1-Read the paragraph below and check if the underlined words are Real cognates or False cognates. Write R or F.
In the past few years the Internet has become a very powerful ( ) medium of ( ) communication. ( ) Actually it is perhaps the most widely ( ) used and ( ) possibly the most ( ) efficient one available.
People from ( ) different ( ) parts of the ( )planet get in touch with friends, ( ) relatives, business partners, and even people they have never met before. This is done at very high speed and low cost. Some of the younger ( ) generation don’t even remember or ( ) realize how much more ( ) complicated communication was twenty years ago. Not long ago, the only ( ) alternatives we had were ( ) regular mail and the ( ) telephone.
2-Circle the best alternative to complete the sentences.
- You can easily find it / its / it’s website.
- Me / My / Mine computer has an excellent anti-virus program.
- Whose flash drive is this? It’s their / theirs.
- Is Roger a friend of your / yours?
- CNN has a weather section in it / its website.
- Him / His e-mail address is easy to memorize, isn’t it?
- Your / Yours computer has a lot of memory space, but our / ours is faster.
- Speak to Jenny and tell him / her the news.
- Is this Silvia and Will’s book? No, it isn’t theirs / their.
3-Choose the best alternatives to complete the excerpt below:
Disabled sports are sports __I__ to be played by persons with physical or intellectual disabilities. Since many of these are based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of people with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports. ___II___ , not all disabled sports are adapted, a ___III___ number of sports that have been specifically created for persons with a disability have no equivalent in able-bodied sports.
I – ( ) projected ( ) designed ( ) cut ( ) made ( ) done
II – ( ) However ( ) Because ( ) Since ( ) Also ( ) When
III – ( ) grand ( ) wide ( ) large ( ) sizeable ( ) nice
4-Rewrite the two sentences as one sentence using the ‘s.
- Margarida has hair. It’s black.
______
- Wilson did a science project. It’s very good.
______
- Luis has a car. It’s a new car.
______
d. Ana and Clara are sisters. Their mother is Tereza.
______
5-Read the beginning of the fairy tale The Frog Prince by the Grimm Brothers. Complete the text with the verbs below in the Simple Past.
LOOK – ROLL – WALK – CONSIDER – MISS –
STOP – REST – ANSWER – LOVE - COME
THE FROG PRINCE (adapted)
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who ______going out for walks. One evening, she left the castle and ______by herself in a wood, and when she ______to a cool spring of water, she ______and ______a while.
Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favorite plaything; and she was throwing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell. After a time she threw it up so high that she ______catching it; and the ball ______away, till it fell into the spring. The princess ______into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. Then she started to cry, and said, “If I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.”
While she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said “Princess, why are you crying?” “Go away!” she ______, “what can you do for me, you stupid frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.” The frog said, “I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring your ball again.” “That’s silly”, ______the princess. […]
6-Write the past form of the verbs :
- Know ______
- Begin ______
- Have ______
- Think ______
- Write ______
7-Complete the sentences using the appropriate preposition. Use from, about, of and at.
a- She’s worried ………………… her grades.
b- She got sick ……………………..eating too much!
c- They’re proud ……………. their country.
d- They were impatient …………… the delay.
8-Choose the correct alternative:
Laura ______a talk on domestic violence. She has already collected some relevant information on the topic.
- give
- gives
- will give
- is going to give
- isn’t giving
9-Choose the correct alternative:
______it rain tomorrow?
- Is going to
- Will
- Are going to
- Will is
- Do will
10. ______we are all born “in”, some of us are excluded.
a. Even though
b. Also
c. However
d. Also
e. Yet
11. Most people are in favor of inclusion. ______, a considerable number of people still reject the idea.
a. When
b. However
c. Therefore
d. Finally
e. Also
12 . Decide if the noun in bold is countable (C)or uncountable(UN):
a)Did you get much information from the Internet? ______
b)Too many incandescent light bulbs are used in people’s homes. ______
c)You’ve put too much rice on my plate. I can’t eat all that. ______
d)You’ve bought too many glasses. I said fifteen, not fifty! ______
e)I don’t have much furniture in my bedroom. Just a bed and a closet. ______
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13, 14 e 15.
UFRJ - 2010
– acesso em 29/07/2012 às 12h05
Com base no texto, responda em português.
13- O que levou Matthew Moore a escrever o artigo?
______
14- Em relação a cada um dos tipos de sites da Internet mencionados a seguir, cite dois aspectos negativos creditados a seu uso generalizado:
a)Google e Wikipedia:
______
b)Sites de autodiagnóstico médico:
______
15- Qual é o ponto de vista do autor em relação ao uso da Internet?
______