Você, acadêmico, ouviu e leu o podcast 'Credit Cards', na trilha de aprendizagem de Língua Inglesa I. Agora, releia o texto do podcast: "A credit c...

Você, acadêmico, ouviu e leu o podcast 'Credit Cards', na trilha de aprendizagem de Língua Inglesa I. Agora, releia o texto do podcast: "A credit card is a small card containing a means of identification, such as a signature or picture, that authorizes the person named on it to charge goods or services to his account, on which he is billed periodically. The use of credit cards originated in the United States during the 1920s, when individual firms, such as oil companies and hotel chains, began issuing them to customers for purchases made at company outlets; their use increase greatly after World War II. The first universal credit card, which could be used at a variaty of establishments, was introduced by the Diners Club Inc., in 1950. Another major card of this type was established by the American Express Company in 1958." Acerca do texto que você acabou de reler, assinale a alternativa CORRETA: FONTE: The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Micropaedia, vol. 3, 1992, p. 722.


A A American Express Company popularizou o cartão de crédito tal como o conhecemos hoje.
B Na década de 1920, nos Estados Unidos, surgiram os primeiros cartões de crédito.
C Quando o texto menciona Diners e American Express, está fazendo propaganda desses cartões de crédito.
D O texto tem caráter argumentativo.