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1 – According to the cartoonist bicycles
A) Are heavy and ugly.
B) Are bad for human health.
C) Are truly beautiful well proportioned machines.
D) Are good for human health, but are expensive.
E) Are a machine that requires special care.

2 – The word truly is
A) Verb.
B) Adverb.
C) Comparative.
D) Noun.
E) Modal verb.

3 – Write True (T) or False (F).
A) Bicycles are efficient.
B) Bicycles waste our scarce resources.
C) Bicycles keep us healthy.

By Leila Melquíades

The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters Ice Age and Ice Age: The Meldown are back, on an incredible adventure... for the ages. Scrat is still trying to catch the nut (while, maybe finding true love); Manny and Ellie waits for the birth of their mini-mammoth, Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego the tiger wonders if he’s growing too “soft” hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck – and meet a relentless, one – eyed, dino – hunting weasel named Buck.
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Reading Comprehension
1 – The name of the film is
A) Ice Age: Hijacking a dinosaur.
B) Scrat find a true love.
C) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
D) Ice Age and Ice Age.

2 – Who hijacking a dinosaur eggs
A) Scrat.
B) Manny.
C) Sid.
D) Ellie.

By Leila Melquiades

Fonte: Texto extraído do site rede Pitágoras.

Chico Mendes

Francisco Alves Mendes Filho was born in 1994 in Xapuri, Acre, in the western Brazilian Amazon. Chico Mendes as he is known is surely the most important conservationist Brazil has ever had. Chico didn’t go to school and started working as a rubber tapper at the age of nine. In the 1970’s, Chico became a leader in creating the non- violent resistance movement to defend the forest and the homes of forest people from destruction. In 1975, he founded the Union Movement in Acre. He helped found the leftist Workers Party in 1979. In 1985, Chico founded the National Council of Rubber Tappers, a non-governmental group to defend the living and working conditions of communities that depend on the forest. At that time ha had already understood that sustainability was key to keep the forest alive. He also organized the first National Meeting of Rubber Tappers in Brasilia with the support of anthropologist Mary Helena Allegretti. Chico became internationally known as a rubber tapper, union leader and Brazilian grassroots activist. Chico received two international environmental awards. Unfortunately, Chico was assassinated outside his house on December 22, 1988 by Darcy Alves, son of cattle rancher Darly Alves.
Dutra, A., Lima V. Inglês. Vol. 8, Belo Horizonte. Ed. Educacional, pág. 1, 2010.


Reading Comprehension:
1 – Chico Mendes was born in:
A) 1988
B) 1985
C) 1975
D) 1944

2 – Chico Mendes defended:
A) The river and the homes of river people.
B) The sea and the mountain.
C) The forest and the homes of forest people.
D) The mountain and the Indians.

3 – Write True (T) or False (F):
1. Chico Mendes was born in Xapuri, Acre.
2. Chico Mendes went to school at the age of nine.
3. Chico received twenty international environmental awards.
4. Chico was assassinated inside his house.
A) T, T, F, F
B) T, F, F, F
C) F, T, T, F
D) F, F, F, T

By Leila Melquiades

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