Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the sloth. He can live up to 40 years and sleep 14 hours a day. Let's find out more about this animal? So, carefully read the interesting text “How many hours a day does the sloth sleep?”! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Carefully read the text. Then answer the interpretive questions:
Occurring restricted to the American continent, the sloth can live up to 40 years and sleep up to 14 hours a day. Its slowness can be seen in all its movements, even the act of stretching the limbs is done without any hurry. The long claws are used only to get food and to help locomotion through the treetops.
Because it has between 8 and 9 cervical vertebrae, the sloth can rotate its head at an angle of up to 270º without moving the rest of its body. Another curiosity is that these animals do not drink water, they hydrate themselves with water absorbed from food and dew from vegetation.
The sloth has peculiar characteristics, such as the color of the fur, which varies between gray and brown, with spots that also vary in tone. May have dark spots around the eyes, have long nails and a pious look.
The main weapon against predation is camouflage. Due to its main characteristic, the slowness, sloth ends up being easy prey for its biggest predator: man.
In the Zoobotanical Park of the Goeldi Museum, and Belém (PA), there are about 30 common sloths (Bradypus variegatus) and two copies of sloth (Choloepus didactylu). Royal sloths are kept in captivity, while common sloths are free in the park. It's easy to see them hanging from trees feeding on leaves, fruits and sprouts.
The common sloth belongs to the Bradypodidae family and has three toes on each paw. On the other hand, those of the Megalonychidae family (group to which the royal sloths belong) have only two fingers.
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Question 1 - According to the text, the sloth has an “occurrence restricted to the American continent”. What does that mean?
( ) This means that the sloth occurs only on the American continent.
( ) This means that the sloth occurs mainly on the American continent.
( ) This means that the sloth occurs sporadically on the American continent.
Question 2 - In "The long claws are used only to get food and to help locomotion through the tops of trees.", the author of the text explains:
( ) the condition of the sloth's long claws.
( ) the purposes of the sloth's long claws.
( ) the consequences of the sloth's long claws.
Question 3 – Note this period of the text:
"Because it has between 8 and 9 cervical vertebrae, the sloth can rotate its head at an angle of up to 270º without moving the rest of the body."
During this period, the comma indicates:
( ) an omission of information.
( ) an interleaving of information.
( ) a displacement of information.
Question 4 - In the passage “The sloth has peculiar characteristics, such as the color of its hair […]”, the term “how” introduces:
( ) an example of the peculiar characteristics of the sloth.
( ) a hypothesis about the peculiar characteristics of the sloth.
( ) a comparison between the peculiar characteristics of the sloth.
Question 5 - According to the text, “laziness ends up being easy prey for its biggest predator: man”. Because?
A:
Question 6 – In the part “Real sloths are kept in captivity, While the common ones are loose in the park.”, the highlighted expression could be replaced by:
( ) since.
( ) for what.
( ) whereas.
Question 7 – In the excerpt “The common sloth belongs to the Bradypodidae family and has three toes on each paw.”, the word “e” expresses:
( ) the sum of facts about the common sloth.
( ) the contrast of facts about the common sloth.
( ) the alternation of facts about common sloth.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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