Social issues: Text 6

According to paragraph 1, one out of seven people are classified as poor.

• True

• False

For how long has poverty been a problem in Hong Kong?

• for 30 years

• from its pre-colonial past to the present day

• from 1949 to 1980s

• from WWII to the mid 1980s

According to paragraph 2, the population of unskilled settlers increased rapidly.

• True

• False

Which of the following information is not true in paragraph 3?

• The daily wage of the poor increased.

• The living condition of the poor improved.

• The wealth gap narrowed.

• The welfare policy changed.

What does the writer call the period of time when many Hong Kong people worked in factories? (m____________ e__)

(a)  

A shantytown fire in (a)   in 1953 spurred Governor Alexander Grantham to push for the introduction of public housing in Hong Kong? (can be more than one word)

What kinds of workers did not benefit from the shift towards a service economy?

• blue-collar workers

• white-collar workers

• highly skilled workers

*** According to paragraph 4, what does the writer suggest about the unskilled workers? (Choose the BEST answer)

• From 1982 to 1997, the employment in service sector grew.

• They had to find jobs in the service sector.

• They had fewer job opportunities due to the shift from the manufacturing to the service industry.

• Highly-skilled job increased because of a parallel shift.

Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'mushroomed' (paragraph 5 line 6)?

• (noun) a fungus with a round flat head and short stem.

• (verb) to rapidly grow or increase in number

• (verb) to gather mushrooms in a field or wood

*** What is the main idea of paragraph 5? (Choose the BEST answer)

• A new dimension was add, of older men crossing the border to marry.

• Such marriages and births mushroomed from 782 in 1986 to 16,615 in 2008.

• It is about cross border marriage.

• The cross-border marriage further worsened the poverty faced by many families.