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.
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What is the reading passage mainly about?
A. The problem of unemployed people all over the world
B. Timely actions from the governement to fight homelessness
C. The plight of young, homless people
D. An increasingly popular trend among youngsters
Chọn C
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Đoạn văn đọc chủ yếu nói về điều gì?
A. Vấn đề người thất nghiệp trên toàn thế giới
B. Hành động kịp thời từ chính quyền để chống lại tình trạng vô gia cư
C. Hoàn cảnh của những người trẻ tuổi - vô gia cư
D. Một xu hướng ngày càng phổ biến trong giới trẻ
Thông tin: All over the country young people are entering a world of homelessness and poverty
Đoạn 2: nói về nguyên nhân những người trẻ phải bỏ nhà ra đi
Đoạn 3: ví dụ cụ thể của một người trẻ bỏ nhà ra đi
Đoạn 4, 5: những bất lợi của người trẻ vô gia cư và những biên pháp của chính phủ
Tạm dịch: những người trẻ tuổi trên tất cả đất nước đang bước vào một thế giới vô gia cư và nghèo đói