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The Butterfly and the Cocoon
When the caterpillar, turned chrysalis, has practically completed its transformation into a lepidopteran, it only has to pass a test to become a true butterfly. It must be able to break the cocoon in which the transformation took place, in order to free itself from it and begin its flight.
If the caterpillar wove its cocoon little by little, progressively, the future butterfly, on the other hand, cannot free itself from it in the same way, proceeding progressively. This time he must muster enough strength in his wings to be able to break his silk collar in one swoop.
It is precisely thanks to this latest test and the strength it requires the butterfly to accumulate in its young wings, that it develops the muscles it will need later to fly.
Anyone who ignores this important fact and, imagining 'helping' a butterfly to be born, breaks the cocoon in its place, will witness the birth of a lepidopteran that is totally incapable of flight. This one will not have been able to use the resistance of her silky prison to build the strength she would need to launch herself continually into heaven.
TEXT 2:
the butterfly lesson
One day, a small opening appeared in a cocoon and a man watched the butterfly's effort to make his body pass through there and gain freedom. For a moment she stopped, looking like she had lost the strength to continue. So, the man decided to help and, with scissors, gently cut the cocoon. The butterfly came out easily. But, her body was small and had crumpled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that at any moment its wings would open and it would fly away.
None of that happened. The butterfly lay there crawling, its body withered and its wings shrunken, and it was never able to fly! The man, who in his kindness and willingness to help, did not understand that the tight cocoon and the effort were necessary for the butterfly to overcome this barrier. It was nature's challenge to keep her alive. Her body would strengthen and she would be ready to fly as soon as she freed herself from the cocoon.
Sometimes effort is all we need in life. If God allowed us to go through life without obstacles, we would not be like we are today. Strength comes from difficulties, wisdom, from problems we have to solve. Prosperity, brain and muscle to work. Courage comes from the danger to overcome and, sometimes, we ask ourselves: “I didn't receive anything I asked God for”. But actually, we get everything we need. And we don't even notice.
1. Is there a relationship between the two texts? Explain.
2. Text 1 is a scientific text. ( ) agree ( ) disagree
What makes you affirm and agree with this? Remove the supporting arguments from the text. If you disagree, also present the arguments taken from the text.
3. The text speaks of the transformation of the butterfly. Scientifically, what is this process called?
4. The author uses the text to guide the transformation process. What's the big lesson he wants to teach you with the text?
5. Now, let's look at text 2. It is a chronicle. ( ) agree ( ) disagree
Why is the text a chronicle? Explain and justify with arguments from the text itself. If you disagree, do the same.
6. What made the man decide to help the butterfly?
7. What was man's great expectation in relation to the butterfly?
8. Did the expectation happen? Justify.
9. What did the man lack so that he could understand the process?
10. As in the previous text, the big lesson is in the last paragraph. Let's review it:
The strength comes…………………..
Wisdom comes………………..
Prosperity comes…………………..
Courage comes……………………
Explain with your words the message of the text.
1- Yes. Both texts talk about the process of transforming a caterpillar into a butterfly.
2 (x) I agree
It is agreed that the text provides information on a subject of biology. This is proven by the elements of this area: use of scientific language (lepidopteran), explanation of the metamorphosis process and the warning message for the preservation of a species.
3- Metamorphosis.
4- We cannot interfere in metamorphosis.
5 (x) I agree
The text is a chronicle because it narrates an everyday fact, possible in reality, that is, a man observing an insect and interfering in its actions. The text is short, with simple language. In this case, it is a reflective chronicle, one that intends to tell the story, leading the reader to reflect, as we see in the last paragraph.
6- Decided to help because it seemed that the butterfly had lost the strength to continue on its own
7- The man had the great expectation that the butterfly would fly.
8- No. The butterfly was left crawling, deformed, totally unable to fly.
9- He lacked patience, for he could have waited longer; wisdom, scientific knowledge, information…
10- Strength comes from the obstacles we face.
Wisdom comes from the problems we solve.
Prosperity comes from the brain and muscles to work.
Courage comes from danger to overcome.
The text intends to show that we must face the difficulties to become stronger, without running away or looking for shortcuts. Every challenge is necessary for our growth and helps to transform us into better people.
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Luis Fernando Verissimo
He was a highly respected dentist. In her early forties, a daughter nearing college. A serious man, sober, without surprising opinions, but with a solid reputation as a professional and citizen. One day, he showed up at home with a fake nose. After the fright, the woman and daughter smiled with feigned tolerance. He was one of those rubber noses with black-rimmed glasses, eyebrows and mustaches. He sat at the lunch table – he always ate lunch at home – with his usual straightness, quiet and somewhat distracted. But with a fake nose.
- What is it? asked the woman, smiling less.
- This what?
– That nose.
– Ah, I saw it in a shop window, I went in and bought it.
– Soon you, daddy…
After lunch he went to lie back on the sofa in the living room as he did every day. The woman grew impatient.
– Take that thing off.
- Because?
– Jokes have time.
– But this is no joke.
She napped her rubber nose up. After half an hour, she got up and headed for the door. The woman asked:
– Where are you going?
– How, where am I going? I'm going back to the office.
– But with that nose?
“I don't understand you,” he said, looking at her reproachfully through the lensless rims. – If it was a new tie, you wouldn't say anything. Just because it's a nose…
– Think of the neighbors, think of the customers.
Customers really didn't understand the rubber nose. They laughed, asked questions, but ended the consultation intrigued and left the office with doubts.
– Has he lost his mind?
– I don't know – replied the receptionist, who had worked with him for 15 years. – I've never seen him like this.
That night, he took his shower, as he always did before bed. Then he put on his pajamas and a false nose and went to bed.
– Are you going to wear this nose in bed? asked the woman.
- I will. In fact, I'm not taking that nose anymore.
- But why?
- Why not?
She fell asleep right away. The woman spent half the night looking at the rubber nose. At dawn he began to cry softly. He had gone mad. That was it. It was all over. A brilliant career, a reputation, a name, a perfect family, all traded for a false nose.
- Dad…
- Yes, daughter.
- We can talk?
- Of course.
– It's about that nose of yours…
– My nose again? But do you just think about it?
– Dad, how are we not going to think? Suddenly, a man like you decides to walk with a false nose and doesn't want anyone to notice?
- The nose is mine and I will continue to use it.
– But why, daddy? Don't you realize you've become the clown in the building? I can't face the neighbors anymore, out of shame. Mom doesn't have a social life anymore.
– There's no reason you don't want to…
– How is she going to go out on the street with a man with a false nose?
– But I'm not “a man”. It's me. Her husband. Her father. I'm still the same man. A rubber nose makes no difference.
– If it doesn't make any difference, then why use it?
- But but…
- My daughter…
- He arrives! I do not wanna talk anymore. You are no longer my father.
The wife and daughter left the house. He lost all customers. The receptionist resigned as she didn't know what to expect from a man who wore a false nose. She avoided approaching him. Your resignation was sent in the mail. His closest friends, in a last-ditch attempt to save his reputation, convinced him to see a psychiatrist.
– You will agree – said the psychiatrist after concluding that there was nothing wrong with him – that his behavior is a little strange…
– Strange is the behavior of others! - he said. – I'm still the same. Ninety-two percent of my body remains what it was before. I haven't changed the way I dress, think, or behave. I'm still a great dentist, a good husband, father, taxpayer, Fluminense partner, everything as before. But people reject everything else around me from this nose. A simple rubber nose. You mean I'm not me, I'm my nose?
– Yeah… – said the psychiatrist. – maybe you're right…
What do you think, reader? He's right? In any case, he didn't give up. Still wearing a false nose. Because now it's no longer a question of the nose. Now it's a matter of principle.
1) Does the text have characteristics that are part of which narrative genre?
2) The text discusses various aspects of modern social life; however, one of them stands out. Which of the following words translates the central subject of the text?
a) fashion b) behavior c) marriage d) beauty
Because?
3) When does the good-humored behavior of mother and daughter begin to change?
4) "A brilliant career, a reputation, a name, a perfect family." Does this fragment demonstrate the dentist's feelings and desires as a person or the social role played by the dentist? Justify.
5) According to the text, what is most important to society: what the individual really is or what he/she appears to be?
6) Write about how people reacted when the dentist insisted on using their nose.
7) In general, as happened in the case of the dentist, it can be said that society reserves a single destiny for all those who dare to be different. What is this fate?
8) What arguments does the dentist make against the psychiatrist's opinion about his behavior?
9) At the end of the chronicle, the narrator states that the dentist continues to use his nose: “Because now it is no longer a question of the nose. Now it's a matter of principle.” What is the difference between a question of nose and a question of principle?
10) Answer the question asked by the narrator in the last paragraph.
1- Chronicle.
2-b
Because it portrays the way people act in certain situations.
3- When the dentist sits at the table using a false nose.
4- It only shows the social role played by him, that is, the image that society designates as being correct and expected: professional success, status, family...
5- What he appears to be; The appearance.
6- The wife and daughter left the house; customers no longer sought him out; the receptionist resigned and his closest friends convinced him to see a psychiatrist.
7- Exclusion, isolation.
8- He argues that he remains the same, others have changed. He cites examples and, finally, asks “You mean I'm not me, I'm my nose?”.
9- question of nose means a matter of play; matter of principle means a matter of character. It means that using a false nose is no longer something unimportant, something done on a momentary impulse, to become a determination.
10- Personal response.
“I was with a boy a few times and then I couldn't forget about him. He makes me confused because sometimes he makes me think he likes me. Sometimes he doesn't call, doesn't look at me and hits on other girls, which makes me very sad. What do I do to not get hurt?” (Laís – 13 years old).
Source: BELTRÃO, E.; FATTY, T. Dialogue: Portuguese language. 2009
(A) provides an informality effect
(B) provides a formality effect
(C) provides a fancy language effect.
(D) provides a funny effect.
(A) […] then I couldn't forget it.
(B) […] don't look at me […]
(C) Other times he doesn't call.
(D) It makes me confused […]
(A) To the term “after”.
(B) To the term "Laís".
(C) To the term “I stayed”.
(D) To the term “boy”.
“I'm 13 years old and I think I've found the boy of my dreams. He studies at my school, but he doesn't seem to want anything to do with me. And now, what do I do to make him look at me? I'm told he likes another girl. (M.A.S. Belo Horizonte, MG).
Source: BELTRÃO, E.; FATTY, T. Dialogue: Portuguese language. 2009
(A) refers to "school"
(B) refers to "M.A.S.
(C) refers to "the boy of my dreams"
(D) refers to "dreams"
(A) refers to "the boy of my dreams"
(B) refers to "M.A.S"
(C) refers to "girl"
(D) refers to "school"
(A) have fun - fun / understand - understanding
(B) fun – fun / understand – understanding
(C) have fun – fun / understand – understanding
(D) have fun - fun / understand - understanding
(A) hold - hold / contain - contain
(B) hold - hold / contain - contain
(C) hold - hold / contain - contain
(D) hold - hold / contain - contain
In the severe drought in our Northeast
The sun is hotter and the sky bluer
And the people finding themselves groundless and undressed
Travels in search of southern lands
But when it rains everything is laughter and party
Field and forest promise plenty
Joyful and low notes are heard
From the songs of birds praising nature
The guan happily flutters and laughs
Whistle the nambo and moan the juriti
And the breeze rustles through the greens
Kissing the primes of my Cariri
At nights we notice the eternal graces
In the beautiful lanterns of a thousand fireflies
In the forest canopy the branches cradle
And the flowers give off soft scents
If the day dawns, new joy comes
We appreciate the most beautiful compass
Besides the bleating of the beautiful sheep
Bee swarms buzzing in space
If the strong caboclo of your hut
Towards the hurried marching countryside
Go full of life smiling and happy
to cast the seed in the wet earth
From the hands of this brave caboclo roceiro
faithful, modest and happy
And that white gold goes out to progress
Make our country's progress.
(A) two; the drought and winter
(B) three; summer, spring and autumn
(C) two; the drought and summer
(D) one, the drought
(A) earth and sun
(B) earth and rain
(C) sun and rain
(D) sun and air
(A) Just to emphasize the rhymes.
(B) Just for rhythm.
(C) To facilitate reading in a low voice.
(D) To add beauty to the verses and facilitate memorization.
(A) They only seek peace and quiet.
(B) Seek better living conditions.
(C) Seek rest.
(D) They only seek their own housing.
I sang / I ate / I left
You sang / You COMias / You DEPART
They sang / They ate / They left
Therefore, mark the alternative in which the verb is considered irregular, that is, it undergoes a radical change.
(A) I sell / You sell
(B) I can / You can
(C) I buy / You buy
(D) I play / You play
Check the correct alternative in relation to the textual fragment above.
(A) In order to have the right to a more dignified life, simply attend school.
(B) In order to have the right to a more dignified life, it is necessary to help the elderly.
(C) In order to have the right to a more dignified life, it is necessary to find a job since adolescence.
(D) In order to have the right to a more dignified life, it is necessary to attend school, attend classes.
(A) attic; forum; climax
(B) school; album; war
(C) brief; maximum; horrible
(D) bonuses; hyphen; school
(A) store/logistics/dirty/suggestion
(B) orange / orange / ice / glacier
(C) orange / orange / plaster / plaster
(D) homage / honored / manner / geitoso
(A) Tomorrow I will make a donation to the Elderly Home.
(B) Maybe I will make some donation to the Home for the elderly.
(C) I will not make a donation to the Elderly Home.
(D) I always make donations to the Home for the Elderly.
From the reading of the text above, it is possible to deduce, from the context, that the missing word in the space between parentheses is:
(Life
(B) music
(C) speaks
(D) writing
(A) Always tell me the truth.
(B) We are fine today.
(C) She declared eternal love.
(D) They deserved the award.
(A) THE BOY'S FATHER likes gospel music.
(B) That show needed MORE PUBLIC.
(C) THE YOUTH'S girlfriend forgot her tickets for the show.
(D) PARENTS' love helps children to mature.
(A) That girl I loved so much, today I don't love anymore.
(B) I want you to buy a new house next year.
(C) Mariazinha has all the ball today.
(D) Please do not enter without permission.
Once upon a time there was a bunch of rats that lived in the hole in the floor of an old house. There were rats of all kinds: big and small, black and white, old and young, strong and weak, farmland and city.
But nobody cared about the differences, because they were all united around a common dream: a huge, yellow, fragrant cheese, right next to their noses. Eating the cheese would be the supreme happiness… Very close is a way of saying.
In fact, the cheese was immensely far away because between him and the rats was a cat… The cat was mean, had sharp teeth and never slept. Sometimes I pretended to sleep. But all it took was a braver mouse to venture out of the hole for the cat to jump and, once upon a time, there was a mouse… Rats hated the cat.
The more they hated him, the more brothers they felt. The hatred of a common enemy made them accomplices of the same desire: they wanted the cat to die or dreamed of a dog...
Since there was nothing they could do, they got together to talk. They made speeches, denounced the cat's behavior (it's not clear for whom), and even wrote books with the philosophical criticism of cats. They said that a day would come when cats would be abolished and everyone would be equal. “When the rat dictatorship is established”, the mice said, “then everyone will be happy”…
“The cheese is big enough for everyone,” said one.
– We'll socialize the cheese, said another.
Everyone clapped and sang the same songs.
It was touching to see so much brotherhood. How beautiful it would be when the cat died! They dreamed. In their dreams they ate the cheese. And the more they ate it, the more it grew. Because this is one of the properties of dreamed cheeses: they don't decrease: they always grow. And they marched together, tails entwined, shouting: "cheese, now!"...
Without anyone being able to explain how, the fact is that, when they woke up, one fine morning, the cat was gone. The cheese was still there, more beautiful than ever. Just take a few steps out of the hole. They looked carefully around. That could be a cat trick. But it wasn't. The cat was really gone. The glorious day had come, and from the rats came a resounding cry of joy. All threw themselves into the cheese, joined in a common hunger. And that's when the transformation took place.
The first bite was enough. They suddenly understood that real cheeses are different from dreamed cheeses. When eaten, instead of growing, they shrink.
Thus, the more mice eating the cheese, the smaller the chunk for each one. The rats began to look at each other as if they were enemies. They looked at each other's mouths to see how much cheese they had eaten. And the eyes were furious.
They bared their teeth. They forgot the cat. They were his own enemies. The fight started. The stronger ones expelled the weaker with bites. And, continuously, they began to fight among themselves.
Some threatened to call the cat, claiming that that was the only way to restore order. The cheese socialization project was approved under the following terms:
"Any piece of cheese can be taken from its owners to be given to the skinny rats, as long as this piece has been abandoned by the owner."
But since no rat has ever abandoned a cheese, the skinny rats were condemned to wait. The skinny mice inside the dark hole could not understand what had happened.
Most inexplicable was the transformation that had taken place in the snouts of the strong rats, who now owned the cheese. They had all the look of the cat, the evil eye, the teeth bared.
The skinny rats could no longer tell the difference between the old cat and the rats now. And then they understood that there was no difference. Because every mouse that owns the cheese becomes a cat. It's no accident that the names are so similar.
"Any resemblance to actual facts is mere coincidence!"
Rubem Alves
( )the rats became cats.
( ) the skinny rats got fat.
( ) the cat died.
( ) the rats did not socialize the cheese and became “cats” for the weaker rats.
Reread the excerpt and answer questions 2 and 3.
In fact, the cheese was immensely far away because between he and the rats was a cat…
( )cats. ( )rats. ( )cheese. ( )far away.
( )much. ( ) only. ( )equally. ( )little.
( )the cat to be sly and calm.
( ) the cat will eat all the mice in the world.
( )the cat is mean and always on the lookout.
( ) the desire to eat the cheese.
( )solidarity.
( ) disunity.
( )anger.
( ) disbelief.
Once upon a time there was a bunch of rats that lived in the hole in the floor of an old house. There were rats of all kinds: big and small, black and white, old and young, strong and weak, from the countryside and from the city.
In the highlighted section, a comma was used for
( ) introduce an explanation.
( ) separate terms from an enumeration.
( ) expose an argument.
( )present a definition.
( ) present in the imperative way.
( ) future of the subjunctive mode.
( ) past tense of the indicative mode.
( ) synonyms.
( ) anonymous
The skinny rats were condemned
If instead of “the rats” we had “the rat”, the phrase would be
( )The skinny rat were condemned.
( ) The skinny rat was condemned.
( )Convicted were the skinny rat.
( ) The skinny rat will be condemned.
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