soon created a whole cast of unique characters to help Harry
battle the forces of darkness. She kept working on the story
Professor: Leandro –Inglês 30/03/2022
Halloween
One fall day, as you walk down the street, you might see
ghosts, strange animals, and other weird things. What’s going
on? It’s probably October 31, or Halloween. Halloween is a
day when people go out wearing costumes and colorful
makeup.
People think that Halloween started in Ireland during the
400s. October 31 was the end of summer, and people believe
that everyone who died during the year come back on that
day. To scare away the dead, people put on costumes and
went out into the streets to make noise.
Different cultures have different ways of celebrating
Halloween.In the United States, it’s the night when children
dress up in costumes and go to neighbors’ houses to “trick or
treat”, or ask for candy. Some adults wear funny or scary
costumes and go to parties or parades. Halloween has
become a fun holiday for both adults and children.
Adapted from Interchange.
1) The word “weird”, in bold type, in the text, is closest in
meaning to ______________ . Except:
a) eerie
b) strange
c) unusual
d) unbelievable
2) All the underlined words from the text are phrasal verbs,
except:
a) end of
b) dress up
c) went out
d) scare away
The Magic of Potter
There was a time when no one knew the name Harry
Potter. Now the adventures of this extraordinary student at
HogwartsSchool of Witchcraft and Wizardry are read in over
45 languages, including Russian, Thai, and even ancient
Greek. No one can explain the Harry Potter Phenomenon –
not even J. K. Rowling, his creator.
J. K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. From a youngage,
she knew she wanted to be a writer. When she was 6, she
wrote her first story – about a rabbit that gets sick. In 1990,
on a trip to London, she got the idea for the boy wizard. She
while she was teaching English in Portugal. She finished the
first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,
in 1995 and published it in 1997. Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone became an unexpected bestseller.
Adapted from Interchange
3) In... “Now the adventures of this extraordinary student at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy(...)”. The
underlined words refer to_______________.
a) Hogwarts School
b) the adventures
c) Harry Potter
d) the author
4) According to the text, we can say that J. K. Rowling used to
________________.
a) be a teacher, while she was writing Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone
b) imagine great adventures in her teen’s
c) write novels when she was a child
d) study at Hogwarts
5) According to the text, choose the best response
a) Harry Potter is J. K. Rowling first story.
b) Harry Potter’s adventures was translated into 45
languages.
c) It has been possible to read H. P. and the Sorcerer’s Stone
since 1993.
d) The boy wizard came up on J. K. Rowling’s mind on a trip to
England
GIFT GIVING
All over the world, people give gifts. But they give different
things in different ways. In Japan, people often give gifts. But
they never open _____ in front of the giver. In the United
States and Canada, a man often gives _____ girlfriend flowers
on Valentine’s Day (February 14). Hesometimes gives her
chocolate too. In Korea, older people give new money to
children on New Year’s Day. They give it to them for good
luck. In Peru, a man gives flowers to _____ girlfriend. But he
doesn’t give _____ yellow flowers. They mean the
relationship is finished.
https://www.aperianglobal.com/guide-gift-giving-around-
world

6) Choose the alternative to have the text completed
correctly.
a) they / he / his / she
b) them / he / he / her
c) they / his / he / she
d) them / his / his / her
Celebrity Doubles
A group of teenagers is standing outside a shop in
Manchester, England. Many of _____ have cameras and are
looking in the shop window. ____ want to see the movie star
Daniel Radcliffe. A man in the shop looks like Radcliffe, but
______ isn’t the famous actor. He’s Andrew Walker - a
twenty-two-year old shop clerk.
Walker isn’t surprised by the teenagers. People often stop
_____ on the street and want to take his picture. Walker is a
clerk, but he also makes money as Daniel’s double. Today,
many companies work with celebrity doubles. They look like
famous athletes, pop singers, and actors. The companies pay
doubles to go to parties and business meetings. Doubles are
also on TV and in newspapers ads.
Why do people want to look like a celebrity? One double in
the USA says, “I can make good money. I also make a lot of
people happy”.
Adapted from World Link - Developing English Fluency
7) Fill in the blanks with the correct personal pronouns:
a) they – them – him – he
b) them – they – he – him
c) he – him – they – them
d) them – they – him – he
The cabin crew battled to save the passenger
Ben GrahamShocked passengers watched as doctors and
cabin crew tried to save the life of a critically ill passenger on
a Qantas flight to Sidney on Friday.
A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed that the passenger
________ received tratment during the medical emergency
couldn’t survive.
8) Fill in the blank with the correct relative pronoun.
a) who
b) what
c) which
d) whose
It was a beautiful summer afternoon with the sun shining
brightly. I excitedlyphoned my friends asking them to come
over later for a barbecue.
After making the calls I quickly drove into town to buy
some food and drink. ________ I arrived at the shops I was
very surprised at _________ busy it was. Everyone must have
been shopping for a barbecue!
The first butchers I visited had completely run out of
sausages. The next shop had some left so I happily bought
some. After visiting a few more shops I had finally finished my
shopping. But I was starting to worry as it was 6 p.m. and I
had invited my friends to visit at 6:30 p.m.
I hastly rushed to the car park with all of my shopping and
threw it in the boot. Suddenly I notice that the cars were
moving really slowlyout of the car park and there was a bit of
traffic jam. It was past 6:30 p.m. ________ I arrived home and
I was extremely worried. As a drove into my driveI smiled
happily when I saw my friends sitting in my front garden.
Luckily they had realized I was stuck at the shops and they
waited for me.
9) Choose the alternative that best completes the text.
a)when / where / when
b)which / how / where
c)where / was / whose
d)when / how / when
When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens on Dec. 18
and, for the first time in nearly a decade, moviegoers can
return to that galaxy of long ago and far, far away, they will
find that it contains two new stars. The film,
________________ is directed by J. J. Abrams and continues
the interstellar saga of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han
Solo some 30 years after the events of “Return of the Jedi”
(1983), is also a launching pad for two young actors who are
barely half as old as the “Star Wars” franchise itself.
10) Choose the best alternative to complete the text.
a)whose
b)which
c)where
d)who
11) Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun. “An
archeologist is a man_____ work is the study of ancient
things.”
a)whose
b)which
c)how
d)who

Hijacked jets destroy Twin Towers: a creeping horror
The horror arrived in epsodic bursts of chilling disbelief,
signified first by trembling floors, sharp eruptions, cracked
windows. There was the cruel sight of bodies helplessly
tumbling out, some of _____ in flames.
Finally, the high and impressive towers themselves were
reduced to nothing. Dense plumes of smoke raced through
the downtown avenues, coursing between the buildings,
shaped like tornadoes on their sides.
Every sound was cause for alarm. A plane appeared
overhead. Was another one coming? No, it was a fighter jet.
But was it friend or enemy? People scrambled for _____ lives,
but _____ didn’t know where to go. Should people gonorth,
south, east, west? Stay outside, go indoors? People hid
beneath cars and each other. Some contemplated jumping
into the river (...).
GLOSSARY
chilling disbelief – incredulidade assustadora
trembling floors – o tremor dos andares
to scramble – lutar
12) Choose the best pronouns to have the text completed,
respectively:
a)them – their – they
b)they – them – their
c)their – they – them
d)them – they – their
find themselves in a different time and climate zones every
day. ____ see all parts of the world and get to know new
people almost all the time. But a pilot also faces problems.
____ often suffer from jet lag and can become tired when
flying through different time zones. ____ spend many days
away from home and ____ families.
Although many people think it is a real dream job,pilots
must be responsible people, because they have the lives of
up to a few hundred passengers in their hands. They have to
have hundreds of hours of training before they can do their
job. Pilots must remain calm in dangerous situations and
always have to make the right decisions. They need to see
and hear perfectly.About 60 % of all pilots fly commercial
airplanes, the rest fly cargo and private planes, as well as air
force planes. On average pilots spend about 70 to 100 hours
a month in the air.
15) Fill in the blanks with the correct options, respectively.
a) They – They – Them – them
b) They – Their – Them – their
c) They – They – They – their
d) They – They – They – them

13) Choose the alternative that contains the right use of

therelative pronoun, in order to write the two sentences
below asa single sentence:

That is the teacher. I spoke to her about my grades.

a) That is the teacher to which I spoke to about my grades.
b) That is the teacher to who I spoke to about my grades.
c) That is the teacher to whom I spoke about my grades.
d) That is the teacher who I spoke about my grades.

14) Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue

below.
Mary: Whose pencil is that? Is it yours, Paul?
Paul: No, it’s not ____. I saw Susan using it. I think it’s ____.
a) mine - him
b) mine - hers
c) my - hers
d) my - her

The job of a pilot is difficult and risky, but prestigious.

Airline pilots often travel thousands of kilometers and can