Instituto Rio Branco (Instituto Rio Branco) - Diplomata - Cebraspe (Cespe) (Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos Universidade de Brasília) - 2017

It can be correctly inferred from the text that there tends to be presently more female diplomats, as well as diplomats with more diverse social backgrounds, than in 1966.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The word “genial" (l.15) means unusually intelligent.

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.

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.

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