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Nome: _______________________________________________________________________________ Turma: __________________

Unidade: ________________________ Professor: _________________________________________ Data: ______/______/_______

LÍNGUA INGLESA
Read the text and answer questions 01, 02 and 03.
The sun, the beach and the coconut water – the The underlined pronoun “it”, in the text, refers to:
three ingredients that guarantee a perfect summer
for millions and millions of Brazilians. Nothing beats Sun.
drinking cold coconut water to quench your thirsty. Beach.
It is such a healthy drink that it should not be left Coconut water.
only for summer, but should be drunk year-round. Thirsty.
Coconut water contains a high level of vitamin C and
Read the paragraph and answer questions 04 and
is rich in minerals.
05.
Nutritionists say it is very beneficial to human
Some desert animals do not wait for the water to
health. It is good for the skin, and digestion, and is
come to them. The water is miles away, but they go
also a kind of natural tranquilizer. During the Second
after it. Each morning, birds fly to water holes as far
World War coconut water was used as saline
away as 50 miles. They drink. Then they wet their
solution to treat soldiers injured in combat.
feathers to carry water back to their baby birds.

GLOSSARY:
The highlighted word, in the paragraph, means:
Nothing beats: nada melhor (expressão
idiomática). The birds’_______.
Saline solution: soro fisiológico. Feet
Wings
Beaks
According to the text, coconut water has shown to Covering
be:
The substance that can cure skin diseases.
The syrup that relaxes everybody who tastes it. According to the paragraph, “as far away as 50
An irresistible drink because of its sweet flavor. miles” is being used for:
A drink that can benefit the health of those measuring.
drinking. comparing.
qualifying.
giving an opinion.
The word “drink”, underlined in the text, can be
replaced by: Read the text and answer questions 06, 07, 08 and
09.
Soda.
Wine. Weather Watchers
Beverage. If you want to know what the weather is going o
Tea. be like, you should ask a plant. According to
scientists, plants have the uncanny power to predict
the weather.
Experiments at London’s Imperial College have
shown that plant cells react to electric current.
Alerted by the charge in the atmosphere, they
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recognise that rain may soon be on the way and
prepare their roots and leaves to take the maximum
benefit.
These findings come six months after even more
curious research which suggests that plants can
talk – alerting each other to threats that are being
posed by pests and viruses.
(Speak Up #131)
GLOSSARY:
Uncanny: fantástico.
Charge: corrente elétrica.
Posed: apresentadas.
According to the text, we conclude that:
Scientists made curious discoveries about
plants.
Plants can talk to each other about the weather.
Plants prepare their roots and leaves to
generate electric current.
Researchers suggest that plants can respond to
pests and viruses.
Read the text and answer questions 10, 11 and 12.
Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and all his friends
Comments have been made about Coldplay’s
fourth record. Rumors were heard that the group
would be changing their stylemtotally with the help
of producer Brian Eno. After the release all theories
can be ___: there are some changes, but the group
goes wrong when they abuse of the kind of sound
used by Eno for U2, 20 years ago, in their Joshua
Tree album. Coldplay’s compositions have
potential, but they end up having a taste of déjà vu
and even when monotony is broken by Hispanic
elements, the band offers nothing new, only a record
to be played noncommittedly. It’s very little for a
quartet that aims to be at the top of the world.
By Marcos Diego Nogueira.
GLOSSARY:
Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and all his friends:
é o nome do novo álbum do grupo Coldplay.
Déjà vu: impressão de já ter visto algo parecido.
Noncommittedly: sem compromisso.

In “plants can talk”, the modal verb CAN indicates: The correct verb to fill in the blank is:
obligation. forget
advice. forgot
permission. forgotten
ability. forgetting

The pronoun “which” underlined in the text refers to: According to the text:
six months. Coldplay avoided using the kind of sound played
scientists. by Eno for U2.
research. Coldplay’s fourth record is at the top of the
pests and viruses. recording industry because of its new style.
the critic believes that the latest Coldplay’s
record hasn’t offered anything new despite the
Hispanic elements.
The Active Voice of “... threats [...] are being posed Brian Eno was well-known for his potential
by pests and viruses” is: compositions, however his last song was
Pests and viruses posing threats. considered monotonous.
Pests and viruses are posing threats.
Threats are posing pests and viruses.
Pests and viruses being posing threats.
The highlighted conjunction “but” in the text can be
replaced by:
due to.
however.
besides.
therefore.
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