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BEST IELTS Academic Reading Test 33
ACADEMIC READING TEST 33 – PASSAGE – 1
ACADEMIC READING TEST 33
READING PASSAGE – 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14 which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.
Immigration refers to the movement of people between countries. While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels, modern immigration implies long-term permanent residence. Short-term visitors and tourists are considered non-immigrants (see expatriates). Immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration. Laws of the destination country are termed illegal immigration. ‘Under this definition, an illegal immigrant is a foreigner who either illegally crossed an international political border, whether by land, water, or air, or a foreigner who legally entered a country but overstays his/her visa in order to live and/or work therein. Seasonal labor migration, while generally non-permanent in nature (typically for periods of less than a year), is often treated as a form of immigration.
The modern concept of immigration is related to the development states and nationality law. Citizenship in a nation-state confers a right of residence in that state, but residency of non-citizens is subject to of nation conditions set by immigration law. The emergence of nation-states made immigration a political issue: by definition it is the homeland of a nation defined by shared ethnicity and/or culture.
The global volume of immigration is high in absolute terms, but low in relative terms. The International Integration and Refugee Association estimated 190 million international migrants in 2005, about 3 percent of global population. The other 97 percent still live in the country in which they were born. The Middle East, some parts of Europe, small areas of South East Asia, and a few spots in the West Indies have the highest percentages of immigration population recorded by the UN Census 2005.
The European Union allows free travel between member states with the appropriate papers. Most immigrants are from former eastern bloc states to the developed western European states, especially to Italy, Spain, Germany and Britain. Noticeably, some countries seemed to be favored by these new EU member nationals than others. For example, there are large numbers of Poles who have moved to the UK, Ireland and Netherlands, while Romanians have chosen Italy and Spain. While France and Germany put in place controls to curb Eastern European migration, the UK (along with Ireland) did not impose restrictions.
Following Poland’s entry into the EU in May 2004 it is estimated that by the start of 2007 375,000 Poles have registered to work in the UK, although the total Polish population in the UK is believed to be 750,000. Many Poles work in seasonal occupations and a large number are likely to move back and forth including between Ireland and other EU Western nations.
According to Eurostat, Some EU member states are currently receiving large-scale immigration: for instance, Spain, where the economy has created-more than half of all the new jobs in the EU over the past five years. The EU, in 2005, had an overall net gain from international migration of +1.8 million people. This accounts for almost 85% of Europe’s total population growth in 2005. In 2004, total 140,033 people immigrated to France. Of them, 90,250 were from Africa and 13,710 from Europe. In 2005, immigration fell slightly to 135,890. In recent years, immigration has accounted for more than half of Norway’s population growth. In 2006, Statistics Norway’s (SSB) counted a record 45,800 immigrants arriving in Norway — 30% higher than 2005. At the beginning of 2007, there were 415,300 persons in Norway with an immigrant background (i.e. immigrants, or born of immigrant parents), comprising 8.3 per cent of the total population.
Canada has the highest per capita net immigration rate in the world, driven by economic policy and family reunification. In 2001, 250,640 people immigrated to Canada. Newcomers settle mostly in the major urban areas of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. By the 1990s and 2000s, a majority of Canada’s immigrants came from Asia. Canadian society is often depicted as being a very progressive, diverse, and multicultural. Accusing a person of racism in Canada is usually considered a serious slur. All political parties are now cautious about criticizing of the high level of immigration, because, as noted by the Globe and Mail, “in the early 1990s, the old Reform Party was branded ‘racist’ for suggesting that immigration levels be lowered from 250,000 to 150,000.”
Japan accepted just 16 refugees in 1999, while the United States took in 85,010 for resettlement, according to the UNHCR. New Zealand, which is smaller than Japan, accepted 1,140 refugees in 1999. Just 305 persons were recognized as refugees by Japan from 1981, when Japan ratified the U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, to 2002. Japanese Minister Taro Aso has called Japan a “one race” nation.
In 2004 the number of people who became British citizens rose to a record 140,795 – a rise of 12% on the previous year. This number had risen dramatically since 2000. The overwhelming majority of new citizens come from Africa (32%) and Asia (40%), the largest three groups being people from Pakistan, India and Somalia. In 2005, an estimated 565,000 migrants arrived to live in the UK for at least a year, most of the migrants were people from Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Africa, while 380,000 people emigrated from the UK for a year or more, with Australia, Spain and France moist popular destinations.
Questions 1-5
Fill in the blanks. Write not more than THREE words for each answer
1………………………………. means transfer of people to another. The term modern immigration only deals with 2…………………… transfer it to live in another country by breaking. The 3…………………………of immigration is considered as a4………………………. living in other country for a short5………………….is considered as non-immigration.
List of Words
Violates
Development
labour
Permanent
Offence
Period
People
Laws
Immigration
Questions 6-9
On the following statements agree with the information in Reading, Passage 1?
In boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet write: –
TRUE: if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE: if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN: if there is no information on this in the passages.
6. Labor migration is considered as an immigration.
7. 3% of world’s population moves to another, countries every year.
8. In Europe, person immigrate to the developed western Europe.
9. 375,000 poles will immigrate to UK in 2009.
Questions 10-14
CHOOSE the appropriate letter A-D a write it in boxes 10-14 on your answer sheet.
10. European union had an overall gain of
A. +1.8 million people
B. 1.8 billion people
C. +85 million people
D. +85 billion people
11. Majority of people immigrated to France belonged to
A. America
B. Norway
C. Spain
D. Africa
12. Which country has highest per capita net immigration?
A. Australia
B. UK
C. Canada
D. Spain
13. Which is “one race” nation according to the passage?
A. Japan
B. US
C. UK
D. Canada
14. In UK mostly migrants were from
A. Europe
B. Asia
C. US
D. Canada
ANSWER
1. immigration
2. Permanent
3. laws
4. offence
5. Period
6. Yes
7. NG
8. True
9. NG
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. B
