Reading 3: Globalization

Reading 3: Globalization

Reading Comprehension Practice ​

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​Your shirt was made in Mexico and your shoes in China. Your CD player comes from Japan. You can travel to Moscow and eat a Big Mac there and you can watch an American film in Rome. Today goods are made and sold all over the world, thanks to globalization. Globalization lets countries move closer to each other. People, companies and organizations in different countries can live and work together. We can exchange goods , money and ideas faster and cheaper than ever before. Modern communication and technology, like the Internet, cell phones or satellite TV help us in our daily lives. Globalization is growing quickly. A German company can produce cars in Argentina and then sell them in the United States. A businessman in Great Britain can buy a part of a company in Indonesia on one day and sell parts of another business in China the next, thanks to globalization. Fast food companies open shops around the world almost every day.

Multiple Choice

With the advance of globalization, …………… .

• Chinese economy has boomed in its way.

• Taxes have been raised by governments.

• Goods have become cheaper.

• International trade unions have merged.

Multiple Choice

The writer of the passage is not in favor of globalization.

• True

• False

• Not stated

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, globalization ……………… .

• causes political and economical drawbacks

• degenerates traditional values and cultures

• lets us travel and do business easily around the globe

• makes it hard for people to live comfortably

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true?

• It is easy to keep our lives steady and unchaged.

• Globalization is dominating our lives.

• It has been even easier now to export and import.

• Technology and globalization go hand in hand.

Multiple Choice

Globalization has created new markets for many businesses.

• True

• False

• Not stated