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Reading Comprehension: Instead of immigration myths

Paul Oehme 10 questions

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  1. 1The author thinks the report is good and can be trusted.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  2. 2What does the author complain about (§1)?
    1. Athat somebody compiled some evidence
    2. Bthat work on the report started in 1990 and took very long
    3. Cthat the British do not think enough about migration
    4. Dthat nobody used solid facts in the discussion
  3. 3What should the UK have done in 2004?
    1. Aleave the EU
    2. Bjoin the EU
    3. Chave no election
    4. Drestrict migration
  4. 4There were no solid facts for a long time. What did this lead to?
    1. ANobody knew for sure what migration meant for the UK.
    2. BLies were spread.
    3. CCitizens relied on hearsay.
    4. DThe mood of the country turned anti-migration.
  5. 5What will you not find in the report?
    1. Amore than 100 pages
    2. Birony
    3. Cdata, facts, statistics
    4. Dideas on how to handle migration
  6. 6Read this sentence closely and in its context (=the paragraph). Which information does it contain?
    "Years of using immigration as a political football with which to achieve short-term goals have clearly come at a cost."
    1. APoliticians abused the topic to gain popularity.
    2. BParliament had a football match on the topic.
    3. CThe blame is mainly on the politicians.
    4. DThis was a long development.
  7. 7Is the summary of the report as given in the paragraphs "Among the most common phrases..." and "Other sections of the MAC..." correct as an over-all impression of the report?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  8. 8Does the information in the paragraph "The only areas of life..." give the reader the impression that there are serious drawbacks to migration?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  9. 9What does the author express which this phrasing, "the issue at the heart of the greatest political folly of our age [...] was – after all – founded on a fantasy"?
    1. Awhat you think you know about migration is not true
    2. Bthe political discussion was utterly useless
    3. Cthe discussion was the single biggest mistake of the last years
    4. Dthere is some truth to the discussion
  10. 10Does the author believe that the report will change the discussion on migration?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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Please read the article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/23/instead-of-immigration-myths-we-now-have-facts-will-we-act-upon-them
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