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A) de seleção 16 2 pontos: escolha certa ito
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– Foreign languages 0 pontos: escolha
– English as a errada
global language B) de seleção: 12 12 pontos: ordenação correta
– Teen brain ordenação de frases 6 pontos: ordenação incompleta ou parcialmente correta
0 pontos: ordenação incorreta
C) de construção 12 3 pontos: resposta correta
0 pontos: resposta
incorreta
Reading and Use of English

A) de seleção: 12 3 pontos: correspondência certa

correspondência 0 pontos: correspondência
errada
B) de seleção: True 12 3 pontos: resposta correta
/ False 0 pontos: resposta
incorreta
C) de seleção: sinónimos 8 2 pontos: resposta certa
ou antónimos 0 pontos: resposta
– Past perfect simple
errada
or continuous
D) de seleção: 18 6 pontos: correspondência certa
– Double comparative
correspondência 0 pontos: correspondência
structures
errada
– Future tenses
E) de seleção: escolha 12 2 pontos: resposta certa
– Conditional clauses: types
múltipla 0 pontos: resposta
1 and 2
errada
F) de construção: 12 3 pontos: resposta certa
exercício de 0 pontos: resposta
completamento errada
G) de seleção: exercício 12 3 pontos: resposta certa
de completamento 0 pontos: resposta
errada
H) de construção: 12 3 pontos: resposta certa
exercício de 0 pontos: resposta
completamento errada
I) de construção: 21 7 pontos: estrutura correta
exercício de 0 pontos: estrutura incorreta
completamento

Writing
 De construção: resposta 41
extensa (cerca de 60
palavras) sobre uma
das unidades temáticas.
Vocabulário relacionado
com os temas
32-41 pontos: articula as ideias de forma adequada num texto claro
e coerente; bom domínio das estruturas e formas gramaticais,
vocabulário variado e adequado; erros ortográficos e gramaticais
pouco frequentes e não impeditivos de compreensão; respeita os
limites de palavras.
16-31 pontos: texto pouco organizado, mas coerente; vocabulário
pouco variado, mas adequado; erros ortográficos e gramaticais
frequentes e não impeditivos de compreensão; pode não respeitar
os limites de palavras.
7-15 pontos: texto desorganizado e simples, abordando o tema
de forma genérica e recorrendo a repetições e pormenores
pouco relevantes; vocabulário pouco adequado; erros
ortográficos e gramaticais frequentes; pode não respeitar os
limites de palavras.
1-6 pontos: texto muito desorganizado e simples; erros ortográficos
e gramaticais sistemáticos, vocabulário pobre e frases sem sentido;
não respeita limites de palavras; conteúdo pode afastar-se do que
é pedido.
0 pontos: texto sem sentido; estrutura elementar e
desajustada; conteúdo não corresponde ao que é pedido.
 Answer key and Scripts
Listening Script B:
A. 1. second language; 2. foreign country; 3. express yourself; 4. language Deciding on which additional language or languages to learn is often a
and cultural; 5. cognitive ability; 6. soft skills; 7. mastery; 8. mother matter of chance and personal preference. Maybe you have a parent or
tongue grandparent who is a native of another country, so you were brought up being
B. 3 / 2 / 6 / 5 / 1 / 4 able to speak their language. Perhaps your family regularly took vacations in a
C. 1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. d particular foreign country when you were a child and that sparked your
interest. Or it could just be that you had a very engaging teacher who
instilled in you a love for languages.
Reading and Use of English But deciding whether to learn one at all would appear to be determined more
A. 1. b; 2. c; 3. d; 4. a
by your mother language than anything else. In short, native-born English
B. 1. F.; 2. T; 3. DS; 4. T
speakers are far less likely to learn a second language than many other
C. 1. S; 2. S; 3. A; 4. S
people.
D. 1. b; 2. c; 3. a
E. 1. prefrontal; 2. puberty; 3. forehead; 4. mood; 5. impulses; 6.
judgments Script C:
F. 1. had been waiting; 2. had eaten; 3. had texted; 4. had been shopping In the UK, fewer school students are studying languages to exam levels at ages
G. 1. c; 2. b; 3. a; 4. a 16 or 18. Since 2013, the numbers of studying a language at GCSE level –
H. 1. is going to have; 2. leaves; 3. will fully understand; 4. is starting the end of secondary schooling examination taken by most 16-year-olds in
I. 1. exercise / will develop; 2. learn / will regret; 3. spoke / wouldn’t lose England, Wales and Northern Ireland – have fallen between 30% and 50%.
Scotland has its own exam system but the drop off in language study is
Script A: comparable.
The UK has a long-standing tradition of teaching French and German at
There are many advantages to learning a second language. Some are fairly
obvious. If you find yourself lost in a foreign country, being able to express secondary school level, although not always with tremendous success: Brits are
not famed for their multilingual skills. However, the popularity of both those
yourself clearly could help lead you to your destination. Similarly, if your job
requires you to travel, you may find it easier to overcome language and languages has plummeted in UK schools. Less than 20 years ago, just 2,500
students were taking a language other than French, German, Spanish or
cultural barriers.
But there are other benefits that are not so immediately apparent. For Welsh – which is a mandatory curriculum requirement in Wales. But by 2017,
according to numbers acquired by the BBC, that had shot up to 9,400.
example, learning another language can improve your all-round cognitive ability.
It could help you sharpen your soft skills, and even increase your mastery of Two languages that are growing in popularity in the UK are Spanish and
Chinese, the BBC found. Chinese, of course, is the most widely spoken
your mother tongue, too.
Some studies have apparently identified a link between being multilingual language in the world. However, in the online sphere it’s a close second to
English. Online, English is used by 25.4% of people. For Chinese, it’s 19.3%.
and fending off the onset of dementia. Others indicate that being able to speak
more than one language can help you become better at multitasking in Both are way ahead of third-placed Spanish which is used by 8.1% of
internet users.
other aspects of your daily life, too.
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Listening
A Listen to the first part of a podcast about languages and fill in the gaps. 8×2=16

cognitive ability • express yourself • second language • soft skills

foreign country • mastery • mother tongue • language and cultural

Learning a 1 has many advantages. Let’s imagine that you find yourself lost in a
2 , being able to 3 clearly, could help you get to your destination.
4
The same happens when your job requires you to travel. It is easier for you to overcome

barriers.
But there are other benefits that aren’t so obvious. For instance, learning a foreign language can improve
your all-round 5 . It may also help you sharpen your 6 or even
increase your 7 of your 8 .

B Listen to the second part and order the sentences. 6×2=12

1. But deciding whether to learn one at all would appear to be determined more by your
mother language than anything else.
2. Maybe you have a parent or grandparent who is a native of another country, so you were brought
up being able to speak their language.
3. Deciding on which additional language or languages to learn is often a matter of chance
and personal preference.
4. In short, native-born English speakers are far less likely to learn a second language than many
other people.
5. Or it could just be that you had a very engaging teacher who instilled in you a love for languages.
6. Perhaps your family regularly took vacations in a particular foreign country when you were a
child and that sparked your interest.

C Now listen to the last part and match the numbers to what they refer to. 4×3=12

1. 2 a) Percentage of people who use Chinese online

2. 25.4% b) Percentage of people who use English online
3. 19.3% c) Number of languages that are growing in popularity in the UK
4. 8.1% d) Percentage of people who use Spanish online
Reading and Use of English
Read the following text.

The brain is plastic, it’s fantastic!

For a very long time, scientists didn’t believe it was possible for the brain to change throughout life. The
overall assumption was that the brain would develop up until a certain point, from which its connections
would become fixed and then eventually start to fade. It was also believed that there was no way to repair
the brain after it suffered injury. However, recent studies proved the exact opposite: that the brain, in fact,
5 never stops changing as a response to different experiences.
This is explained by the concept of neuroplasticity. In neuroscience, “plastic” refers to the capacity that
materials have to change and be moulded into different shapes. It is the brain’s ability to adjust its
physical structure and, in this way, repair damaged regions, grow new neurons, rezone regions to
perform new tasks and build networks of neurons that allow us to remember, feel and dream things. It
is, furthermore,
10 what allows us to explain how the brain is able to mould itself following second language acquisition.
Neuroplasticity generally decreases as we grow older, which is why it’s easier for children to become
fluent in a second language than adults. The infant brain is more plastic, making it more easily
adaptable and able to deal with the challenges of speaking two languages, like having to switch
between one and the other in different contexts. This doesn’t mean that adults should give up
learning a new language all
15 together, on the contrary. The benefits associated with brain changes due to learning have been
observed in sequential bilinguals (people who learn their second language later on in life) as well.
The changes to the brain aren’t felt like other changes in the body, such as growing pains, but translate
into cognitive advantages. Learning a second language is, as mentioned before, a complex process that
involves different brain regions and puts them to work. On top of that, once other languages are
mastered,
20 switching back and forth between them is more demanding on the brain. This mental gymnastics of sorts
provides the brain with better compensatory mechanisms. The executive control center of the brain is
what manages this dual or multiple language system, so as we learn how to use the right language at the
right time, we are exercising the regions of the brain responsible for our executive function through
neuroplasticity.
25 A stronger executive function means bilingual or multilingual individuals are generally better at analysing
their surroundings, multitasking, and problem solving. There’s also evidence of them having a larger
working memory even if the task at hand is not related to language. The biggest benefit, however, is the
increased ability to cope with degenerative diseases like dementia or Alzheimer’s, as demonstrated in
several studies like the one mentioned in the beginning. This doesn’t mean that the brains of
bilinguals
30 are not susceptible to cognitive degeneration, but they are better able to cope with the damage, thanks
to the compensatory mechanisms arising from knowing, and using, a second language.
https://unbabel.com/blog/brain-language-learning
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A Match the information in each column to build correct sentences according to 4×3=12 N
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1. For a very long time, it was believed a) have more working memory than Po
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monolingual people. ito
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2. “Plastic” in neuroscience means b) that the brain didn’t change

throughout life.
3. The infant brain c) that the brain can adjust its
physical structure.
4. Bilingual or multilingual people d) is more plastic than the adult one.

B Say whether the following sentences are true (T), false (F) or doesn’t say (DS). 4×3=12
1. In the past, scientists believed that the brain could repair itself after an accident.
2. Neuroplasticity explains how the brain can mould itself after learning a second language.
3. It also explains teens’ behaviour in adolescence.
4. Bilingual or multilingual individuals are more capable of dealing with diseases such as dementia.

C Are the pairs of words synonyms (S) or antonyms (A)? 4×2=8

1. overall – global
2. allows – enables
3. benefits – disadvantages
4. provides – gives

D Match the meaning of the following expressions. 3×6=18

1. “start to fade” (line 3) a) doing many tasks at the same time

2. “rezone regions” (line 8) b) begin to vanish
3. “multitasking” (line 26) c) reorganise zones

E Complete the following paragraph with the words below. 6×2=12

impulses • forehead • puberty • prefrontal • judgments • mood

Scientists found out that in an area of the brain called the 1 cortex, the brain appeared
to be growing again just before 2 . The prefrontal cortex sits just behind the
3 . It is particularly interesting to scientists because it acts as the CEO of the brain,
controlling planning, working memory, organization, and modulating 4 . As the
prefrontal cortex matures, teenagers can reason better, develop more control over 5

and make 6 better. In fact, this part of the brain has been dubbed “the area of sober
second thought.”
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/adolescent.html (Abridged)

F Complete using the past perfect simple or continuous. 4×3=12

1. I (wait) for the doctor for more than two hours when he finally arrived.
(Past perfect continuous)
2. Tom (eat) by the time they called. (Past perfect simple)
3. My friend (text) me six times before I answered. (Past perfect simple)
4. We (shop) for about two hours when they announced the shopping centre was
going to close. (Past perfect continuous)
 GChoose the correct option to build parallel or gradual increase structures. 4×3=12

1. As the teenage brain grows, the self-control becomes .

a) more and more stronger b) strong and strong c) stronger and stronger
2. As we grow older, we lose neuroplasticity.
As we grow older, we have neuroplasticity.
a) less or less b) less and less c) least and least
3. The brain is adaptable. It deals better with language acquisition.
The a brain is, the it deals with language acquisition.
a) more adaptable / better b) more adaptable / well c) adaptabler/ better
4. She speaks many languages. She is able to deal with mental issues well.
The languages she speaks, the the brain deals with mental issues.
a) more / better b) more / weller c) more / well

HFill in the blanks with the correct form of the future. 4×3=12

1. Look how much he is studying! He (have) a good mark. (be going to)
2. Our plane to the neuroscience congress (leave) at 9 am. (Present simple)
3. I think that one day we (fully / understand) the human brain. (Future simple)
4. Come on! The webinar about neuroplasticity (start). (Present continuous)

I in the gaps with the correct verb tense.

Fill 3×7=21

1. If you (exercise) your brain, it (develop) better compensatory

mechanisms. 1st conditional
2. Unless you (learn) a second language, you (regret) it later.
1st conditional
3. If you (speak) a foreign language, your brain (not lose) its
plasticity. 2nd conditional

Writing
AWrite an opinion text about the following statement: 41

“The limits of my language are the limits of my soul.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Write about the importance of communication and learning a second language in order to break
barriers and overcome your limits.
Write about 60 words.
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