Interpretação do texto "My secret" - Com gabarito - Inglês

1.   Read the text and circle true or false. Then write the number of the paragraph where you can find the answer.

My secret By Dan Stone
1	I am a sports writer and I love my job because I love sports, especially football and baseball. But I have a secret.
2	Every Monday night I watch my favorite TV show. Sometimes the telephone rings, but I don’t answer it. I tell my friends that I watch Monday Night Football, but that isn’t true.
3	My favorite show is more exciting than Monday Night Football. It is also very educational. I learn a lot about art and U.S. history every week.
4	Here is my secret. On Mondays nights I watch Antique Roadshow. It is a show about antique and collections. It’s great! Fourteen million people watch it every week.
5	The show is simple. The guests on the show are real people. The guests bring in old art, furniture, books, toys, and much, much more. First the guests tell the experts about their items. The stories are the best part of Roadshow. Then the experts talk about the items. Finally, the experts say how much the items are worth.
6	One woman, Veronica, had a painting with trees animals in it. Veronica’s grandmother got the picture for free in 1925. The expert looked at Veronica’s picture carefully and said. “This is very rare. Thomas Cole is the artist. Cole painted this around 1835. Your paint is worth $ 125,000.” Veronica was very surprised. She told the expert, “Wow! That’s a lot of money! But I don’t really care about the money. I’m going to keep it because it has a lot of sentimental value.”
7	I want Antiques Roadshow to come to my city. I am ready. I have baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson in the 1940s. It’s in perfect condition. I also have a baseball card collection. I started the collection when I was a young boy. The autographed baseball and my baseball cards have a lot of sentimental value to me. Maybe they are worth a lot of money, too!
8	And you? Are you ready? Look carefully around your home! You might have something very valuable.
9	So remember, don’t call me on Monday nights. I ´m watching “football”.

BEAUTMONT, John. North Star: Focus on Reading and Writing. Introductory. New York: Pearson Education: 2001. p. 38-40.

a)  TRUE     FALSE     Dan Stone watches football on Mondays nights.  (Paragraph number ____2 or 4____)

b)  TRUE     FALSE     People who watch Antiques Roadshow can learn a lot.  (Paragraph number ____3____)

c)  TRUE     FALSE     Antique Roadshow is a sports show.  (Paragraph number ____4____)

d)  TRUE     FALSE     Antique Roadshow buys items from the guests.  (Paragraph number ____5____)

2.   Read the text again and match the questions to the correct answer.

a)  What do Stone’s friends think he watches on Mondays nights?

b)  What do people learn about on Antiques Roadshow?

c)  What do people bring to Antiques Roadshow?

d)  For Stone, what is the best part of the show?

e)  How much is the woman’s picture worth?

f)   What does Stone want to bring to Antiques Roadshow?

(    e     )    items from home

(    c     )    $ 125,000

(    a     )    art and U.S. history

(    d     )    the stories

(    b     )    football

(    f      )    an autographed baseball and his baseball cards