Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about a sweet attraction. What makes people feel attracted to sweets? Are we going to find out the scientific answer to this? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the proposed interpretive questions!
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Dessert prepared, table set and you can't wait for dinner to end? From the back of the table, inside that special pot, the banana dumplings seem to smile… Before attacking them, would you know how to answer what makes you feel so attracted to these sweet delights?
Because there's a scientific answer to that and it's in a very small place – a space between brain cells that (believe me!) is a thousand times smaller than the thickness of a strand of hair.
In these places, communication takes place between brain cells, neurons, and sugar is one of the responsible for the release of messengers - neurotransmitters - that will establish this conversation between the cells. Serotonin and B-endorphin (beta-endorphin) are the neurotransmitters that are triggered when we eat sugars.
These two messengers make the cells communicate and change our mood. When they are at a high level in the blood, the person feels relaxed and even more optimistic. That's why, then, we feel so good when we eat sweets.
Even without knowing the connection of sugar with these pleasures, many people, when they feel sad, run to the fridge to devour a sweet. But here's a warning: too much sugar can cause obesity and diabetes, serious health problems.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 168.
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Question 1 - Identify the purpose of the text:
( ) make people reflect.
( ) explain something.
( ) tell a story.
Question 2 - In the passage “[…] the banana dumplings seem to smile…”, the author uses:
( ) the connotative language.
( ) denotative language.
( ) connotative language and denotative language.
Question 3 - In the part "Because there is a scientific answer to that […]", the highlighted word:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 4 – In the excerpt “[…] it is a thousand times smaller than the thickness of a strand of hair.”, the author:
( ) makes a comparison.
( ) expresses an opinion.
( ) presents a conclusion.
Question 5 - Reread this text fragment:
“[…] they make the cells communicate and change our mood.”
This is the function:
( ) of neurons.
( ) of neurotransmitters.
( ) of Serotonin and B-endorphin (beta-endorphin).
Question 6 – In “[…] the person feels relaxed and becomes even more optimistic.”, the term “and” expresses:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) alternating facts.
( ) facts that contradict each other.
Question 7 – In the sentence “[…] we feel So just when we eat sweets.”, the word underlined:
( ) nominates.
( ) intensifies.
( ) characterizes.
Question 8 – Highlight the word "to" which indicates a purpose to follow:
“[…] a lot of people, when they feel sad, run to the fridge to devour a sweet.”
Question 9 – The author warns of serious health problems caused by excessive consumption of sugar. What problems does he refer to?
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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