Question

2. Read the text and mark the correct statement:

Can you imagine a world where penguins are as tall as you?

This summer, scientists reported on the discovery of a

monster penguin fossil in a New Zealand riverbed.

The huge prehistoric penguin weighed about 176 pounds

[…].

Thanks to this discovery, scientists have slowly been piecing

together the story of these giant birds.

The good old days

About 60 million years ago, after ocean dinosaurs went

extinct, the sea was a much safer place.

Marine reptiles no longer dominated, so there was lots of

food around, and birds like penguins had room to evolve

and grow.

Eventually, penguins morphed into tall, waddling predators.

In other words, they were at the top of their game. […]

STREET, Philip. What came after the dinosaurs? Giant penguins, of course.

In: CBC Kids News. 2019.

1. The theme from the text is:

A) A descoberta de fósseis de pinguins gigantes.

B) A dominação dos répteis marinhos no oceano.

C) A extinção de dinossauros que viviam no oceano.

D) A imaginação de cientistas da Nova Zelândia.​

Answer 1

Resposta:

A) A descoberta de fósseis de pinguins gigantes.

Explicação:

b) errada, o texto fala o contrário disso.

c) errado. só comenta no texto que esses pinguins gigantes vieram após a era dos dinossauros

d) errado, as descobertas são reais e não imaginárias.