Ano Letivo: 2012/2013 Janeiro

ESCOLA SECUNDRIA DE ALMEIDA GARRETT Durao da Prova: 90 minutos 11 ano - INGLS 7

St. B I A. Scan the text and find evidence for the following statements: 1. . The United States is the fattest nation on earth. Sixty-five per cent of American adults are overweight 2. Kids are starting to clock in as obese as early as the age of two. 3. Scott had been doing Bozo the clown on local television. 4. "It was an inexpensive, imaginative way of getting your name before the public and building a reputation to offset the image of selling 15-cent hamburgers. It was probably 99 per cent commercial B. Find synonyms or equivalents for the following words taken from the text (paragraphs 5,6,7) 1. FRANCHISEE 3. GRUB 2. LURE 4. OFFSET C. What do the following words refer to? 1. OBESITY RATES IN AMERICAN CHILDREN 2. CHILDRENS 3. WILLLARD SCOTTS 4. ICON

D. Read the first and second paragraphs again and explain the meaning of the following expressions. 1. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE BUY EVERYTHING FOR NO REASON HAS BECOME SO COMMON THAT ITS ALMOST LIKE AN EPIDEMIC, I.E., A DISEASE WHICH IS CONTAGIOUS AND THEREFORE AFFECTS EVERYONE. 2. IT REFERS TO THE BEGINNING, THE MOMENT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY BECAME OBESE. E. Answer the following questions. Use your own words. ideas to be expressed: - he understood youngsters were his target market and so brought in attractions, like Ronald the clown; - he realized that McDonalds couldnt be represented by someone fat/obese and so Ronald the clown is quite thin and cant be seen eating; - he also grasped the need to promote McDonalds as a healthy family restaurant, and as a company that worries about poor people. II. Vocabulary A. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. Companies consumers concept competitors' brands marketers barometer study III A. Fill in the gaps with the right verb form. conducted was c1aimed felt found had indicated had become B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Rewrite the sentences as requested. Keep the meaning. Use the grammar studied in class. My neighbour must suffer from compulsive shopping disorder. He mustnt use the mobile phone to do online shopping. Though he is going through a difficult financial situation, Patrick didnt refrain from buying the latest technology gadgets. It was claimed that consumerism was a disease. Consumerism was claimed to have been a disease If the bank had known the extent of his financial situation, they wouldnt have given him the loan. Shopping binges can be triggered among those who are not compulsive the rest of the year by holiday seasons If the Americans hadnt bought tons of things daily, they wouldnt have been considered the worst at overconsumption.