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TEXT
Tsunami (pronounced “soo-NAH-mee”) waves are larger and faster than normal surface waves. A
tsunami wave can travel as fast as a jet plane and can be as tall as a ten-story building. Imagine
dropping a stone into a pond. The water on the surface ripples. A tsunami is like a very powerful ripple.
Tsunamis begin when the ocean rises or falls very suddenly. Large amounts of seawater are displaced.
This movement causes huge waves.
For a tsunami to occur, there must be some kind of force that causes the ocean water to become
displaced. Most tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes. However, volcanoes, landslides, large
icebergs, and even meteorites are capable of causing one of these mighty waves.
Tsunamis are extremely powerful. Ordinary waves lose power when they break. Tsunami waves
can remain powerful for several days. Because tsunami waves are so strong, they can kill people,
damage property, and completely ruin an ecosystem in just one hour.
Scientists have no way of predicting when a tsunami will hit. However, if a powerful enough
earthquake occurs, scientists can issue a warning or a watch. A warning means that a tsunami will very
likely hit soon. A watch means that conditions are favorable for a tsunami. When people are notified about
a watch or a warning, they have more time to prepare. It is best not to get caught unaware when a
tsunami is on the way!
1) This passage is mostly about 3) After reading the passage, we can conclude that a
A. how to prepare for tsunamis tsunami
B. scientists who predict tsunami waves A. watch is more serious than a warning
C. similarities and differences between wave B. warning is more serious than a watch
types C. warning and watch are equally serious
D. causes and effects of tsunamis D. warning and watch both mean a tsunami has
formed
2) As used paragraph 2, displaced most nearly
means 4) Tsunamis cause so much destruction because
A. moved out of normal place they
B. pushed by human force A. cannot be predicted by scientists
C. sloshed around quickly B. break on the coast, unlike normal waves
D. pulled to great heights C. are caused by volcanoes, landslides and
meteorites
D. can be as tall as a ten-story building
TEXT 1
Earthquake and Tsunami's Destruction in Japan - Left More Than 1000 People Dead & Leaving Fears Of Nuclear
Radiation, Food and Fuel Scarcity To Others
www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-asia-pacific
An 9,0-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan early Friday. An estimated 170,000 people were
evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station in north-east Japan that was hit
by an explosion.
Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami is believed to have left more than 1,000 people dead.
The scenes of devastation were astonishing: giant shipping containers were swept inland and smashed
against buildings, and fires are still burning close to the harbour.
NHK reports that in the port of Minamisanriku, Miyagi, the authorities say that about 7,500 people
were being evacuated to 25 shelters after Friday's quake but they were not able to contact the town's
other 10,000 inhabitants.
COMPREHENSION Answer IN ENGLISH
5. Why 170.000 people were taken away from an area located in Notheast Japan?
6. What were the scenes of devastation that caused great fear, according to the text?
7. What was the problem with the Japanese city called Miyagi?
TEXT 2
COMPREHENSION Answer IN ENGLISH
8. What kind of recent event the character is comparing to a “monster”?
9. Are both texts 1 and 2 talking about the same theme? If yes, what would it be?
Para que tenhamos um mundo sustentável é preciso que mudemos nossos hábitos de consumo. A tirinha
abaixo ilustra, com humor, esta preocupação quando a personagem vai ao mercado e quer saber informações
sobre determinado alimento.
10. A consumidora ficou muito satisfeita com a resposta do gerente sobre a procedência do produto, sem saber,
porém, que o local era o nome de uma fábrica. O que a tirinha procura denunciar?
A. O alto preço dos alimentos devido aos índices inflacionários.
B. As fazendas estão envolvidas num grande processo de industrialização.
C. Os chineses estão tomando a frente na busca de soluções para um mundo sustentável.
D. Existem empresas que estão se aproveitando da proposta da sustentabilidade para lucrar e continuam
produzindo muita poluição.
11. Observando a charge, por que o motorista do
automóvel parece insatisfeito?
(A) A cena real de devastação não aparece na
propaganda de tv do automóvel.
(B) O comercial de tv não avisou que o carro poderia
aquecer na estrada.
(C) O motorista atropelou acidentalmente alguns
animais em seu habitat natural.
(D) A propaganda omitiu o fato de que o carro poluiria
o meio ambiente.
TEXT
“Every home should have a tv set”
By Suzanne Bouchard, 15, Auburn, California
Many psychologists today say that television “destroys family unity and kills imagination”. They say
that if parents really love their children, they should get rid of their tv sets.
I believe that television can actually increase imagination and family unity. Our family is used to get
together to watch a program, and afterwards we discuss it. Sometimes, my parents will ask my brother and me
what we would do in a similar situation. This makes us think about what we have seen.
People shouldn’t forget that tv can be an excellent teacher. Through tv I can see how people in other
countries live, what they wear and how they talk. My great grandmother never saw live kangaroos hopping
around in Australia; she never saw an African jungle. I have.
COMPREHENSION. Answer IN ENGLISH!
12. According to the information in the text, what do psychologists advise families to do?
13. Suzanne Bouchard differs from psychologists because her family acts in a different way in what concerns to
television. What are they used to do?
14. What the teenage girl compares television to? Why did she do this comparison?
15. What has the fifteen-year-old girl seen that her great gradmother hasn’t?
16. What about you? Do you agree with Suzanne or with psychologists? Explain yourself.
17 READ:
BEATLES 4 EVER!
On the 5th of October, 1962, the record market announced a new rock'n'roll compact for sale. The band was
unknown. It was formed by four simple boys from Liverpool, an industrial city in England.
Loud, irreverent and exciting, the group seemed to offer a world of inspiring new possibilities to young
people. They were very charismatic.
In 1963, only one year after their first recording (Love me do), the Beatles were preparing to go to other
countries in Europe and North America.
The Beatles have definitely been a landmark for a freer generation of young people and, directly or
indirectly, they have influenced nowadays culture. It was, for example, after the Beatles that the great barrier
between the sexes started to be broken. Men started to wear more expressive clothes, like flowered shirts,
bell-bottom trousers and long hair.
The Beatles have never accepted prescribed directions and they have ultimately helped people to "find
themselves" as individuais. Throughout their career they remained non-conformists, different from one
another and from anyone else - their sound, their appearance and their free attitude towards life show it.
Do you realize that the Beatles have also influenced you?
Vocabulary freer: mais livre
between: entre (duas coisas ou pessoas) to wear: vestir, usar
bell-bottom: boca-de-sino
ultimately: no final, finalmente, fundamentalmente one another: um ao outro
throughout: por todo, durante todo (ao longo de) landmark: ponto de referência, marco
seem: parecer young: jovem
nowadays: nos dias de hoje great barrier: grande barreira
remain: permanecer, continuar sendo, ficar
18 ANSWER IN ENGLISH:.
a) When did the record market announce a new rock'n'roll compact for a sale?
b) Where were the Beatles from?
c) What kind of clothes did men start to wear after the Beatles phenomenon?
d) What happened to the sex barrier?
e) How did they remain throughout their carrier?
19 ANSWER IN PORTUGUESE
a) Os Beatles influenciaram a cultura atual? De que maneira?
b) Como eram os Beatles em relação às normas sociais?
20 COMPLETE WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT.
a) They________________________a barrier between them. (to break)
b) She_______________________more expressive clothes. (to wear)
c) We_________ finally_______how charismatic he has been. (to realize)
d) He_________finally________himself as an individual. (to find)
e) The group________a world of inspiring new possibilities to the young. (To offer)
f) She__________to him again. (to speak/negative)
g) I_________a letter to my pen pal from Japan. (to write)
h) __________you________him recently? (to meet/interrogative)
i) We______________many good books lately. (to read)
j) ____________the secretary_____________all the invitations? (to send/interrogative)
