Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the discontented mole. Why wasn't she happy, huh? Let's get to know the story of this mole? To do this, read the text carefully! Then be sure to answer the interpretive questions!
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Carefully read the text. Then answer the interpretive questions:
A family of moles lived underground, in their dark lair. There, no sunlight penetrated, but these animals were safe from their enemies. However, the eldest son of the family, who was restless and adventurous, was not happy with his luck. I wanted to see the countryside and the woods in broad daylight.
"I don't advise you to do it!" warned his father. — Your eyes are not prepared by Nature to resist sunlight. If you go outside, you will go blind!
These were very convincing words, which caused the young man to hesitate. Even so, he didn't give up and decided to manufacture some glasses with thick, frosted lenses, with which he could challenge the dazzling brightness of the sun. Once equipped with such a powerful protective instrument, he went out to the surface of the earth, determined to explore the world that stretched out into the open.
However, he saw everything very dark and sad with his frosted glasses. He missed his underworld. Frustrated, he went down to his lair.
— Bah! It's not worth climbing. he commented. “It's all so dismal!
His father smiled when he heard him, knowing the cause of what had happened, but he said nothing. He wanted his son to learn the lesson and conform to the way of life that Nature offered him, without envying other animals.
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Question 1 - In the passage "There the sunlight did not penetrate, but these animals were safe from their enemies.”, the highlighted term refers to what place?
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Question 2 - According to the narrator, the words that the father addressed to the son “caused a certain hesitation in the young man”. What does “hesitation” mean?
( ) It means “anger”.
( ) Means “doubt”.
( ) Means “dismay”.
Question 3 - According to the story, the eldest son of the mole family “felt longing for his underground world” when:
( ) “decided to manufacture some glasses with frosted and thick lenses”.
( ) “went to the surface of the earth, determined to explore the world”.
( ) “he saw everything very dark and sad with his frosted glasses”.
Question 4 – In the phrase "Frustrated, he went down to his den.", the verb expresses:
( ) an action of the child.
( ) a state of the child.
( ) a characteristic of the child.
Question 5 - In “— Bah! It's not worth going up.”, the dash:
( ) announces the child's speech.
( ) marks the beginning of the child's speech.
( ) indicates an interruption in the child's speech.
Question 6 – In the excerpt “It's all So dismal!”, the underlined word was used for:
( ) to define.
( ) intensify.
( ) complementary.
Question 7 – In the segment "Your father smiled when I heard you, because I knew the cause of what had happened […]", the underlined part expresses:
( ) the reason why the father smiled when listening to his son.
( ) the purpose of the father having smiled when listening to the child.
( ) the consequence of the father having smiled when listening to the child.
Question 8 – In “I wish your child would learn the lesson and conform to the way of life that Nature offered him, without envying other animals.”, the narrator reveals:
( ) the father's order.
( ) the father's wish.
( ) the father's doubt.
Question 9 – Identify the purpose of the story "The Discontented Mole":
( ) make people reflect.
( ) disclose something.
( ) report a fact.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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