English Written Test

Drugs
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-ComprehensionI- Read the following text very carefully:

New anti-drugs campaign for young people
A new study shows that Britains drug problem is growing. The
highest increase in drug is among teenagers. How can they be
convinced to stop?
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Last year, a European survey showed that the number of teenagers who
had tried drugs was 6% in Greece, 15% in France and 30% in Britain.
Statistics show that drug used by British teenagers has doubled since
1989.
The drugs that the government is most worried about are stimulant
drugs such as Ecstasy and hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. They are
worried that many young people believe these drugs are exciting and
fashionable. They think that many teenagers will be influenced by films
such as Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction which show attractive people
taking drugs.
The government decided that it needed a new anti-drugs campaign.
However, before it did this, it studied young peoples attitude. The
survey showed that teenagers knew that drugs were bad for them but
they could not actually name any health risk associated with particular
drugs. It also showed that 61% of teenage drug-users would consider
stopping using drugs if they were a serious danger to their health.
It was also understood that many teenagers ignored drugs warnings in
schools because they thought they were childish. In fact, it was proved
that in some cases, the reason for taking drugs was to rebel against
warnings from adults.
Using the results of the survey, a new campaign has been started. The
new campaign hopes to treat teenagers like adults. It informs young
people of the health risks associated with particular drugs. It does this
with photos of teenagers and biological diagrams.
Many teenagers try drugs as a dare to show their friends that they are
not scared. Often their friends insist until the person says yes. The
health authority hopes that the advertisements will help teenagers to
say no to this and be able to have good reasons to say it. In addition to
posters, the health authority has also made radio advertisements and
put the number of their drugs helpline (a telephone number that can be
called confidentially for help) in a lot of places. The people at the
helpline advise people what to do if they have a drug problem or need
more information about the dangers of drugs.

Glossary:
warnings (line 19) = avisos
dare (line 26)= desafio

A. Are the statements TRUE or FALSE? Quote from the text to support your
answer
1. Few teenagers are taking drugs in Britain nowadays.
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2. The government believes some films may influence teenagers to take drugs.
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3. Teenagers dont know drugs can cause serious health problems.
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4. The new anti-drugs campaign considers teenagers as children who dont know what
they are doing.
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B. Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right taken from the
text.
1. increasing ______________________________ a) worried ( line 8)
2. concerned ______________________________ b) bad (line 15)
3. harmful
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4. risk
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II
A. As you have leant in classes there are more addictions besides smoking. Here are
some words related to addictions. Match the words given with their correct
definition.
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3.
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hangover
drug addict
be addicted
drug abuse

a) a wrong use of drugs.

b) feeling of headache and sickness the day after
drinking.
c) a person who is unable to stop taking harmful drugs.
d) to be dependent on smoking, especially drugs.

-GRAMMARI- VERB TENSES

1) Identify the underlined verb tenses.
a- According to the latest government figures, 23% of all 15-year-olds are regular
smokers.
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b- The smokers grow everyday
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c- Last night they drank a lot.
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d- I didnt think alcohol was considered a drug.
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e- When she was driving home she had a car accident.
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f- I smoked a cigarette.

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