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The main purpose of the text is to

introduce the many categories of bank clerks one can find in a financial institution.

present an overview of the career of a bank clerk to an eventual future professional.

denounce the disadvantages associated with the clerk profession.

discuss all the benefits offered to employees who work in a bank.

ask for changes in the way bank recruiters select their future employees.

In the fragment of Text I “we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world" (lines 21-22), take stock means to

reevaluate controversial decisions.

plan ahead to overcome potential difficulties.

make an overall assessment of a particular situation.

discard unnecessary measures or questionable actions.

get rid of all inefficient or superficial solutions to a problem.

According to the second paragraph, the concept of robotic soccer players emerged

a) in 1997

b) in the 1990s

c) before the 1990s

d) in the beginning of the 20^th century

e) in the beginning of the 21^st century

In the sentence of the last paragraph “In short, banks are best-placed to succeed if they commit to end-to-end digital transformation”, the phrase In short conveys an idea of

cause

addition

emphasis

conclusion

time sequence

In the 2^nd paragraph of the text, in the fragment “That determination would appear to eliminate the possibility that Navy pilots who reported seeing unexplained aircraft”, the word who refers to

a) alien

b) military

c) officials

d) scientists

e) Navy pilots

In the fragments “some recent data suggests that as economic growth has picked up" (lines 47-48) and “Beijing has high ambitions for a much cleaner energy economy, driven not least by the levels of air pollution in many of the major cities" (lines 49-51), picked up and driven by mean, respectively,

a) declined – guided by

b) increased – delayed by

c) deteriorated – caused by

d) improved – motivated by

e) stabilized – hindered by

In the sentence fragment of the fifth paragraph “Designing robots for sports requires much more than experts in state-of-the-art technology”, the words in bold can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by the following words:

a) drawing / scholars

b) creating / amateurs

c) planning / specialists

d) finishing / professionals

e) manufacturing / engineers

In the fragment of the text “Due in part to the turn away from oil in the 70s, today the United States produces just 0.7 percent of its electricity using petroleum. Therefore, the price of oil has no direct impact on the price of electricity” (lines 25-28), the linking word therefore introduces the idea of

a) conclusion

b) addition

c) cause

d) condition

e) opposition

In “Candidates can also check Internet job sites and the classified ads in local newspapers as well" (lines 45- 47), the modal verb can is replaced, without change in meaning, by

a) should

b) must

c) will

d) may

e) need

In the fragment of the text “It all comes down to the relationship between oil and gas production and the price of electricity, which directly affects the bottom line of technologies like wind and solar” (lines 14-17), the pronoun which refers to

a) oil production

b) gas production

c) electricity

d) the price of electricity

e) the relationship between oil and gas production