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Uma fotografia esquecida · B2. Relacione a pessoa, horário, lugar ou quantidade ao acontecimento correto.

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A forgotten photograph — context illustration
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A forgotten photograph

Leia o material original em inglês e responda com evidências. O nível é uma referência editorial, não um resultado certificado.

The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop. At first I recognised only the gate: two pale posts and a latch that had always caught on the sleeve of my coat. Then I saw my brother, small and unsmiling, standing beside our mother. Someone had cut the edge of the picture, removing most of the person whose hand rested on his shoulder.

I was certain I knew the day. It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted. I had repeated that version of events so often that it felt less like a memory than a fact entered in a family record.

I sent him a photograph of the photograph. His reply arrived while I was still packing. “You have the wrong day,” he wrote. “That was before the school play. I was frightened of forgetting my lines.” He remembered the borrowed jacket, which itched, and our mother telling him not to pull at the collar. The departing house and the silent protest belonged to another afternoon.

For a moment, I wanted to defend my account. The expression on his face seemed to support it. Then I noticed the paper flower pinned to his jacket, a detail I had previously treated as an unimportant blur. It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably than a sudden announcement about moving.

I asked about the missing person at the edge. He thought it was our aunt, though he was not certain. I had assumed it was me. Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut. We agreed to ask our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums, rather than invent a reason that happened to suit us.

That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.

The book continued into the donation box. The photograph stayed. It had become more interesting after it stopped illustrating the story I thought I knew. I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.

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A forgotten photograph — context illustration
LeituraB2

A forgotten photograph

Leia o material original em inglês e responda com evidências. O nível é uma referência editorial, não um resultado certificado.

The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop. At first I recognised only the gate: two pale posts and a latch that had always caught on the sleeve of my coat. Then I saw my brother, small and unsmiling, standing beside our mother. Someone had cut the edge of the picture, removing most of the person whose hand rested on his shoulder.

I was certain I knew the day. It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted. I had repeated that version of events so often that it felt less like a memory than a fact entered in a family record.

I sent him a photograph of the photograph. His reply arrived while I was still packing. “You have the wrong day,” he wrote. “That was before the school play. I was frightened of forgetting my lines.” He remembered the borrowed jacket, which itched, and our mother telling him not to pull at the collar. The departing house and the silent protest belonged to another afternoon.

For a moment, I wanted to defend my account. The expression on his face seemed to support it. Then I noticed the paper flower pinned to his jacket, a detail I had previously treated as an unimportant blur. It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably than a sudden announcement about moving.

I asked about the missing person at the edge. He thought it was our aunt, though he was not certain. I had assumed it was me. Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut. We agreed to ask our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums, rather than invent a reason that happened to suit us.

That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.

The book continued into the donation box. The photograph stayed. It had become more interesting after it stopped illustrating the story I thought I knew. I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.

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A forgotten photograph

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Uma fotografia esquecida

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A forgotten photograph

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Referências no contexto · Detalhes explícitos · Razões

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Detalhes explícitos · Inferências a partir de pistas

Relacione a pessoa, horário, lugar ou quantidade ao acontecimento correto. Combine as pistas reais sem acrescentar fatos sem apoio.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

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D01 · Aquecimento

A forgotten photograph

How did the narrator find the photograph?

  1. It arrived with the brother’s account in a new envelope.
  2. It fell from a book being packed for donation.
  3. The narrator found it among albums already borrowed from the cousin.
  4. It was placed in a donation box by the brother.
Resposta e explicação
It fell from a book being packed for donation.

A resposta sustentada é “It fell from a book being packed for donation.”. Evidência: “The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop.”. Compare a alternativa “It arrived with the brother’s account in a new envelope.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior. Compare a alternativa “The narrator found it among albums already borrowed from the cousin.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior.

D02 · Aquecimento

A forgotten photograph

What did the narrator recognise first?

  1. The borrowed jacket.
  2. The identity of the person whose hand was visible.
  3. The gate.
  4. The paper flower.
Resposta e explicação
The gate.

A resposta sustentada é “The gate.”. Evidência: “At first I recognised only the gate”. Compare a alternativa “The paper flower.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior. Compare a alternativa “The identity of the person whose hand was visible.”. Isso acrescenta um detalhe que o relato não fornece; ser plausível não equivale a ter apoio no texto.

D03 · Aquecimento

A forgotten photograph

What did the narrator initially believe the brother’s expression showed?

  1. Anger about an itchy borrowed jacket.
  2. Reluctance to have a photograph taken before donating the book.
  3. A protest about leaving the house.
  4. Fear of forgetting lines in a play.
Resposta e explicação
A protest about leaving the house.

A resposta sustentada é “A protest about leaving the house.”. Evidência: “It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted.”. Compare a alternativa “Anger about an itchy borrowed jacket.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior. Compare a alternativa “Reluctance to have a photograph taken before donating the book.”. Isso acrescenta um detalhe que o relato não fornece; ser plausível não equivale a ter apoio no texto.

P01 · Praticar a habilidade

A forgotten photograph

What does the comparison with “a family record” suggest?

  1. Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.
  2. The family had agreed to preserve both versions before seeing the photograph.
  3. An independently checked family record had confirmed the date.
  4. The narrator had avoided repeating the family story before this discovery.
Resposta e explicação
Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.

A resposta sustentada é “Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.”. Evidência: “I had repeated that version of events so often”. Compare a alternativa “The narrator had avoided repeating the family story before this discovery.”. Isso inverte a relação apresentada no texto. Compare a alternativa “An independently checked family record had confirmed the date.”. Isso atribui à evidência mais certeza ou alcance do que ela permite.

P02 · Praticar a habilidade

A forgotten photograph

What event did the brother connect with the photograph?

  1. The day the book was first selected for donation.
  2. An announcement that they were moving.
  3. A school play.
  4. A visit at which the aunt deliberately cut the photograph.
Resposta e explicação
A school play.

A resposta sustentada é “A school play.”. Evidência: “That was before the school play.”. Compare a alternativa “An announcement that they were moving.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior. Compare a alternativa “The day the book was first selected for donation.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior.

P03 · Praticar a habilidade

A forgotten photograph

How conclusive does the narrator consider the visual evidence for the brother’s account?

  1. It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.
  2. It establishes who stood at the cut edge of the photograph.
  3. It makes the brother’s recollection a complete and independently verified record.
  4. It is no more compatible with the play than with the moving announcement.
Resposta e explicação
It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.

A resposta sustentada é “It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.”. Evidência: “It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably”. Compare a alternativa “It makes the brother’s recollection a complete and independently verified record.”. Isso atribui à evidência mais certeza ou alcance do que ela permite. Compare a alternativa “It is no more compatible with the play than with the moving announcement.”. Isso inverte a relação apresentada no texto.

P04 · Praticar a habilidade

A forgotten photograph

Which visual detail made the narrator reconsider?

  1. The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.
  2. The gate latch that had caught on the narrator’s coat.
  3. The expression that had seemed to support the narrator’s first account.
  4. A paper flower pinned to the jacket.
Resposta e explicação
A paper flower pinned to the jacket.

A resposta sustentada é “A paper flower pinned to the jacket.”. Evidência: “the paper flower pinned to his jacket”. Compare a alternativa “The gate latch that had caught on the narrator’s coat.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior. Compare a alternativa “The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.”. A mão aparece na fotografia, mas não é o detalhe que provoca a reconsideração; esse papel cabe à flor. Confira o trecho “whose hand rested on his shoulder.” à luz da pergunta e da afirmação “The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.”.

R01 · Prática relacionada

A forgotten photograph

What feeling does the brother remember?

  1. Certainty that moving house was unfair.
  2. Comfort in the jacket he had borrowed for the performance.
  3. Embarrassment that the photograph had been cut.
  4. Fear of forgetting his lines.
Resposta e explicação
Fear of forgetting his lines.

A resposta sustentada é “Fear of forgetting his lines.”. Evidência: “I was frightened of forgetting my lines.”. Compare a alternativa “Embarrassment that the photograph had been cut.”. Isso acrescenta um detalhe que o relato não fornece; ser plausível não equivale a ter apoio no texto. Compare a alternativa “Certainty that moving house was unfair.”. Isso confunde duas etapas: a situação inicial e uma verificação ou decisão posterior.

R02 · Prática relacionada

A forgotten photograph

What remains uncertain about the cut edge?

  1. Whether the brother connected the image with a school play.
  2. Whether the flower was visible on the jacket.
  3. Whether the image had come from the donated book.
  4. Why the photograph was cut.
Resposta e explicação
Why the photograph was cut.

A resposta sustentada é “Why the photograph was cut.”. Evidência: “Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut.”. Compare a alternativa “Whether the flower was visible on the jacket.”. Esse detalhe já está estabelecido no relato; a pergunta pede o que continua sem solução. Compare a alternativa “Whether the brother connected the image with a school play.”. Esse detalhe já está estabelecido no relato; a pergunta pede o que continua sem solução.

R03 · Prática relacionada

A forgotten photograph

Why do they decide to contact their cousin?

  1. The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.
  2. They hope the cousin will choose the more comforting account without more evidence.
  3. They believe the cousin has already identified the missing person with certainty.
  4. They want the cousin to confirm which charity shop received the book.
Resposta e explicação
The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.

A resposta sustentada é “The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.”. Evidência: “our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums”. Compare a alternativa “They hope the cousin will choose the more comforting account without more evidence.”. Isso inverte a relação apresentada no texto. Compare a alternativa “They believe the cousin has already identified the missing person with certainty.”. Isso atribui à evidência mais certeza ou alcance do que ela permite.

X01 · Desafio do texto

A forgotten photograph

How does the narrator preserve the competing accounts?

  1. By retaining the photograph while omitting both conflicting written accounts.
  2. By marking the narrator’s whole account as conclusively false.
  3. By presenting the brother’s version as a complete official record.
  4. By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.
Resposta e explicação
By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.

A resposta sustentada é “By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.”. Evidência: “That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.”. Compare a alternativa “By marking the narrator’s whole account as conclusively false.”. Isso transforma uma constatação limitada numa afirmação sem exceções. Compare a alternativa “By presenting the brother’s version as a complete official record.”. Isso atribui à evidência mais certeza ou alcance do que ela permite.

X02 · Desafio do texto

A forgotten photograph

What change is expressed in the final paragraph?

  1. The narrator accepts the brother’s account as the only explanation worth considering.
  2. The narrator considers the image less valuable because its story is uncertain.
  3. The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.
  4. The narrator treats the competing accounts as proof that photographs cannot offer evidence.
Resposta e explicação
The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.

A resposta sustentada é “The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.”. Evidência: “I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.”. Compare a alternativa “The narrator treats the competing accounts as proof that photographs cannot offer evidence.”. Isso transforma uma constatação limitada numa afirmação sem exceções. Compare a alternativa “The narrator accepts the brother’s account as the only explanation worth considering.”. Isso inverte a relação apresentada no texto.