English Test – 9th Form – nº8

Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly known as simply Benfica, S.L. Benfica and in many fan anthems as
SLB) is an eclectic multisports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, best known for its football team.
The club was formed as a result of a merger in 1908 between Sport Lisboa, founded in 1904, and Grupo
Sport Benfica. Also known to its fans by the nickname "Glorioso" (Glorious One), Benfica is, along with
Sporting Clube de Portugal and F.C. Porto, one of the "big three" football clubs in Portugal. As a club
oriented to multiple sports, Benfica fields teams in basketball, rink hockey, futsal, volleyball, handball,
rugby, cycling, athletics, and others. In total, Benfica has won several international titles in these sports,
namely: the rink hockey CERS Cup in 1991, three Iberian Cups, one Torneio Ibérico in rugby, and five
athletics European Cups.
SL Benfica has the biggest fan base among Portuguese clubs, having also the biggest number of
supporters outside of Portugal. Almost every municipality of Portugal has its own Casa do Benfica
(House of Benfica), which can also be found in many cities and towns of countries worldwide (Andorra,
Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, England, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau,
Luxembourg, Macao, South Africa, Switzerland, and United States). It is also the biggest club in the
world in number of associates (registered paying supporters), with a current (November 2006) number of
160,392, a fact which was attested by the Guinness Book of Records on 10th November 2006.

I (30%)

Answer the following multiple choice questions by circling the correct answer/s
in each one.

1-Benfica is mostly known:

A)for being an eclectic multisports club.

B)for the history of its football team.
C)for having won lots of titles in various sports.

2-Benfica:

A)has its own houses all around the world.

B)is the club which has a biggest number of supporters in the world.
C)was the result of the fundition between Sport Lisbon and Grupo Sport Benfica.

3-Has Benfica won any titles?

A)Yes, it did.
B)No, it didn’t.
C)Yes, it has.

4-Benfica is part of the guiness book:

A)because it is the club which has a biggest number of titles in the world.
B)On grounds of its number of associates.
C)Since 10th November 2006.

5- “...Benfica is, along with Sporting Clube de Portugal and F.C. Porto, one of the “big
three” football clubs in Portugal.” Means that:

A)Benfica is a club like no other in Portugal.

B)those three clubs are the best clubs in Portugal.
C)in football, Sporting, Porto and Benfica are the best in Portugal.

II (70%)

II A (10%)

Fill in the blanks by using the words below.

harmful / topless / lap / shirtless / bra

1-When a woman has her top off, she is .

2-When a man has his shirt off, he is .
3-Women usually wear a .
4-I think smoking is .
5-When someone is carrying you in her arms, you are on her .

II B (10%)

Identify the verb tenses in the sentences below.

1-Don’t talk! You’re disturbing me!

2-Put your shirt on!
3-Girls usually wear skirts.
4-Befriending someone is about being loyal and trustable.
5-I’d never have guessed she and David were a couple.

II C (15%)

Fill in the blanks by using the verbs between brackets.

1-Up to date, she (not to have) any boyfriend.

2-He couldn’t go to work because he (to be) under the weather.
3-She wasn’t able to sing because everyone (to stare) at her.
4-Yesterday, Becky (to lie) to her mother.
5-Last month, someone (to dig) a hole near my house.
 II D (15%)

Link the following sentences leaving out the relative pronoun whenever possible.
(You may need to add a preposition)

1-I would love to go back to the island. I met you in that island.
2-The hotel was amazing. We stayed there for a month.
3-The girl is having lunch. You went with her to the beach yesterday.
4-Evgeni Plushenko is Russian. He performed “sex bomb” in 2005.
5-The girl already has a boyfriend. You are in love with her.

II E (10%)

Turn the active sentences in passive sentences and the passive sentences in active
sentences.

1-How many lives has that lifeguard already saved?

2-Overweight kids cause a lot of problems to their mothers.
3-You should do your assignment.
4-Yesterday, by this time, I was baking a cake.
5-No one has ever seen his diary.

II F (10%)

Fill in the blanks by using the vocabulary below.

worse / neither / though x2 / In spite of / whereas / at / so / with / nor

1-When greeting, men usually shake hands women give two kisses.
2- all his efforts, he couldn’t get a good mark.
3-He got a terrible mark. , he worked very hard and, , I’m
not mad him.
4-I drink coffee beer. , I drink coke.
5-Nothing is than living Grita Rosa.