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2 ANO 1 BIMESTRE
Read the text Computer Violence Are Your Kids at Risk? and answer the 1st Item.
Computer Violence
Are Your Kids at Risk?
Some video games are teaching children to kill for the thrill
By Stephen Barr
VIDEO GAMES have become a pervasive form of
entertainment in the 1990s. Today an estimated 69 percent
of American families own or rent video and computer games.
Most are harmless entertainment, but in far too many of the
most popular ones, kids are acting out realistic violent
experiences on their TV and computer screens. They are
severing heads and snapping spines in Mortal Kombat IV.
They are paying a go-go dancer to flash her breasts and then
blowing her away in Duke Nukem 3D. They are scorching
the high school band with a flamethrower until they burn to
death in Postal.
These are not just games any-more,
says Rick Dyer, president of the San Diegobased Virtual Image Productions and an
outspoken critic of titles with violent and sexual
content. These are learning machines. Were
teaching kids in the most incredible manner
what it's like to pull the trigger. The focus is on
the thrill, enjoyment and reward. What they are
not learning are the real-life consequences.
Interactive video games introduce kids to
a fantasy world that features amazingly lifelike
characters, detailed images of brutality, and an
audio mix of heart-pounding music, macabre
sound effects and authentic voices. Unlike
movies and television, where you watch the
violence, the game lets you feel the sensation of committing violent acts. When you're
into the game, youre in the game.
"The technology is becoming more engaging for kids," says David Walsh,
president of the National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF), a watchdog group in
Minneapolis, "and a segment of games features antisocial themes of violence, sex and
crude language. Unfortunately, it's a segment that seems particularly popular with kids
ages eight to 15."
(Source: Reader's Digest, January 1999)
1st Item - According to the text above the sentences below can be True or False. If the
Almost 70 percent of American families own or rent video and computer games.
2nd Item Choose the correct word from the box and complete the sentences below.
PLAY
WELL
FAN
FANS
HIT
RECORDS
LIE
CANS
AFTER
HITS
1. The new album contains some new songs and a number of familiar ____________.
HITS
2. The sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the blazing oil _______________.
WELL
3. They named their son Isaac ___________________ the biblical character. AFTER
4. Youve made your bed and now you must ____________________ in it. LIE
3rd Item Complete the following sentences with the correct forms (present, past or
future) of the verbs in parentheses.
1.
Best friends _____________ always there for each other in times of trouble. (be)
ARE
2. According to Holy Scripture, God _____________ the world in six days. (create)
CREATED
3. John Dunlop ____________________ pneumatic tires in 1888. (invent)
INVENTED
4. I ______________ the bathroom yesterday so Im in Mums good books. (clean)
CLEANED
5. A major Hollywood star __________________ performing on stage tonight. (be)
IS/IS GOING TO BE/ WILL BE
6. You always ____________________ faster than I do! (walk) WALK
7. All areas of the country ____________________ some rain tonight. (have) IS
GOING TO HAVE/ WILL HAVE
8. The prince ____________________ two bodyguards watching over him every
hour of the day. (have) HAS
9. The new laws ____________________ effective next month. (become) IS
GOING TO BECOME/WILL BECOME
2. What did she ask God? SHE ASKED HIM WHETHER SHE WOULD DIE.
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4. What happened to her after she left the hospital? SHE WAS HIT BY AN
AMBULANCE AND DIED.
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5. Why didnt God recognize the woman? BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY
DIFFERENT.
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1. The Beatles are probably ____________ band in the world. (famous) THE
MOST FAMOUS
2. Bowls is one of _______________ sports in Britain. (popular) THE MOST
POPULAR
3. New York has one of ____________________ Jewish communities in the world.
(large) THE LARGEST
4. She declared it was ____________________ chocolate cake she had ever tasted.
(good) THE BEST
5.
___________________ obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road. (big)
THE BIGGEST
8th Item Write a paragraph about two places you have been to. Use comparatives. Write
40 (forty) words.
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