1. Uno se pregunta por qué para saquear nuestras riquezas las potencias como Estados Unidos, Europa y Japón utilizan un mecanismo tan extraño como el de las transnacionales y no una fórmula más expeditiva, como un ejército. Burlón Pasivo Temeroso Vacilante 2. ¿Por qué no evitar toda esta onerosa pantomima y enviar de una vez a la soldadesca para cargar, a punto de carajos, con nuestra cornucopia? Desdeñoso Arrepentido Contradictorio Irónico 3. Lo raro es que sigan viniendo a nuestros países pese a haber sido tantas veces en el pasado reciente obligadas por nuestros gobiernos a liar bártulos. Cómico Crítico Arrepentido Vacilante 4. Claro, una empresa transnacional no es un fondo de caridad. No regala dinero a un país en el que invierte, precisamente porque eso es lo que hace: invertir, actividad que no puede desligarse del objetivo, perfectamente respetable, de conseguir beneficios. Sarcástico Temeroso Explicativo Desdeñoso 5. A lo mejor algún día la ingeniería genética producirá un intelectual latinoamericano capaz de entender que la búsqueda del beneficio es sana y moral. Inocente Irónico Contradictorio Mordaz

 1. One wonders why powers such as the United States, Europe, and Japan use their mechanism as strange as that of the transnational corporations to plunder our wealth, and not a more expeditious formula, such as an army. Mocking passive fearful wavering

2. Why not avoid all this onerous pantomime and send the soldiery at once to load, to the point of hell, with our cornucopia? Disdainful repentant contradictory ironic

3. The strange thing is that they continue to come to our countries despite having been forced so many times in the recent past by our governments to bundle items. Wavering regretful critical comedian

4. Of course, a transnational company is not a charity fund. He does not give money to a country in which he invests, precisely because that is what he does: invest, an activity that cannot be separated from the perfectly respectable objective of making profits. Sarcastic, fearful, explanatory, disdainful

5. Maybe someday genetic engineering will produce a Latin American intellectual capable of understanding that the search for profit is healthy and moral. Innocent Ironic Contradictory Biting

the answer to the test is 1. b 2. d 3. a. 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. d 14. c 15. a 16. a 17. d 18.b 19. d 20. c 21. a 22. c 23. c.     24. a guateque canpesino is a family gathering brought to the countryside to celebrate harvest time. here at the gathering people sing, listen to music, play the gutair, laud, tres, guiro, dance. they also eat roar pork, rice, and beans. 25. yo soy alta means i am tall. the reason why this sentence uses the verb -see is because the characteristics that is being described is how someone is like.