PROVA 02 de Língua inglesa

Professor: Bruno Viegas Módulos: Unit 4

Turma: 8º Data:

Valor: 7 pontos Nota:

Nome do Aluno:

Read and answer:

Why do we need water?

The human body is around 60 per cent water, and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. As well as
needing clean water to drink, we need it for cooking,
washing and brushing our teeth. Hygienic toilets
require water – a lot of water. Each time we flush, we
can use up to six litres! We use water indirectly too.
Farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to
make the plants grow. A lot of water is used to produce
the clothes we wear. Did you know that it takes about
2,700 litres of water to make one T-shirt?

Does everyone have enough water?

We all need water to stay alive, but more than two

billion people around the world live without safe water in their homes. That's around a quarter of the world's
population! Many of them live in rural communities or in places where there is war and conflict. In addition to this,
climate change is making the little water they have access to more and more scarce.

What are the consequences?

If we drink dirty water or we can't wash our hands when we go to the toilet, we can catch diseases from bacteria
and become ill. More than two thousand children worldwide die every day from diarrhoea caused by dirty water.
In some countries, people – mainly women and children – walk many kilometres every day to get water, and
sometimes the water isn't even clean! If children spend most of their day walking to get water, they can't go to
school, so they don't learn how to read or write and don't get an education.

What happens on World Water Day?

In 1992, the United Nations decided to make a special day for water, and World Water Day has been celebrated
on 22 March every year since 1993. On this day, many countries hold events to educate people about the
problems of dirty water and to try to find solutions to provide everyone around the world with clean water.
What can we do?

A lot of charities organise fundraising events for World Water Day. People do things like sponsored walks, cycles
and swims. Some groups organise events like 'Walk for water', where people walk four, eight or 12 kilometres
each day in March, to see how it feels when you have to walk a long way to get your drinking water. Others do a
'Water challenge' and drink only water for a whole month. People give them money to do these things, and all this
money helps buy taps and toilets and provide clean water to as many people as possible around the world. So,
this World Water Day, what will you do?

QUESTÃO 1 (0,5) – Why don’t so many people have access to safe water?

a) Because they cannot afford it.

b) Because many live in zones of conflicts
c) Due to poor treatment of water
d) Due to lack of resources

QUESTÃO 2 (1,5) – Complete the gaps with the correct words from the text:

1. About ……………………………… of the human body is made up of water.

2. When we flush the toilet, we can use as much as ……………………………… of water.
3. It takes about ……………………………… of water to make one T-shirt.
4. About ……………………………… people around the world don’t have safe water in their homes.
5. More than ……………………………… children die every day because of dirty water.

QUESTÃO 3 (1,5) Match the definitions with the vocabulary:

Vocabulary Definition

1.…… hygienic a. a place to live in the countryside, not in a town or a city

2.…… to flush b.not easy to find or get

3.…. a rural Community c. very small organisms that are found everywhere (...)

4.…… conflict d. clean, especially in order to prevent disease

5.…… scarce e. the act of collecting money for a particular purpose

6.…… bactéria f. fighting between two or more groups of people

7.…… diarrhoea g. to clean a toilet by making lots of water go through it

8.…… fundraising h. an illness in which we have a stomachache and need to go

to the toilet much more often than normal

QUESTÃO 4 (0,5) – Check the correct alternative:

Brian: I ___________________ Jane next weekend. Can you give her a call to see if I can arrive in the morning?
Kevin: Sure, I ___________________ her now.

a) will visit – am going to call

b) will visit – will call

c) am going to visit – will call

d) am going to visit – am going to call

QUESTÃO 5 (0,5) –
Can talking on a mobile phone be hazardous to your health? It is difficult to know for sure. Some research
suggests that heavy users of mobile phones are at a greater risk of developing cancerous brain
tumours. However, many other studies suggest there are no links between cancer and mobile phone use.

The main problem with the current research is that mobile phones have only been popular since the 1990s. As
a result, it is impossible to study long-term exposure to mobile phones. This concerns many health professionals
who point out that certain cancers can take over twenty years to develop. Another concern about these studies is
that many have been funded by the mobile phone industry or those who benefit from it.

Over five billion people now use mobile phones on a daily basis, and many talk for more than an hour a day.
Mobile phone antennas are similar to microwave ovens. While both rely on electromagnetic radiation (EMR), the
radio waves in mobile phones are lower in frequency. Microwave ovens have radio wave frequencies that are
high enough to cook food, and they are also known to be dangerous to human tissues like those in the brain. The
concern is that the lowerfrequency radio waves that mobile phones rely on may also be dangerous. It seems
logical that holding a heat source near your brain for a long period of time is a potential health hazard.

Some researchers believe that other types of wireless technology may also be dangerous to human health,
including cordless phones, wireless gaming consoles, and laptop or tablet computers with wireless connections.
They suggest replacing all cordless and wireless devices with wired ones where possible. They also say that
many cordless phones can emit dangerous levels of Electromagnetic Radiation even when they are not in use.
They even suggest keeping electronic devices such as desktop and tablet computers out of the bedroom, or at
least six feet from the head while we're sleeping.

A growing number of health professionals worldwide are recommending that mobile phone users err on the side
of caution until more definitive studies can be conducted. They use the example of tobacco to illustrate the
potential risks. Many years ago, people smoked freely and were not concerned about the effects of cigarettes on
their health. Today, people know that cigarettes cause lung cancer, though it is still unknown exactly how or why.
Some doctors fear that the same thing will happen with mobile phones. In May 2016, the UK's Independent
newspaper reported on research by the US government's National Toxicology Program that showed a slight
increase in brain tumours among rats exposed to the type of radio frequencies commonly emitted by mobile
phones. This doesn't prove that mobile phones can cause brain tumours in humans, but it does show that it's
possible. As a result, many experts now recommend texting or using head sets or speaker phones instead of
holding a mobile phone to the ear.

(Source: https://www.englishclub.com/reading/health/cell-phone.htm)

In the fourth paragraph, the modal verb may expresses:

a) Certainty, as researchers are convinced that wireless technology is dangerous to human health.

b) Uncertainty, as researchers are still not 100% sure of the dangers of wireless technology.

c) Uncertainty, as recent studies have proved that smartphones are not hazardous.

d) Certainty, as there is compelling evidence of the dangers of wireless technology.

QUESTÃO 6 (1,5) –

Match the adverts with the job descriptions and write a–d next to the number 1–4.

1……... advert A a. Delivering newspapers.

2……... advert B b. Looking after children.

3……... advert C c. Working in a shop.

4……... advert D d. Working in a small

 restaurant.

QUESTÃO 7 (0,5) – Check true or false

1. In advert A,the babysitter can get more than £40 a week.

2. In advert D,you don't need to work in the evenings.
3. In advert B,the paper round should take about half an hour.
4. In advert C,you have to work five days a week.
5. In advert D,you should call Bella in the morning.

a) F-F-T-T-F
b) T-T-T-T-F
c) F-T-T-T-F
d) T-F-T-T-F

QUESTÃO 8 (0,5) – Check the correct option:

Those children ________ be at school, they ______be skipping classes.

a) must – shouldn’t
b) should – should to
c) they Should- shouldn’t
d) should- shouldn’t