Questão 8 (Inglês) do ITA 2013

Question

Escolha a opção que apresenta a mesma ideia da afirmação a seguir: “Your ability to lean into the unknown isn’t so much about luck or genetics, rather it’s something entirely trainable” (linhas 21 e 22).

A
Your ability to deal with the unknown isn’t a matter of genetics but luck.
B
Your ability to deal with the unknown has nothing to do with genetics or luck but training.
C
Your ability to deal with the unknown rather than being simply about genetics is equally a matter of luck and training.
D
Your ability to deal with the unknown, instead of being simply a matter of luck and genetics, is mainly something trainable.
E
Your ability to deal with the unknown, instead of being entirely trainable, is mainly a matter of luck and genetics.

Answer 1

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Questão 8 (Inglês) do ITA 2013

Inglês · Inglês: Informações explícitas e detalhes

Texto-base das questões 05 a 12 · Inglês

As questões de 5 a 12 referem-se ao texto a seguir:

5 Ways To Turn Fear Into Fuel

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance.

Uncertainty. It’s a terrifying word.

Living with it, dangling over your head like the sword of Damocles, day in day out, is enough to send anyone spiraling into a state of anxiety, fear and paralysis.

Like it or not, though, uncertainty is the new normal. We live in a time where the world is in a state of constant, long-term flux. And, that’s not all. If you want to spend your time on the planet not just getting-by, but consistently creating art, experiences, businesses and lives that truly matter, you’ll need to proactively seek out, invite and even deliberately amplify uncertainty. Because the other side of uncertainty is opportunity.

Nothing great was ever created by waiting around for someone to tell you it’s all going to be okay or for perfect information to drop from the sky. Doesn’t happen that way. Great work requires you to act in the face of uncertainty, to live in the question long enough for your true potential to emerge. There is no alternative.

When you find the strength to act in the face of uncertainty, you till the soil of genius.

Problem is, that kills most people. It leads to unease, anxiety, fear and doubt on a level that snuffs out most genuinely meaningful and potentially revolutionary endeavors before they even see the light of day. Not because they wouldn’t have succeeded, but because you never equipped yourself to handle and even harness the emotional energy of the journey.

But, what if it didn’t have to be that way?

What if there was a way to turn the fear, anxiety and self-doubt that rides along with acting in the face of uncertainty—the head-to-toe butterflies—into fuel for brilliance?

Turns out, there is. Your ability to lean into the unknown isn’t so much about luck or genetics, rather it’s something entirely trainable. I’ve spent the past few years interviewing world-class creators across a wide range of fields and pouring over research that spans neuroscience, decision-theory, psychology, creativity and business.

Through this work, a collection of patterns, practices and strategies have emerged that not only turbocharge insight, creativity, innovation and problem-solving, but also help ameliorate so much of the suffering so often associated with the pursuit of any creative quest.

Fonte: http://zenhabits.net/fearfuel. Acesso em 07/12/2011. Texto adaptado.

Escolha a opção que apresenta a mesma ideia da afirmação a seguir: “Your ability to lean into the unknown isn’t so much about luck or genetics, rather it’s something entirely trainable” (linhas 21 e 22).

A
Your ability to deal with the unknown isn’t a matter of genetics but luck.
B
Your ability to deal with the unknown has nothing to do with genetics or luck but training.
C
Your ability to deal with the unknown rather than being simply about genetics is equally a matter of luck and training.
D
Your ability to deal with the unknown, instead of being simply a matter of luck and genetics, is mainly something trainable.
E
Your ability to deal with the unknown, instead of being entirely trainable, is mainly a matter of luck and genetics.

Escolha uma alternativa para conferir o gabarito.

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A frase original tem a estrutura not so much about X, rather Y: "não tanto uma questão de X, mas sim de Y". Aqui, X = luck or genetics (sorte ou genética) e Y = something entirely trainable (algo totalmente treinável). A ideia central é que a habilidade de lidar com o desconhecido depende principalmente de treino, e só em menor grau de sorte ou genética.

Confronte cada opção com isso:

(A) diz que é questão de sorte, e não de genética. Isso deixa de fora o treino, que é o ponto principal do texto.
(B) diz que não tem nada a ver com sorte ou genética. É radical demais: o original diz "não tanto", e não "nada".
(C) coloca sorte e treino em pé de igualdade. O original contrapõe os dois, e dá peso ao treino.
(D) diz instead of being simply a matter of luck and genetics, is mainly something trainable ("em vez de ser simplesmente questão de sorte e genética, é principalmente algo treinável"). Mantém a contraposição e a ênfase no treino, com a graduação correta (mainly).
(E) inverte a ideia: afirma que é principalmente sorte e genética.

A paráfrase fiel é a (D).

Alternativa D.

Pegadinha: A alternativa B engana por citar o treino, mas troca "not so much" por "nothing to do with", que é uma negação absoluta.

Por que as outras alternativas estão erradas

AAtribui a habilidade à sorte em vez da genética e ignora o treino, que é o ponto central do original.
BExagera ao dizer que não tem nada a ver com sorte ou genética; o original diz "não tanto", o que admite alguma influência.
CPõe sorte e treino em pé de igualdade, quando o original contrapõe sorte/genética ao treino.
EInverte a ideia: diz que é principalmente sorte e genética, e não treinável.

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