Question

Assunto: Reading Strategies

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Why learn English ?

Because English is the most important international language in the world. Some fact prove that : English is the international language of air and sea travels, of computing, of pop music, of politics, science and medicine, sports TV and films. The world today is very small place. Communication and travel are extremely quick. Think of jet planes , satellite TV, telephones, telex and fax, for example. Because of this, we need a common language, and this language is English. English is the first language in : Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, The United Kingdom, and The United States of America. And it is official second language in many other countries like India, Nigeria, South Africa, and Israel.

English is slowly becoming more than one language ; because in every country it is spoken there are differences in some vocabulary words, in some grammatical structures in every country that speaks it.



Exercise

Choose the correct alternative to the questions.

01) What is the text “Why learn english?” about?

a) It’s about how hard may be the process to learn English.

b) It´s about the importance of learning English.

c) All the previous answers are correct.

d) None of the previous answers.

02) Based on the previous text, choose the right sequence of the following affirmations about the previous text.

____ English is an international language.

____ English is the international language of science and medicine.

____ The world needs a common language to communicate today.



a) True , true, true

b) True, false, true

c) False, true, false

d) False, false, false



03) Based on the previous text, choose the right sequence of the following affirmations about the previous text.

____ English is the official second language in some countries.

____ The vocabulary of English is not the same in every country.

____ English is the international language of pop music and films.



a) False, false, false

b) True, true, false

c) False, True, True

d) True, true, true



04) English is the official first language in all the following countries, except:

a) New Zeland

b) Bahamas

c) Ireland

d) South Africa

05) Choose the alternative which words are not cognates (transparent words):

a) some, country, travel

b) music, important, official

c) All the previous answers are correct.

d) None of the previous answers.



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Answer 1

1) B. "É sobre a importância de aprender inglês." - Tradução.

2) True, False, True, B.

3) True, True, False. B.

4) South Africa, D.

5) Music, Important, Official.

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