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O Segredo é Praticar! 
MÁRCIA VIEIRA 
ENGLISH 
ESPCEX 
26/08/2021 
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REVIEW 14 
 
1) Choose the alternative that presents the plural of the nouns “mouse” and 
“fish” . 
a) mice – fish 
b) mice – fishs 
c) mouses – fishs 
d) mouses – fishes 
 
Wi-fi - Wi-fi is an abbreviation of Wireless fidelity. 
 
This interesting usage shows the return of a word that everybody thought had 
gone completely out of date – ‘wireless’. I mean, ‘wireless’ was around when 
wireless was invented, but it was quickly replaced by ‘radio’. Suddenly it came 
back in again with this Internet connection. Nowadays it’s used for all sorts of 
applications – TV remotes can be talked about as wireless control, mobile 
phones are sometimes referred to as wireless, and so on and so forth. The 
opposite of ‘wireless’ is ‘wired’ – that is, using wires to carry the signal as in 
cable television. Informally, we can also say that people are ‘wired up’ when 
they are fully aware of what is happening in their surroundings. 
(Adapted from www.bbcnews.co.uk) 
 
2) In “Everybody thought that the word ‘wireless’ had gone completely out of 
date…” , it means that the word wireless 
a) had become old-fashioned and therefore no longer useful. 
b) was considered a taboo word at that time. 
c) had acquired a different meaning. 
d) was said to be an immortal word. 
 
3) The expression “and so forth”, (line 10), means 
a) at all. 
b) et cetera. 
c) everlasting. 
d) never-ending. 
 
_______ Aspirin destroys cancer cells Aspirin has a growing reputation as 
________ miracle drug. Half a tablet a day is known to prevent a heart attack. 
________ new study has amazed doctors by showing that it can actually 
slow the growth of bowel cancer cells – and even destroy them. 
__________Cancer Research Campaign is so impressed, it is developing 
aspirin or an aspirin-like compound as_________ eventual cure for bowel 
cancer. 
(Coleção Objetivo – Livro 
GLOSSARY: bowel – intestino 
 
4) Reading the text leads to the conclusion that, except: 
a) aspirin reduces the risk of heart attacks. 
b) aspirin decelerates the progression of bowel cancer cells. 
c) the benefits of aspirin go beyond the cardiovascular system. 
d) a dose of aspirin a day prevents people from having any kind of cancer. 
 
5) Complete the gas fro the text with the: AN, A and THE, when necessary. 
a) x / a / A / The / an 
b) The / a / A / X / an 
c) The / a / A / The / a 
d) x / a / A / The / na 
 
In China the government rigidly enforces a draconian formula: one couple, 
one child. After the birth of an imperfect baby – be it clubfooted, mentally 
handicapped or a girl instead of the longed-for healthy male heir – some 
Chinese families have chosen to forsake the infant in order to try again. 
Declared stillborn as a legal ruse, many of these unwanted infants are then 
left in alleyways, railroad stations and bus terminals. If found alive, they 
become wards of the country’s state-run orphanages. A Hong Kong source 
estimates that one million babies are abandoned each year. 
(Taken from Coleção Objetivo – Livro 35) 
 
GLOSSARY: draconian – muito severa e cruel 
clubfooted – pé torto stillborn 
feto expulso morto do útero materno 
legal ruse – artifício jurídico 
wards – sob tutela; guarda 
 
6) Based on the text, in China 
a) birth control is strictly enforced. 
b) couples wait long for a baby-boy heir. 
c) over one million babies are rejected each year. 
d) unwanted babies are left by their parents in orphanages. 
 
7) “it”, in bold type in the text, refers to 
a) the baby. 
b) the child. 
c) the couple. 
d) the formula. 
 
8) Select the alternative that completes the extract below: 
 
 One day, Billy was playing basketball in his friend’s garage in Kokoma, 
Indiana. He was having a great time. Suddenly, it became dark. A very loud 
noise frightened him. He looked up and saw the sky was very grey; it became 
very windy. Without warning, a gust of wind broke the garage into pieces. Billy 
was very ______. That storm was really _________. 
 
a) frightened – scared. 
b) frightened – scaring. 
c) frightening – scared. 
d) frightening – scaring. 
 
9) Considere as seguintes alternativas: 
 
I. Martina’s grades are outstanding. She studies hard and her teachers like 
her very much. 
II. My clothes are nice but yours are even nicer. Where have you bought it? 
III. Are you sure it was them that you helped find their way to Av. Paulista? 
IV. Leandro’s got his own way of convincing us to agree with him. 
 
Em quais alternativas os termos sublinhados estão corretamente 
empregados? 
a) I,III e IV 
b) II, III e IV 
c) I, II, III e IV 
d) I, II, e IV 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10) All the sentences are correct, except. 
 
a) Please, Roberta, give they those glasses of wine. 
b) They say that sugar in excess can cause many diseases. 
c) You and I make a good team, we should work together more often. 
d) You and he talk too much, you’d better behave yourselves. 
e) They have nothing against me, you and her 
 
Turning Brown 
 
A four-year-old boy was eating an apple in the back seat of the car, when he 
asked, “Daddy, why is my apple turning brown?” 
“Because,” his dad explained, “after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple 
came into contact with the air, which caused it to oxidize, thus changing the 
molecular structure and turning it into a different color.” 
There was a long silence. Then the son asked softly, “Daddy, are you talking 
to me?” 
Disponível em: http://hayspost.com. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2011. 
 
11) Considerando os participantes da conversa nessa piada, nota-se que o 
efeito de humor é obtido em função 
a) da escolha inadequada do tipo de linguagem para se conversar com 
uma criança. 
b) da dificuldade que o pai estava enfrentando para dar uma resposta ao 
filho. 
c) de um menino de quatro anos entender uma explicação científica sobre 
a oxidação. 
d) do fato de a criança não saber por que a maçã que estava comendo era 
marrom. 
 
The cost of a cigarette 
 
A businesswoman’s desperate need for a cigarette on an 8-hour flight from 
American Airlines resulted in her being arrested and handcuffed, after she 
was found lighting up in the toilet of a Boeing 747, not once but twice. She 
was because she turned violent when the plane landed in England, where the 
police subsequently arrested and handcuffed her. Joan Norrish, aged 33, 
yesterday became the first person to be prosecuted under new laws for 
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smoking on board a plane, when she was fined £440 at Uxbridge magistrates’ 
court. 
Adapted from Innovations , by Hugh Dellar and Darryl Hocking. 
12) According to the text, Joan Norrish: 
a) had always been a violent person. 
b) was arrested inside the airplane, where the police handcuffed her. 
c) was arrested because she turned the lights inside the airplane’s toilet. 
d) had to pay an amount of money due to the new laws for smoking inside an 
airplane. 
 
13) The words “violent” and “subsequently”, underlined in the text, are: 
a) a noun and a pronoun 
b) an adverb and an adjective 
c) and adjective and a noun 
d) an adjective and an adverb 
 
14) Reas the sentence and complete the answer. 
 
Do you like the yellow dress? No, I prefer____________________ 
 
a) the whites b) these white 
c) those white d) the white one 
 
 “The police have issued the following notice: “We ask motorists to lock all 
valuable and attractive articles in the boots of their cars or to conceal them 
carefully in some way. Car windows should be closed, doors locked, and 
ignition keys removed.” 
15) O acima diz que: 
a) Os motoristas não devem deixar botas dentro dos carros. 
b) Objetos valiosos devem ser colocados sob chave, no porta-malas do carro. 
c) Todos os que deixam artigos atraentes dentro dos carros são loucos. 
d) Os motoristas não devem guiarde botas. 
 
 
16) Circle the adjective or the adverb to complete each sentence. 
Example: My friend is a _____ driver. [ careful / carefully ] 
 
a) My classmate is a _____ person. [ nice / nicely ] 
b) I can speak Spanish very _____. [ good / well ] 
c) Katrina took a painting class, so she can paint _____ pictures. [ beautiful 
/ beautifully ] 
d) Mr. Smith looked _____ at me when I arrived late. [ angry / angrily ] 
e) Of course, I was _____ when I got an A+ on the exam. [ happy / happily ] 
f) The music is too _____. Please turn it down! [ loud / loudly ] 
g) My friends all tell me that I sing _____. [ bad / badly ] 
h) The thief _____ took the money and walked out the door. [ quiet / quietly 
] 
i) The cat waited _____ for the mouse to come out of the hole. [ silent / 
silently ] 
j) My cousin always walks very _____. [ quick / quickly ] 
k) The work that my boss gave me was _____. [ easy / easily] 
l) Thomas is very _____. He always helps me. [ kind / kindly] 
m) The little boy _____ kept the cookie for himself. [ selfish / selfishly ] 
n) The man _____ opened the door and looked inside. 
[ nervous / nervously ] 
o) The fireman _____ rescued the people from the burning house. [ brave / 
bravely ] 
p) I _____ offered to help my friend study for his exam. [ happy / happily ] 
q) She is the most _____ person I know. [ polite / politely ] 
r) It was midnight, and I heard a _____ noise outside. 
[ strange / strangely ] 
 
17) Choose the correct adjective: 
a) I am so (relaxing / relaxed) I don’t want to move. 
b) I find horror films really (frightening / frightened) and not at all fun to 
watch. 
c) Sometimes I get really (frustrating / frustrated) when I can’t express 
myself well in English. 
d) We were stopped by a man with a knife who took our money. It was 
(terrifying / terrified). 
e) The programme was really (interesting / interested). 
f) She was (overwhelming / overwhelmed) when everyone cheered and we 
gave her presents. 
g) If I feel stressed, I find taking a bath is often (relaxing / relaxed). 
h) I am really (tiring / tired); I think I’ll go to bed. 
i) He’s very (interesting / interested) in history. 
j) The trip was (overwhelming / overwhelmed), with so many things to do 
and it was all so new. 
 
18) The words “beautiful”, “highly”, “intelligent” and “child”, in the context, are: 
a) Adjective, adverb, adjective, noun 
b) Adjective, adverb, adverb, noun 
c) Adverb, adjective, noun, adverb 
d) Noun, noun, adjective, adverb. 
 
 
 
 
19) The words “men" (/. 9) and "women” (/. 9) 
a) are examples of nouns that only have a plural form. 
b) are, respectively, singular and plural nouns. 
c) are both plural nouns. 
d) form the plural by adding an "s" to the singular form. 
e) can be used v/ith the indefinite article "a” 
20) n the sentence: The steward is arriving in the airport now. The feminine of 
the word in bold type is 
a) woman steward 
b) female steward 
c) stewardwoman 
d) stewardess 
 
 
You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but 
they are very important for students who are entering university. 
 “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds, the fifteen pounds added to a 
student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why 
first-year university students gain weight, but it is encouraging to know that 
freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds. 
Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying and also 
have less time for walking, running and doing sports due to their amount of 
schoolwork. 
(Adapted from Active skills for Reading) 
 
21) Which of the underlined words in the text is an adjective? 
 a) doing 
b) walking 
c) running 
d) encouraging 
 
22) According to the text, a freshman is a student in the 
a) last year of university. 
b) first year of university. 
c) second year of university. 
d) year before the final year of university. 
 
Studying to remember 
 
Students want to find the best way to put information into their long-term 
memories. They want to be able to remember the information later when they 
take a test. What is the best way to learn information so that they can 
remember it when they want to? When you study, you should read the whole 
lesson first. This gives you the whole picture in which to put ideas. New 
information that fits into the whole picture is easier to remember than separate 
facts. After you read a whole lesson, the next step is to study the parts. If you 
have a lot to study, don’t try to do the whole job at once. To learn the most in 
a twohour study session, study different kinds of material. 
(Adapted from Time&Space) 
 
23) According to the text, 
a) when students have a lot of contents to study, they should do it at once. 
b) the best way to learn information is to read the parts before reading the 
whole lesson. 
c) students want to retain information in their long-term memories to 
remember it while taking a test. 
d) students should keep studying the very same kinds of material if they take 
a two-hour study session. 
 
24) In “…, don’t try to do the whole job at once.”, (lines 11 and 12), the 
underlined expression is closest in meaning to 
a) later. 
b) at the same time. 
c) finally. 
d) occasionally. 
 
 
Body decoration, in the form of tattoos and body piercing, is becoming very 
popular. But both have been linked to a number of infectious diseases 
including hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis and leprosy. The European Commission 
says initial studies suggest better controls are needed in the industry to 
monitor what chemicals and materials are being used. It says chemicals used 
in tattooing are pigments and writing inks and there is little or no safety data to 
support their use on human skin. 
(Adapted from Inglês Doorway) 
 
25) Reading the extract leads to the conclusion that one of the attributions of 
European Commission would be 
a) to study the infectious diseases caused by tattoos. 
b) to study the danger that some chemical products used in tattoos can cause 
to human health. 
c) to supervise the chemical elements used in tattoos and piercings. 
d) to warn the youths about the danger of being tattooed. 
 
 
 
 
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GABARITO: 
1. A 
2. A 
3. B 
4. D 
5. A 
6. A 
7. A 
8. B 
9. D 
10. A 
11. A 
12. D 
13. D 
14. D 
15. B 
16. a. nice b. well c. beautiful d. angrily e. happy f. loud g. badly h. 
quietly i. silently j. quickly k. easy l. kind m. selfishly n. nervously o. bravely p. 
happily q. polite r. strange 
17. a. relaxed /b. frightening / c. frustrated / d. terrifying. / 
e. interesting / f. overwhelmed / g. stressed / h. tired / i. interested / 
 j. overwhelming 
18. A 
19. C 
20. D 
21. D 
22. B 
23. C 
24. B 
25. B