Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.
All over the country young people are entering a world of homelessness and poverty, according to a recent report by the housing group, Shelter. Nearly 150,000 young people aged between sixteen and twenty-five will become homeless this year, says Shelter. Some of the young homeless may sleep out in the open in such places as 'cardboard city' in London, where people of all ages sleep in the open air in their only homes - cardboard boxes. Others may find accommodation in shelters run by voluntary organizations or get a place in a hostel, which gives them board for up to ten weeks.’
But who are these people? Those who are seeking a roof over their heads are mostly not runaways but “throwaways” - people who have been thrown out of their homes or forced to leave because of parental divorce, an unsympathetic step-parent or one of many other reasons.
Take the case of one sixteen-year-old schoolgirl, Alice. She did not come from a poor home and had just passed her exams with good results. The Shelter team met her in a hostel where she was doing her physics homework. It turned out that her parents had thrown her out of her home for no other reason that she wanted to do Science Advanced Level exams - which her parents refused her permission to do, saying that sciences were unladylike!
Shelter says that the Government's laws do nothing to help these youngsters. Rising rents, the shortage of cheap housing and a cut in benefits for young people under the age of twenty-five are causing a national problem, according to Shelter. The recent changes in the benefit laws mean that someone aged between sixteen and twenty-five gets less than older people and they can only claim state help if they prove that they left home for a good reason.
Shelter believes that because of the major cuts in benefits to young people, more and more are being forced to sleep on the streets. Shelter also points out that if you are homeless, you can't get a job because employers will not hire someone without a permanent address; and if you can't get a job, you are homeless because you don't have any money to pay for accommodation. It's an impossible situation.
(Source: FCE success workbook)
According to the passage, most young people become homeless because _________.
A. circumstances make it possible for them to live at home
B. they do not want to live with a divorced parent
C. they have run away from home
D. they have thrown away any chances of living at home by behaving badly
Chọn A
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Theo đoạn văn, hầu hết những người trẻ tuổi trở thành vô gia cư vì _________.
A. hoàn cảnh khiến họ có thể sống ở nhà
B. họ không muốn sống với cha mẹ ly dị
C. họ đã bỏ nhà ra đi
D. họ đã vứt bỏ mọi cơ hội sống ở nhà bằng cách cư xử tồi tệ
Thông tin: Those who are seeking a roof over their heads are mostly not runaways but “throwaways” - people who have been thrown out of their homes or forced to leave because of parental divorce, an unsympathetic step-parent or one of many other reasons.
Tạm dịch: Những người đang tìm kiếm một mái nhà để che nắng che mưa hầu hết không phải là kẻ chạy trốn mà là “người phải ra đi”, người phải ra khỏi nhà hoặc buộc phải rời đi vì ly hôn của cha mẹ, cha mẹ kế không thông cảm hoặc một trong nhiều lý do khác