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L Í N G U A I N G L E S A

S U B P R O G R A M A 2 0 0 0 – P R I M E I R A E T A P A

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Text I – questions 6 to 8

Brasília  

                                

1 Though Brazil is one of

the richest countries in the

world, much of it is not

4 developed yet. It was mainly

for this reason that the

Brazilian government decided

7 to have a new city built 600

miles north-west of Rio de

Janeiro. Designed by the great

10 architect Lucio Costa, the new

city, Brasília, replaced Rio de

J aneiro as the capital of Brazil

13 in 1960. Brasília was carefully

planned for modern living. Its wide roads, which can take twelve

lanes of traffic, are distant from living areas. Some things

16changed: children did not have to cross busy streets to go to

school. Now they do. The city grew and the problems of large

cities are present, too. At first, the government had great

19difficulty in convincing people to leave Rio and to come to live

in Brasília. From 1960 on, however, the population grew to more

than one million people. Brasília established itself as the capital

22of the country.

L. G. Alexander. Practice and progress: an integrated course for

pre-intermediate students. Longman, 1990, p. 219 (with adaptations).

QUESTÃO 6

QUESTÃO 6

As stated in text I, judge the following items.

1 One of the reasons for building Brasília was to help develop

some areas of Brazil.

2 The last capital of Brazil, before Brasília, was Rio de Janeiro.

3 Modern living was not taken into consideration when Brasília

was planned.

4 There are wide avenues crossing residential areas all over

Brasília.

QUESTÃO 7

QUESTÃO 7

According to text I, judge the items below.

1 At first, people were very happy with the idea of moving to

the new capital.

2 In the sixties, traffic in Brasília was as heavy as it is

nowadays.

3 Nowadays, Bras ília has problems that are common in most

large cities.

4 At present, the population of Brasília is the same as it was in

the beginning.

QUESTÃO 8

QUESTÃO 8

Judge the following items according to text I.

1 “Its” (L.14) can be correctly replaced by It is.

2 “wide” (L.14) is the opposite of narrow.

3 The word little is a correct antonym for “great” (L.19).

4 “itself” (L.22) refers to “population” (L.21).

QUESTÃO 9

Brazil is a special country. It is large, with continental

dimensions, thirty-four times bigger than England. Its diversity is

one of the reasons for being such an attractive country. Brazilian

people include a large number of ethnic groups and are

characterized by their tolerant spirit and their unique way of life.

They are very enthusiastic and highly communicative.

According to the text and the picture above, Brazil

                                                                                                                                                  Brazil. Zorn B. V., p. 2 (with adaptations).

1 is a continent.

2 has a homogeneous population.

3 has an easygoing people.

4 is bigger than England together with twenty-three other European

countries.

QQUESTÃO  10

The best of Brazil

No one could imagine five years ago, that Brazil had the

best and most efficient charitable organizations in the world. Yet,

for example, Brazil was the first country where a social assistance

service received the ISO 9000 classification, more specifically ISO

9002, planned for the service sector. Avape, a charity institution in

São Bernardo do Campo that cares for the physically handicapped,

was the first organization in the world which received this

certificate. In fact, this required the creation of a new ISO sector.

Ícaro Brasil. oct/99, p. 144 (with adaptations).

Judge the following items in relation to the text above.

1 Avape obtained its ISO 9000 classification for the fifth time in 1994.

2 The Brazilian tradition of excellence in charity organizations began

in the early 20th century.

3 The ISO 9002 classification does not apply to all sectors in

industries.

4 Before 1994, no charity institution in the world received an

ISO 9002 certificate.

UnB / CESPE – PAS Subprograma 2000 – Primeira Etapa

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Prova de Inglês do PAS UnB da 1a Etapa de 2005, com o gabarito.

“I want to know God’s thoughts... the rest are details.”

Based on the quotation above, it can be said that

16 God’s thought is all one needs to know.
17 if you know God’s thoughts, you can forget the rest.
18 God’s thoughts were unknown to Einstein.


Text for items 19 through 26.
(Os números no texto se referem às linhas, na prova original)

The nature of science and scientific theories

1 Science is a method of explaining the natural world.
It assumes that if you can observe or measure anything, it is
amenable(1)  to scientific investigation. Science also assumes that
4 the universe operates according to regularities which scientific
investigations can discover and explain. The testing of various
explanations of natural phenomena for their consistency with
7 empirical(2)  data is an essential part of the methodology of science.
Explanations that are not consistent with empirical
evidence or cannot be tested empirically are not a part of
10 science. As a result, explanations of natural phenomena that
are not based on evidence but on myths, personal beliefs,
religious values, and superstitions are not scientific.
13 Furthermore, because science is limited to explanations of
natural phenomena through the use of empirical evidence, it
cannot provide religious or ultimate explanations.
1 amenable: that can be tested by something.
2 empirical: based on what is experienced or seen, rather than on theory.
Adapted from Internet: (with adaptations).

According to the text above, it can be deduced that

19 science is particularly concerned with abstract ideas.
20 explanations of the natural world must be consistent with empirical evidence so that they can be considered scientific.
21 everything in the natural world can be measured by scientific method.
22 science and religion take into consideration the universe.

In the text,

23 “also” (Linha 3) means in addition.
24 “assumes” (L.3) can be correctly replaced by proves.
25 “their” (L.6) refers to “The testing” (L.5).
26 “phenomena” (L.10) is a plural form.

Eureka! – the birth of science

That man ever managed to develop a ‘scientific’
attitude to the natural world is one of the true wonders of
human thought. And answering the question of where and
how this attitude began to be noticed can help us better
understand the world we live in and the science that
governs it.
Eureka! shows that science proper began with the
Greeks. Disciplines as diverse as Medicine, Biology,
Engineering, Mathematics and Cosmology all have their
roots in ancient Greece. Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras,
Archimedes and Hippocrates were among its stars — master
architects all of modern, as well as ancient, science. But
what lay behind this colossal eruption of scientific activity?
Free from intellectual and religious dogma, the
Greeks rejected explanation in terms of myths and
capricious gods, and, in distinguishing between the natural
and the supernatural, they were the first to discover nature.
They began to develop and test new theories, leading to a
rapid increase in the sophistication of knowledge, and
ultimately to an awareness of the distinction between science
and technology.
Adapted from Internet: (with adaptations).

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

27 It is correct to say that the fundamentals of science started with the Greeks.
28 Modern science has nothing to do with the classical scientific tradition.
29 Some ancient people believed in myths.
30 The Greeks kept science and religion apart.

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Text for items from 1 through 5.

1 Two friends were camping together. Their names were Alex and
Robert. Robert was very lazy. The first evening of their holiday, Alex said to
Robert:
4 — ‘Here’s some money. Go and buy the meat.’
— ‘I’m too tired’, answered Robert. ‘You go.’ So Alex went to buy the meat.
— When he came back, he said to Robert, ‘Now, here’s the meat. Please,
7 cook it.’ But Robert replied, ‘No, I’m not good at cooking. You do it.’ So
Alex cooked the meat.
— Then Alex said to Robert, ‘Cut the bread,’ but Robert answered ‘I don’t
10 want to,’ so Alex cut the bread.
— Then he said to Robert, ‘Go and get some water, please.’
— ‘No I don’t want to get my clothes dirty,’ Robert answered, so Alex got
13 the water.
— At last Alex said, ‘the meal’s ready. Come and eat it.’
— ‘Well, I’ll do that,’ answered Robert. ‘I don’t like saying “no” all the time.’
Adapted from L. A. Hill. Elementary stories for reproduction. Tokyo: Oxford University Press, 1980, p. 56.

Taking into consideration the text together with its picture, judge the following items.

1 Robert uses serious arguments to justify the real motives for his excuses.

2 The last remark made by Robert presents an amusing, unexpected reaction which shows the comic irony of the text.

3 Robert is the guy standing up and Alex is bending on his knees.

4 The sentence ‘“I’m too tired’, answered Robert” (L.5) can be correctly rewritten as Robert said that he was too tired.

5 Supposing that Robert always behaves as shown in the text above, he would probably

A participate in voluntary work against our planet pollution.

B take part in public campaigns to fight against hunger and poverty.

C read books aloud for children in hospitals.

D look for personal advantages from social programmes without having to give something back.

6 What is the main message of the photo?

A Those who contaminate their lungs pollute the

atmosphere.

B Those who pollute the atmosphere contaminate themselves.

C Those who do not contaminate their lungs do not pollute the atmosphere.

D Those who wear masks do not contaminate themselves.

Based on the photo, judge the following items.

7 The photo suggests that we must be critical about actions

that endanger life on Earth.

8 The girl in the photo is wearing a mask to call people’s

attention to heart diseases.

THE ACE do CESPE UnB:  1E 2C 3C 4C 5D 6B 7C 8E

Prova de Inglês do PAS. 1a etapa de 2004, com gabarito

Disabled Olympics

           A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish(1) to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled(2) on the asphalt, tumbled (3) over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back…every one of them. One girl with Down’s Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, “This will make it better.” Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.
Internet: (with adaptations).
Glossary:
1relish: enjoyment you get from doing something.
2to stumble: to put a foot down awkwardly while walking or running, and because of this to fall or begin to fall.
3to tumble: to fall or make sb sth fall, esp. in a sudden helpless way, often without serious injury.

Judge the following items based on the text above.

16 The author believes that people should not expect much from disabled contestants.
17 Considering that 1 yard corresponds to 0,914 meter, it is correct to state that the race had less than 100 meters.
18 The little boy who fell down was ahead of the others.
19 All the nine contestants ran together, arm in arm, to the finish line.
20 The disabled contestants taught a lesson on solidarity to everyone in the stadium.
21 The proverb A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle expresses the idea of solidarity.
22 Nobody remembered the incident after the Special Olympics ended.

Global Youth Service Day

(Os números se referem às linhas no texto, da prova original)
1 From Argentina to Zimbabwe to India and from Russia
to the United States, around the world, millions of young
people are getting organized and becoming involved in
4 voluntary projects. Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the
largest event in the world, involving over three million young
volunteers in more than ninety-five countries. On this day,
7 young people carry out hundreds of thousands of community
improvement projects and celebration events.
In Costa Rica – 250 youth volunteers built eighteen homes
10 in two towns.
In Guyana – volunteers cleaned schools, fed the poor, painted road signs, and visited the elderly and disabled.
13 In Russia – volunteers helped in local children’s homes and picked up litter in forests. In the United States – 400 volunteers built playgrounds in
16 poor areas of Washington, D.C.
This day is a way for local, national, and international
organizations to:
recognize the important contributions of                                                 millions of young people worldwide; recruit a new generation                          of global volunteers, willing to
22 help serve their community; promote young people as resources in their communities.
Craven Mike. Extending reading keys. Macmillan, 2003 (with adaptations)

It can be deduced from the text above that

23 exactly three million young volunteers participate in GYSD.
24 250 young people received no money to build homes in Costa Rica.
25 the voluntary projects include building homes.
26 on average, it took more than twelve volunteers to build each house in Costa Rica.
27 not many youngsters are interested in serving their community.
28 “fed” (l.11) means gave food.
29 there was no need to clean Russian forests.
30 “worldwide” (l.20) means everywhere in the world.

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Text I – questions 5 through 8
Os números no texto referem-se às linha impressa na prova original.
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The circus is coming to town!

1 These were the electrifying words that signaled the arrival of
many top-notch(1) circuses in many American cities during the
early days of the 1900s. The excitement was not limited to
4 children, as adults shared the same anticipation for these visits.
Crowds of mostly adults used to watch the parade coming down
the streets. If it was a rainy day, neither the elephants nor the large
7 crowd seemed to mind.
The circuses up until the early 1940s always arrived by
train. There was always a crowd waiting to watch the offloading
10 and preparations for the parade through town. Rail was the
preferred transportation in those days simply because trucks large
enough to carry the huge tents and poles were not available or
13 reliable for cross-country travel until the 1940s.
The parade went where the crowds were, and the street
cleaners always followed them closely. Some circus workers arrived
16 before the arrival of any circus and placed colorful flyers(2) about the
circus on almost every telephone or light pole in town.
Teachers used to tell students to drop everything, form
19 up in lines and march out to the sidewalk to watch the circus
parades pass by. Every good circus was led by a loud band to
announce that they were on their way.
22 Many teenagers used to work cleaning animal waste
because it was extremely difficult for them to come up with the
$.25 cent admission fee in those days. So, many of them were
25 more than willing to work a few hours for the free ticket. The
amount of work available was in direct proportion to the number
of horses and elephants in the circus.
28 The early 1900s were impressive for the local spectators
because th eir only other exposure to exotic wild animals from
faraway places like Africa was through black and white pictures in
31 newspapers and magazines. The 3-ring acts under the big top were
fascinating because even in the early 1940s nobody had ever seen
anything like it. They presented excellent live shows that thrilled
34 young and old alike.
In later years, the circuses were transported by trucks rather than by train.
William Loveday Jr. Internet: (with adaptations).
Glossary:
(1) top-notch – of the highest quality.
(2) flyers – a small sheet of paper advertising an event, a shop, a product etc. that is widely distributed.

Questão 5

According to text I, it is correct to conclude that

1 there were circuses in America at the beginning of last century.
2 most people were not interested in watching the circus parade pass by.
3 as time went by, people got t i red of watching circus parades.
4 many horses and elephants mean t more work available for teenagers.
5 circuses usually paraded with wild animals from Africa.

Questão 6 - 

It can be concluded from text I that

1 in the early 1900s people never knew when the circus came to town.
2 at the beginning of the twentieth century only children were fascinated by the circus.
3 only the rain stopped people from watching the circus parade.
4 until the early 1940s the circuses arrived by trains.
5 the circuses started to use trucks for transportation after the 1940s.

QUESTÃO 7

It can be inferred from text I that

1 the offloading of a circus was the least interesting activity for people.
2 teenagers used to save during the year to buy the admission ticket to the circus.
3 teachers used to tell their students to march in the circus parade.
4 students had to leave the classroom to wat ch a circus parade in an orderly way.
5 apparently, there were no zoos at the beginning of the 1900s.

QUESTÃO 8     

In text I,

1 “electrifying” (L.1) means very exciting.
2 “rainy” (L.6) is the opposite of windy.
3 “everything” (L.18) can be replaced by anything.
4 “them” (L.24) refers to “ Many teenagers” (L.22).
5 “rather than” (L.36) means instead of .

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The importance of play 

         What do most Nobel Laureates, innovative entrepreneurs,
artists and performers, well-adjusted children, happy couples and
families, and the most successfully adapted mammals have in
common? They play enthusiastically throughout their lives.
What common denominator is shared by mass assassins,
abused children, depressed mothers, caged animals, and
chronically worried students? Play is rarely or never a part of
their lives.
       Some Americans love to play. We flock(1) to places like
Disneyland, Sea World, Universal Studios, among others. We
swarm(2) to golf courses, tennis courts and soccer fields. We go to
fishing ponds, water parks, concert halls, and pool halls.
The meaning of play is unknown to most of us, partly
because our work-obsessed society denies its value and relegates
it to a position far below that of work.

Glossary:

1flock: (v) move, come or go together in great numbers.
2swarm: (v) come together in a large group, like insects.
Internet: (with adaptations).


Questão 5

According to the text above,

1 people always give a lot of importance to play.
2 success is related to play.
3 lack of play may be associated to crime.
4 only children can play.
5 Americans can play at many different places.

QUESTÃO 6

From the point where the girl is in the picture above,

1 the shortest distance to the house is going straight through the woods.

2 she is closer to the news-stand than to the bus stop.

3 she is facing the library.

4 if she turns 90º clockwise, the woods will be behind her.

5 she has to turn left at the next corner to get to the house.

Questão 7

Summer jobs 

      Anna, Joe and Trevor all work at a summer park. One of
them is a day camp director, one a lifeguard, and one a swim team
coach. Because of their jobs, they wear different colored shirts to
work.
      Anna, Joe and Trevor had a meeting. Joe said that his
swim team would have practice tomorrow. Joe told the person
wearing the blue shirt that he had to work late the following day.
Trevor told the lifeguard that the other guards should also wear
red shirts when they work. Then, the person wearing the green
shirt left the meeting.
Internet: (with adaptations).

According to the text,

1Trevor is the camp director and is wearing a blue shirt.
2 Anna is the lifeguard and is wearing a red shirt.
3 Joe is the swim coach and is wearing a green shirt.
4 Joe is planning to play soccer until late in the day after the meeting.

Questão 8

National parks 

 Brazil is the largest country in Latin America, the fifth
largest in the world (8,547,403 km2) and it is among the ones with
the biggest biological diversity worldwide. The Brazilian territory
is home to 15 to 30% of all the species in the planet. 22% of the
flora, 10% of amphibians and mammals and 17% of the birds of
the world can be found at the big national ecosystems, namely:
The Amazon Jungle, the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest), which
changed into the Mata das Araucárias (Araucaria or Brazilian
Pine Forest) in the south of the country, the Cerrado (tropical
Meadows), the Pantanal (Brazilian Lowlands), the “Caatinga”
(or Semiarid region) and the Pampas (or Southern Grasslands).
There are also coastal ecosystems, with a great diversity of
environments, and caves of the speleological heritage, considered,
by law, special ecosystems.
Internet: (with adaptations).

With the text above as a starting point, judge the following items.

1 China, Russia, Mexico and the USA are each larger than Brazil.
2 Brazil’s territory extends all along the tropics and the equator.
3 83% of the birds of the world are in Brazil.
4 The Brazilian Lowlands are located in the center-west region.
5 The Amazon Jungle is linked to the Atlantic Forest by the Brazilian Pine Forest.

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Text LI – Questions 5 to 8

Imagine

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

John Lennon.

Questão 5

It is possible to conclude from the song in text LI that

1 the writer’s dream was only his.
2 the difference of religious beliefs was never a source of conflict.
3 world peace is possible if you change some of your beliefs.
4 the world needs more frontiers.

Questão 6

Another suitable title for the song presented in text LI could be

1 Dreaming of a better world.
2 Dead or alive.
3 Heaven is on Earth.
4 Reach for peace.

Questão 7

The message in text LI leads us to believe that

1 nations must preserve their individuality.
2 patriotism can be harmful.
3 sometimes terrorism is the only option for oppressed people.
4 people can live in peace if they want to.
5 it is impossible to have a world without weapons.

8)        In relation to the song presented in text LI and to the cartoon above, which shows a boy and an old man, judge the items that follow.

(The picture is enough not visible. 1st picture: "Do you know what the world needs today?" 2nd picture: "A weap?, sharp and strong sword!" 3rd picture: ever for me it's unreadable, but his idea isn't the same...)

1  It is clear in the cartoon that the boy and the old man have the same opinion about what the world needs today.

2  According to the cartoon, the boy did not expect the answer given by the old man.

3   In the cartoon, the old man seems to be talking to himself.

4   The song presented in text LI is an invitation for people like the old man in the cartoon to join the “brotherhood of man” imagined by the songwriter.

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Gabarito (Cespe/UnB)- 5EECE;  6CEEC;  7ECECE;  8ECCC. 

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The map on the right shows part of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Imagine you were a tourist and asked a policeman how to get to some places in this city.

Judge each item below, which corresponds to a possible answer given by the policeman.

1 One way to go from “Praça da República” to
“Praça Cardeal Câmara” is to walk along
“Rua dos Inválidos” and then turn left at “Av. Mem de Sá”.

2 “Praça da República” is nearer “Largo da Misericórdia” than “Praça Ministro Eduardo
Spinola”.

Text for items from 3 through 7

(os números no início do texto se referem ao número das linhas na prova original)

1 To many Brazilians, favelas are dirty, violent,
frightening places. But to many foreigners, they are exciting,
interesting, and romantic. More and more outsiders are
4 coming from overseas to live, work, or just visit favelas,
observers say. In doing so they are highlighting the
difference between Brazilians who regard favelas with fear,
7 rejection, and even disgust, and foreigners who embrace
them as vibrant representations of modern Brazilian culture.
“In Brazil, no one likes favelas, no one thinks they
10 are cool”, says Marcelo Armstrong, the owner of a company
that runs daily tours to two Rio favelas. “Foreigners are more
open. There’s a certain romantic appeal to favelas.”
13 Although no figures are available on the number of
foreigners living in favelas, Mr. Armstrong says the number
is definitely rising and cites his own statistics as evidence.
16 The number of tourists taking his tours has risen from around
four per month in 1992, when he started the business, to
around 800 per month in 2007. Of those, only a dozen or so
19 are Brazilians, mostly the partners of foreign visitors.
Adapted from Internet: www.csmonitor.com

In the text,

3 “overseas” (linha.4) is the same as abroad.

4 “cites” (L.15) is a plural form

Based on the text, it can be inferred that

5 if you decide to live in a favela, you may find foreigners working there.

6 foreigners and Brazilians both have the same opinion about favelas.

7 the quantity of tourists visiting favelas per month has
increased 100% a year during the last fifteen years.

In the situation below, a mother is talking to her son.

(escrito no balão): “Look, son, when you get to the sea, take your cellular phone and call me so as to keep me calm.”

8 The mother’s words show that she is...

A looking for her son.

B afraid her son can lose his cellular phone.

C worried she may lose her way to the beach.

D preoccupied with the possibility that her son might get lost.

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This text refers to items from 1 to 7. (Os números no início das linhas estão nas provas originais)

Adolescence and the pursuit of popularity

1 Early  adolescence (around ages 9 - 13) marks the

beginning of an age of more dislike.

First, there is more dislike of self as “child”, second,

4 there is more dislike for parents and from parents, and third,

there is more dislike of family.

The onset of adolescence brings a degree of

7 alienation from self, parents, and family. As one young man

put it; “Home is where you have to live when you’re not

hanging out with your friends.” It’s not that young persons

10 and parents love each other any less, only that they

frequently dislike each other more.

So where can they recover lost liking? For most

13 young people, the answer is in the company of friends who

one feels like, who one likes, and who give liking in return.

But finding friends, and keeping friends, and staying friends

16 is an enormous challenge because everyone is changing just

like you. Everyone is feeling more alienated from family just

like you, and filled with self-doubt just like you.

19 This is why striving for social connection and place

among peers becomes so desperately important, and why

more social cruelty (teasing, exclusion, bullying, rumoring,

22 ganging up) is the outgrowth of this competition, particularly

during the late elementary and middle school years.

At this hard time, the propaganda of popularity can

25 be pretty persuasive: “become popular and all your worries

and problems about social belonging with peers will be

solved and you will feel secure.” Popularity means you have

28 a well-established social place among peers who want to be

with you, with whom you have social standing, with whom

you can hang out, and who can provide the accepting

31 companionship you need.

So at school, group affiliation is often signified by a certain

gathering space, a physical place, like a hallway or courtyard

34 at breaks or a table at lunch. If you have a place to hang out

that means you have a gang of friends.

You don’t want to be unpopular because you fear

37 your peers may ignore or avoid you because they fear being

known by the company they keep. However, some of the

common costs that sometimes come with being very popular

40are:                                                                                                                                    — Popularity brings pressure — to belong you have

to conform, being like, behaving like, and believing like

43 other members of your group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       44 — Popularity is precarious — people can vote you

in and they can vote you out, and “elections” can be held at

a moment’s notice when you accidentally offend or someone

47 “better” comes along.

— Popularity is partly unpopular — while some

people admire you, others envy you, can get jealous, and

50 want to bring you down.

— Popularity can be limiting - the more you invest

in popularity at school, the less you are likely to invest in

53 creating a social life outside school.

Most important, popularity and friendship are not

the same. Popularity is political; friendship is personal.

56 Popularity is about rank; friendship is about relationship.

Popularity is more casual; friendship is more caring.

So what is better than trying to be really popular?

59 Consider just being content with having a few close friends

you can trust, acquaintances that can be fun to be with, and

having the capacity to enjoy the pleasure of your own

62 company when you are alone.

Consider even taking time with family — that

lifelong group that will still be with you long after most of

65 these peers, who seem so important now, will have grown up

and gone their separate ways.

Carl Pickhardt, Internet: <www.psychologytoday.com> (adapted).

Using the text above as reference, answer the following items.

1 It can be inferred from the text that being part of a group is

the key to feeling secure.

2 According to the text, insecurity and fear may lead

adolescents to exhibit antisocial and cruel behavior.

3 The word “onset” (L.6) means beginning.

4 The word “This” (L.19) refers to more alienated.

5 The word “pretty” (L.25) is the antonym of ugly.

6 It can be inferred from the text that belonging to a group is

not synonymous with being happy.

7 According to the text, belonging to a group makes you

invulnerable to all other fears.

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The Use of Abbreviations in Text Messages

1 I want to do this! What’s This?              

The trend of thumb-typing text messages onto a tiny cell phone screen has given rise to a whole new system of abbreviations and altered grammar. Parents, teachers, and adults in general, do not approve it. Teachers complain

4 that students are using abbreviations in schoolwork, too. However, reality is there and many adults have come across these abbreviations without having a clue as to their meaning. To many people, the SMS-speak is intuitively simple. For others, though, learning and using the system can take some time. The following steps will help you to use and

7 understand text message abbreviations.

Step 1: Substitute single letters for words. The simplest abbreviations are the very obvious substitutions of

letters for words that have the same sound as the letter’s name. You can substitute “b” for the word “be”, “c” for

10 “see”, “n” for “in” and “y” for “why.” There are many other possible substitutions, so use your imagination to start

abbreviating SMS messages.

Step 2: Use numbers instead of words or letters. Text message senders found that numbers such as 8, 4 and

13 2 are excellent abbreviations for words and syllables. You can use the number 4 instead of “for” and the number 2

in place of “to” or “too.” The number 8 can stand in for “ate” or as parts of words, as in “18” to mean “late.”

Step 3: Try some digital speak. A few basic abbreviations are used universally for electronic

16 communications. “Lol” is a common abbreviation that stands for “laughing out loud.” “Brb,” or “be right back,” is

another frequently used abbreviation. Check out some other general abbreviations that are used by the speakers of

digital and Internet languages.

19 Step 4: Look up or translate what you don’t know. Fortunately, there are a number of online resources to

help you fill in the blanks of what you don’t know. The SMS glossary at Environmental Studies is a good place to

look up text message terms.

Internet: </www.ehow.com> (adapted).

Judge items 8 and 9 and follow directions for item 10 (type C).

8 The main idea of the text is that people should resist the temptation of using abbreviations in text messages.

9 Based on texts 1 and 2, it can be said that one of the reasons adolescents use abbreviations may be not to be considered unpopular.

10 The abbreviations which better express the phrase “I owe you one” in a text message, based on steps 1 and 2 in the text are:

A I O Y O.

B AY OH Y 1.

C I O U 1.

D IE OH U O.

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