Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about sleep. Will we know more about animal sleep? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Sleep is just as important as food, and even more urgent than thirst. This biological aspect remains largely unknown and disturbing. Do all living beings sleep? It may seem so, but some sleep only a few seconds at a time, while others spend more than 90% of their lives in a state of unconsciousness, and some animals even dream.
There are amazing sleep practices, shrews can't sleep more than three or four hours or starve to death. That's why they fight so hard for every piece of food! Swifts fly without ever stopping or resting. They eat or smooth in the air, mate in the air and sleep flying... A six-eyed spider can sit still for months, but it's always ready to hunt as soon as its prey appears. […] Dolphins talk in their sleep and, like whales, they have to remember to breathe, how do they do it?
Few animals sleep eight hours straight, eyes closed, in the same place, almost always at night. But of course sleep is not only important for rest, we grow, prevent disease, synchronize neurons and reinforce memory when our brain is in REM mode…
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Question 1 – Reread the fragment below:
"This biological aspect remains largely unknown and disturbing."
What biological aspect does the text refer to?
Question 2 – The segment “[…] some sleep only a few seconds at a time, while others spend more than 90% of their lives in a state of unconsciousness […]” is:
( ) an assumption.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
Question 3 – Underline below the excerpt that expresses an opinion about a fact:
“There are amazing sleep practices, the shrews can't sleep more than three or four hours or they starve.”
Question 4 – The exclamation point was used after the sentence, “That's why they fight so hard for every piece of food!”, to express the feeling of:
( ) fear.
( ) happiness.
( ) admiration.
Question 5 - Watch:
"They eat or smooth in the air, mate in the air and sleep flying…"
In this passage, the author exposes actions:
( ) of the dolphins.
( ) of the shrews.
( ) of the swifts.
Question 6 – In the part “A six-eyed spider can sit still for months, but it is always ready to hunt […]”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
( ) "because".
( ) "although".
( ) "therefore".
Question 7 – In the period "Few animals sleep eight hours straight, with their eyes closed, in the same place, almost always at night.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) time.
( ) condition.
Question 8 – According to the text, “sleep is not only important for rest […]”. Why?
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.