activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about tigers. How did the tiger subspecies arise? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Siberian, Indochinese, Bengal… you may have a favorite type of tiger, but do you know why they are different? Scientists have discovered, through fossils, that the ancestors of ancient tigers were spread across Asia about one million five hundred thousand years ago. They all had the same characteristics. At the end of the last Ice Age, when the Earth's climate changed, about 10 or 12 thousand years ago, they almost became extinct. When we talk about the scale of the age of the planet, this means that it has been a very short time since tigers gained varied characteristics. Humans already existed and began to paint in caves…
It was like this: a small population of survivors was probably concentrated in what is now China. From this region, the big cats spread again, migrating through the river valleys after their prey, usually wild pigs and deer. It turns out that on these trips, mainland tigers underwent subtle changes over many, many years in terms of size, coat, or stripe type.
These adaptations made their lives easier in environments as diverse as icy plains (where it is important to have very thick fur, for example) or tropical forests (where being smaller and more agile is worth more pity). Due to the great distances of the immense continent over which the tigers spread, the groups became isolated from each other and the differences remained or increased over time.
Elisa Battle.
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Question 1 - The text aims to:
( ) explain something.
( ) tell a story.
( ) discuss an issue.
Question 2 – In the passage “They all had the same characteristics.”, the author refers:
( ) to deer.
( ) to wild pigs.
( ) to the ancestors of ancient tigers.
Question 3 – According to the text, “about 10 or 12 thousand years ago, the ancestors of the ancient tigers almost became extinct.” Why?
Question 4 – In the passage “Humans already existed and began to paint in caves…”, the highlighted word expresses:
( ) sum.
( ) contrast.
( ) conclusion.
Question 5 - In “[…] a small population of survivors was probably concentrated where today is China.”, the underlined term indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 - Read back:
“[…] mainland tigers have undergone subtle changes over many, many years […]”
What types of changes does the text refer to?
Question 7 - Identify in the text the example of physical adaptation of tigers in icy plains:
( ) more agility.
( ) smaller size.
( ) very thick hair.
Question 8 - Watch:
“Due to the great distances of the immense continent where the tigers spread, the groups were isolated from each other and the differences were maintained or increased over time.”
The highlighted fact is:
( ) the cause of others.
( ) the purpose of others.
( ) the consequence of others.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
