Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The word “armoury” (L.3) can be correctly replaced by arsenal since both words can be used in the context to indicate the skills a diplomat should have.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
It may be inferred from the text that Hutchins posits that the complexity of financial markets calls for analysis based on groupthink, as psychological or cognitive science analysis of the individual is clearly insufficient.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text V, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
From the author’s account, it can be inferred that the plot of My Fair Lady is an homage to British social class structure.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text VI, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The word “aegis” (L.36) could be replaced by auspices in this particular context.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.
The text lists three different kinds of change which affect diplomacy: those originated in international and domestic scenarios; those coming from the main centres of authority; and the ones which are related to societal transformations.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.
As used in the text, the word “posit” (L.26) is synonymous with ignore.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.
Because the word “deployed” (L.40) can be related to the meaning of putting troops or weapons in a position ready to be used, in the text it reinforces the idea that panda bears have acquired political and strategic significance.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
According to the text, automated trading and other new technologies have made financial economics hegemonic among traders as a tool to interpret the gyrations of the financial market.
In text V, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, “enthralled” (L.8) could be replaced by (mark right — C — or wrong — E)
colorful.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text VI, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The phrase “obtain more” (L. 10 and 11) could be correctly replaced by accrue, without altering the meaning of the passage.
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text VI, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The word “simmering” (L.15) could be replaced by vocal without altering the general meaning of the passage.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.
For the authors, the changes brought about by new communications technologies are affecting the essence of diplomacy as never before.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.
The passage “the lure of quick fixes addressing multifaceted processes of change” (L. 29 and 30) could be replaced by the temptation of finding easy solutions for manifold processes of change and this would still keep the paragraph coherent.
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.
The point made by the author in “Unfortunately, it was (…) that of representation” (L. 8 to 11) would remain the same if this passage were rewritten as Sadly, only recently have political scientists started to actively engage in the study of diplomacy as a conceptual phenomenon, and this delay has led to the irrefutable axiom of representation
Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text II.
In “But this is merely an extension” (L. 27 and 28), the word “this” refers to the statement that “the panda bear in the zoo is China” (L.27).
