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2 4 .Mitt Romney is mentioned in the text because he<br />
2 8 . In paragraph 4, the word ”hassle" means:<br />
( A ) believed arrangements for the British Olympics might<br />
not be completed on time.<br />
( B ) showed considerable scepticism over the choice of<br />
London for the Olympics.<br />
( C ) hoped Rio would prepare for the Olympics more<br />
successfully than London.<br />
( D ) feared preparations for the Olympics in Rio would be<br />
worse than those in London.<br />
2 5 .ln paragraph 3, the word "its" refers to:<br />
( A ) BNDES.<br />
( B ) Brazil.<br />
( C ) loans.<br />
( D ) infrastructure projects.<br />
( A ) the condition of having the same opinion between two<br />
or more people or groups to obey the same rule.<br />
( B ) a feeling of not being worried.<br />
( C ) something needing great mental effort in order to be<br />
done successfully.<br />
( D ) a situation that causes difiiculty or trouble.<br />
2 9 .Choose the best option to ll the blanks ln paragraph<br />
4 and 5, respectively.<br />
( A ) on / off.<br />
( B ) in / on.<br />
( C ) over / up.<br />
( D ) off/ in.<br />
2 6 .Based on the text, choose the lncorrect answer.<br />
3 0 .ln accordance with paragraph 5, it can be inferred that:<br />
( A )"yield" in paragraph 3 could be replaced by "return".<br />
( B ) "fast-track" in paragraph 4 is an example of a<br />
vocabulary item that has changed its word class.<br />
( C ) "aggrieved" in paragraph 4 could be replaced by<br />
"rebellious".<br />
( D )"auctloned" in paragraph 5 suggests the projects were<br />
awarded to the highest bldders.<br />
2 7 .In accordance wlth the text, it can be inferred that,<br />
except.<br />
( A ) private investment in big projects used to be more<br />
copious than it is now.<br />
( B )the writer believes the government should take over<br />
the task of providing suitable Olympic venues.<br />
( C ) private investors believes that building stadiums to the<br />
world Cup and Olympics is a very attractive investment.<br />
( D ) Brazilian government has to work hard to attract more<br />
non-public funds to support infrastructure projects.<br />
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( A ) Projected future public investment is too low for<br />
Brazil to match Chile.<br />
( B ) The writer points out some of the difculties Brazil<br />
has to solve its infrastructure gap and blames the private<br />
investors.<br />
( C ) Cheap loans offered by BNDES are<br />
counterproductive in encouraging large-scale private<br />
funding.<br />
( D ) China, India and Russia have better quality of<br />
infrastructure than Brazil according to the World<br />
Economic Forum.<br />
1 . Conjeturas hubo varias, pero entre las tantas asomó con<br />
inusitado atractivo la hipótesis del blogger americano<br />
Chris Turner, quien sostuvo que los automovilistas sufrian<br />
de un sesgo cocgnitivo descubierto por el economista<br />
Richard Thaler , de la Universidad de Chicago, en 1980,<br />
denominado endowment effect, algo así como "el efecto<br />
de poseer algo ".<br />
2 . El relato viene a cuento de que la Corporación Andina<br />
de Fomento (CAF) acaba de publicar una notable<br />
investigación comparativa del funcionamiento del sistema<br />
de transporte en los 15 aglomerados latino-americanos<br />
más importantes, desde Montevideo hasta San Pablo,<br />
pasando logicamente por el Área Metropolitana de<br />
Buenos Aires, Capital y Gran Buenos Aires (AMBA) .<br />
3 . En los últimos 35 años, la cantidad de personas<br />
transportadas en el AMBA pasó de 17,4 a 26,3 millones