ING - VEST./99 3o DIA 1
01.Answer the questions below, according to the following text:
FIRST LOVES
In our house, whenever anyone dropped a book, it was required to be not only picked up but also kissed, by way of apology for the act of clumsy disrespect. I was as careless as any child, and accordingly I kissed a large number of books.
Devout households in India still contain persons in the habit of kissing holy books. But we kissed everything. We kissed novels and Superman comics. If I’d ever dropped the telephone directory, I’d probably have kissed that too.
All this happened before I had ever kissed a girl. In fact, once I started kissing girls, my activities with regard to books lost some of their special excitement. But one never forgets one’s first loves.
Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands (Viking Penguin)
a)What family tradition is described in the text?
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b)How did the author feel after he started kissing girls?
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c)What does the author mean when he says “one never forgets one’s first loves”?
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02.Make sentences out of the words given below:
a)old Jorge Amado is how ?
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b)books many you have do ?
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c)Brazilians Spanish speak do ?
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d)children have many do how you ?
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e)family spaghetti does like your ?
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f)a days year how there many are in ?
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03.Fill the blanks with the opposite of the underlined word:
a)Caetano Veloso is thin but Jô Soares is ______.
b)This is a library. Do not speak loud. Please speak ______.
c)Faustão speaks very fast but Ana Maria Braga speaks ______.
d)Making money is difficult but spending it is ______.
e)After the World Cup, the French players were happy but the Brazilians were ______.
f)Don´t turn right; turn ______.
04.Fill each space with one of the following: after, by, from, into, of, on.
a)If you heat this ice, it will turn ______water.
b)Peter’s cup is full ______tea.
c)Elton John comes ______England.
d)Hamlet was written ______Shakespeare.
e)Cowboys burned a mark ______the cattle to show whom they belonged to.
f)The students will go to the bar ______the exam.
05.Rewrite the sentences below by replacing the underlined word or expression: (Do not change their meaning.)
a)I’d rather be dancing now.
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b)I don’t feel like studying now.
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c)That band was terrific!
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06.Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the verb in parentheses:
a)Jazz ______created by black Americans a long time ago. (be)
b)The black slaves ______the music of their homeland. (sing)
c)Today, jazz ______to grow and change. (continue)
d)A jazz song sounds different each time it is ______. (hear)
e)Today, people from all over the world ______jazz. (play)
f)______many musical groups in Brazil that play the samba, our national rhythm. (there to be)
07.Complete the definitions below:
a)A person who writes books is a ______.
b)A person who makes bread is a ______.
c)A person who sells meat is a ______.
d)A person who plays music is a ______.
e)A person who flies a plane is a ______.
f)A person who cooks is a ______.
08.Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined words with the word or expression suggested, making the necessary adaptations:
a)The Titanic was said to be unsinkable but it was a disaster. (although)
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b)If he does not change his attitude, he will get into trouble. (unless)
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c)He is 90 years old, but he wants to run for President. (in spite of)
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09.Write a paragraph (minimum of 3 sentences) on the following topic:
My First Love
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10.Write a paragraph (minimum of 3 sentences) answering the following question:
Will the computer replace the book?
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