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c) In
d) From
Who Sleeps?
8– The paragraph reveals that Japanese people
Reptiles, birds and mammals all sleep. Some fish and amphibians a) just mind about flavors.
reduce their awareness but do not ever become unconscious like the b) have a good taste for art.
higher vertebrates do. Insects do not appear to sleep, although they c) enjoy both the taste and appearance of food.
may become inactive in daylight or darkness. d) believe that the smell of food is better than its arrangement.

By studying brainwaves, it is known that reptiles do not dream. Birds 9 – Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions, respectively
dream a little. Mammals all dream during sleep. Whales and “Weather ____ north of England will get worse ___ Friday. The
dolphins are “conscious breathers” and because they need to keep weekend temperature will be ___ 3 degrees and there will be snow
conscious while they sleep in order to breathe, only one half of their during the night”.
brain sleeps at a time. a) on / on / in
b) in / on / at
GLOSSARY: awareness = consciência c) in / in / at
d) at / in / on
1 – According to the text,
a) all animals fall asleep. Read the dialog and answer questions 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45.
b) frogs are never asleep. Doing things
c) reptiles neither sleep nor dream. Evan: Hey, Chloe. What are you doing?
d) insects are very active to become unconscious. Chloe: I’m drawing a picture for the story I wrote in school today.
Evan: Oh, yeah? Terrific. Can I see it? It’s very pretty. I like the
2 – In “... although they may become inactive...”, the underlined word colors.
implies an idea of Chloe: Thanks, Dad.
a) addition. Evan: Chloe, go look in the kitchen. Is Mom _____coffee?
b) purpose. Chloe: Uh, no, Daddy, she’s still _______ the dishes.
c) contrast. Evan: Oh. I guess I can wait a few minutes. I have to make a call.
d) comparison. Chloe: Are you calling Grandma?
Evan: No. It’s a business call.
3 – “... only one half of their brain sleeps...” means that (Taken from American Streamline)
a) they keep conscious half a day. GLOSSARY
b) the largest part of their brain sleeps. to guess – achar, imaginar
c) just fifty percent of their brain is asleep. 10 – Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs, respectively
d) dolphins and whales dream half an hour. a) making / making
b) making / doing
4 – “Birds dream a little”, means that c) doing / making
a) they dream a bit. d) doing / doing
b) they don’t dream at all.
c) only some birds can dream. 11 – The verb tense underlined in the text is
d) just a few birds dream while sleeping. a) simple past.
b) simple present.
c) present perfect.
5 – Choose the best alternative to fill in the blanks.
d) present continuous.
A: Do you have ____ book on Biology?
B: No, I have _______. But I know there are _______ at the library.
12 – “terrific”, (line 4), is opposite to
a) great.
a) some / any / some b) awful.
b) any / none / some c) excellent.
c) any / some / none d) wonderful.
d) some / none /any
13 – In “Can I see it?”, (line 4), the modal verb “can” gives us an idea
Read the extract and choose the best alternative to fill in the blank. of
a) ability.
When you read you sometimes want to find specific information, b) obligation.
such as a price, a phone number, or an address. You don’t read c) permission.
every word. You only look for the information you want. This skill is d) probability.
called scanning
14 – According to the dialog, we can conclude that Evan decides to
6 – “scanning”, underlined in the text, is ____ for reading. make a call before having
a) lunch.
a) a rule b) dinner.
b) an advice c) breakfast.
c) a technique d) some coffee.
d) some information
15- “In Mexico, 60% of men and 40% of women are
Read the paragraph and answer questions 27, 28 and 29. overweight.”
There is a saying in English: “That looks good enough to eat.” None According to the sentence above, we can conclude that the
of the saying’s applications is so true as in the description of percentage of overweight men is
Japanese food. _____Japan, the preparation and arrangement of a) lower.
food are just as important as the taste. In effect, the restaurant b) highest.
customer gets art to eat. c) higher.
d) lowest.
7 – Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.
a) On Estude sempre e muito.
b) At
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