Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about cats. They are skilled hunters, develop high speeds and possess exceptional strength and dexterity in their jumps.. Are we going to learn more about cats? So, carefully read the text “Emblematic Species”! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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cats are family Felidae and emerged approximately 25 million years ago. They have short fur and legs adapted for running. Your senses – sight, smell, hearing – are very developed. They are skilled hunters, develop high speeds and possess exceptional strength and dexterity in their jumps. Therefore, they are generally predators of the environments in which they find themselves.
This characteristic of predation is extremely important – in this way, the big cats help to maintain the ecological balance of the areas in which they are found. Thus, animals such as peccaries, collared peccaries and deer have their populations controlled in certain environments.
Cats need large areas of continuous forest to survive and habitat loss is one of the biggest threats to their survival. The reduction in size and the decrease in the legal protection of protected areas directly threatens these animals, as well as agricultural expansion, illegal hunting, mining and the construction of hydroelectric power plants.
The running over of wild animals on roads is another serious problem. Studies by the Brazilian Center for Studies in Road Ecology, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), and Minas Gerais, indicate that more than 15 animals die by being run over on Brazilian roads every second.
Jorge Eduardo Dantas. Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “They have short fur and legs adapted for running.”, the word “to” was used to introduce:
( ) the condition of adaptation of feline paws.
( ) the purpose of adapting feline paws.
( ) the consequence of the adaptation of feline paws.
Question 2 - In the segment "Your senses - sight, smell, hearing - are very developed.", the term "very" plays the role of:
( ) explain a characteristic of the feline senses.
( ) intensify a characteristic of the feline senses.
( ) complement a characteristic of the feline senses.
Question 3 - According to the text, felines "generally are the predators of the environments in which they find themselves", since:
( ) “they are skilled hunters, develop high speeds and have strength and dexterity […]”
( ) “help to maintain the ecological balance of the areas in which they are located.”
( ) "have their populations controlled in certain environments."
Question 4 – Reread this text fragment:
"THE reduction the size and the decrease of legal protection […]"
In the fragment above, the highlighted words can be considered:
( ) synonyms.
( ) anonymous.
( ) namesakes.
Question 5 - In prayer “[…] directly threaten These animals […]", the underlined part:
( ) resumes “Felines”.
( ) announces “Felines”.
( ) characterizes “Felines”.
Question 6 – In the excerpt “[…] as agricultural expansion, illegal hunting, mining and the construction of hydroelectric dams.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) a sum of facts.
( ) an opposition between facts.
( ) a comparison between facts.
Question 7 – In "[…] indicate that more than 15 animals die by being run over on Brazilian roads every second.”, the highlighted verb could be replaced by:
( ) “criticize”.
( ) “point”.
( ) “discover”.
Question 8 – The word Felidae appears in italics in the text because:
( ) is little known.
( ) is of foreign origin.
( ) was misspelled.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
