Activity of text interpretation, aimed at seventh-year students, on dried fruit. Do you know why dried fruits are sweeter than regular fruits? No? So let's find out? To do this, carefully read the text that explains the differences between these fruits! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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There are people who like them in Panettone, others think they go with the sweet bread, there are those who prefer them in crumbs and even those who turn up their noses at them in any situation. We are talking about dried fruit. Whether you like it or not, you've probably already tried them and realized that they're much sweeter than regular fruits. Why, huh?!
If a mixture of water and sugar is allowed to evaporate, over time it becomes more viscous and less transparent because the sugar becomes more concentrated.
With dried fruit something similar happens. As the name says, they were put to dry and thus lost water, becoming dehydrated. It turns out that, in the dehydration process, only water is lost by the fruit, sugar and other substances remain in it. Thus, without water, plums, dates, apricots, raisins and other fruits are sweeter.
Now, note well: what increases is not quantity but the concentration of sugar in a smaller portion of fruit, because, dehydrated, the fruit decreases in size.
In addition to being sweeter, dried fruits have another difference compared to normal fruits: they don't rot as quickly. As it contains little water, a large number of bacteria and microorganisms do not grow and the dried fruit can be preserved for longer. Other than that, losing only water, its nutrients are maintained.
It is worth mentioning, however, that the fresh water contained in the fresh fruit is extremely beneficial for the proper functioning of the body. So, no cutting fresh fruit from the menu. But I really felt like eating a raisin… You, don't you?!
Silvio José Ferreira de Souza. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 245. Available in: .
Question 1 - Reread this text fragment:
"There are people who like them in Panettone, others think they go with the sweet bread, there are those who prefer them in crumbs and even those who turn up their noses at them in any situation."
What does the author refer to in the fragment above?
Question 2 - Read what is said about dried fruit:
I. Dried fruits lose part of their nutrients with the dehydration process.
II. Dried fruits have a higher amount of sugar after dehydration.
III. Dried fruits are sweeter than fresh fruits due to the dehydration process.
According to the text, what is stated in:
( ) III.
( ) II and III.
( ) I, II and III.
Question 3 - In “Since it contains little water, a large number of bacteria and microorganisms do not develop and dried fruit is preserved for longer.”, the author explains:
( ) the cause of the dried fruit keeping longer.
( ) the purpose of the dried fruit to keep longer.
( ) the consequence of the dried fruit keeping longer.
Question 4 – In the excerpt “[…] a large number of bacteria and microorganisms do not develop […]”, the use of the singular verb is:
( ) prohibited.
( ) optional.
( ) mandatory.
Question 5 - In the passage “[…] the fresh water contained in the fresh fruit is extremely beneficial for the proper functioning of the organism.”, the highlighted term was used to:
( ) explain.
( ) intensify.
( ) characterize.
Question 6 – At the end of the text, the word "So" could be replaced by:
( ) "Although".
( ) "That is why".
( ) “However”.
Question 7 – The text was written in a language:
( ) didactic.
( ) scientific.
( ) journalistic.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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