Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, about a harmless and nice giant. Let's meet him? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Many people tremble in fear just hearing the word shark. It's just that people soon imagine a huge, angry animal with sharp teeth and ready to devour anything that appears in front of it. This reputation as a killer of the seas is quite unfair, because most sharks feed mainly on fish or even invertebrate animals.
But considering this bad reputation, what would people think of a shark called "big mouth", which can exceed five and a half meters of long, it has a huge head and a mouth that, in addition to being among the largest of all sharks, has nearly fifty rows of teeth? Surely they would say it's a monster. But what a big mistake! It is a harmless and likable giant.
Despite its huge mouth, this shark does not feed on large animals, but on tiny marine creatures known as zooplankton. Unlike any other shark, and much like the great whales, the great-mouthed shark swallows large amounts of water at once. When he closes his mouth, water is expelled through his gills and the zooplankton, which came with him, is retained to fill his belly.
For all its size, the Greatmouthed Shark is very hard to find – in fact, it is considered one of the rarest sharks on the planet. Since 1976, the year it was recorded when it was first seen, until today, only 43 specimens have been seen around the world, most of them stranded on beaches.
And guess where some lucky researchers found the latest bigmouth shark? In Brazil! More precisely, stranded on a beach in Arraial do Cabo, a city on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. This great discovery took place during research aimed at registering the birds, turtles, whales and dolphins that inhabit the coast of Rio de Janeiro. It was a huge surprise.
I bet you were also quite surprised to discover that most sharks are far from being made up of ferocious predators. But the cool thing about all this is knowing that there are still “gigantic” discoveries to be made in the seas of Brazil. So the next time you go to the beach, stay tuned! Maybe you'll find the number 44 great-mouthed shark!
Luciano M. Lima, Bruno Rennó and Salvatore Siciliano.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 205. Available in: .
Question 1 - According to the text, the shark's reputation as a “killer of the seas” is very unfair. Identify the reason:
Question 2 - In “[…] it can exceed five and a half meters in length, it has a huge head and a mouth that […] has almost fifty rows of teeth […]”, the authors describe:
Question 3 - Read back:
"Unlike any other shark and much like the great whales, the great-mouthed shark swallows large amounts of water at once."
This passage of text is:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
Question 4 - Highlight the expression that is an example of the following informal language:
“[…] and the zooplankton, which came with it, is retained to fill your belly.”
Question 5 - According to the text, some researchers found a great-mouthed shark stranded on a beach in Arraial do Cabo. For them, it was “a huge surprise”. Why?
Question 6 – Identify the excerpt that contains an opinion:
( ) “[…] this shark does not feed on large animals, but on small creatures […]”
( ) “[…] the great-mouthed shark is very difficult to find […]”
( ) “But the cool thing about all this is knowing that there are still 'giant' discoveries[…]”
Question 7 – In the part “So, next time you go to the beach, stay tuned!”, the authors of the text:
( ) give a tip.
( ) express an order.
( ) make a warning.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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