DIAGNOSTIC TEST

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I
LISTENING*

Listen to the text and circle the right option.

Teenagers/Young people today prefer to watch their music. According to a new survey, music videos have
surpassed radio and CDs to become the most popular/famous way American adolescents listen to music.
5 Nearly two thirds of the 3,000 young people polled in a recent study said they use video streaming sites, to
listen to bands/songs. Although these services do not specialise in music, its vast library of user-uploaded tracks
– for which some video sites have several/great variety of licensing deals – makes it a popular alternative to
music services.
Whereas 64% of teenagers said they listen to music on video sites, only 56% said they use/listen to the radio.
Fifty-three per cent said they play songs bought/purchased online, and just 50% still listen to CDs. This survey
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did not poll the use of dedicated music streaming sites.

From: www.guardian.co.uk (adapted)

* Audio recording available at Manual Interativo.

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II
READING

Michael Jackson – the king of pop

Michael Joseph Jackson's story was like an American tale of
celebrity and excess that took him from musical boy wonder to
global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by lawsuits, paparazzi

ASSESSMENT
and failed plastic surgery.
At the height of his career, he was indisputably the biggest star
5 in the world; he has sold more than 750 million albums. He spent
a lifetime surprising people, in recent years largely because of a
surreal personal life, lurid legal scandals, serial plastic surgeries
and erratic public behaviour that have turned him – on his very
best days – into the butt of late-night talk show jokes and tabloid
headlines.
10 As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish
figure – a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-
up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He often wore a germ
mask while travelling, kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions and surrounded
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himself with children at his Neverland ranch, a storybook playland filled with toys, rides and animals. The tabloids
dubbed him “Wacko Jacko.”
"It's one of the greatest losses," said Tommy Mottola, former president of Sony Music, which released
Jackson's music for 16 years. "In pop history, there's a triumvirate of pop icons: Sinatra, Elvis and Michael, that
define the whole culture. His music bridged races and ages and absolutely defined the video age. Nothing that
20 came before him or that has come after him will ever be as big as he was."
From: www.latimes.com (adapted)

A. Answer the following questions. Use your own words as far as possible.
1. How would you define Michael Jackson?
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2. Do you agree with what is said in the first paragraph?
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3. Did Jackson’s career change along the time? Explain.
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4. How did people see him at the height of his career?
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5. Did he like his image? Why did he try to change it?
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6. Can we say that he was an insecure person?

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7. Who were the most important icons in the history of pop?
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8. Who is your favourite? Why?

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9. Complete the table with adjectives from the box.

MICHAEL JACKSON
PERSONALITY LIFE

____________________________ ___________________________
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___________________________ __________________________
___________________________ ___________________________

• odd • kind • peaceful • interesting • fearful • insecure • passionate

• impatient • talkative • dramatic • anxious • polite • sweet • hostile
• introverted • idealistic • special • determined • pessimistic
• optimistic • proud • rude • cheerful • selfish • cute • inflexible
• caring • friendly • sentimental • exotic

B. Find synonyms for the following words taken from the text.
1. haunted (l.03) ___________________________________________________________
2. indisputably (l.04) ________________________________________________________
3. scandals (l.07) ___________________________________________________________
4. freakish (l.10) ____________________________________________________________
5. released (l.17) ___________________________________________________________
6. bridged (l.18) ____________________________________________________________

C. Find opposites for the following words taken from the text.
1. excess (l.02) _____________________________________________________________
2. sad (l.03) _______________________________________________________________
3. failed (l.03) ______________________________________________________________
4. legal (l.07) ______________________________________________________________
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5. lighter (l.11) ____________________________________________________________

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III
GRAMMAR
A. Identify the verb tense used in each of the sentences below.
Verb Tense

1. I often listen to Michael Jackson’s music.

2. “In the 1990s, his physical appearance began to change drastically.”

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3. I’ve grown up surrounded by music.

4. I’m reading an excellent biography of Michael Jackson.

5. “He was coming out of a four-year reclusive period.”

B. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Present Perfect? Complete the sentences
with the correct tense.
1. She _________ (like) Michael Jackson’s songs since he was a kid.
2. They ___________ (listen) to This is it by Michael Jackson at the moment.
3. I often ___________ (go) to concerts with my friends.
4. We __________ (sing) a song by Michael Jackson at the school concert yesterday.
5. He _______________ (live) in the USA for 5 years before moving to Canada.
6. They ______________ (never read) a short story by I. Asimov before.
7. He ______________ (have got) a twin brother.
8. She _____________ (not go) to dance classes every day.

IV
WRITING

Write about 100-120 words on ONE of the following topics.

A. Would you like to be a famous singer?
B. Michael Jackson was a famous singer. Is there any other famous singer or group you admire? Write
about a famous singer or a band you like.
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST
COTAÇÕES
I. 18 pontos
II.
A. 45 pontos
B. 30 pontos
C. 25 pontos

100 pontos
III
A. 15 pontos

ASSESSMENT
B. 16 pontos

31 pontos
IV. 51 pontos

Total 200 pontos

CRITÉRIOS ESPECÍFICOS DE CORREÇÃO

Grupo I – Listening
Atividade A
Escolha da palavra/expressão adequada.
1. teenagers

2. popular

3. songs
3p. x 6 = 18
4. several

5. listen to

6. purchased

Certo/errado

Grupo II – Reading
Atividade A
Perguntas de interpretação.
1. Michael Jackson was a fabulous singer who won fame and money. However, fame
was also his downfall.

2. Open answer.

3. Yes. He went from being a rising star to a freakish figure.

4. People saw him as the biggest star ever in the industry of pop music.

5. No, he didn’t. He tried to change it because he didn’t like what he saw in the mirror.
He wanted to be someone else.
5p. x 9 = 45
6. Yes, we can, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone through so many transformations.

7. The most important icons were Michael Jackson, Sinatra and Elvis.

8. Open answer.

9. Personality: kind; fearful; insecure; passionate; impatient; talkative; anxious; polite;

sweet; hostile; introverted; idealistic; determined; pessimistic; optimistic; proud; rude;
cheerful; selfish; cute; inflexible; caring; friendly; sentimental
Life: odd; peaceful; interesting; dramatic; special; exotic

Dedução de 1 ponto por erros gramaticais.

Dedução de 2 pontos por informação incompleta.
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Dedução de 1 ponto por erros ortográficos.

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Atividade B Atividade III – Writing

Encontrar sinónimos para palavras retiradas Níveis de proficiência:
do texto.
1. tormented O aluno trata o tema de forma clara,
apresentando boa organização e
2. doubtlessly, evidently, positively desenvolvimento crítico das ideias. 39 a 51
Apresenta correção morfossintática e pontos
3. public outrage, embarrassment vocabulário rico e apropriado. Escreve
5p. x 6 = 30
com muito poucos ou nenhuns erros de
4. bizarre, strange, awkward
grafia e pontuação.
5. launched O aluno trata o tema de forma clara,
apresentando uma sequência de ideias

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6. connected, joined, attached coerente, revelando algum espírito crítico
Certo/errado e criatividade. Apresenta alguma correção
morfossintática, embora com falhas 17 a 38
Atividade C ocasionais ao nível das estruturas básicas pontos
Encontrar antónimos para palavras retiradas do da língua. Emprega vocabulário comum,
mas apropriado. Escreve com poucos
texto. erros de grafia e pontuação. Os erros que
1. deficiency, lack, default ocorrem não prejudicam a compreensão
da mensagem.
2. happy
O aluno trata o tema de forma deficiente,
3. passed, succeeded 5p. x 5 = 25 revelando dificuldade de comunicação e
de organização das ideias. Apresenta 0 a 16
4. illegal muitos erros de estrutura morfossintática. pontos
Escreve com muitos erros de grafia e de
5. darker
pontuação. Emprega vocabulário muito
Certo/errado pobre, pouco adequado.

Grupo III – Grammar

Atividade A
Identificar tempos verbais.
1. present simple

2. past simple

3. present perfect 3p. x 5 = 15

4. present continuous

5. past continuous

Certo/errado
Atividade B
Utilizar os verbos no Present Simple, Past simple,
Present Continuous ou Present Perfect.
1. has liked

2. are listening

3. go

4. sang
2p. X 8 = 16
5. lived

6. have never read

7. has got
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8. doesn’t go

Certo/errado