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Teste Escrito de Inglês Cont.– Módulo 2

I

Read the following text.

Cellphone obsession leads Japanese children into a scary world

Young Japanese people are evolving a new lifestyle based on the cellphones that few are now able to live without.
While about one-third of Japanese primary school students aged 7-12 years old use cellphones, by the time they get to high school that figure has shot up to 96 percent, according to a government survey released last month.
They are using their phones to read books, listen to music, chat with friends and surf the Internet - an average of 124 minutes a day for high school girls and 92 minutes for boys.
While the wired world they now inhabit holds enormous advantages for learning and communicating, it also brings a downside, say experts who point to a rise in cyberbullying and a growing inability among teenagers to deal with other people face to face.
Hideki Nakagawa, a sociology professor at Nihon University in Tokyo, said cellphones have become an obsession for youngsters.
“They feel insecure without cellphones, just the way sales people do without their name cards,” he said.
As the cellphone takes centre stage in teen life, it plays a number of roles - including a weapon that children can wield against each other with no thought for the consequences. Masashi Yasukawa, head of the National Web Counselling Council, recalls the case of a 15-year-old girl who regularly received messages telling her: “Die,” “You're a nuisance” and “You smell”.
“It’s a very scary world,” he said. “Parents don’t know there’s a very scary world behind cellphone screens.”
As they reveal personal information about themselves, children can become prey for fraudsters and paedophiles, as only about one percent have blocks on potentially harmful material.
Professor Tetsuro Saito said a survey of 1,600 middle school students aged around 14 found about 60 percent carried cellphones and nearly half used them to send 20 or more emails a day. Most middle school cellphone users rarely used their phone to talk, the survey found. Saito said children seemed to want the security of communicating with someone, without the bother of dealing with a real person.
“Communication ability is bound to decline as cellphones and other devices are now getting between people,” he said.
Saito’s survey found that students can also use their cellphones as an emotional crutch, and the more problems they have at home, the more dependent they seem to become on their phones.

in Terra Daily, Jan 11, 2008 (abridged)
A. Say whether the following statements about the text are true or false.
     Justify your choice with expressions from the text. (5 x 8 pontos)

      1. The number of cellphone users in high schools is 3 times higher than in primary schools.
      2. Boys spend more time using cellphones than girls.
      3. Parents are aware of the evils behind cellphone screens.
      4. Middle school students prefer talking on their cellphones to sending emails.
      5. Students with problems at home tend to feel more dependent on cellphones.

B. Complete the following sentences with ideas from the text. ( 4 x 8 pontos)

      1. Students use their cellphone to ...................., ....................,  and .................. .
      2. ........................... and ........................... are two bad points of the massive use of cellphones.
      3. Some students feel ...................... if they forget their mobiles.
      4. Students run the risk of becoming a target for .............. and ...................... if they reveal 
           ............................ .

C. Over to you (40 pontos)

      Discuss the advantages and drawbacks of cellphones for learning and communicating.

II

A. Complete the following sentences using a few, a little, few, and little. 
      (4 x 3 pontos)

      1. I can’t buy a new computer. I have so ………. money.
      2. Tom has so ………. electronic gadgets because he doesn’t like those things.
      3. Could you suggest me ………. ideas?
     4. I don’t know the answer but I’ve got ………. ideas.

B. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in
     brackets in the will or going to future. (4 x 3 pontos)

     1. Pay attention! We ……………. the first exit on the right. (take)
     2. I’m sure she ……………. this new gadget. (like)
     3. Look at those policemen! They …………….. us. (stop)
     4. Don’t take your car to work tomorrow. I ……………. you a lift. (give)

C. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
     in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. (4 x 3 pontos)

     1. The show ……. at half past seven (start)
     2. All my friends ……………. to the match tomorrow. (go)
     3. I ……………. Susan to the airport at 4 a.m. (drive)
     4. The exams ……………. in late July. (finish)

D. Complete with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets.
     (2 x 10 pontos)

      1. ………. (you/ever/be) to an international fair?
          Yes, I ………. (go) to the robotics exhibition in Barcelona last year.
      2. When ………. (you/last/visit) New York?
          I ………. (never/be) there.

E. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs can/could, may/might. 
     (3 x 4 pontos)

     1. It was very difficult to see. I ……. not decide which way to take.
     2. Don’t forget to take your credit card. You …….. need it. 
     3. This kitchen robot ………. perform 8 different tasks.

F. Fill in with a, an, the or zero article. (10 x 2 pontos)

(1) ………. company in (2)………. Ohio called CityWatcher has implanted (3)………. radio transmitters into (4)………. arms of two of its workers. (5)………. implants ensure that only they can enter (6)………. strong room. (7)………. transmitters are tiny, cheap, safe and stable. Without being maintained or replaced, they can identify someone for many years. They require no power source, as they become active only when scanned. In fact it is (8) ………. extraordinary technology. If applied to (9)………. identity cards, (10) ………. police will be able to control all our movements.

by George Monbiot, in  The Guardian, 21 February 2006 (adapted)

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