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PROGRESS TEST 4A

Name ___________________________________________________ No. _______ Class _______

Date ______________________ Mark _________________________ Teacher ________________

LISTENING
1. Listen to the review of the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” and decide if the sentences are T (true) or F
(false).

a) The story is about Hannah Baker’s suicide.

b) Clay receives a package with 13 letters.

c) While listening to the tapes, Clay understands

what happened to Hannah.

d) Season two of the show tells the story of

Hannah’s childhood.

e) The show refers to a lot of teenagers’

problems such as violence or loneliness.

2. Listen again and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
a) The main character of the series “13 Reasons Why” is _________.
1. Hannah Baker 2. Clay Jensen 3. None of them

b) The series deals with _________.

1. food related issues 2. school related problems 3. depression and suicide

c) Hannah sent 13 tapes telling about _________.

1. 13 things she used to like 2. 13 places she went 3. 13 people who harmed her

d) The second season follows what happened _________.

1. five months after Hannah’s suicide 2. during Hannah’s childhood 3. before Hannah’s suicide

e) We can find several teenager related topics, such as _________.

1. fashion and beauty 2. food and cinema 3. depression and bullying

PROGRESS TEST 4A

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Date ______________________ Mark _________________________ Teacher ________________

READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING

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PART 1
Read the following text about Kevin Breel.

Teen’s story of depression

goes viral
Oct. 8, 2013 3:48 PM UTC
By Linda Carroll
For years Kevin Breel hid his depression behind jokes and laughter. The aspiring stand-up comedian
couldn’t talk to anyone about his pain until it got so bad that he considered taking his life. What kept him
from sharing his struggle and looking for help was the stigma surrounding the mental illness, he says in a
new TED video that’s gone viral. “[I] was one of the lucky ones, one of the people who gets to step out onto
the ledge and look down but not jump,” he says on the video.
Like many of the 121 million people worldwide who suffer from depression, Breel said he was leading a
double life. In high school, while everyone else saw a happy popular kid and star on the basketball court,
deep inside there was a boy tortured by intense pain that kept ratcheting up. “I’d look at the school,” Breel
told Geist. “And I would know in my head that ‘I’m about to walk in there and smile, laugh, high-five people,
and put on a total front.’” If you haven’t been depressed, there’s no way to understand it. “Real depression
isn’t being sad when something in your life goes wrong,” Breel says. “Real depression is being sad when
everything in your life is going right.” “I felt like I couldn’t be happy,” Breel added.
He believes his depression was triggered by the tragic loss of a best friend coupled with the divorce of his
parents, and he turned his feelings of loss and anger inward. “I started to, in a way, hate myself,” he said. “I
felt so unhappy and I couldn’t explain why or justify why to anyone. So I didn’t feel like I could talk about it.”
As a teenager he used sports as a way to escape his pain. But his successes, instead of making him feel
good, only underscored how bad he felt. “We had just won a high school basketball championship, and I
was leading scorer of the tournament,” Breel said. “I was first team all-star, and our team won the
championship. I had everything that I had thought of for four years. And I realized that wasn’t going to take
away my pain.”
https://www.today.com/health/teens-story-depression-goes-viral-8c11356040 (adapted and abridged)

1. Find synonyms in the text for the following words:

a) happiness (paragraph 1) ______________________________
b) battle (paragraph 1) ______________________________
c) increasing (paragraph 2) ______________________________
d) activated (paragraph 3) ______________________________
e) emphasized (paragraph 4) ______________________________

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2. Match the beginning of the sentences to the correct ending.

Kevin Breel felt a. 1 but he was really very tortured inside

He was a popular kid at school b. 2 were the escape for his pain.
He says real depression is being sad c. 3 may have been the causes of his depression.
The loss of a friend and his parents’ divorce d. 4 he couldn’t speak to anyone about his pain.
For some time, sports e. 5 while everything in your life is good.

a. _____ b. _____ c. _____ d. _____ e. _____

PART 2

1. Use the given feelings to complete the sentences.

• excited • anxious • surprised • shocked • worried

• exhausted • confused • disappointed • nervous • happy

a) My maths test was very difficult and I’m really _______________ to know how much I scored!
b) The girls are very ________________ about the party tomorrow night.
c) My mother was a bit ________________ because I didn’t call her sooner.
d) When I arrived home, I was very ________________ because all the lights were on and there was a
big party!
e) When I took my driving licence exam, I was very ________________ Such stress!
f) Our trip was very long and when we finally got to Egypt we were feeling quite ________________.
g) Laura was very ________________ because her boyfriend was arriving the next day.
h) My parents were ________________ when they discovered that our house had been broken into.
i) The exercises were extremely complex and I tried to solve them, but at some point I got
________________ and it was impossible to finish them.
j) Daniella was feeling rather ________________ because she couldn’t travel to Japan.

2. Write sentences using the correct form of used to.

a) Mary/ play piano/ when she was a child.
_____________________________________________________________________________
b) The boys/ not do/ all the homework/ when they were at school.
_____________________________________________________________________________
c) Peter/ eat/ a lot of fast food?
_____________________________________________________________________________
d) Lily/ read/ a lot/ but now she has no time.
_____________________________________________________________________________
e) My sister/ not travel/ but now she does.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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3. Complete the sentences with an adjective formed from the given word.
a) Lena read a quite ________________ book last month. (interest)

b) Paul was feeling very ________________ because he lost his wallet. (stress)

c) David was rather ________________ at the film he watched last night. It was a bit boring. (disappoint)

d) After a full day of school activities and sports, Claire was feeling ________________ (exhaust)

e) I visited Daryl last weekend but the way to get there was very ________________ I got lost twice!
(confuse)

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PART 3
“Me, myself and I” is a blog related to teenagers and their issues where teens can write under a
nickname.
Look at what some teenagers wrote there.

Hello everybody,

I’m feeling quite depressed. School is bad, life at home

is not better… I feel that my friends don’t understand
me…
What can I do? Can you help me?

Hi there,

Life is not easy… my parents got divorced, my cat just

died…
I really need someone I can talk to… Is there anyone
who can help me?

What would you say to these teenagers? How would you answer their posts?
Choose one of the posts and write a text of about 50 words giving some advice.

Dear __________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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PROGRESS TEST 4A ANSWERS

LISTENING
SCRIPT 1.
What’s the story? a) T; b) F; c) T; d) F; e) T
13 REASONS WHY follows Clay Jensen as he wrestles with 2.
his feelings after the recent suicide of his classmate and the a) 2; b) 3; c) 3; d) 1; e) 3
girl he had a crush on, Hannah Baker. Haunted by their brief
friendship and her shocking death, Clay is surprised when a
package arrives containing audio tapes on which Hannah READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING
chronicled the 13 matters – and 13 people who caused them PART 1
– that led her to end her life. 1.
As Clay listens to each side and follows clues Hannah left on a) laughter
the recordings, he retraces events that reveal secrets and b) struggle
her peers’ roles in them, connecting the dots that inspired c) ratcheting up
her death. d) triggered
The second season follows Clay and his friends as they e) underscored
continue to process Hannah’s death five months later. The 2.
court case against Liberty High continues, and most of the a) 4
characters are called to testify. There’s a focus on justice for b) 1
victims in this season, and issues like self-harm (in the form c) 5
of cutting), gun violence, loneliness, heroin addiction and d) 3
more are addressed. e) 2
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/13-reasons-why
(adapted and abridged)
PART 2
1.
a) anxious b) excited c) worried d) surprised e) nervous
f) exhausted g) happy h) shocked i) confused j) disappointed
2.
a) Mary used to play the piano when she was a child.
b) The boys didn’t use to do all the homework when they
were at school.
c) Did Peter use to eat a lot of fast food?
d) Lily used to read a lot, but now she has no time.
e) My sister didn’t use to travel, but now she does.
3.
a) interesting
b) stressed
c) disappointed
d) exhausted
e) confusing

PART 3
Open answer.

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MATRIZ PROGRESS TEST 4A

MATRIZ LISTENING

Aprendizagens Conteúdos Estrutura Cotações Critérios de classificação

essenciais

Identificar o conteúdo Texto e 1. Decidir se as 5 × 10p = 50p Resposta correta: 10 pontos

principal do que se vocabulário frases são Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
ouve e vê assim relacionados verdadeiras ou
como informações com os tópicos falsas.
específicas. da unidade
2. Assinalar a 5 × 10p = 50p Resposta correta: 10 pontos
opção correta. Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos

MATRIZ READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Aprendizagens Conteúdos Estrutura Cotações Critérios de classificação

essenciais

Parte 1 Texto e 1. Encontrar 5 × 2p = 10p Resposta correta: 2 pontos

vocabulário sinónimos no Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Compreender textos relacionados texto.
narrativos sobre com os tópicos
temas abordados no da unidade 2. Ligar duas 5 × 3p = 15p Resposta correta: 3 pontos
domínio intercultural. partes de frase Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
sobre o texto.

Parte 2 Vocabulário 1. Escrever o 10 × 2p = 20p Resposta correta: 2 pontos

relativo ao tema sentimento para Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Aplicar os itens “feelings” completar frases.
gramaticais e
vocabulário tratados. Used to 2. Escrever frases. 5 × 3p = 15p Resposta correta: 3 pontos
Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Desconto máximo para incorreções:
1 ponto

Formação de 3. Formar 5 × 3p = 15p Resposta correta: 3 pontos

adjetivos corretamente o Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
adjetivo.

Parte 3 Escrita de texto/ Escrever um texto 25p Vocabulário adequado, erros de

post para blog de resposta a um ortografia irrelevantes e estrutura
Descrever uma post num blog. organizada e coerente: 25-20 pontos
situação ou Vocabulário restrito e/ou inadequado
experiência. e erros de ortografia e estrutura
pouco organizada: 19-10 pontos
Vocabulário restrito e/ou inadequado,
erros de ortografia e estrutura
bastante desorganizada: 9-4 pontos
Frases incoerentes sem estrutura: 0
pontos

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