Activity of text interpretation, aimed at ninth grade students, with various questions. In Memories of the past, the author Rosicler Martins Rodrigues takes us to the city of São Paulo, in 1900. She remembers the time of trains that gave off sparks through the chimney; of gas lamps… Until electricity arrived… And from then on, many changes took place… Are we going to embark on this journey that takes us to the past and brings us back to the present? So, you are invited to read the text and then answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
I was born in Italy and came to Brazil as a child. My father was a farmer and worked hard on the coffee farms. He earned little, but, with a lot of savings, he managed to save money and we moved to the city of São Paulo, in 1900. It was a thrill to travel on that train that sent sparks down the chimney!
We went to live in a small house, but the yard was huge. There was a vegetable garden; hen house; clay oven for making bread and pizza; two goats and a pig.
In the afternoon, we played in the street. You didn't even have to look around, because there were no cars at that time. To get from one place to another, just on foot, on horseback or in donkey-drawn trams.
When it got dark, he passed the lamplighter, carrying a long stick with a fire at the end, and with it he lit the gas burners on the poles. When electricity came, a lot changed. Gas lamps were replaced by electric bulbs. The radio arrived and the whole family was listening to the news and soap operas. Cinema also arrived, which, at that time, had an image but no sound. The inauguration of the electric trams was a thrill. Everyone went to see. He passed down the slope, and the kids were running after...
On the weekend, the favorite entertainment was football. It was the English who brought this sport to Brazil and everyone liked it. Each neighborhood had its team and many soccer fields. The rivers were so clean that we swam in them and had swimming competitions.
The first cars were a sensation. In the beginning there were few, but they grew and took over the city. The smells and noises have changed.
The city was changing faster and faster and so did our lives. The news arrived: aluminum pans, refrigerator, blender, vacuum cleaner, gas stove, plastic objects, nylon clothes and, finally, the best news – television. But those who were poor were only able to buy these things after they began to be manufactured in Brazil.
São Paulo has been growing non-stop. They say it is the fastest growing city in the world, and this was a source of great pride for the people of São Paulo. […]
Rosicler Martins Rodrigues. Brazilian cities: past and present. São Paulo: Modern, 1992.
Question 1 - Identify the author's objective when writing the text “Memories of the past”:
a) highlight the need for electricity.
b) criticize the unbridled growth of the city of São Paulo.
c) convince people to visit the city of São Paulo.
d) establish a comparison between the past and present of the city of São Paulo.
Question 2 - Mark the passage in which the author expresses a feeling in relation to the fact narrated in the text:
a) "It was a thrill to travel on that train that was sending sparks down the chimney!"
b) “When electricity came, a lot changed.”
c) "The radio arrived and the whole family was listening to the news and soap operas."
d) “São Paulo has been growing without stopping.”
Question 3 - In the segment “My father was a farmer and worked hard on the coffee farms.”, the term “hard” expresses:
a) the time the author's father worked.
b) the way the author's father worked.
c) the place where the author's father worked.
d) the intensity with which the author's father worked.
Question 4 – In the sentence "won little, but with a lot of economy, got add money […]”, the underlined verbs have as subject:
A.
Question 5 - In the period “We went to live in a small house, but the yard was huge.”, the conjunction “but” indicates:
a) one fact that justifies the other.
b) one fact that compensates for the other.
c) one fact that complements the other.
d) a fact that is a consequence of the other.
Question 6 – In the prayer “In the afternoon, we played in the street.”, the verb “played” points to an event:
a) apparent in the childhood of the author of the text.
b) continuous in the childhood of the author of the text.
c) hypothetical childhood of the author of the text.
d) sporadic in the childhood of the author of the text.
Question 7 – “Everyone went to see”. What does the author refer to?
a) for gas lamps to be replaced by electric lamps.
b) radio news and soap operas.
c) to the cinema that had an image but no sound.
d) the inauguration of electric trams.
Question 8 – In the segment “In the beginning there were few, but they grew and took over the city.”, the word “few” returns:
a) "The gas lamps"
b) "electric trams"
c) "the rivers"
d) "the cars"
Question 9 – In the period “You didn't even have to look around, because there were no cars at that time.”, the word “because” has the meaning of:
a) however
b) because
c) but also
d) though
Question 10 – In “News arrived: aluminum pans, refrigerator, blender, vacuum cleaner […]”, the commas separate:
a) bets.
b) interspersed prayers.
c) coordinated elements.
d) coordinated prayer.
Question 11 – “To get from one place to another, just on foot, on horseback or in donkey-drawn trams”. Explain the absence of the crasis before the words that indicate the means of locomotion:
A.
Question 12 – In the construction of the text, the author uses a language:
a) scientific
b) literary
c) didactic
d) journalistic
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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