Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

The author criticizes Krapp’s argument that exemplars of transplanted languages or dialects such as Acadian French are more archaic than the original ones, which continued evolving in their home countries.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

It can be said from the text that to British ears, contemporary American accents belie declining grammar standards in America as compared to Colonial times.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text IV.

According to the text, the fact that social origin was not as easy to identify based on the koine of eighteenth-century Americans as was the case with contemporary Britons reflected the early American colonies’ egalitarian ethos.

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The contrast between the images created by the expressions “monochrome, middle-aged and male” and “silk scarves and coloured jackets” functions as a rhetorical resource which reinforces the idea that French diplomacy is becoming a more feminine realm.

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

Decide whether the statements below, concerning the ideas and the vocabulary of text III, are right (C) or wrong (E).

In spite of some passages which might be taken as ironic, it is correct to conclude that the text considers the changes in French diplomacy to be positive.

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “unsparingly” (l.13) can be correctly replaced by unmercifully, without this changing the meaning of the text.

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).

From the author’s account, it can be correctly inferred that he was expected to be able to translate from French to English and vice versa, as part of his job as a diplomat.

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The passage “a wet-behind-the-ears but fully functioning British diplomat” (l.12) indicates that the author’s inexperience didn’t prevent him from getting a position of responsibility in the Foreign Office.

Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).

The fact that the author didn’t know the meaning of the word “roselle” and translated it as “jute” was prejudicial to the British Minister.

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of text II, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

After all stages of the Civil and Diplomatic Service entrance exams, the number of candidates admitted was around 20.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

The recruitment policy of the British diplomatic service was designed and planned by elite academics and university intellectuals.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

There would be no change in the meaning of the passage from “Often” (l. 2) to “duplicity” (l.4) if it were replaced by Even though it is often confused with espionage, which is its illegitimate cousin, diplomacy has been linked with misbehaviour and duplicity for centuries.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text I, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).

The words “clad” (l. 18) and “quaffing” (l.19) could be correctly replaced by dressed and sipping without this altering the meaning of the sentence, although this substitution would make the text less humorous.

Decide whether the following statements are right (C) or wrong (E) according to text I.

For the author, the bad reputation diplomacy holds has to do with the frequent international negotiations in which diplomats deal with foreign officials.

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It can be correctly concluded from the text that the recruitment methods adopted in the past have fuelled suspicion against diplomats and created a fallacious idea about their work.