Course: Ensino Médio Subject: English Teacher: Juliano

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English the Global Language
For many years now we have been referring to English as a global language, as the language of
communication and technology. Everybody seems to be learning English and it used, for example, in
education, at work and especially in the world of technological advances.
English, the global language as many would say, is the most widely spoken language by non-
natives in the world. There are 71 countries across the globe that have English as their official language,
equating to a staggering 400 million native speakers of it.
What is more, there are an estimated 600 million people who speak English as their second language.
Then there are all of the others, millions of people who learn it at school, pick it up from movies, know a
few words.
English is one of the official languages of the United Nations. It is the language of aviation. It is also the
predominant language for science, entertainment and diplomacy.

1)De acordo com o texto é correto afirmar que há no mundo ….........países que usam o inglês como
língua nativa
a) 600 countries c) 71 countries
b) 400 countries d) 67,2 countries

2)De acordo com a escala, os países com o maior e o menor número de nativos falantes em inglês são:
a) Singapore and USA c) USA and South Africa
b) Uk and Australia d) USA and Singapore

3)De acordo com o título , o inglês é

a) uma língua global c) uma língua de globalização
b) uma língua importante d) uma língua muito usada

4)De acordo com a escala, a Austrália possui...........dos nativos falantes em inglês e os USA.....
a) 5,5% e 5,8%
b) 4,5% e 67,2%
c) 4,5% e 16,9%
d) 5,8% e !6,9%

Read the book excerpt below:

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step
sisters. The step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her
step mother made Cinderella do the hardest works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot
and pan and preparing the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the other hand, did not work about the
house. […]
(http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/09/cinderella-story-clearest-example-of.html adapted)
5) This text is :
a) Narrative b) Dissertative. c) Informative. d) Descriptive

6) Qual é o assunto do texto?

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Leia o texto abaixo para responder às questões:

For 250 million children, today is a workday, not a school day. Children as young as five years old are part of the
global workforce. In factories and in fields, children work up to 15 hours a day, seven days a week. Matches, rugs,
soccer balls, leather goods, paper cups, toys, shoes, fireworks – all of these products are made by tiny hands.
Child labor is one of the worst forms of exploitation. Child workers are deprived of schooling, beaten and sexually
abused, and crippled by work-related illnesses and injuries. Children are sold to employers who pay
impoverished families for the use of their children, often to young adulthood. In Brazil, the Solidarity Center is
working with unions, government organizations, businesses, and community groups to promote worker rights,
racial equality, and social justice. The Solidarity Center is fighting child labor worldwide. Thanks to Solidarity
Center programs, more kids are staying in schools.

Vocabulary: workday:dia de trabalho ; workforce :trabalhadores ; tiny hands: mãoszinhas; child labor: trabalho
infantil ;crippled: aleijado ;racial equality: igualdade racial ; worlwide:mundo todo ;staying: ficando

7) Qual a função do “Solidarity Center” (Centro de Solidariedade) no mundo?

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8) O que o “Solidarity Center” está fazendo
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Observe a charge e responda as questões:

Vocabulary
Spend:passam
Too much time: tempo
demais
Relationship: relacionamento

9) Qual é a mensagem da charge?

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10) Quais acontecimentos comprovam a mensagem da charge?
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