PROVA BIMESTRAL – 1º B - 2023

1. Read the news article’s extract and mark the true statement according to it.
a) Medellin has always been a safe and pleasant place.
b) Medellin’s transformation started approximately in 2000.
c) A poor transport system is the biggest problem in Medellin.
d) Medellin is a model of urban regeneration in Latin America.

2. Read the article again and answer the questions according to it.
a) Which organization considered Medellin as “the most innovative city in the world”?
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Text 1 for questions 1-4 ___________________________________________________________________________
How Medellin went from murder capital to hipster holiday destination
b) Where can the visitors take off their shoes and enjoy walking through grass and
Twenty-five years ago, Time water?
magazine dubbed Colombia’s Medellin ___________________________________________________________________________
“the most dangerous city on earth”. […] ___________________________________________________________________________
Even 10 years ago, Medellin was
a “bad-ass town”. Violence reigned, civil c) What is the name of Stanley Stewart’s guide in Medellin?
society had been destroyed and no one ___________________________________________________________________________
seemed to know how to put Medellin back
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together again.
Fast-forward to the present, and
3. Check the alternative with the correct order of the following topics in the text.
Medellin is a delightful place of law-
abiding entrepreneurial folk. With an
a) IV, III, I, II
economy that is among the fastest growing on the continent, it is one of the great
b) IV, III, II, I
success stories of Latin America.
c) I, II, III, IV
In 2013, Medellin was hailed as “the most innovative city in the world” by the
d) IV, II, III, I
Urban Land Institute, brimming with creative ideas for urban living, like the eco-árbol, a
tree-like structure that acts as an air-purifier, and the spectacular Orquideorama for
I. Examples of innovations and nice places in Medellin.
growing orchids. In Barefoot Park, where passers-by are encouraged to discard their
II. Conversation with the guide about what have transformed Medellin.
shoes to wriggle their toes in pebbles, mud, and soft grass before finally soaking their
III. The city’s economic growth and tranquility nowadays.
feet in pools of water, I asked my guide, Julian, what had happened, how Medellin had
IV. Medellin’s past as a very dangerous city.
gone from gangs and gunfire to zen-like experiences for bare feet.
“Public transport,” he said. It was a moment before I realised he was serious.
4. Releia os três últimos parágrafos do texto. De acordo com Julian, o que
“Don’t laugh,” he chided me. “The metro was the beginning of all the good
desencadeou a transformação de Medellín foi o transporte público (public
stuff. It was like a bridge to a different world. We suddenly realised that things could
transport). Em sua opinião, como um transporte público de qualidade pode
change. It was the beginning of a revolution in Medellin.”
ajudar a combater a violência em uma cidade?
[…]
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GLOSSARY ___________________________________________________________________________
law-abiding: que obedece à lei ___________________________________________________________________________
entrepreneurial: empreendedor(a) ___________________________________________________________________________
folk: gente, povo
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hailed: chamada, considerada
brimming: transbordando, fervilhando ___________________________________________________________________________
pebble: cascalho ___________________________________________________________________________
chide: censurar ___________________________________________________________________________
 e) We / not / are / at home.
5. Complete as frases com os pronomes pessoais em inglês: he, she, it, we e ______________________________________________________
they. f) My dad / smart. / is
a) Mike is ten years old. ______ is ten years old. ______________________________________________________
b) Tim and I are friends. ______ are friends. g) My mother / a housewife. / is
c) Elena is a teacher. _____ is a teacher. ______________________________________________________
d) The house is old. ______ is old. h) She / not / my sister. / is
e) Carol and Pedro are from Spain. ______ are from Spain. ______________________________________________________
f) The boys are in the kitchen. _______ are in the kitchen. i) The teacher / angry. / is
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6. Escolha wasn’t ou weren’t: j) The dog / in the kennel. / is
a) I _______________ at the museum last friday. ______________________________________________________
b) We _____________ thirsty.
c) You ____________here the day before yesterday.
d) The book ___________ on the desk last week. 10. Write the names of the professions below on the respective pictures.
e) Your hands _____________ dirty last class.
BAKER – MECHANIC – HAIRDRESSER – DENTIST - VETERINARIAN - DOCTOR
7. Reescreva as frases usando a forma interrogativa:
Ex: They were absent yesterday _
Were they absent yesterday?
a) You were at work.
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b) It was in the garden.
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c) They were worried.
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d) Lucy was present.
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e) His friend were late.
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8. Complete com respostas curtas (short answers).

Ex: A) Was Nick at your college? B) No, he wasn’t.
A) Were they at the zoo? B) Yes, __________
A) Was the test easy? B) Yes, __________
A) Was Sam with you? B) No, __________
A) Were you angry? B) Yes, __________
A )Were the tickets cheap? B) No, __________

9. Re-arrange the sentence.

a) I / not / a teacher. / am
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b) She / my mother. / is
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c) The boys / playful. / are
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d) The girl / in the room. / is
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