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1) What is the main idea of this passage?
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A. It focuses on the technology factor in changing job market.
B. It carefully delivers the reasons of income inequality.
C. It mainly describes the consequences of the "shifting wealth".
D. It briefly compares the financial situations between the developed and developing countries.
2) What does "come into play" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Come and play something.
B. Just for fun and nothing serious.
C. Play a character in several special factors.D. Start to happen or have an effect.
3) What does The Economist try to say when it refers to the emerging economies?
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A. Economies in a number of emerging economies have grown, slowing this change in global wealth.
B. Many emerging nations are facing a return to poverty.
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C. There's nothing to worry about the economies of the emerging economies.
D. Its roughest time seems to be over.
4) Which information can be inferred from the number of informal jobs in Brazil and India?
Permanent jobs with different benefits make it possible for workers in Brazil and India to lose their income suddenly, which makes inequality a little bit worse.Workers in Brazil and India may lose income unexpectedly due to permanent positions with varying benefits, which contributes significantly to inequality.
C. Due to informal labor with minimal terms and conditions, employees in Brazil and India may lose income unexpectedly, which contributes significantly to inequality.
D. Workers in Brazil and India may experience a temporary decrease in income due to the prevalence of long-term positions with a variety of perks, which leads to growing inequality.
5) Which of these following answers can be the consequences of economic inequality?
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A. Some groups in countries are left out of politics, the economy, and social life.
Some of these developments have resulted in a shift in the location of the world's poorest people.
Overall lack of growth in the nation.
India is home to almost three-quarters of the world's 1.3 billion poorest people.
6) Why did The Luddites want to destroy the newly installed machinery?
A. They aspired to become a part of the globalization process.TL
