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Sobre interpretação de texto | reading comprehension em inglês
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Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
(Adaptado de https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54894681)
(Avaliable in: https://theplaylist.net/matrix-4-keanu-reeves-script-20200608/ – text adapted specially
for this test).
Read the text below to answer the question.
Parker Solar Probe: How Nasa is trying to 'touch' the Sun
Nasa is all set to launch one of the most ambitious missions in its history. It's sending a satellite called the Parker Solar Probe into the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Scheduled for launch on Saturday, the spacecraft promises to crack some longstanding mysteries about our star's behaviour.
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-45113552).
Read the text below to answer the question.
Parker Solar Probe: How Nasa is trying to 'touch' the Sun
Nasa is all set to launch one of the most ambitious missions in its history. It's sending a satellite called the Parker Solar Probe into the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Scheduled for launch on Saturday, the spacecraft promises to crack some longstanding mysteries about our star's behaviour.
(Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-45113552).
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How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching
Octopus arms have minds of their own. Each of these eight supple yet powerful limbs can explore the seafloor in search of prey, snatching crabs from hiding spots without direction from the octopus’ brain. But how each arm can tell what it’s grasping has remained a mystery.
Now, researchers have identified specialized cells not seen in other animals that allow octopuses to “taste” with their arms. Embedded in the suckers, these cells enable the arms to do double duty of touch and taste by detecting chemicals produced by many aquatic creatures. This may help an arm quickly distinguish food from rocks or poisonous prey, Harvard University molecular biologist Nicholas Bellono and his colleagues report online October 29 in Cell.
The findings provide another clue about the unique evolutionary path octopuses have taken toward intelligence. Instead of being concentrated in the brain, two-thirds of the nerve cells in an octopus are distributed among the arms, allowing the flexible appendages to operate semiindependently.
(Adapted from: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-taste-touch-arm-suckers).
What do bold words refer to?
” Which expression can be used to replace that one in bold, but keeping the same meaning?
Which sentence below has the same justification about the use of -ing as in the one above?
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
I By asking her pupils to guess the overall sense of the text just from its title, she would be promoting the use of the technique known as skimming.
II Exercises based on the skimming technique would demand her pupils to have a high level of vocabulary.
III If she asks the students to find out the name of the university in which Dr Barret works, they would be making a prediction.
Choose the correct option.
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020
edition. Internet:
Nel Noddings. Philosophy of education. New York: Routledge, 2018 (adapted).
Nel Noddings. Philosophy of education. New York: Routledge, 2018 (adapted).