Listening to music has great social value for adolescents.

 The sentence reads: Se abbiamo figli o nipoti adolescenti ci sarà sicuramente successo di tentare di richiamare la loro attenzione sfilandogli un auricolare perché ____ quello che cercavamo di comunicare loro.

The options are:

• A. ascoltano (they listen)

• B. ascoltassero (they would listen - subjunctive)

• C. ascoltavano (they were listening - imperfect)

Looking at this sentence structure more carefully:

The sentence is saying: "If we have teenage children or grandchildren, we will surely have tried to get their attention by pulling out an earphone so that they ____ what we were trying to communicate to them."

This is expressing the purpose of removing the earphone - so that they would listen to what we're trying to say. In Italian, when expressing purpose after perché (so that), you typically use the subjunctive mood.

Therefore, the correct answer for 37a should be B. ascoltassero (subjunctive - "so that they would listen").

The sentence structure perché ascoltassero means "so that they would listen" - expressing the intended result of removing their earphones.​

My previous analysis was incorrect. The answer should be B. ascoltassero.

Let me carefully examine the sentence containing blank 40a:The sentence reads: In questa età la produzione di ormoni esplode e tutto quello che accade ____ dal cervello come estremamente importante.The options are:A. viene recepito (is received - passive voice)B. si recepisce (is received - reflexive/impersonal form)C. va recepito (must be received)Looking at this sentence structure:The sentence is saying: "At this age, hormone production explodes and everything that happens ____ by the brain as extremely important."The subject is tutto quello che accade (everything that happens) - which is singular. The verb needs to agree with this singular subject.However, looking more carefully at the sentence structure, we have:Subject: tutto quello che accade (everything that happens)Needs to be received/perceived dal cervello (by the brain)This is a passive construction. When something is received "by the brain" (dal cervello), we need the passive voice.Therefore, the correct answer should be A. viene recepito (is received - passive voice), which agrees with the singular subject tutto quello che accade and correctly expresses that everything is received by the brain.The answer for 40a should be A. viene recepito.The phrase “exalts desires” means that music makes one’s wishes and longings feel stronger and more vivid. In Italian, the verb used is esalta, which conveys boosting or elevating something to a higher degree. Here’s how it works:“Exalts desires” = music intensifies and elevates your feelings of longing. It doesn’t just accompany your wishes—it amplifies them, making your hopes and dreams seem more powerful and urgent.

Here is the text with the newly corrected answers and the English translation:

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Una vita senza musica sarebbe come una primavera senza fiori (Susanna, 14 anni).

L’adolescenza, un periodo difficile

Quante volte ci capita di osservare ragazzi assorti nell’ascolto della musica, con le cuffiette collegate al cellulare? Se abbiamo figli o nipoti adolescenti ci sarà sicuramente successo di tentare di richiamare la loro attenzione sfilandogli un auricolare perché ascoltassero quello che cercavamo di comunicare loro.

Periodo difficile l’adolescenza! Si passa dalle certezze assolute dell’infanzia al rimettere in discussione qualsiasi cosa. A cominciare dalle figure più vicine, quasi sempre rappresentate da quelle genitoriali e dagli insegnanti, che da punti di riferimento indispensabili diventano quasi dei nemici, percepiti come limiti alla propria nascente autonomia.

Come la musica viene in aiuto

In questa età la produzione di ormoni esplode e tutto quello che accade viene recepito dal cervello come estremamente importante. Tutto ciò che si prova si crede assoluto. E così è la musica: amplifica le emozioni, esalta i desideri, mette le ali alla fantasia, fa sentire liberi di immaginare e sognare.]

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English Translation:

Listening to music has great social value for adolescents. Listening to the same music makes them feel part of a group, and the musical genre shared with one’s group of friends ends up becoming part of our sense of identity.

A life without music would be like a spring without flowers (Susanna, 14 years old).

Adolescence, a difficult period

How often do we see young people absorbed in listening to music, with headphones connected to their cell phone? If we have adolescent children or grandchildren, we have surely tried to get their attention by pulling out an earphone so that they would listen to what we were trying to communicate to them.

Adolescence is a difficult period! One goes from the absolute certainties of childhood to questioning everything. Starting with the closest figures, almost always represented by parents and teachers, who, from being indispensable points of reference, almost become enemies, perceived as limits to one’s nascent autonomy.

How music helps

At this age, hormone production explodes and everything that happens is received by the brain as extremely important. Everything one experiences is felt to be absolute. And so it is with music: it amplifies emotions, exalts desires, gives wings to the imagination, and makes one feel free to imagine and dream.