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Answer key
I. 1.1. Many friendships don’t survive because friendships need one-on-one contact. Sometimes people don’t make enough effort to keep in touch. They neglect their friends. 1.2. You don’t need much time. You must use the phone or the email to keep contact with them. That’s enough. 1.3. hen our friends change their plans in the last minute all you have to do is understanding the situation and saying you’ll have more opportunities later. We should admire their success and achievements, their loyalty, flexibility and trust.
II. A- neglect B-to keep from C-exercise D-betray E-praise F-failures and imperfections.
III. robbed / went / said / wanted / were / got / asked / left / ran / arrived / didn’t chase.
IV. 4.1. they didn’t question… 4.2. thieves aren’t polite… 4.3. Sometimes they don’t escape… 4.4… the police couldn’t chase…
V. was playing… called… said…. was calling…. asked… was waiting… said… was… writing… was talking… couldn’t… was making… was going on… was/was being.
VI. 6.1. were 6.2. worked 6.3. wouldn’t tell 6.4. knew.
Answer key I. 1b (approaching = coming near) 2e (screaming=crying out in a loud voice) 3c returned= come back) 4f (added=continued to say) 5d (hit=struck, came against with force) 6a (frightened=scared) 7g (closer=more intimate)
II. 2.1. teenager 2.2.Anton and Karin’s other sons 2.3. Karin.
III 3.1. When his mother warned him about the big wave, Anton thought that she was calling him to surf that wave. 3.2. This event took place on Hat Railay Beach in Krabi, Thailand. 3.3. The people involved in the event are Karin, her sons and Lars,her husband 3.4. The name of the natural disaster referred to in the text is tsunami. Its main causes can be volcano eruptions or earthquakes in the sea depths. 3.5. After the event narrated in the text, the relationships in Karin’s family became closer than ever before. The fact of having faced death so near joined them together more than they probably were.
IV. “Karin disse: Foram dez minutos – os piores dez minutis da minha vida – até eu ver a minha família toda junta, longe da água. Os miúdos estavam com Lars e Per. Estavam todos muito assustados e confusos. Pensei que oda a família tinha morrido, mas sobrevivems todos. Agora, a nossa família é mais unida do que nunca. É impossível descrever a sensação de termos sobrevivido apenas com uns arranhões…”
V. 5.1. … were saved by Karen from the tsunami. 5.2….was seen running towards them. 5.3. …was found away from the water. 5.4. … he had suddenly seen his mom running towards him. 5.5. … to look at the wave. 5.6. … should be desalinated.
VI. 6.1. fluently 6.2. fluent 6.3. comfortable 6.4. well 6.5. quietly 6.6. high 6.7. hard 6.8. hardly.
VII. 7.1 better 7.2. more politely than 7.3. worse 7.4. more healthily than.
The following texts provide two good examples of alternative lifestyles. They may help you with your next test.
Green Tea for Oral Cancer Prevention?
Green tea may help guard against oral cancer, according to recent research.
For the study, researchers focused on 41 people with oral leukoplakia, a precancerous sore that develops on the tongue or the inside of the cheek in response to chronic irritation. For three months, study members took either green tea extract at one of three doses - 500 mg per meter squared of body mass (mg/m2), 750 mg/m2, or 1,000 mg/m2 - or a placebo daily. Of those taking the two highest doses of the extract, 58.8 percent had a clinical response, compared with 36.4 percent in the lowest-extract dose and 18.2 percent in the placebo group. \ The green tea extract also led to an improvement in a number of biomarkers that may play a crucial role in predicting cancer development. What's more, the green tea extract was well tolerated, although it did produce some side effects (including insomnia and nervousness) in the high-dose group.
Pumpkin Protein Fights Infection
Protein extracted from pumpkin rind could help fight off yeast infections, a new study suggests. The study focused on a number of germs, including Candida albicans (C. albicans), a type of fungus known to cause vaginal yeast infections. In lab experiments on cell cultures, scientists discovered that the pumpkin-rind protein Pr-2 hindered the growth of C. albicans without harming cells. The study's authors suggest that Pr-2 could be used in a natural medicine for treating yeast infections in humans. A condition estimated to occur in three out of four women over the course of their lifetime, vaginal yeast infection may be triggered by the use of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, or steroids. Yeast infections also often affect women who are pregnant, diabetic, or in their post-menopausal [link: http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/womenshealth/a/Menopause.htm] years. Natural remedies thought to relieve yeast infections include probiotics and tea tree oil.
Dr Rauni Kild speaks fearlessly about the swine flu scandal.
(Sent by email)
Should the students of the 9th A prepare an oral exposition on the topic areas “Friendship” or “Disabled People – Physical/mental handicaps”.
Notice: The exposition will take place on the 15th December. Not more than 2 minutes. Aids not required.
A 1.Boys and girls usually gather… Working in a group is… 2.If a person has very similar interests…closer to each other. 3.a true friend is always ready… other people’s problems. 4.he or she helps you to take decisions. B 1.Work together for a single purpose; rejoice after achieving success. 2.Having the same interests, and having lot of activities like studying, working, playing, talking together… 3.Trust, mutual affection, to be caring without being selfish or envious. 4. Yes, I do. A good friendship is always based on mutual trust and affection. C 1. purpose, 2. rejoice 3. at ease. II 1. met … were 2. did you help…? 3. felt … wasn’t. B 1. arrived/was arriving… phoned. 2.were having … were travelling. 3. visited. C 1. decided 2. were walking … didn’t see. 3. weren’t paying… fell.
Look at the massacre. Is it possible for you to forgive these youngsters? Click here:
http://nequidnimis.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/dinamarca-vergonha-mundial/
(Version 2) I I 1.1. “In the first few years…vulnerable we are to extreme weather” or “summers are getting hotter winters are getting wetter” 1.2. “if average temperatures in the UK… be unbearable and inescapable” 1.3. “By 2020, well within… hotter than 25ºC will have doubled” 1.4. “In cetral London… making a hot day in the suburbs absolutely unbearable” 1.5. “other parts of the world… much of the developing world”
II 1C-2F-3G- 4B- 5D- 6A- 7E
III. 3.1. the recent bad effects mentioned in the text are the floods, the storms and the heat waves. It mentions them having occurred in Britain in August 2004. 3.2. Smal islands will be flooded as a result of rising sea levels. as well as coastal areas. Poorer countries will suffer long-term droughts. 3.3. These predictions are really catastrophic, but, unfortunately, realistic. I hope the governments take action in order to solve this climate crisis. 3.4. They want to prove that we have reached the tipping point where we must join together and take action to keep our planet inhabitable for future generations.
IV. transport, climate, hot, temperatures, highest, affected, summer.
II. I 1.1. higher than 1.2. more developed than 1.3. more polluted than 1.4. more careful. 2.1. with, 2.2. about 2.3. from 2.4. on / (version 1: on, in, on, for) III 3.1. have done, have been doing 3.2. had already worked/decided 3.3. haven’t taken 3.4 joined (version 1: 3.1. have tried/have been trying 3.2. had already learnt…decided. 3.3. haven’t paid 3.4. joined)
IV. 4.1. d 4.2. c 4.3. a 4.4. c 4.5. b 4.6. d 4.7. c
As far as I could perceive, the first English test of 2009 2010 deals mainly with environmentalism in its topic area and with verb tenses, connectors and comparatives in the part concerning the language. As for the topic, should the students be aware of the lexis given in class, as well as all the communicative situations/interactions explored in the lessons both by students and teachers. I hope the following “interview” may help you with the building up of your composition:
“A couple of English tourists in the Algarve were being asked about their opinion concerning the beautiful sun and the glamorous (but somewhat unexpected) temperatures we have been experiencing so far.
-Never in the world could I think of that some 40 years ago! When I was at school, I was told that temperatures above 35 degrees centigrade would certainly make us boil inside! This is the temperature I am undergoing now ( I mean, enjoying) and I haven’t boiled my bowels…
- Ok, – his wife argued – but I feel like breathing under a ceiling. Even the open-air isn’t open enough for me. I’d rather live under lower temperatures.
- Tank yu beri mach!- said the reporter, who wasn’t very good at English, but had enough guts to interview a British couple, sparing their time in the Algarve…
O presente espaço destina-se a acompanhar os estudantes da Escola Secundária Marques de Castilho no seu processo de aprendizagem da Língua Inglesa, do nível 3 ao nível 7 (Quadro Europeu de Línguas, níveis de competência A2 a C1). 
