Hangar 5

SHIS QI05 Área Especial Lote D

Lago Sul Brasília DF 71615-540
Tel 61 3364 2331
www.sarawalker.com.br
paulokol@uol.com.br
sara@sarawalker.com.br

Placement Test for the 9-week course for CACD 2017

Please complete the following form

Student Profile
 All students should completend return this profile form and register online.
 If you have not studied with us before, please complete the placement test below on page 3 and email
it to sara@sarawalker.com.br as a Word file.

The Course your preferences

Part 1 Intensive preparation for TPS [Week beginning 24/07 to week ending 11/08]

Would you like to do this part of the course face-to-face _____ online _____ Not at all _____

If face-to-face
What time of day would you prefer to study? Morning ___ Afternoon: ___ Evening: ____ Any:____

Please note that if things go badly wrong for you in Phase 1 -TPS you will be able to cancel without making the
second payment.

Part 2 Intensive preparation for Phase 2 English [from TPS to Phase 2 on 01/10
[Please do this face-to-face if possible- there is a long waiting list for our Distance Learning groups]

What time of day would you prefer to study? Morning ___ Afternoon: ___ Evening: ____ Any:____

Personal information

Name:

Date of Birth:

Address :

City: UF: CEP:

Telephone numbers Mobile phone

Email address[es]:

Have you tried CACD before? Which year[s]?

Did you pass Phase 1-TPS ? If you reached Phase 3, what was your English mark?

University, course(s) and date(s) of graduation (e.g. UnB, International Relations, 2008)

Current job or occupation:

English studies: when, where and how did you learn English? (Name the courses and the length of time/
dates when you studied there)
Years (from.... to.....) English course e.g. Cultura Inglesa / Level studied
Casa Thomas Jefferson (etc) + city

How do you rate your present level of English

Advanced/ Very Reasonable/ Was good, now Basic/ intermediate
good good rather rusty
Listen
Speak
Read
Write

Have you spent any time in an English-speaking country? If so, describe your experiences.

Have you used English professionally? If so, how?

Do you hold any of the following international certificates?

Examining board Test Date & grade [if known]

Cambridge FCE
CAE
CPE
Michigan ECPE

Have you taken either of these exams? If so note the date and your score, if known
TOEFL [which version? IBT/ CBT/ PBT]
IELTS

How did you hear about our courses?

Have you taken any other courses with us? If so which course(s)?

When (which year)?

Placement test
Please read this message and check the box before you continue:
 The purpose of this test is to check up on your own level of English. Please complete
the test honestly.
*Do not use any aids other than a dictionary
*Do not consult other people.
We reserve the right to cancel the registration of anyone whose English is clearly
weaker than the level of their placement test.
I accept these conditions X

Part 1 Translation ( Maximum 45 minutes - you may use a dictionary if you want.)
Translate into English the text below ]slightly adapted from A ONU aos setenta: reforma do Conselho de
Segurança (apontamentos para um livro de memórias Celso Amorim.

Durante os quatro anos em que servi como representante permanente do Brasil junto às
Nações Unidas, em Nova Iorque, minha rotina diária implicava quase sempre deslocamentos
à sede da Organização. Normalmente, [...] tomava a escada rolante que conduzia ao segundo
andar, onde ficam as mais importantes salas de reuniões.

Na subida, ia contemplando o mural “Guerra” do nosso grande artista Candido Portinari, que
ali fora colocado na década de cinquenta. Ao final da sessão, fazia o percurso inverso: ao
descer pela escada rolante, gêmea da anterior, tinha à minha frente o outro componente do
par pintado por Portinari: o mural “Paz”.

Somente anos mais tarde, vim a me dar conta plenamente da simbologia contida na maneira
como ambas as pinturas haviam sido dispostas. Nosso artista significava a “todos que ali
entravam” – para parafrasear Dante – que eles traziam consigo conflitos e, potencialmente, os
“horrores da guerra”. Mas à saída, após discussões, que poderiam parecer infindáveis ou
frustrantes, esses homens e mulheres deveriam levar consigo a paz ou a esperança dela.

Part 2 Composition (Maximum l hour)

Plan and write a composition of around 250 words on topic below.

“The UN is our greatest hope for future peace.” Eleanor Roosevelt. Discuss this idea in relation
to some of the successes and failures of the United Nations since it was founded.