophy and the depth of his search.
(Taken from the Internet)

43 - The right pronouns to fill in the blanks are, respectively

a) that / us / our / we
b) this / our / we / our
c) those / us / our / us
d) these / we / us / ours


44 - The sentence The Pilgrimage has a very important place in the
work, not just because it is the first of his major books, means that

a) Paulo Coelhos book is very big.
b) his book was a great success.
c) the book is considered the best-seller in the world.
d) Paulo Coelho has written a lot of books.


45 - Whats the main idea of the passage?

a) Paulo Coelho tries to understand the mysteries of life.
b) Common people are simple and mortals.
c) The Pilgrimage and the Alchemist are unknown books.
d) Paulo Coelhos philosophy.

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