The Media And Global Communication

ENGLISH TEST English Written Test Curso Profissional de Técnico de ___________ Module 4– The Media and Global Communication 90 minutes Name:_______________________Nº_______ Date:___Class:_________ Evaluation __________________ Teacher: Cristina Nunes Almeida 1 Read the text attentively: A Two sisters have married two brothers they met at martial arts in Birmingham. Lucy Gregory, 25 and her sister Jane, 22 had a double wedding with Phil Jervis and his young brother. B Fifty coaches were pulled over and banned from the roads as unsafe yesterday. They were among 1,147 examined by the police and safety inspectors during the country’s biggest blitz on the vehicles. On one coach the batteries could have caused a serious fire. C A teenage girl was badly injured in a horrific jet-ski accident after being persuaded to visit a water sports centre to celebrate her sister’s birthday. She was thrown from the jet-ski being driven by her uncle into a boat. D Screen violence really does have an effect on crime, says research for the Home Office. Young violent offenders are more likely to be involved in assaults if they have seen disturbing films and videos, said the study. Last night family groups and MPs called on the Government to act on the study, commissioned after concern about the influence of screen violence in the murder of two – year-old James Bulger by two boys. Portaria 550-C/2004 alterada pela portaria 797/2006 Co-financiado -Medida 1.2 1 Movies “can make Young more violent” By Sean Poulter Media Correspondent 2 Safety blitz drives 50 coaches off the road 3 Accident on the lake By James Golden 4 Love’s in the air Part I A-Read the Headlines and link them to the news stories. 1 2 3 4 B1-Match the words on the left with their equivalent on the right. B2-Write the opposite of the following words as they are used in the text. 1-Young (article A) ______________ 2 unsafe-(article B) ________ 3-Biggest (article B) _____________ 4-after (article C)__________ C-Complete the table with information from articles A, B, and C Article A Article B Article C What? Where ? When? Who? Why? D-Find the answers to these questions about the last news items. 1 What effects does screen violence have on young people? 2 What did family groups and MPs do? Part II A-Rewrite the sentences beginning as suggested (in bold). 1-I have always loved language. Language ....... 2-I can evoke an emotion. An emotion ........ 3-I would write stories. Stories ....... B-Use the Present Simple of the verb ”be”. 1-Unsafe (article B) 2-To examine (article B) 3-Serious(article B) 4-To persuade(article c) 5-horrific(article c) a) to convince b) dangerous c) to look closely d) terrible e) giving cause for concern 1 2 3 4 5 ENGLISH TEST English Written Test Curso Profissional de Técnico de ___________ Module 4– The Media and Global Communication 90 minutes Name:_______________________Nº_______ Date:___Class:_________ Evaluation __________________ Teacher: Cristina Nunes Almeida 3 a. Karl and Karin _____________ lawyers. b. Ken likes to play guitar. He _____________ an artist. c. Ken is allergic to cats. He _____________ a veterinarian. d. Karin and Kristy _____________ (neg.) teachers. e. Shirim and Micheline _____________ accountants, but they’re nice people. f. Steve _____________ a management consultant. g. Steve makes a lot of money .He _____________ (neg.) a teacher. h. Karl is afraid of fire. He _____________ (neg.) a fire fighter. C-Fill in the gaps with the simple past of the verbs in brackets. a. Young people ___________(not/like) reading newspapers. b. My students _____ (write) a news. c. They ___________(publish) it on the blog. d. ______ (they/send) an e-mail? D-Translate article A. E-Choose only ONE: 1-Write a short text to answer the following question. Which of the Media do you prefer? Justify your opinion. 2-TV : is good or bad? State your opinion. Portaria 550-C/2004 alterada pela portaria 797/2006 Co-financiado -Medida 1.2 Cristina Almeida-Cursos Profissionais