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➭ Text – Texting may be taking a toll | The New York Times |

❑ TEXTO:

TEXTING MAY BE TAKING A TOLL

They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much their thumbs hurt. Spurred by the unlimited texting plans offered by different carriers, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company — almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.

The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation. Dr. Martin Joffe, a pediatrician in Greenbrae, Calif., recently surveyed students at two local high schools and said he found that many were routinely sending hundreds of texts every day. “That’s one every few minutes,” he said. “Then you hear that these kids are responding to texts late at night. That’s going to cause sleep issues in an age group that’s already plagued with sleep issues.”

The rise in texting is too recent to have produced any conclusive data on health effects. But Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who […] has studied texting among teenagers in the Boston area for three years, said it might be causing a shift in the way adolescents develop. “Among the jobs of adolescence are to separate from your parents, and to find the peace and quiet to become the person you decide you want to be,” she said. “Texting hits directly at both those jobs.”

Psychologists expect to see teenagers break free from their parents as they grow into autonomous adults, Professor Turkle went on, “but if technology makes something like staying in touch very, very easy, that’s harder to do; now you have adolescents who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ” As for peace and quiet, she said, “if something next to you is vibrating every couple of minutes, it makes it very difficult to be in that state of mind. If you’re being deluged by constant communication, the pressure to answer immediately is quite high,” she added. “So if you’re in the middle of a thought, forget it.” […]

Texting may also be taking a toll on teenagers’ thumbs. Annie Wagner, 15, a ninth-grade honor student in Bethesda, Md., used to text on her tiny phone as fast as she typed on a regular keyboard. A few months ago, she noticed a painful cramping in her thumbs.

Peter W. Johnson, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington, said it was too early to tell whether this kind of stress is damaging. But he added, “Based on our experiences with computer users, we know intensive repetitive use of the upper extremities can lead to musculoskeletal disorders, so we have some reason to be concerned that too much texting could lead to temporary or permanent damage to the thumbs.”

By Katie Hafner. The New York Times, May 25, 2009.

11. The main purpose of the text is to:
(A) list all the causes of thumb disorders among America’s youth.
(B) suggest different ways to get away from constant communication.
(C) explain in detail how technology prevents teenagers from finding peace.
(D) argue that American teens are increasingly dependent on their mothers.
(E) alert for possible adverse effects of constant texting on youngsters.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
O principal objetivo do texto é:
(A) liste todas as causas de distúrbios do polegar entre os jovens da América.
(B) sugerem maneiras diferentes de se afastar da comunicação constante.
(C) explique em detalhes como a tecnologia impede que os adolescentes encontrem a paz.
(D) argumentam que os adolescentes americanos são cada vez mais dependentes de suas mães.
(E) alerta para possíveis efeitos adversos das mensagens de texto constantes nos jovens.

👉 Questão  12 :
According to lines (lines 4-10), American teens:
(A) increased by 50% the number of messages sent in 2008 as compared to 2007.
(B) exchanged an average of 2,272 text messages per month during the whole past year.
(C) wrote more than two thousand text messages per month in the last four months of 2008.
(D) were writing a daily average of slightly less than eighty messages in the last three months of 2008.
(E) from October to December 2008 sent and received twice as many messages than in all previous years.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  D 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
De acordo com as linhas (linhas 4-10), os adolescentes americanos:
(A) aumentou em 50% o número de mensagens enviadas em 2008 em comparação com 2007.
(B) trocaram uma média de 2.272 mensagens de texto por mês durante todo o ano passado.
(C) escreveu mais de duas mil mensagens de texto por mês nos últimos quatro meses de 2008.
(D) escreviam uma média diária de pouco menos de oitenta mensagens nos últimos três meses de 2008.
(E) de outubro a dezembro de 2008 enviados e recebidos duas vezes mais do que em todos os anos anteriores.

👉 Questão  13 :
Mark the option that completes the following sentence according to the information found in (lines 11-14): “Physicians and psychologists say that because of constant texting teenagers may ______.” (A) get sick very easily
(B) be able to control anxiety
(C) start falling asleep in school
(D) overcome sleeping problems
(E) stop paying attention to classes
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  14 :
Mark the sentence in which the word “as” is used in the same sense as in “Psychologists expect to see teenagers break free from their parents as they grow into autonomous adults,” (lines 31-32).
(A) She cried bitterly as she told her story.
(B) Some flowers, as the rose, require special care.

(C) As you are leaving last, please turn out the lights.

(D) I don’t think it’s as hot and humid today as it was yesterday.
(E) It is fairly certain that you will be able to find a job as a teacher.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  15 :

“Might” in “...might be causing a shift...” (lines 25-26) and “should” in “ ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ” (lines 36-37) express the ideas of, respectively:

(A) ability – condition.
(B) probability – duty.
(C) possibility – advice.
(D) permission – obligation.
(E) theoretical ability – assumption.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  C 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  16 :
In the statement “Texting may also be taking a toll on teenagers’ thumbs.” (lines 44-45), “taking a toll on” means that texting:
(A) is causing damage to the thumbs.
(B) is preventing musculoskeletal disorders.
(C) may improve the use of students’ hands.
(D) depends on the thumbs to be performed.
(E) has destroyed the thumbs of Americans.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  A 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  17 :
Check the correct statement concerning the pronoun “it” in the text.
(A) In “They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets.” (line 2), “it” refers to “crossing busy streets”.
(B) In “...who say it is leading to anxiety,” (line 12), “it” refers to “the phenomenon”.
(C) In “...said it might be causing a shift in the way adolescents develop.” (lines 25-26), “it” refers to “the Boston area”.
(D) In “... makes it very difficult to be in that state of mind.” (lines 39-40), “it” refers to “something next to you”.
(E) In “ ‘So if you’re in the middle of a thought, forget it.’ ” (lines 42-43), “it” refers to “the pressure to answer immediately”.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  18 :
In “we know intensive repetitive use of the upper extremities can lead to musculoskeletal disorders,” (lines 53-55), “lead” could be replaced by any of the words below, EXCEPT:
(A) cause.
(B) worsen.
(C) prompt.
(D) result in.
(E) generate.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  B 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  19 :
Check the words that have the same relationship as “temporary” and “permanent” (line 57).
(A) to purchase – to lend.
(B) to survey – to oversee.
(C) understanding – displeasure.
(D) serenity – excitement.
(E) soon – early.
👍 Comentários e Gabarito  D 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:

👉 Questão  20 :
Peter W. Johnson’s comments on the intensive use of thumbs for constant texting (lines 47-57) can be understood as:
(A) subtle irony.
(B) undue alarm.
(C) heavy criticism.
(D) a formal complaint.
(E) an important warning.

👍 Comentários e Gabarito  E 
TÓPICO - IDEIA CONTEXTUAL ou INFORMAÇÃO DENTRO DO TEXTO:
Os comentários de Peter W. Johnson sobre o uso intensivo de polegares para mensagens de texto constantes (linhas 47-57) podem ser entendidos como:
(A) ironia sutil.
(B) alarme indevido.
(C) críticas pesadas.
(D) uma queixa formal.
(E) um aviso importante.