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Capitolo 1
Reading Comprehension
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B.
Only 7% of British people think that there are too many immigrants
in Britain
C.
85% of British people believe that either asylum seekers or illegal
immigrants are putting too much pressure on public services
D.
Immigrants do not queue for buses
3)
What does «it» (sentence: “It’s a puzzle…”), refer to?
A.
Unemployment
B.
The battered suitcase
C.
The Eurobarometer poll
D.
The resentment which the British feel towards immigrants
4)
According to the article, which one of the following statements
is FALSE?
A.
Immigrants keep the wages for bus-drivers and fruit-pickers low
B.
Britain is at the top of the European xenophobes’ league
C.
The nannies of London children now come mostly from Pakistan
D.
Because of immigration, restaurants are less expensive and serve
more interesting food
5)
Which one of the following words/expressions does NOT have
negative connotations in the context of the article?
A.
Restless (sentence: “The natives are not particularly”)
B.
Grate (sentence: “The newcomers that grate…”)
C.
Overrun (sentence “The newcomers that grate…”)
D.
Genuine (sentence: “Even in 2000, before the asylum panic…”)
Read the following passage and put a cross on the letter of the sentence
which you consider most appropriate:
In a programme of research which began in 1999 and runs until 2004, funded
by The Leverhulme Trust, we are exploring «national» identity, that is, being
Scottish, English, and so on. It is not, of course, the only form of identity which
matters to people, and indeed, you may reply that that there are far more
important aspects of your life: being a parent, your gender, what you do for a
living, the church you belong to, and so on. More about that later.
Our reason for focusing on national identity is that, at the moment, it is especially
salient in the UK, and in these islands generally. The setting up of the Scottish
Parliament, and the Welsh National Assembly, might be thought of as the
expressions of the growing importance of being Scottish and being Welsh. It