US teens getting less sleep than ever, new report findsBy Marina Dunbar A new study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health shows that today’steenagers are sleeping less than ever before. The findings showed a consistent decline in sleepacross every age category. The latest figures revealed record-low sleep levels for all groups, withonly 22% of older adolescents saying they slept at least seven hours each night.“ Some barriers to sleep faced by teens have existed across generations, such as theincreased homework and extracurricular demands that come with high school, social pressuresto stay up late with peers, and jobs,” said Rachel Widome, lead author on the study. The greatest impact was seen among older adolescents. Sleep time steadily declines asteens age, while both sleep duration and feelings of getting enough rest drop significantly fromearly adolescence to later teen years. For the study, researchers analyzed data from Monitoring the Future, a long-runningnational survey representing more than 400,000 US students in grades eight, ten and twelvefrom 1991 through 2023. Participants responded to two primary questions: how often they sleptat least seven hours per night and how often they believed they were getting enough rest. Insufficient sleep contributes ____ everyday exhaustion and inhibited functioning, whilealso being linked ____ longer-term issues such as mental health problems, struggles in schooland chronic illnesses later in adulthood. While surging screen time may seem like the obvious culprit, the root cause maypoint ____ deeper feelings of social isolation and burnout. Recent high school student-ledresearch showed that roughly two-thirds of California teens reported experiencing burnout andanxiety. The same research suggested that around a quarter of students believe they only haveenough time to meet basic needs, such as sleep, eating and hygiene, two days a week or less. Jolie Delja, executive director of Aim Youth Mental Health, said that the respondentsand the chance to learn and practice coping skills like breathing and mindfulness during calm“connected this directly ____ relentless academic pressure.” “They asked for time to slow down,and coping tools that already help them manage stress, including getting more sleep.”moments, not just crisis ones,” Delja said. “Schools and communities do not need to invententirely new solutions. They need to give students more time and space for the people, activities Studies have also shown that teens who go to bed earlier and sleep for longer than theirpeers tend to have sharper mental skills and score better on cognitive tests. Although researchers say there is no single nationwide fix, they point to broader structuralapproaches that could help large groups of adolescents. One approach that the researcherssuggest is to delay high school start times to 8.30 am or later. “Earlier starts are in direct conflictwith preset rhythms of adolescent circadian biology,” Widome said. “A nation of sleep-deprived adolescents is not inevitable,” she added. “We should embracea culture of sleep, where sleep is actually valued and where we commit to enacting policies andother interventions that promote healthy sleep for everyone.”(Available at: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/teens-get-less-sleep-study – text specially adapted for this test). In the sentence “Although researchers say there is no single nationwide fix, they point to broader structural approaches [...]” (l. 31–32), the underlined word expresses an idea of __________ and could be replaced by __________, without significant change in meaning. Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks in the sentences above.

In the sentence “Although researchers say there is no sin...

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Ano: 2026

Banca: Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências - FUNDATEC

Prova: FUNDATEC - Prefeitura de Morro Reuter - Professor - Área: Língua Inglesa - 2026

In the sentence “Although researchers say there is no single nationwide fix, they point to broader structural approaches [...]” (l. 31–32), the underlined word expresses an idea of __________ and could be replaced by __________, without significant change in meaning.

Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks in the sentences above.

cause – because

consequence – therefore

addition – moreover

contrast – even though

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In the sentence “Although researchers say there is no single nationwide fix, they point...