Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about nebulization. When everything is fine, breathing is a breeze, but illnesses such as allergic rhinitis, asthma or even the flu and colds can make this a big deal! In these cases, nebulization may be recommended by the doctor. But how does it work? Let's understand? To do this, read the text carefully and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Carefully read the text below. Then answer the proposed questions:
When everything is fine, breathing is a breeze, but illnesses such as allergic rhinitis, asthma or even the flu and colds can make this a big deal! We then start breathing through our mouths, causing the air to follow its path until it reaches the drier and less heated lungs. How uncomfortable! To solve the problem, your doctor may recommend a nebulization. You already did? Do you know how it works?
Normally, our body produces a secretion called mucus, which maintains the respiratory system and prevents the passage of germs and pollution particles, for example. When this barrier fails, we start to produce more mucus than normal. Then, the secretion becomes thicker, causing irritation, coughing and the famous stuffy nose!
This is when nebulization can help, bringing moisture and medication directly into our airways. Gradually, the body expels excess mucus and produces it again in normal amounts.
Nebulization is done with an inhaler, a device consisting of a liquid reservoir and an air compressor. When turned on, the inhaler transforms the liquid in the reservoir into an aerosol – that is, into droplets that are moved with the help of the gas that comes from the compressor. The mist that forms leaves through the mask positioned over the nose and mouth and travels through the respiratory system until reaching the lungs.
To simply moisten the airways, nebulization is done only with saline solution. However, in more serious situations, it can also be done with medication, generating immediate relief. Ufa!
Alexandre Pinto Cardoso. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 247. Available in: .
Question 1 - The text is intended to explain how nebulization works. Therefore, in the title "How does nebulization work?", the term "How" indicates a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) cause.
Question 2 - In the passage “When everything is fine, breathe it's easy […]”, the highlighted expression is an example of the language:
( ) technique.
( ) informal.
( ) regional.
Question 3 - In “[…] they can transform that in great difficulty!", the underlined pronoun:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 4 – The author of the text dialogues directly with the reader in the segment:
( ) “To solve the problem, the doctor may recommend a nebulization.”
( ) "You already did? Do you know how it works?"
( ) “[…] generating irritation, coughing and the famous stuffy nose!”
Question 5 - What does it mean to say that “the body expels excess mucus”?
( ) Means to say that “the body inhales excess mucus”.
( ) Means to say that “the body expels excess mucus”.
( ) Means to say that “the body absorbs excess mucus”.
Question 6 – In the excerpt “[…] the inhaler, a device formed by a liquid reservoir and an air compressor.”, the author:
( ) evaluates the term "inhaler"
( ) defines the term “inhaler”.
( ) characterizes the term “inhaler”.
Question 7 – In the period "To simply moisten the airway, the nebulization is done only with saline solution.”, the underlined part indicates:
( ) a condition.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 8 – The author of the text used the interjection "Whew!" to express:
( ) relief.
( ) happiness.
( ) surprise.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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