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Questão 41 do ITA 2026

1ª fase · Inglês

Texto-base das questões 40 a 41 · 1ª fase

The decline of teenagers reading is an impact on education

If you are a teenager reading this story, you are in the minority. Statistics show that 80\% of teenagers do not read for pleasure on a daily basis. It is no coincidence that the teenage reading rate has declined as technology and social media have taken over nearly all aspects of teenage life. With the downfall of teenage reading, may come the downfall of teenage education all together.

With technology taking over the world, teenagers have all the knowledge they need and more right at their fingertips. There is no reason for people to open up nonfiction books anymore when they can simply pull out their phones and find any information on any topic. The rise of technology has also dramatically affected the amount of fiction reading teenagers do as they would rather watch YouTube or keep up with their friends on Instagram than read an all-time classic like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

Speaking of all-time great books, it seems like just about every bestseller has been turned into a movie that either gives the book a bad rap or receives great reviews and overshadows the book. Why would anyone read a book for days or even weeks when they can just watch the movie in one sitting?

Teenagers have also stopped reading because of the amount of homework they are given, including any school-assigned reading. When students are forced to read particular books in school that they may not be interested in, they begin to associate reading with work instead of pleasure or entertainment. Reading books also always seems to take longer when it is one you are not interested in, which is often the case with school-assigned books. No matter how boring teenagers find reading, its decline could have direct consequences for all teenagers and their education. Reading is a major part of school, and without the ability to read at a high-level students could find it impossible to learn anything at all. From history textbooks to English literature, reading is used in nearly every class of every school and is essential to getting a good education.

Fonte: WHITAKER, Drew. The decline of teenagers reading is an impact on education. The Mirror, 15 dez. 2022. Disponível em: https://desmetmirror.com/11058/editorials/the-decline-of-teenagers-reading-is-an-impact-on-education/

Check the alternative that best rephrases the following sentence, without altering its meaning:

“Speaking of all-time great books, it seems like just about every bestseller has been turned into a movie that either gives the book a bad rap or receives great reviews and overshadows the book.”

  1. A
    Speaking of classic books, it appears that nearly every bestseller has been adapted into a movie that either tarnishes the book’s image or receives rave reviews and outshines the book.
  2. B
    Speaking of iconic books, it seems that almost every bestseller has been turned into a movie that either improves the book’s reputation or gets stellar reviews and eclipses the book.
  3. C
    Speaking of substandard books, it seems that nearly every bestseller has been made into a movie that either harms the book’s reputation or earns enthusiastic reviews and surpasses the book.
  4. D
    Speaking of timeless books, it appears that virtually every bestseller has been transformed into a movie that either damages the book’s image or gets annoying reviews and brightens the book.
  5. E
    Speaking of legendary books, it seems that just about every bestseller has been converted into a film that either spoils the book’s reputation or gets glowing reviews and praises the book.
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A frase original tem quatro blocos de sentido, e a paráfrase correta precisa preservar todos.

  1. all-time great books = livros clássicos, de grande prestígio.
  2. it seems like just about every bestseller = parece que quase todo best-seller.
  3. gives the book a bad rap = dá má fama ao livro, ou seja, prejudica sua imagem. É uma opção do filme.
  4. receives great reviews and overshadows the book = recebe ótimas críticas e ofusca o livro, isto é, faz sombra a ele.

Agora confira cada alternativa com esses blocos.

A: classic books mantém o bloco 1. It appears that nearly every mantém o bloco 2. Tarnishes the book's image equivale a gives a bad rap. Rave reviews equivale a great reviews, e outshines equivale a overshadows. Tudo preservado.

B: improves the book's reputation inverte o sentido de bad rap, então está errada.

C: substandard books contradiz all-time great, então está errada.

D: annoying reviews não equivale a great reviews, e brightens não equivale a overshadows.

E: praises the book é diferente de overshadows, porque o filme não elogia o livro. Além disso, film no lugar de movie é aceitável, mas o erro do último trecho já elimina a alternativa.

Só a A conserva o significado original.

Alternativa A.

Por que as outras alternativas estão erradas

  • BTroca "bad rap" por "improves the book's reputation", invertendo o sentido da primeira opção.
  • C"Substandard books" (livros de baixa qualidade) contradiz "all-time great books".
  • D"Annoying reviews" não é "great reviews", e "brightens" não expressa "overshadows" (ofuscar).
  • E"Praises the book" (elogia o livro) não equivale a "overshadows" (ofusca o livro).

Assuntos: paráfrase, vocabulário, sinônimos.

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