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READING AND COMPREHENSION
CHEMISTRY OF A KILLER: IS IT THE BRAIN?
By Anita Manning
Researchers suggest the answer may lie in
a part of the brain that controls planning, reasoning and impulse control.
Studies are revealing physiological differences between the brains of a normal
people and those of people who kill.
“ There is clearly a biological
predisposition to violence,” says psychologist Adrian Raine of the University
of Southern California. “We know there are murderers who don’t have the usual
signs – a history of a child abuse, poverty, domestic violence, broken homes –
and yet they commit violence. Research suggests the cause may lie internally,
in terms of abnormal biological functioning.”
Raine led studies comparing the brains of
41 murderers with those of 41 nonviolent people matched by age and gender. He
found that “murderers have poorer functioning of pre-frontal cortex, the part
of the brain located above the eyes, behind the forehead. This is the part of
the brain that controls regulating behaviors – the part that says `wait a
minute’.”
In another study, Raine divided the murderers
into two groups: those from healthy, stable family background and those from
abusive, dysfunctional homes. “It’s the murderers from good home environment
who have the poorest brain functioning”, he says.
Source:
USA Today, April 29, 1999.
VOCABULARY
Behavior:
comportamento Brain
– cerebro Break
– quebrar
Killer – assassin Lead,
led – liberar Match - combinar, casar
Murder – assassinato Murderer
– assassino Reasoning
– raciocínio
Research – pesquisa Turn
to – voltar-se para. Dedicar-se Yet - ainda
1- Relacione as palavras e seus significados.
1- Grow up 2- brain 3-
reasoning 4- poverty 5- gender 6-
background
( ) A parte do corpo que comanda
planejamento, raciocínio e controle de impulsos.
( ) A característica que separa o masculino
do feminino.
( ) O conjunto de características, estudos e
experiências de vida de uma pessoa.
( )Um estado extreme de falta de recursos.
( ) Passar de uma etapa para a outra.
( ) Um conjunto lógico de ideias e
pensamentos.
2-
Encontre a
expressão usada no texto para:
a)
Controle de
impulsos - ______________________________________________________________
b)
Os sinais
habituais - ________________________________________________________________
c)
Lares
desfeitos - ___________________________________________________________________
d)
Pareados por
idade e sexo - __________________________________________________________
e)
Comportamentos
reguladores - _______________________________________________________
f)
Ambiente
familiar -_________________________________________________________________
3-
Leia o texto
mais uma vez e responda as perguntas que conseguir. Dê respostas curtas. Se
preciso, volte rapidamente para verificar a resposta.
a)
Quem
escreveu o texto?_____________________________________________________________
b)
Quem
publicou o texto? _____________________________________________________________
c)
O texto
inicia com : ( ) afirmação ( ) pergunta (
)declaração
d)
O parágrafo
inicial nos informa que o texto vai tratar:
( ) de crianças ( ) da
terceira idade ( ) de jovens
e)
Quando
crescem, quais são os dois caminhos que essas pessoas podem seguir?
______________________________________________________________________________________
f)
Quem sugere
uma resposta para essa pergunta?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
g)
Em que parte
do corpo pode estar essa resposta? O que
essa parte do corpo controla?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
h)
Que tipos de
diferenças os estudos revelam?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
i)
Essas
diferenças existem entre que tipos de pessoas?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
j)
Qual é o
nome da pessoa que faz uma afirmação no terceiro parágrafo?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
k)
Essa pessoa
é homem ou mulher?____________________________________________________
l)
Qual a
profissão dessa pessoa? Onde trabalha?
__________________________________________
m)
Existem
assassinos que não exibem os sinais habituais?
____________________________________
n)
Quais são
estes sinais? Esses sinais habituais são indícios de quê? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
o)
Segundo a
pesquisa, onde pode estar a causa da violência? Qual seria essa causa?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
p)
Raine faz
estudos sozinho ou com outras pessoas?_______________________________________
q)
Como ele
organizou os participantes da pesquisa? _______________________________________
r)
Ele usou
algum critério para poder comparar os grupos?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
s)
O que ele
descobriu na comparação?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
t)
O que são
comportamentos reguladores?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
u)
O primeiro
grupo de estudo vinha de lares com problemas? _______________________________
v)
Como eram as
famílias do primeiro grupo?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Quando foi publicado este
artigo?___________________________________________________________
GRAMMAR
1- Supply the
comparative of superiority ( … er than)
a)
Bob’s motorcycle is
________________ my car. (old)
b)
The Eiffel Tower is
________________ the Statue of Liberty. (high)
c)
The cake is
__________________ the ice cream. (sweet)
d)
A car is
________________ a motorcycle. (safe)
e)
My uncle is
_______________ my father. (tall)
2- Supply the
superlative of superiority (… est).
a)
Linda is the
_______________ (short) girl among my friends.
b)
This is the
________________ (simple) exercise in this book.
c)
São Paulo is the
______________(large) city in Brazil.
d)
This is the
_________________ (light) car produced in Brazil.
3- Supply the correct
form of the adjectives.
Adjectives Comparative Superlative
- Shinny
shinnier shinniest
- Fat _________________ ____________________
- thin _________________ ____________________
- lucky _________________ ____________________
- heavy _________________ ____________________
4- Supply the
comparative or superlative of superiority.
a)
Their car is
_______________________( new) ours.
b)
A sports car is
____________________(fast) a truck.
c)
Mr. Clark drove
__________________ (fast) car in the world.
d)
Oceans are
_____________________ (deep) rivers.
e)
Jane looks
______________________ (young) her sister Ann.
f)
I bought
________________________ ( cheap) hat in the store.
g)
The lion is
_______________________ ( smart) of all animals.
h)
The Nile is
______________________ (long) river in the world.
5- Supply the
comparative or superlative of
superiority. (more than… / the most)
a)
Brenda is
__________________ (energetic) girl in our school.
b)
Uranium is
_____________________(radioactive) radium.
c)
Albert was
_____________________(nervous) boy in my class.
d)
Their project was
___________________ (successful) of all.
e)
The teacher was
____________________ (surprised) the students.
f)
Our experiment was
__________________ (difficult) theirs.
g)
This car is
________________________( comfortable) of all in the market.
h)
That new furniture is
___________________( practical) in the store.
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