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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 1908) Machado de Assis was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a house painter and a Portuguese woman. Machado received little formal education. He learned French from a neighboring baker. Machado worked as a printers apprentice at the National Press, and later he was a salesman and a proof-reader in a bookshop. During these years he started to write stories, poems and novels. He began to gain fame as a poet in his mid-twenties, and by the late 1860s he had become a successful Brazilian man of letters. He is widely regarded as Brazils greatest novelist. Machado wrote nine novels, eight short-story collections, four volumes of poetry, 13 plays, and numerous critical essays. He often satirized middle-class values and behavior. Machado de Assis was an astute observer of the human mind and he revealed its dark sides. He shared with many authors of his period a reformist concern, but his view was colored with irony and skepticism. His most famous novel, Dom Casmurro, is marvelously humorous, and sinister. Machado creates provoking unresolvable doubts in the readers mind. Its no wonder that he is considered Brazils greatest novelist and Capitu his most fascinating heroine; like the Mona Lisa, much lies hidden behind a superb portrait. If youve never heard of Machado de Assis, do yourself a favor and seek him out. Hes well worth the effort. 1. Escolha a afirmativa correta: a) Machado became a recognized author in the second half of the 19th century. b) Machados first occupation was in a bookshop. c) Machado had a critical attitude and his writing revealed that. d) Machado didnt stay very long at school. 2. Escolha a opo com a afirmativa corretas: a) Capitu is more fascinating than Mona Lisa. b) Machado is considered the best Brazilian writer of novels. c) Dom Casmurro is Machados most humorous novel. d) There are many lies behind Mona Lisas portrait. 3. Escolha a afirmativa correta: a) Machado became a recognized poet when he was 20 years old. b) The novelists mother was born in Brazil. c) Machados texts instigate the readers and it is not surprising that they are considered great. d) Machado differed from the other authors of his time by his critical sense of humor. 4. Escolha a afirmativa correta: a) Both Capitu and Mona Lisa are mysterious characters.

(Fonte: MOORE, Sophia. A New Way of English Ingls Ensino Mdio. 1 Edio, 2007)

b) Machado wrote less short-stories and poems than novels. c) Machado learned French at school. d) Machado wrote fewer plays than novels. Leia a tirinha abaixo e responda s questes.

(Fonte: MOORE, Sophia. A New Way of English Ingls Ensino Mdio. 1 Edio, 2007)

5. Escolha a afirmativa CORRETA. a) O homem j conhecia as duas moas. b) A primeira moa convidou o homem para se sentar mesa. c) A segunda moa j conhecia o homem antes. d) As duas moas gostam do homem. 6. No terceiro quadrinho, as palavras this one se referem a) cadeira vazia ao lado. b) moa sentada mesa. c) ao homem de p. d) cadeira onde est sentada a moa. Leia o texto abaixo e responda s questes: The weather man They say that the British Love talking about the weather. For other natiionaloties this can be a banal and boring subject of conversation, something that people talk about when they have notyhing else to say to each other. And yet the weather is a very important part of our lives. That at least is the opinion of Barry Gromett, press officer for The Met Office. This is located in Exeter, a pretty cathedral city in the southwest of England. Here employees and computers supply weather forecasts for much of the world. 7. Ao conversar sobre a previso do tempo, o texto mostra a) o aborrecimento do cidado britnico ao falar sobre banalidades. b) a falta de ter o que falar em situaes de avaliao de lnguas. c) a importncia de se ter entender sobre meteorologia.

d) o conflito entre diferentes ideias e opinies ao se comunicar em ingls. e) as diferenas e as particularidades culturais no uso de uma lngua. Leia o texto abaixo e responda s questes: Viva la Vida I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the world Now in the morning and I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemys eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand []

MARTIN, C. Viva la vida, Coldplay. In: Viva la vida or Death and all his friends. Parlophone, 2008.

1. Letras de msicas abordam temas que, de certa froma, podem ser reforados pela repetio de trechos ou palavras. O fragmento da cano Viva la vida, por exemplo, permite conhecer o relato de algum que a) costumava ter o mundo aos seus ps e, de repente, se viu sem nada. b) almeja o ttulo de rei e, por ele, tem enfrentado inmeros inimigos. c) causa pouco temor a seus inimigos, embora tenha muito poder. d) tinha a chave para todos os castelos nos quais desejava morar. e) limpava as ruas e, com seu esforo, tornou-se rei de seu povo.