Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the anti-inflammatory. You've probably already taken this medication before, right? But, you how it acts in our body? Let's learn? so read the text How does the anti-inflammatory work? that explains this subject very well! Then, be sure to answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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How unpleasant it is when we can't play or have to miss school because we feel unwell. When the doctor examines us and discovers that this is a reflection of inflammation, he prescribes a type of medicine: the anti-inflammatory. Hmm… But what is inflammation, anyway, huh?
Inflammation is a form of reaction in our body. A sore throat, for example, can be the result of dryness caused by drier weather. The redness in the place is already a reflection of our body's defense. Things are more or less like this...
Substances produced by our body, such as prostaglandins, promote inflammation. Prostaglandins – if I may introduce them – are responsible for reactions like the fever and the redness we talked about in the case of sore throat inflammation. They do all of this to signal that something isn't right.
Now take note: prostaglandins are produced by another substance with an even weirder name, cyclooxygenase. Why do you need to know this? Well, because the anti-inflammatory works by blocking the action of cyclooxygenase, which, in turn, stops producing prostaglandins, thus reducing inflammation.
Oops! If prostaglandins signal that something is not right, does inhibiting their production solve the problem? In fact, the anti-inflammatory only eliminates the symptoms, such as pain and swelling, which does not always resolve the problem definitively. But it is okay to treat the inflammation to relieve the patient and then look for the source of the problem. In the case of a tooth, for example, the pain can be relieved with medicine, but the solution can be extraction (wow!).
Glauce Socorro de Barros Viana. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 215. Available in: .
Question 1 - In "Inflammation is a form of reaction in our body.", the author of the text:
( ) evaluates “inflammation”.
( ) defines “inflammation”.
( ) characterizes “inflammation”.
Question 2 - In the period "They do all of this to signal that something is not going well.”, the underlined term refers to:
( ) to substances produced by our body.
( ) to prostaglandins.
( ) to reactions such as fever and redness.
Question 3 - In the part "Well, because the anti-inflammatory works blocking the action of cyclooxygenase […]”, the highlighted verb could be replaced by:
( ) “retarding”.
( ) “preventing”.
( ) “softening”.
Question 4 – In the sentence “[…] the anti-inflammatory only eliminates the symptoms, such as pain and swelling […]”, the author used the word “how” to:
( ) intensify the symptoms eliminated by the anti-inflammatory.
( ) give examples of symptoms eliminated by the anti-inflammatory.
( ) make a comparison between the symptoms eliminated by the anti-inflammatory.
Question 5 - Identify the adjective used by the author to characterize the name of the substance that produces the prostaglandins:
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Question 6 – In “[…] it doesn't always solve the problem definitively.”, the underlined part:
( ) indicates place.
( ) indicates mode.
( ) indicates time.
Question 7 – In the segment “But it is correct to treat inflammation to relieve the patient […]”, the word “to” expresses:
( ) the reason for treating inflammation.
( ) the purpose of treating inflammation.
( ) the consequence of treating inflammation.
Question 8 – It can be said that the text read has purposes:
( ) didactic.
( ) scientific.
( ) journalistic.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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