8/12/2019 Teste a Opta
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Test 1
1. Choose the most suitable variant, A, B, C or D:
Most people are born with the natural ability to (0) ...
stories, but only a rare few have the
determination to become professional authors, and even fewer
have the joy of seeing theirnovels top the (1) ... of bestselling
books. ome of the world!s famous crime writers have
achieved the (") ... success of all. #ho can ($) ... the appeal
of famous detectives like herlock%olmes, Miss Marple or %ercule
&oirot' ven if you haven!t read the () ... books you will
haveseen them in films or on the *+.f you have an ambition to
become the (-) ... gatha /hristie what should you do' *he
beststarting () ... is to read lots of eamples of crime fiction
written by good authors. 2ou will needa notebook to carry around
with you or, (3) ... better, some loose (4) ... of paper that you
can
(5) ... notes on and then file into a folder. fter all, the most
everyday situation 6 for eample,watching a woman get (10) ... a
train 6 may be the (11) ... for your first bestseller.
7ike any good recipe you have to know the main (1") ... of a
successful novel. *hese are8 anoriginal story, strong characters
and a memorable setting.
1 9ueue : list / row ; line
" largest : greatest / highest ; prime$ deny : refuse / insist ;
hide
first : initial / early ; original- net : following / subse9uent
; later
spot : tip / point ; mark3 even : still / very ; so4 strips :
sheets / layers ; pieces5 complete : do / fill ; make10 out : down
/ off ; from11 notion : idea / invention ; inspiration1" parts :
ingredients / pieces ; sections
2. Fill in the gaps with one suitable word:lthough it has a
reputation for being rather basic in terms ofhome comforts, the
modern material used in the manufacture oftents means camping is
(1)... least a little less hard work.
8/12/2019 Teste a Opta
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Test 2
1. Choose the most suitable variant, A, B, C or D:
No More Classes
*he use (0) ... computers has meant students can study language
programmes (1) ... their ownspeed when and for how long they want 6
and no need to worry about the teacher having afavourite or doing
(") ... another boring lesson. #hat!s more, in the virtual
classrooms of thefuture the student will ($) ... on their headset,
and be transported into an imaginary school,
choose their class, take the books they need off the shelf and
() ... conversations with othercomputerised students.
*hey might (-) ... choose to pay a visit to the supermarket or
the train station, the bank or therestaurant. t the () ... of a
button they would be transported to (3) ... realistic settings
where
they could practice their nglish, maybe getting a hand (4) ... a
virtual nglish companion. ll thisperhaps, at the computer, from the
comfort of their home8 no (5) ... to catch the bus to college,or a
plane to ngland.citing' /ertainly, and an interesting alternative
to traditional classroom lessons. :ut would it
ever (10) ... the classroom' %opefully not. (11) ... the need to
relate to real people talking aboutreal issues and generally
learning a little more about others will always lead language
learners to(1") ... a little of their time with real people.
1 with : for / at ; in
" still : for / yet ; already
$ place : put / set ; get
take : do / catch ; hold
- although : preferably / instead ; contrary
force : hit / depress ; push
3 so : such / like ; alike
4 with : to / from ; for5 role : duty / obligation ; need
10 replace : restore / succeed ; recover
11 definitely : mainly / totally ; surely
1" spend : make / have ; do
2. Fill in the gaps with one suitable word:
Too Good to be True
ome say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in "
hours, or you may prefer totake your time and do it in - weeks.
#hat are we talking about' :elieve it (1) ... not, theseperiods (")
... time refer to language learning courses that promise ecellent
results in less time($) ... it takes to say !:onjour!=
%owever, the advertisements of these companies are not
necessarily () ... best guide and if youdon!t know what to look for
in a good course you could ...(-) left with little more than a
large bill.
complaint was recently made to a consumer rights group against
#hi>>7earn ystems, alanguage school chain, and the company
has ? () forced to remove its claim that its techni9ue isten times
better than any (3) ... method. *he Managing ;irector of
#hi>7earn ystems [email protected] we still believe our claim is
true, we (4) ? willing to change our advert. :ut the factremains,
if you spend $ hours (5) ... day for - weeks on our language course
you will soon bespeaking the language. #hat we should (10) ... done
was to make this clearer (11) ... the advert.*hen we wouldn!t (1")
... had these annoying complaints@.
3. Put the verbs in bra!ets into the orret verb tense:
