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| Immigration is frequently an uneven transaction. When a scientist from India or a professor from Guatemala or a physician from the Philippines moves to the U.S.A, America's gain is the native land's loss. Since few American professionals head out to settle elsewhere in the world, the redistribution of talents serves only to widen the gap between the land of plenty and the lands of poverty. Worse still, the cycle tends to perpetuate itself : as more people leave their native country for the U. S., more are likely to leave, to join relatives or cash in on connections or simply follow examples. Though nothing new, the brain drain has recently seemed more than ever to be taking from the poor and giving to the rich : whereas 30 years ago most well-qualified newcomers to the U. S. arrived from Europe, now they stream in from the poorer countries of the Third World. Even among unskilled workers, the U. S. tends to attract the most enterprising - those who are adventurous enough to quit their homes and strike out for new opportunities in America. The first to leave are outstanding students who win admission to U. S. universities and who, not surprisingly, accept challenging jobs and high salaries in America upon their graduation. Each year, for instance, some 6,000 Taiwan Chinese arrive to study in the U. S. ; no more than 20% ever return home. Many of the top achievers at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur are snapped up by the U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. These students are a treasure to any country, and it is a shame that their homes sometimes don't have the resources to nurture and hold on to them. No less costly to Third World nations is the steady migration of well-trained professionals in search of a life, any life, in America. The wage differential between the U. S. and Mexico, for example, is 15 to 1. For many others, even poverty in the U. S. is preferable to an uneasy prosperity at home : thus lawyers and doctors from Central America may be found washing cars or working as porters in Miami hotels. Time, July 8, 1985
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| 1.Complete the statement with the appropriate information from the text. The specific kind of immigration mentioned in the text is referred to as the
……………… 2. Complete both lists in the table with the right information.
3. At what educational stages do students decide to settle in the U. S. A. ? a)……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What, in the text, shows that the following statements are false ? a)The type of immigration mentioned is new.
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5. The journalist disapproves of this form of immigration. Find in the text 3 phrases or sentences that
justify his attitude.
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| II. LANGUAGE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the bracketed words : We must regard school not (mere) …………………………. as a place for (acquire) ………………. new skills, but as a social environment on its own, the first that most children become familiar with after their own homes. Whatever we may be (tell) …………………………. about the (responsible) …………………… of the family for moral (educate) ………………………., there is no doubt that it is at school that most children learn that they must adapt their (behave) ………………….. to rules and conventions, that (fair) ……………….. is a fundamental value, and that an individual has no right to make an (except) ……………………… for himself. 2. Circle the alternative that best completes each sentence in the paragraph below : She is one of the most (unknown - famous - illiterate ) American women. (Since - As - Like) a young woman, she braved the dangerous, grim battlefields of the American Civil war, the only woman (permit - permitting - permitted) there. Of this she wrote, "I may be compelled to face danger, but never (scare - fear - frighten) it. I can stand, feed and (hurt - prevent - heal) the wounded " After the war she (wasted - devoted - spent ) her life to founding the American National Red Cross and to the (relief - belief - relieve) of disaster - stricken people. At her (dead - died - death ) at the age of ninety - one, Clara Barton's name was beloved throughout the United States. 3. Put each word under the appropriate heading. There are 2 words per box. litter - campus - plaintiff - dean - refugee - sewage -
alien - court
4. Insert the appropriate preposition in each blank to get a meaningful sentence : We are holding a large reception at the Archway Hall
………………………… Saturday, 22nd June, and wish
……………….. know whether you will be able to undertake the
catering arrangements ………………………us
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| III. WRITING | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Punctuate and capitalize where necessary. in 1492 an italian navigator named christopher columbus set sail from spain in search of a sea route to asia columbus hoped to have access to the wealth of spices silks and gold for which the asian continent was famous
2. Reorder these 6 sentences to get a coherent paragraph. Write the correct number in the box provided before each sentence.
3. Write a biography of Jack London using the following notes : Birth : January, 12 th 1876 in San Francisco. N.B Don't write more than 10 lines. ............................................................................................................................................. |