Activity of text interpretation, The evolution on rails, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school. Want to discover the origin of the train? Do you know Maglev? No? So, be sure to read the text and then answer questions about it! Come on guys?
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Brazil has almost 30 thousand kilometers of railways, but it was in the past in relation to this type of transport. Of our entire grid, less than 2,000 kilometers are electrified and only 223 meters are magnetized. This type of rail is used to move trains like the Maglev, an idea that emerged in Germany in 1979, but today only works commercially in Japan and China. Considered the most advanced in the world, it uses a magnetic force that makes the train levitate and gives it a boost capable of reaching high speeds. As there is no friction, the Maglev can even compete with planes in terms of speed: it reaches 581 kilometers per hour. “It has little environmental impact and is ideal for topographically rugged countries like Brazil”, says engineer Eduardo Gonçalves David, author of the book
Currently, a team from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) is developing the Brazilian version, the Maglev Cobra, and building a track to test the supermachine. In the future, the intention is to use it to connect Galeão and Santos Dumont airports, in Rio de Janeiro.
The first version of this type of transport, however, were coal-powered locomotives, developed in the early 19th century, which came to replace animal-drawn wagons. For over a hundred years, the steam engine was the main means of locomotion in the world. Brought to Brazil in 1854, it had a route between Guanabara Bay and Petrópolis (RJ). In 1889, there were already 9,500 kilometers of railways in the country.
Around 1890, diesel engines were created that, six decades later, surpassed those powered by coal. Then came the golden age of railroads in Brazil, when we had almost 35,000 kilometers of rails crossing a large part of the country. From the 1960s onwards, the road network began to be prioritized, a decision that even today generates discussions and divides the opinion of specialists.
ROSE, William. “Galileo Magazine” – September 2010 – Nº 230 – p.17.
Question 1 - The text above is of the genre:
( ) opinion article
( ) report
( ) chronic
Question 2 - According to the text, "Brazil has almost 30 thousand kilometers of railways, but it was in the past in relation to this type of transport". Because?
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Question 3 - Identify the factors that, according to the text, make the Maglev the most advanced train in the world:
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Question 4 – Maglev is in circulation:
( ) in Germany.
( ) in Japan and China.
( ) in Rio de Janeiro.
Question 5 - According to the author, the steam engine emerged:
( ) “at the beginning of the 19th century”.
( ) “in 1854”.
( ) “in 1889”.
Question 6 – What does it mean to say that diesel engines have surpassed coal-powered ones?
( ) means to say that diesel engines have transformed coal-powered ones.
( ) means to say that diesel engines suffered from coal-powered ones.
( ) means to say that diesel engines have supplanted coal-powered ones.
Question 7 – At the end of the text, the author highlights a decision that generated controversy in our country. Point it out:
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Question 8 – In the passage “In the future, the intention is to use it to connect the airports of Galeão and Santos Dumont […]”, the term “lo” takes up again:
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Question 9 – Italic highlights in the text:
( ) the title of a book.
( ) the most important part of the text.
( ) an expression written in a figurative sense.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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