Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about dengue. Do you know what is the most efficient way to fight dengue? Apply insecticides, use electric rackets or eliminate mosquito breeding sites? Let's learn? To do this, read the text carefully. What can I do to prevent dengue? Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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There is no vaccine against dengue. Cars called “smokers”, which pass through the streets scattering insecticides, are not indicated. They only kill the adult mosquitoes and in fact, they can hardly harm them. Other methods, like plug-in insecticides, aerosol sprays, or electric rackets also promise to do away with the disease's transmitter. But none of them can be efficient enough. Eliminating the numerous mosquitoes is a very difficult task.
Therefore, the best way to fight dengue is by eliminating mosquito breeding sites, places where they lay eggs and reproduce. O Aedes aegypti does not leave her eggs anywhere: the female deposits her eggs in moist parts of various containers that accumulate clean water. When they come into contact with water, the eggs hatch and give rise to larvae.
Can you imagine where these containers might be? Believe me, they are very close to you...
The mosquito that transmits dengue lives inside our homes, hidden under chairs, tables, closets, etc. Thus, the places they use to lay their eggs are also part of our homes: they are water tanks, barrels, potted plant dishes, pots, tanks, flower jars, cans, tires, roof gutters… All very close to the people. That's why we can all help fight mosquitoes.
Denise Moraes. Text fragment: “Dengue is the end of the bite”. Available in: .
Question 1 - Identify the most efficient way to fight dengue:
( ) the application of insecticides.
( ) the use of electric rackets.
( ) the elimination of mosquito breeding sites.
Question 2 - In the excerpt “[…] they can hardly reach them.”, the word “los” resumes:
( ) “The so-called 'smoky cars'”.
( ) “insecticides”.
( ) “adult mosquitoes”.
Question 3 - In the segment “[…] it is a very difficult task.”, “very” plays the role of:
( ) explain.
( ) intensify.
( ) complementary.
Question 4 – In "When come into contact with water, the eggs hatch and give rise to larvae.”, the underlined word establishes a relationship between the facts:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 - In the prayer “[…] the eggs hatch and originate the larvae.”, the highlighted verb could be replaced by:
( ) "They emerge".
( ) “disappear”.
( ) “burst”.
Question 6 – In the passage "Believe it, they are very close to you…”, the highlighted verb was used to express:
( ) an alert.
( ) a request.
( ) an order.
Question 7 – Reread this text fragment:
“[…] pots, tanks, flower jars, cans, tires, roof gutters…”
In the fragment above, the ellipses indicate:
( ) an atmosphere of suspense.
( ) an incomplete quote.
( ) the continuation of locations.
Question 8 – In the period “It's that is why that we can all help fight the mosquito.”, the underlined expression introduces:
( ) a condition.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a conclusion.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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