activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, on the bullet train. So fast, this train can reach its destination before a plane. How about getting to know this means of transport better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Have you ever heard of the bullet train? It is a high-speed transport, which reaches more than 300 kilometers per hour. So fast, this train can reach its destination before a plane. Brazil will build its first high-speed train line, connecting São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. The government wants everything ready for the 2016 Olympics.
The first high-speed train was built in Italy before World War II. The route was from Milan to Naples, passing through some of the most important cities in the country. It reached speeds of over 200 kilometers per hour. The war stopped the development of the lines and destroyed many trains.
However, high-speed trains earned the nickname bullet train in Japan because of the train's shape and speed. The front is elongated, resembling a bullet (firearm ammunition). The country's first high-speed railroad was completed in 1964, in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Being in an area where many people live, the train proved to be economically viable since its inception.
Bruno Delecave.
Available at: < http://www.invivo.fiocruz.br/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm? infoid=1055&sid=9>.
(Fragment with adaptation).
Question 1 - Read back:
“It is a high-speed transport, which reaches more than 300 kilometers per hour.”
What transport does the text refer to?
Question 2 – In the passage “So fast, this train can reach its destination before a plane.”, the underlined expression was used for:
( ) resume.
( ) to present.
( ) additional.
Question 3 – Watch:
“The war stopped the development of the lines and destroyed many trains.”
In this passage, the highlighted word indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) facts that contrast.
Question 4 – According to the author of the text, “high-speed trains gained the nickname of bullet train in Japan”. Identify the factors that motivated this nickname:
Question 5 - According to the text, the first high-speed train appeared:
( ) in Brazil.
( ) in Italy.
( ) in Japan.
Question 6 - In the segment “The front is elongated, resembling a bullet (firearms ammunition)”, the author:
( ) narrates.
( ) describe.
( ) argues.
Question 7 - Read back:
“The first railroad for high-speed trains in this country was completed in 1964 […]”
In this sentence, there is an expression that indicates a circumstance of time. Locate it:
Question 8 - In the sentence "For being in an area where many people live, the train proved to be economically viable since its creation.”, the underlined part expresses:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
