activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the Canoe World Cup. Brazil had four athletes classified to the K1 semifinals (kayak for one person)! Are we going to know more about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Disputes for places in the final and fight for a medal will take place on Saturday (30)
Brazil had four athletes classified to the K1 semifinals (kayak for one person) at the Canoe Slalom World Championship, held in Augsburg (Germany). This Thursday (28), Ana Sátila and Omira Estácia advanced in the women's tournament and Mathieu Desnos (French naturalized Brazilian) and Pepê Gonçalves continued in the men's fight.
The semifinals start at 4:03 am (Brasília time) on Saturday (30). The prediction is that the finals will take place three hours later. Earlier, on Friday (29), Kauã da Silva competed in the C1 qualifiers (canoe for one person), starting at 5:13 am. The races are broadcast live on the International Canoe Federation (ICF) channel.
In the first descent of this Thursday's women's elimination, Ana had the 26th time (107s13) and Omira was the 59th (166s89). As only the top 20 advanced directly to the semifinals, the Brazilians had to go down again, having to reach the top ten. Both improved their respective times, with Omira setting the seventh mark (104s01), followed by Ana (104s07).
In the men's category, Mathieu set the 20th time of the first descent (91s13), getting a direct spot in the semifinals. Pepê, who had just recovered from covid-19, was only 51st (98s67), but came back on top in the new attempt, passing with the seventh mark (90s77). Another Brazilian representative of the race, Guilherme Rodrigues was the 68th (105s74) in the first descent and the 53rd (146s69) on Monday after taking a 50 second penalty on one of the gates he needed to dodge.
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Question 1 – The text above is:
( ) A tale.
( ) a notice.
( ) a review.
Question 2 – Read back:
“Disputes for places in the final and fight for a medal will take place on Saturday (30)”
What ending does the text refer to?
Question 3 – In “[…] Kauã da Silva competes in the C1 qualifiers (canoe for one person), from 5:13 am.”, the segment in parentheses is:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
( ) an example.
Question 4 – The excerpt “The races are broadcast live on the International Canoe Federation (ICF) channel.” works like:
( ) an alert.
( ) an invitation.
( ) an advice.
Question 5 – Watch:
“As only the top 20 advanced straight to the semifinals, the Brazilians had to go down again, having to reach the top ten.”
The highlighted fact is:
( ) the cause of another.
( ) the purpose of another.
( ) the consequence of another.
Question 6 – In "Both their times improved […]”, the underlined term resumes:
Question 7 – Identify the Brazilian athlete who, according to the text, “came back on the new attempt, passing with the seventh mark (90s77)”:
( ) Pepe.
( ) Mathieu.
( ) Guilherme Rodrigues.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
