THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION                                                            BANNI KANANAH DIRECTORATE

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الدورة الشتوية ( 2013-2014(

        In 2003, 410.000 non-British citizens came to live in the UK and 100.000 British people returned to their home country from Spain, Australia and other countries where they had gone to live or work. In the same period, 170.000 non-British citizens left the UK to live in other countries 190.000 British people also left. This means a total increase of 150.000 in the British population, but where did all these immigrants come from and go to?

     Many new arrivals are economic migrants – people who come because they can earn more money in Britain than in their own country. Traditionally, many of these migrants used to come from countries in Africa or Asia, but now, growing numbers are from poorer countries in Europe such as Poland, Hungary or Russia. Many new migrants take low-paid jobs which British people do not want to do, like cleaning, picking fruit and vegetables, looking after old people or repetitive factory work.

     A minority come to work in well-paid jobs, for example as dentists or doctors. Many of these migrants do not intend to stay in Britain, and send some of their earnings home to their families. But even though they earn higher wages than they would in their own countries. Most economic migrants can only afford to live a simple life .Some share accommodation with another migrant family.

QUESTION NUMBER ONE: READING COMP.

 ( A )  Answer these questions

1) According to paragraph one, why did some British citizens leave the UK?

2) According to the second paragraph, write down two examples of low-paid jobs?

3) Quote a sentence from the text which indicates that there is a kind of cooperation between migrants?

4) The underlined word (who) in paragraph four line 1 refers to ……….

5) Find a word in the last paragraph that has a similar meaning to 'weather conditions in an area over a period of time'?

6) According to the text, the writer thinks that some migrants accept any job whatever the salary is. Explain this statement, justifying your answer.

( B ) Critical Thinking :

Migration has good and bad influences on migrants. Think of this statement and, in two sentences, write your point of view.