TRABALHO DE RECUPERAÇÃO FINAL
INGLÊS – 3º ANO
VALOR: 40,0
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Aluno:______Série:______
Read the following passage and choose the option which best completes each question,
according to the text:
LIFE AS A GHOST TWEETER
Celebrities have embraced social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter, making it easy for fans to establish a connection with their favorite stars. Regular updates gve fans an inside look at a star's day-to-day activities with pictures, locational information and promotional materials. But the busy and glamorous lives of many celebrities make it impossible for them to spend their time hunched over their computers, and some stars hire social media interns to help. Some interns help so much that they do the writing for them. Many stars now use ghost writers who pen the 140-character messages in the celebrity's voice.
Many ghost tweeters have to get into the heads of the celebrities they are channeling. With the sheer volume of social media action, it's understandable that celebrities would be tempted to hire social media interns, but ghost tweeters might be an exception rather than a rule. A social media intern typically works to monitor and advise, rather than act as the celebrity.
Much like a brand, celebrities have teams of people working behind the scenes to help promote them. "When a celebrity becomes a brand, managing all the facets of an identity can become a big task. We recommend that everyone whether they're brands or celebrities are closely involved at all
stages of managing their presence. However, recognizing that at times this can be impossible, they should only allow trusted parties who have an intimate understanding of what they are about," says Yunus Akseki, a director of the media agency Imperial Leisure.
Because most celebrities don't disclose whether or not they have hired someone to be a ghost tweeter it may be difficult to tell if the tweets are authentic or not. So followers might never know if they're fans of their favorite celebrities or of their social media interns.
Adapted from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12676791
QUESTION 01
Some stars hire a social media intern to help them because
a) their fans are too close to them.
b) they don't like Facebook.
c) Twitter is not part of their lives.
d) their lives are full of activity.
e) they have nothing to do.
QUESTION 02
The word their in “to spend their time…” (paragraph 1) refers to
a) interns.
b) celebrities.
c) computers.
d) lives.
e) time.
QUESTION 03
Social media interns should
a) be tempted to become a celebrity.
b) work mainly to monitor and advise.
c) act as if they were celebrities themselves.
d) recognize that celebrities are not busy.
e) work only when the stars start to fall.
QUESTION 04
The word to in “…to help promote them.” (paragraph 3) conveys an idea of
a) purpose.
b) cause.
c) opposition.
d) conclusion.
e) contrast.
QUESTION 05
The word may in “it may be difficult to tell…” (paragraph 4) indicates
a) possibility.
b) necessity.
c) advice.
d) certainty.
e) offer.
Read the following passage and choose the option which best completes
each question, according to the text:
Are you a blogger too?
A few years ago, a “web log” was a little-known way of keeping an online
diary. This didn’t last long, though, and within a very short period of time, blogs
exploded. They were everywhere, and it seemed that almost everyone read
blogs, or was a blogger.
The blogging craze of a couple of years ago now seems to have died down
a bit – yet thousands of blogs (probably the better ones) remain. They are now
seen as important and influential sources of news and opinion. So many people
read blogs now, that it has been suggested that some blogs may have been
powerful enough to influence the result of the recent US election.
Not all blogs are about politics, however. There are blogs about music,
film, sport, books – any subject you can imagine has its enthusiasts typing away
and giving their opinions to anyone else who cares to read their opinions. So
many people read blogs now that the world of blog writers and blog readers has
its own name – the “blogosphere”.
But how influential, or important, is this blogosphere really? One problem
with blogs is that many people who read and write them seem only to
communicate with each other. Sometimes, it seems that the blogosphere exists
only to influence itself, or that its influence is limited to what is actually quite a
small community. Blogs seem to promise a virtual democracy – in which
anyone can say anything they like, and have their opinions heard – but who is
actually listening to these opinions? There is still little hard evidence that blogs
have influenced people in the way that traditional mass media have the ability to
do.
(Adapted from: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/business-magazine/blogging-or-print)
QUESTION 06
A few years ago blogs
a) did not exist.
b) were not popular
c) had more power.
d) were not used.
e) were too used.
QUESTION 07
The word yet in “…yet thousands of blogs remain.” (paragraph 2) conveys an
idea of
a) cause.
b) conclusion.
c) condition.
d) contrast.
e) offering.
QUESTION 08
The word ones in “probably the better ones” (paragraph 2) refers to
a) blogs.
b) years.
c) sources.
d) news.
e) screen.
QUESTION 09
Some people have criticized the blogosphere because they think that
a) anyone can say anything they like there.
b) it is restricted to a small community.
c) people may have their opinions heard.
d) it can be too significant on people’s lives.
e) people mustn’t lose time with this things.
QUESTION 10
According to the text, traditional mass media is probably
a) being rather manipulated.
b) limited to a small population.
c) more influential than blogs.
d) like a virtual democracy.
e) is not an ad media.