Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the subway. How does this means of transport work? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Say: have you ever taken the subway? He likes? Feel like walking? The word “metro” comes from “metropolitan”, it is a reduction. It is a type of train designed to transport a lot of people in big cities and at high speed.
The subway runs on its own tracks, either underground (in tunnels dug underground), on the ground surface or even in suspended structures, which allow passengers to see the city landscape from above. quickly!
Every subway is controlled by an Operational Control Center – an office where professionals responsible for the safety, agility and regularity of this type of transport stay. There are computers and several panels on which you can monitor the traffic, determine the train speed, the interval between them, control signaling and take decisions in case of emergency.
The vast majority of subway trains move by means of electric motors. Usually, there are two rails that support the wheels; but there is a third rail – energized! – responsible for the electrical supply of each train.
Speaking of trains, each subway train has two cockpits: one at each end, where the conductors are. Today, however, there are already fully computer-controlled subway systems, that is, without conductors!
And how does a huge machine like that manage to brake? Well then, there are two of the most used braking systems. One of them has a little help from the electric motor, which makes the machine stop. The other system is activated through shoes or pads, which are placed on the wheels or brake discs of the subway, something similar to the traditional brakes used in automobiles.
The subway is a very interesting transport alternative for big cities, because it is fast, safe and – best of all! – much less polluting than cars and buses! If you can choose your means of transport, think about it!
Rômulo César Carvalho de Araújo.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 258.
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Question 1 – In the passage “This is a type of train designed to transport a lot of people in big cities and at high speed.”, the author refers:
Question 2 – Identify the type of traffic that “[…] allows passengers to see the city landscape from above!”:
( ) underground traffic.
( ) traffic on the ground surface.
( ) traffic in suspended structures.
Question 3 – Point out the opinion of the author of the text about a fact:
( ) "The word 'metro' comes from 'metropolitan', it is a reduction."
( ) "The vast majority of subway trains move by means of electric motors."
( ) “The subway is a very interesting transport alternative for big cities […]”
Question 4 – The section “[…] each subway train has two cockpits: one at each end, where the conductors are.” It's:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 5 - In the part “[…] electric motor, which makes force for the machine to stop.”, the fact highlighted:
( ) is the cause of another.
( ) is the purpose of another.
( ) is the consequence of another.
Question 6 – In the segment “Today, however, there are already fully computer-controlled subway systems, that is, without conductors!”, the highlighted expression introduces:
( ) an explanation given by the author.
( ) a hypothesis raised by the author.
( ) a conclusion presented by the author.
Question 7 – In “If you can choose your means of transport, think about it!”, the author of the text:
( ) seeks to make the reader aware.
( ) warns the reader.
( ) expresses an order to the reader.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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