Disciplina: Inglês (Língua Inglesa)
Banca: DIRENS Aeronáutica
Orgão: EPCAR
Direction: Read text IV to answer questions 13 to 16.
TEXT IV
Rocket Man
My father was a rocket man
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars
My mother and I would watch the sky
And wonder if a falling star
5 Was a ship becoming ashes with a rocket man inside
My mother and I
Never went out
Unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out
10 Or to escape the pain
We only went out when it rained
My father was a rocket man
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond
15 the sky
And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in
space
I could read the silent cry
That if my father fell into a star
20 We must not look upon that star again
Tears are often jewel-like
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels
were the stars
25 And in my father's eyes I knew he had to find
In the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star
One day they told us the sun had flared and taken him
inside
Adapted from: ROCKET man. Interpreter: Pearls Before Swine. Songwriter: Tom Rapp. In THE USE of Ashes. Interpreter: Pearls Before Swine. Florida: Editor Ogmios, 1970. (03:06). Available on: https://www.vagalume.com.br/pearls-before-swine/rocket-man.html. Accessed on March 17th, 2025.
Read the sentences and choose (T) True or (F) False.
( ) The mother and child live in constant sorrow, which makes them emotionally withdrawn.
( ) “The sun had flared and taken him inside” is a literal way of describing the father’s death.
( ) The father seeks something "brighter than a star", implying that he is searching for meaning in his family.
( ) "We only went out when it rained" reflects the family’s grief, as they seek the clear skies that remind them of their loss.
( ) The father’s life as a rocket man symbolizes both his adventurous spirit and the emotional distance with his family.
Check the correct sequence.
