Fanfiction From on-line shopping to chatting with someone, surfing the Net and discovering the world or playing solitaire, people nowadays spend more and more time in front of a computer
Trang 1QUESTÃO 01 (Descritor: marque as sentenças com base no texto)
Assunto: Reading Comprehension
Read text bellow and mark the statements true (T) or false (F) (10 pts)
Fanfiction
From on-line shopping to chatting with
someone, surfing the Net and discovering the
world or playing solitaire, people nowadays
spend more and more time in front of a
computer screen And note that this tendency is
on the increase Take for example a trend that
has gained a large following among a class of
Internet surfers: fanfiction.
Do you know what fanfiction is? Literally, it is a work of fiction made up by a fan In fanfiction, the whole “game” consists in giving a personal and creative touch to a character or to the plot of a story, which is in general very well-know You certainly know the feeling one has at the end of a novel or a cartoon: “Why hasn´t the story finished in some other way?”; “I could have done better here …”
or “if I ever write a cartoon story like this, it will not have such a boring script.” Well, if you think your story ending is far better than the original, then you must join the “fanfiction club”
It has been some time now that fanfiction is part of the interaction with computers, and it works more or less like this: you “steal” a character for yourself and do with it whatever you wish It could seem silly at first sight However, the plots created by fanfiction writers for fictional heroes are funny, crazy and unusual Stories have been created for Spiderman, the Simpsons, Captain Marvel, and many others By far, the most common stories are the
ones about science fiction Star wars is champion in popularity Have you ever
tried to give somebody else´s story your personal touch?
Vocabulary:
to play solitaire: jogar paciência
to make up: inventor, criar
such a boring script: um enredo tão chato
at first sight: a princípio, à primeira vista
by far: de longe, disparado
creat: criar
1. The cartoons created by fans are unusual
a. true b false
2. In fanfiction, the fan writer gives a personal touch to the story
a. true b false
3. The most common stories in fanfiction are love stories
a. true b false
Trang 24. In fanfiction, characters always ‘’steal’’ something.
a. true b.false
5. Fanfiction has gained a large following among young people
a. true b false
6. Literally, fanfiction means ‘’fiction created by a fan’’.
a. true b false
Questão 2: (Descritor: julgar as frases de acordo com o texto.)
Assunto: Grammar
Mark the statements true (T) or false (F) according to the text (10 pts)
1. The phrase: “I could have done better here …” can be replacing by can.
a. true b false
2. The world trend means in the text: “tendency or fashion.”
a. true b false
3. In the phrase: “you “steal” a character for yourself and do with it
whatever you wish.” The pronoun it can be replacing by fanfiction.
a. true b false
4. The world: writers and stories are in plural.
a. true b false
Questão 3: (Descritor: Coloque a frase do cartoon na forma afirmativa)
Assunto: Grammar
Put the phrase of the cartoon in affirmative form (10 pts)
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Questão 4: (Descritor: Reescreva as sentenças usando o CAN)
Trang 3Assunto: Grammar
Rephrase each the sentences by using can: (20 pts)
Ex: You are able to read this exam in English.
You can read this exam in English
1. John is able to draw hilarious cartoon characters.
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2. I am not able to carry this heavy.
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3. Are you able to dance?
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4. They will not able to arrive at the church in the time for the ceremony.
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5. I am able to speak English with my friends.
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