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Prova de Exame - 2007 2ª Fase

Escrito por João CarreiroTerça, 31 Março 2009 05:47 - Actualizado em Quinta, 04 Junho 2009 21:03

Escola Secundária Braamcamp Freire – Pontinha

Preparação para o Exame de Equivalência à Frequência – Inglês (11º Ano)

Prova de Exame – 2ª Fase 2007 ( Clique aqui para ver a correcção )

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Read the following text carefully:

We moved to … Siberia

Pauline Lamond,50, and her husband Colin, 49, from Twickenham, London, havelived in Sakhalin, an island off the coast of Siberia in the far south-east of Russia, for threeyears. They have two sons, Craig,22, and Jamie,19, who live in the UK. She’s telling us about it.

Colin is a human resources manager for Shell. We were originally posted to Saudi Arabia forthree years, but because of a huge oil and gas project on Sakhalim Island off Siberia, we wereoffered the chance to come here. I was apprehensive, especially when Shell advised us to stockup on heavy-duty ski gear! The cold was a real shock. I’ll never forget stepping off the plane intotemperatures of -34ºC.

Here in Sakhalim, we live on a camp built for about 300 other Shell workers. Our house, whichcomes with the job, is wooden and very well insulated, with great heating. It has four bedroomsand a decked area. We live just outside the main town, Yuzhno. Around 2000,000 people livehere, It’s a real old communist city, very drab, but things are better lately due to the influx offoreign workers. There’s even a new shopping mall! The countryside is stunning – mountainous

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and wild with clear blue skies and glistening snow.

The camp has its own bar and restaurant, so we mostly mix with other expats. The maindifference is the cold. From November to April, it’s freezing. We cope with it wearing thermallong johns, lots of layers and thick coats. We always wear a hat and keepour ears covered incase of frostbite.The locals are used to it – men drill a hole in the frozen sea to fish, and thewomen even totter about on the ice in stiletto heels with chains on the soles! Summer is theother extreme, very hot.

In our leisure time we often have organised evenings at the camp, like Russian choirs ortraditional dance displays. I’ve got into cross-country skiing and we go skating on the lakes orwalking out on the frozen sea – amazing. Also, we go hiking in the summer.

I can’t speak Russian! I find it hard to get to grips with the language because of the differentalphabet. None of the locals speak English, so we manage in shops with gestures and handsignals. I don’t have a job, but luckily Colin gets by at work in English.

Food… there are supermarkets with imported foods from home. The meat market is quite anexperience – tons of chopped-up animals. As for eating out, the fish, crab and caviar are great,but because of the language barrier, what you order is often a lottery. And everyone drinksvodka at any time of the day or night.

What do I like here? Here you really get a sense of the changing seasons. When the sun’s outand the snow’s glistening and you’re gliding along on skis, it’s wonderful. On the other handyou’ve got paperwork! Everything has to be signed and countersigned. Also the roads areterrible – full of potholes. Sometimes being on an island can be very bleak, so we’ll fly to Japanto shop.

We’ll probably stay here at least another year. Our sons come out to see us but we haven’t hadtoo many visitors. Even by Russian standards it’s far away – about a nine-hour flight fromMoscow – but it’s a unique experience.

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In Woman,January,23,2006

1. Say whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

1. The Lamonds preferred the post in Siberia to the one in Saudi Arabia. 2. Foreign newcomers have been improving Yuzhno. 3. They socialize mainly with other foreigners. 4. They don’t mind the cold because they are used to it. 5. They speak English with the Russians.

1. Re-read paragraphs one and two and find the words or phrases that mean thefollowing:

1. before; 2. worried beforehand; 3. buy lots of something so that you can use it later; 4. not easily damaged; 5. which is provided by the company; 6. beautiful.

1. Answer the following questions on the same text. Use your own words wheneverpossible.

1. Do the Lamonds get on well with the Russian community? Why/Why not? 2. Who do they get on with? Find evidence in the text to account for your answer. 3. What does Pauline value the most in Russia? 4. What does she complain about? 5. How does she cope with food problems? 6. In your opinion are they enjoying their experience in Russia? Account for your answer.

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1. Rewrite the following sentences starting with the given words. Make sure they keepthe same meaning as the ones printed before.

1. The locals raise the prices for foreigners.

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The prices …

2. They have many friends there, but they still feel lonely.

In spite of … …

3. Pauline said, “I’m sorry but I can’t give much support to my sons”.

Pauline said that …

4. Unfortunately they can’t speak Russian.

If only …

5. We advise you to learn Russian. It is better for you.

It would be better for you, if …

1. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the verbs in brackets.

For centuries men and women all around the world 1. ___ (try) to adapt to new countries farfrom home. In the past we used to 2. ___ (think) of Portugal as a country of emigrants.However, nowadays lots of immigrants 3. ___ (come), their children 4.___ (attend) Portuguese

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schools and in the future they 5. ___ (be) part of our community.

III

Bearing in mind the short story “Names” by Maya Angelou compare Marguerite and Miss Glory,as they have different attitudes towards the same kind of discrimination.

IV

Choose one of the following topics and write about 120 words on it.

1. “Technological change transforms the spaces in which we live and work.” Comment onthe previous statement. 2. Speaking English not only enables us to communicate with the rest of the world moreeasily. It also makes us feel citizens of the world. Comment on the statement referring to theadvantages of speaking English. 3. If you had the chance to work abroad, what kind of problems would you expect?

Cotações

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A. 5X5 = 25

B. 5X2 =10

C. 5X8 = 40

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II

A. 5X8= 40

B. 5X2 =10

III - 25

IV - 50

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200

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