Read the text below and
choose the correct alternative
A
new study examines drug use by young people in the
The
study found that cigarette smoking among American teenagers dropped during the
past year. The drop continues a general decrease in teenage smoking rates that
started in Nineteen-Ninety-Six.
American health officials praised the decrease
as good news in the nation's battle against smoking. They note that smoking
remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease. Smoking rates
among American teenagers increased in the first half of the Nineteen-Nineties.
However, teenage smoking rates have been decreasing in recent years.
The
The
study involved more than forty-four-thousand students in more than four-hundred
schools across the
The
youngest students questioned were thirteen years old. The study also involved
fifteen-year-old students and seventeen-year-olds.
The
most notable change in the study was a continuation of the decrease in cigarette
use among thirteen and fifteen-year-olds.
For
example, about twelve percent of thirteen-year-old students questioned reported
smoking at least one cigarette during the past month. Six years ago, the rate
was twenty-one percent. Among fifteen-year-olds, the rate dropped from thirty
percent in Nineteen-Ninety-Six to twenty-one percent last year.
Tommy Thompson is the secretary of Health and
Human Services. He praised the findings. He said more teenagers are making
correct choices that will help them avoid health problems caused by tobacco.
The
study found that use of alcoholic drinks and illegal drugs among American
teenagers remained the same or dropped during the past year. However, the use of
one illegal drug known as Ecstasy continued to increase. Yet the rate of
increase was not as great as in recent years.
American health officials said they will
continue to give teenagers scientific information about the serious health risks
of Ecstasy and other illegal drugs. The goal is to further reduce the use of
these drugs.
(George
Grow, VOA Special English Science Report,
1. The underlined words are
respectively
a. ( ) adjective/
verb
b. ( ) adjective /
noun
c. ( ) adverb / noun
d.
( ) adverb / verb
e. ( ) noun /
verb
2. The word in bold in the last
sentence of the article could be replaced by
a. ( ) boundary
b. ( ) limit
c. ( ) subjective
d. ( ) aim
e. ( ) activity
3. “He said more teenagers are making correct
choices that will help them avoid
health problems caused by tobacco.”
In sentence 3 above, the word “them” refers to: a. teenagers b. choices c. problems d. tobacco e. none
4. Select the alternative that
does not correspond to the
text. 5. Write T if the
statement is true and F if the statement is false. Gabarito
Comentado Questão 1. A alternativa correta é a letra b.
Questão 2. A alternativa correta é a letra d. Questão 3. A alternativa correta é a letra a. Questão 4. A alternativa que não está de acordo com o texto é a
letra b. Se você errou, volte ao texto e verifique
que a supervisão foi feita pela Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Questão 5. As respostas são: F; T;
T; F; T. Analisemos as respostas
incorretas. A alternativa a é falsa,
pois os jovens fizeram parte do estudo e não foram eles que conduziram o estudo
como é afirmado na alternativa a. Preste atenção ao significado do
verbo carry out = put into practice or effect.
a. ( ) The nation´s battle
against smoking has been successful.
b. ( ) The latest study on the use of drugs
was supervised by the
c. ( ) Over forty-four thousand students were
involved in the study.
d. ( ) Tommy Thompson, the secretary of HHS,
has expressed approbation of the findings.
e. ( ) Tobacco, Ecstasy and other illegal
drugs cause health problems
a. ( ) Young people in the
b. ( ) American teenagers used to smoke more
in the first half of the 1990s.
c. ( ) In the latest study students were
asked about not only past but also present use of drugs.
d. ( ) The study involved thirteen, fifteen
and seventeen-year-old students from four-hundred school across the
e. ( ) Teenagers will be kept informed by the
American health officials about the serious health risks of Ecstasy and other
illegal drugs.