Unsuitable for Young People
[1] …………………… Brazilians know Jorge Amado's work through television or film
adaptations.
A TV soap opera version of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon starring Sonia Braga took the
country, then ……………….. military rule, by storm in 1975.
[5] Gabriela was a sexy migrant worker with whom Nacib, a bar owner of Arab origin, falls in
love in the small port of Ilheus, in Brazil's cocoa producing region.
A year later, Dona Flor hit the cinema screens, telling the story of a young woman
……………. after remarrying continued to go to bed with the spirit of her deceased,
debauched husband.
[10] The characters were credible - from the local political leaders in ……………….. white suits
to the pious small town ladies.
But the cocktail of sex and strong language kept many of Amado's novels off official school
reading lists for decades.
My Catholic school in Rio de Janeiro was …………………… those deeming his work
[15] unsuitable for young people.
But the popularity of his stories meant that by the time he died in 2001, buses loaded with
tourists stopped regularly outside his house.
By Leonardo Rocha. www.bbc.com/news ( accessed on March 23rd, 2016)
Mark the alternative which best completes the blank spaces consecutively.
