# Questão 02dab053-db — Inglês

> Questão de múltipla escolha com gabarito, do acervo do Dicas do ENEM.
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- **Código:** 02dab053-db
- **Disciplina:** [Inglês](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/disciplina/16-ingles)
- **Área:** [Linguagens](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/area/linguagens)
- **Ano:** [2012](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/ano/2012)
- **Instituição:** Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
- **Assuntos:** Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- **Nível:** Difícil
- **Gabarito:** alternativa C

## Enunciado

The following text refers to question.

![Figura 1 de 2 da questão de Inglês, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 2012, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/imagens/a4/a433cad4c8abbc91c90ff64da12d4cf6966db4efe87c61b337389d0f17d1a02d.png)


The truth about videogames, please!
By Cheryl K. Olson



![Figura 2 de 2 da questão de Inglês, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 2012, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension](https://dicasdoenem.com.br/imagens/ba/bab5f4da45acfdf54f2ac4ac9464032676b16c4e87f8e5757ab1bc4fa4929ca5.png)

On June 27 the Supreme Court invalidated
California’s law prohibiting the sale or rental of
violent videogames to people under 18. On a
practical level, it was never clear which games
might be classified under the law, or who would
decide.
But more important, the state’s case was built on assumptions – that
violent games cause children psychological or neurological harm and
make them more aggressive and likely to harm other people – that are
not supported by evidence. In the end, the case serves only to highlight
__________ ( I ) __________ .
Many people assume that video game violence is awful, but these
people haven’t played many video games. The state based its examples of
depravity almost exclusively on a little-known game called Postal 2, which
is rarely played by children or young teens. The game is outrageous as
you can kill animals. A trailer for Postal 3 encourages players to “shoot
moms in the face!”
This may sound disturbing, but it’s also ridiculous. And young people
know it: as one 13-year-old said during a study I conducted at Harvard,
“With video games, you know it’s fake.”
In my research on middle school students, the most popular game
series among boys was Grand Theft Auto, which allows players to commit
cartoon violence with chain saws as well as do perfectly benign things
like deliver pizza on a scooter.
Teenage boys may be more interested in violence, but there’s no
evidence that this leads to violent behavior in real life. F.B.I. data shows
that youth violence continues to decline; it is now at its lowest rate in
years, while bullying appears to be stable or decreasing.
This certainly does not prove that video games are harmless. The
violent games most often played by young teens, like most of the Grand
Theft Auto series, are rated M, for a reason and need parental supervision.
But violence in video games may be less harmful than violence in
movies or on the evening news. It seems reasonable but virtually acting
out a murder is worse than watching one. But there is no research
supporting this, and one could say that interactivity makes games less
harmful: the player controls the action, and can stop playing if she or
he feels overwhelmed or upset. And there is much better evidence to
support psychological harm from exposure to violence on TV news. In
fact, such games (in moderation) may actually have some positive effects
on developing minds.
Speak Up





The article clearly states that

## Alternativas

- **A)** violence on TV or videogames surely makes teens act violently in real life.
- **B)** the lesson teens learn when exposed to videogames is to shoot their moms
 in the face.
- **C)** not all videogames will exclusively teach you evil things. ✔ **correta**
- **D)** violence in movies is much more evident than in videogames, for viewers
 can act out murders on screen.
- **E)** the sale or rental of violent videogames has been considered outrageous by
 people under 18, according to law invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

## Resposta correta

Alternativa **C**.

## Como citar

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