activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about endangered animals. The Amazon has the greatest diversity of freshwater fish in the world. These animals, however, are threatened by fishing without control and planning.. Shall we better understand this serious matter? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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The Amazon has the greatest diversity of freshwater fish in the world. These animals, however, are threatened by fishing without control and planning. Both food and ornamental fish are caught in large numbers. But the species do not reproduce at the same speed and quantity with which they are caught. Result: may disappear.
With animals that are usually hunted, something similar occurs. Hunting has been an illegal activity in Brazil since 1967. However, a large portion of the population hunts regularly. Not just for taste, but because that's a way to get food. However, when you start to sell meat obtained from hunting, the real problems begin. The amount of consumers becomes enormous and, to meet it, it is necessary to remove an increasing number of animals from nature. But many species do not reproduce at rates compatible with withdrawal rates. Then, they are threatened, because their number is decreasing more and more.
Another problem that affects many species of animals, both aquatic and terrestrial, is the fact that they are considered dangerous. This is what happens with alligators, for example. People see these animals, without any real and proven justification, as a threat to their lives or that of their family members, and so they decide to kill them. Attitudes like this, however, can generate serious problems, such as what happened with the giant otters, slaughtered between 1950 and 1960 to almost extinction due to the high value of their skins.
You now have an idea of how many threats surround the Amazon, an extremely rich and diverse region, a paradise for biologists and other specialists in the environment. However, it is not enough to protect the great diversity of plants and animals or keep them untouched. The Amazon must be used properly, planned and responsibly. It needs to be conserved for the good of the people who live there and for the good of the country, the continent and even the planet.
Helder Lima de Queiroz.
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 179.
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Question 1 - In the segment “These animals, however, are threatened by fishing without control and planning.”, which animals does the text refer to?
Question 2 – In the first paragraph of the text, the author reveals that the freshwater fish of the Amazon “may disappear”. Identify the reason:
( ) “The Amazon has the greatest diversity of freshwater fish in the world.”
( ) “Both the fish that serve as food and ornamental fish are caught […]”
( ) “species do not reproduce at the same speed and quantity with which they are fished”.
Question 3 – In the passage “Hunting is an illegal activity in Brazil since 1967.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 4 – According to the author of the text, the problems related to the act of hunting really start when you hunt:
( ) by taste.
( ) to get food.
( ) to market the meat obtained.
Question 5 - In “[…] without any real justification and proven […]”, the underlined term expresses:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) facts that contrast.
Question 6 - In the passage “Attitudes like this, however, can generate serious problems, such as what happened with the giant otters […]”, the word “how” introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 7 - Reread the last paragraph. In this part of the text, the author:
( ) gives a suggestion to the reader.
( ) seeks to make the reader aware.
( ) warns the reader.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
