activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the red bat. He has reddish fur, long and narrow wings, perfect for speed and agility in flight.. Shall we get to know you better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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It has reddish fur, long and narrow wings, perfect for speed and agility in flight. He likes to go out at night and if it comes towards your neck… Know that you must be seeing a mosquito resting on him! The red bat does not have habits similar to those of the protagonist of the story of Count Dracula. Like most bats, he doesn't care about your neck. Their diet is not blood, but insects!
Flies, beetles, termites, moths. Those, yes, must fear the red bat. Their teeth are adapted to break down the exoskeleton, a layer that is on the outside of the insect's body.
As they are active animals at night, bats generally spend the day resting in shelters such as hollows and tree foliage, crevices in rocks and man-made buildings.
The red bat is normally found in small groups of 5 to 20 individuals. In reproduction, the female only generates one offspring per pregnancy, which lasts almost three months, always in spring. Mammals that they are, baby bats of this species suckle from their mother for about two months.
The red bat is very sensitive to changes in the environment caused by man, such as increased pollution, deforestation and the destruction of the forests where it lives. In order to get to know the species even better and so that there is a balance in the food chain, the recovery and protection of the places where it is found are of great importance.
Adriana Bocchiglieri and André Faria Mendonça.
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 209.
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Question 1 - Read back:
“It has reddish fur, long, narrow wings […]”
In this passage of the text, the authors refer to:
Question 2 – Underline the word that establishes the relationship of purpose below:
“[…] perfect to give more speed and agility in flight.”
Question 3 – According to the text, the “red bat does not have habits similar to those of the protagonist of the story of Count Dracula”. Because?
Question 4 – According to the authors of the text, flies, beetles, termites and moths “must fear the red bat”. In other words, they must:
( ) run away from the red bat.
( ) be afraid of the red bat.
( ) live with the red bat.
Question 5 - In “Your teeth are adapted to break the exoskeleton, a layer that is on the outside of the insect's body.”, the underlined snippet is:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
( ) an example.
Question 6 - In the segment "How are animals active at night?, bats generally spend the day resting in shelters such as hollows and tree foliage […]”, the highlighted fact indicates:
( ) a cause.
( ) a condition.
( ) a comparison.
Question 7 - In the fragment “[…] the female only generates one offspring per pregnancy, which lasts almost three months, ever in spring.”, the underlined word expresses:
( ) place.
( ) time.
( ) intensity.
Question 8 - Reread the last paragraph. In this part of the text, the authors:
( ) give an order.
( ) seek to raise awareness.
( ) express a possibility.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
