Questão de Língua Inglesa

Execução: Fundatec 737_CE_26_NS_DM 30/3/202311:02:10 Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text. The highlights throughout the text are cited in the questions. Are Cats Nocturnal? Your Cat’s Overnight Activity, Explained 01 Do you think of cats as nocturnal animals, asleep most of the day and awake at night? 02 Lots of people do. There are plenty of cat memes about felines frolicking around at all hours of 03 the night, to the dismay of their sleeping humans. But unlike possums, bats, and raccoons, cats 04 are actually not technically nocturnal. Instead, “cats are crepuscular,” explains Michelle Lugones, 05 DVM, a veterinarian at Best Friends Animal Society. “This means that they are wired to be most 06 active at dusk and dawn”. So, they thrive at night-adjacent times, but they’re not hardwired to 07 sleep during the day and be awake all night. 08 Many people think that cats are nocturnal because most people who have a cat will attest 09 to the fact that their cat wakes them up in the middle of the night regularly, but that overnight 10 activity usually correlates to their crepuscular tendencies. Cats are so active at night because of 11 cats’ evolutionary past as desert hunters. These are the times when the temperatures are the 12 coolest in the desert, which makes it more tolerable to hunt. Also, hunting at dusk and dawn 13 provides cats some cover because of the darkness, but gives them just enough light to hunt in 14 (which their eyes are designed for). 15 Even though they’re not actually nocturnal, cats certainly do a lot of snoozing during the 16 day. But while they sleep 12 and 15 hours a day, they’re actually not lazy, or even very deep 17 sleepers! Cats are always ‘on the alert’ — even in their sleep. This means that if there’s a loud 18 sound, they may wake up and instantly be bright and alert. It’s a protective mechanism designed 19 to keep wild animals safe from predators and able to catch prey if the opportunity arises. (Available at: https://www.rd.com/article/are-cats-nocturnal/ – text especially adapted for this test).