Questões: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC - RJ) — com gabarito

The author uses the phrasal verb “trundles off” (.l 18) that could be replaced by

The phrase “a chicken-and-egg problem” (.l 30) expresses the idea of

In “They have put a fleet of 150 experimental vehicles on the roads” (. l 65-66), “a fleet” could be replaced by

In the fragment, “The ordinary-looking models (…) likely to be encountered on roads” (. 74-78), the demonstrative “These” refers to

According to a safety engineer working on the project, for autonomous parking to work, most of the technology involved has to be in the car itself. One device which is NOT present in the Swedish test car is

In the German testing car, the most distinctive characteristic, in comparison to the American project, is

The main idea of the article is

The phrase “a chicken-and-egg problem” (. 30) expresses the idea of

The statement “A number of carmakers are developing wireless networking systems (…) if an accident looks likely” (. 50-54) shows that the manufacturers’ objective is

In the fragment, “The ordinary-looking models (…) likely to be encountered on roads” (. l 74-78), the demonstrative “These” refers to

The communicative intention of this article is to

The author claims that “Brazil lacks a history of conquest or imperial domination.” (lines 30-31) to support the idea that

Based on the meanings of the words in Paragraph 2, it can be said that

In the fragments “the country exports advanced passenger aircraft and high fashion design while simultaneously grappling with tens of millions struggling to survive in poverty” (lines 10-13) and “The ability of Brazilian diplomats to carry off this double identity rests in the country’s carefully constructed position as the intermediate or bridging ground between the South and the North.” (lines 52-55), ‘grappling with’ and carry off’ mean, respectively:

In the fragment “But when examined on a deeper level, the country bears more resemblance to a distributive, value-claiming actor.” (lines 50-52) the expression ‘to bear resemblance to’ means

In the fragment “For the last 20 years Itamaraty has been working to position Brazil as a leader of first South America and then the global South.” (lines 100-102), ‘has been working’ expresses

An appropriate explanation of the expression taken from the text is found in

The fragment “Brazilian musician Tom Jobim’s line that ‘Brazil is not for beginners’” (lines 143-144) is used by the author to

In “The interesting point is that this may present more of an opportunity than a threat…” (lines 160-161), ‘may present’ is replaced without change in meaning by

In the last section of the article, lines 151-171, the author states that