Question

Questions are based on the following passage.

1.

A. In multi-cultural countries. B. In developing countries.

C. In developed countries. D. In densely-populated countries.

2.

A. Lack of communication facilities. B. Temporary shelter.

C. Power failure. D. No access to recreation.

3.

A. Features of different types of poverty. B. Approaches to poverty elimination.

C. Changes in three poverty categories. D. Ways to calculate the poverty line.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

Hello! Today I am going to talk about poverty, a critical issue in today’s world. One useful way to understand poverty is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty.

The first type of poverty is extreme poverty. In extreme poverty, households cannot meet basic needs for survival. People suffer from long-term hunger. They have no access to safe drinking water, let alone health care. They cannot afford education for their children. In short, people who live in extreme poverty do not have even the minimum resources to support themselves and their families. Then, where does extreme poverty occur? Well, you can find it only in developing countries.

Well, what about moderate poverty? Unlike extreme poverty, moderate poverty generally refers to rarely meeting the basic needs of life condition. People living in moderate poverty have the resources to keep themselves alive, but only at a very basic level. For example, they may have access to drinking water but not clean, safe drinking water. They may have a home to shelter themselves but it does not have power supply, or a telephone.

The third kind of poverty is relative poverty. Relative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income. The relatively poor live in high income countries but they do not have a high income themselves. The methods of calculating the poverty line vary from country to country, but we can say that basically the income of a family living in relative poverty is less than that of the average family. They can meet their basic needs but they lack access to cultural goods, and entertainment. They also do not have access to quality health care.

We should keep these distinctions in mind when we research people’s living conditions either in the developing or the developed world.

Questions:

Where does the speaker say we can find extreme poverty?

Which of the following features can be seen in relative poverty?

What does the speaker mainly talk about?

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