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Avaliação Bimestral 8º Ano 2º Bimestre
Avaliação Bimestral 8º Ano 2º Bimestre
INGLÊS
Amazing! Over fifty years after they last played So why did the Beatles become so popular in
together (August 1969), the Beatles are still one
the sixties, and why are they still so popular
of the most popular rock groups in the world!
During the six years of their existence, they led a today?
revolution in music. Over half a century later, their They became popular because they caught the
records still sell in millions every year. spirit of a generation. Sixties teenagers were very
different from fifties teenagers; they wanted to
All over the world, teenagers know the tunes, change things, and escape from the
and often some of the words too, of the Beatles' rather dull fifties. The Beatles came along,
most famous songs. Yesterday, Penny Lane, Hey offering a new type of music, with new
Jude and When I am Sixty Four are among the instruments (electric guitars). They were not the
best known. only group, of course; but they were the best, the
most original. At first they copied rock 'n' roll
Among more recent pop groups, many big songs from America. These were not well-known
names - such as Oasis, Blur or Foo Fighters in England at the time, but it was easy to get rock
- owe a lot to the Beatles, and they say so! In 'n' roll records in Liverpool, a busy port city at the
their album the Masterplan, Oasis did a new time. Sailors brought the most popular records
version of the Beatles' song I am the Walrus. from America, and these became popular with
However there are also dozens of bands all young musicians in Liverpool. Then the Beatles
over the world which do nothing but copy the began writing their own songs - and people liked
Beatles. There is a band in England called them.
the Bootleg Beatles, a band in America called When they became popular, they did not stop
the Fab Four, a Norwegian band called Det
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doing new things; instead, they pushed back the c) Would you _____________the music? It’s too
frontiers of pop/rock music in all directions. And loud.
where they went, others followed.
Today people are still following them; and d) I'd like to _________________at Carnegie Hall
probably they will continue following for a long someday.
time to come. e) This week the band did the last ______of
their world-tour.
a) The Beatles are more popular today than ever.
( )
____________________________________ f) Lisa tried to _____________ her thoughts and
____________________________________ expression on her new _____________.
b) Oasis have recently copied a Beatles’ song. g) He was trying to be really cool, fashionable
( ) and _______________.
____________________________________
____________________________________ h) The band will _______________three studio
albums, two collaboration albums and
c) The Beatles once filled Japan’s Budokan two _____________________.
stadium. ( )
____________________________________
____________________________________
3. Read the dialogue and circle the correct
d) There is a Beatles Festival every year in the alternatives. (1,0)
USA. ( )
____________________________________ 1. I can’t stop singing that song – it’s really
____________________________________ simple / catchy!
e) Paul McCartney lived in Penny Lane when he 2. Babies often fall asleep when you sing
was a teenager. ( ) soothing / ear-splitting lullabies.
____________________________________
____________________________________ 3. The heavy metal concert was so thought-
provoking / ear-splitting, my ears really hurt
f) Penny Lane is in Liverpool. ( )
____________________________________ afterwards.
____________________________________
4. She sang in such a forgettable / high-
g) The Beatles always wrote their own songs. pitched voice that I thought our glasses would
( ) break!
____________________________________
____________________________________ 5. I don’t like boring pop music. I find it very
relaxing / bland.
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c) I had such a ___________________ day I ( ) permission
went straight to bed. (tire)
( ) ability
d) Everyone's very ____________________
( ) advice
about the news. (excite)
7. Rewrite the sentences using can´t, don´t
e) I was __________________for my piano
have to, mustn´t, must: (1,5)
classes. (motivate)
Example: It is impossible for me to come to
5. Which option is the most appropriate? the lunch.
You____________________________________
a child unsupervised.
( ) obligation
( ) prohibition
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Have a nice test!
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