This document contains an English language test for 7th form students in Portugal. The test examines students' comprehension of a passage describing a typical school day for students in the United States. The passage details American students' morning routines of taking the bus, walking, or being driven to school. It describes stopping at lockers, having an advisor meeting, and attending four class periods before splitting for two lunch periods. Students have various elective classes that last almost an hour each. The test contains multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions testing comprehension of details in the passage such as transportation to school, lunch schedules, and classroom activities.

1. Escola E. B. 2, 3 de Lamaçães
Test of English
7th Form (level 3) – Teste Adaptado
5Name:____________________________________________________Nr:____Class: ___
November 2009
Read the following text carefully.
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A School day in the USA
A day at a Junior High in the USA
Each morning we either ride the school bus, walk or have our parents drive us. We get to
school and go to our lockers and talk to our friends before our A/A (Advisor/ Advisee)
meeting. This is a meeting with an older student where we can ask advice on anything from
15our homework to family problems. Then we go to our first period class. We then have four
minutes to get to our next period class. After that we go to 3 rd and then 4th . Then, half the
school goes to first lunch and the other half goes to fifth period. Then the fifth period people
go to second lunch.
Our lockers are pretty big, we can fit our books, our coats and clothes, our lunch and
20everything we need to store somewhere. At lunchtime we eat and we talk to our friends or
play basketball in the gym. The gym is usually crowded. The computer room is also usually
full. Classes are almost an hour each. We have many different classes. Here are some of
them: Social Studies, PE, Maths, Health, Science and Literature.
Abridged and adapted
25I _ Say whether the sentences are true or false.
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1 _ In the USA all students go to school by bus.
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2 _ Their advisor is a teacher.
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303 _ All students have lunch at the same time.
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4 _ Each class takes sixty minutes.
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35I. A _ Match the words/ expressions on the left with their meanings on the right.
1 _ ride (line 2)
2 _ lockers (line 3)
3 _ fit (line 9)
404 _ crowded (line 11)
a) put in
b) drive
c) small closet
d) with lots of students

2. I.B_ Find these words in the text and match them with the definitions (a-f)
1 _ drive us …
2 _ get to …
53 _ pretty …
4 _ store …
5 _ quiet…
a) enough
b) put in a safe place
c) calm
d) take us by car
e) arrive
II _ Choose the right option to complete the ideas from the text.
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1 _ The older students help the younger ones…
a) when they have problems
2 _ After lunch they…..
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a) go home
b) with lunch
b) talk to their friends
II.A_ Answer the following questions. Use your words and write complete sentences.
1 _ What do American students usually do when they arrive at school?
202 _ Where do they have lunch?
3 _ Where can they spend their free time at school?
4 _ Why do some students do their homework in the library?
5 _ Why do some students stay longer hours at school?
III _ Fill in the gaps with ‘can’, ‘can’t’, ‘must’ or ‘mustn’t’.
251 _ In USA students_________ go to school by car, bus, or on foot.
2 _ They_____________ have dinner at the same time because they are too many.
IV. A _ Fill in the gaps using the present simple or the present continuous
30appropriately.
1 _ We usually __________ (have) English at ten but today we __________ ( visit) the
school library.
2 _ I _________ (go) to Sandra’s birthday party tonight.
353 _ John ________ (be) very happy because his mother ____________ (give) him a laptop
next month.
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3. IV.B _ Look at Susan’s diary and write sentences about her plans for next weekend.
Afternoon
Evening
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Study Portuguese
Go to the cinema
Sunday
Meet her friends
Watch TV
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52 _ ______________________________________________________________________
3 _ ______________________________________________________________________
4 _ ______________________________________________________________________
V _ Write a short text about your school life. (40 - 50 words)
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Good Work :))
Your teacher,
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Manuela Peixoto