activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about chocolate. Does he make you fat? Shall we better understand this matter? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Depends on the amount. Geila Felipe, nutritionist at Fiocruz and at the Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition in the Southeast region, says that people tend to overestimate the calories in chocolate. A small 20 gram tablet of milk chocolate, for example, has approximately 110 kilocalories (Kcal).
Now, if you are one of those people who easily devour a large 100 gram bar or an entire box of chocolates, be careful. An adult person needs on average between 2,000 and 2,500 Kcal. If you go over your daily needs, you will gain weight.
The same goes for those who want to lose weight. Geila argues that, if the person really likes chocolate, it will be okay to include it in the diet, as long as it's just a small piece. And it's no use resorting to those of the type diet. They are for people with diabetes. Therefore, although they do not contain sugar, they can even be more caloric than others, because of the greater amount of fat.
Nutritionists recommend for a healthy person a maximum of 30 to 50 grams of chocolate per day.
Maria Ramos.
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Question 1 - The text about chocolate was built on the basis of:
( ) in a reference book.
( ) in a personal experience.
( ) in an interview with a professional.
Question 2 – The segment “A small 20 gram tablet of milk chocolate […] has approximately 110 kilocalories (Kcal).” It's:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – In “Now, if you are one of those who easily devour a large 100 gram bar or an entire box of chocolates, be careful.”, the text:
( ) makes an alert.
( ) gives an order.
( ) expresses a desire.
Question 4 – In the passage “If you exceed your daily needs, you'll get fat.”, the underlined phrase is equivalent to the verb:
( ) “fattening”.
( ) “will get fat”.
( ) “I would get fat”.
Question 5 - in the fragment "The same goes for those who want to lose weight.”, the underlined part:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 6 - Read back:
“Geila argues that if a person really likes chocolate, it will be okay to include it in the diet, as long as it's just a little bit.”
The highlighted passage expresses:
( ) a condition.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 7 - According to the text, chocolates of the type diet should only be consumed by people who have diabetes. Why?
Question 8 - In the sentence “Nutritionists recommend for a healthy person a maximum of 30 to 50 grams of chocolate per day.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
