VI. Now read the text again and answer the questions

III. Match the words and phrases with the definitions.

II. Complete the sentences as in the text.

1. Wealth means all the collected store of… 2. Income is the amount of money that a person… 3. People live in absolute poverty when they live… 4. In developing countries causes of absolute poverty include natural… 5. People with a low income spend everything they… 6. When governments provide free schooling, the poor may not send their children to school because… 7. A nation that has almost no savings cannot…

Valuable, invest, pension scheme, static, belongings, flow, distribution, interest, savings, inequality, extent, stocks and shares, store

A. to lend money to a company or bank in order to earn more
money

B. how large or important something is

C. the way in which a supply of something, like money, is shared
among people

D. money puts somewhere for later use, for example in the bank

E. immobile, not moving

F. unfairness

G. a way of saving money for when you get old and stop working
H. things someone owns, but usually things that can be moved

I. if you save money in a bank, you get this extra money for keeping it there

J. movement like a river

K. important or worth money

L. a collection or supply of things kept for later use

M. part of the value of a company – people buy and sell these

IV. Now read the text again and match some paragraphs with the
correct heading.

Paragraph 1……………………………………… Paragraph 3 ……………………………………… Paragraph 5 ……………………………………… Paragraph 6 ………………………………………

A. What is wealth

B. Inequalities in wealth

C. Inequalities in income

D. Kides of poverty

V. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box:

absolute, associate, average, corruption, cycle, define, generation, natural disasters, shelter, trap

1. We……………….. high crime rates with poverty and

unemployment.

2. Having a..................., a roof over your head, is a basic need of

humankind.

3. How does the dictionary................ this word?

4. Floods, droughts, hurricanes and other.............. are happening

more frequently.

5. Giving money secretly to judges or politicians so that they help you is an example of

6. Hunters will sometimes set a................ instead of using a gun.

7. Let’s hope the next................. finally put an end to hunger and

poverty.

8. The world’s water supply is a.............. which involves the sea,

rainfall and rivers.

9. If somebody lives in.................. poverty, that means they are

completely without money to buy basic necessities.

10. The.................. salary at that company is very high.

1. Poverty is...

A. only found in developing countries.

B. mostly in industrialized countries.

C. found in both developing and industrialized countries.

2. What number of people lives in extreme poverty?

A. three billion

B. two billion

C. one billion

3. How can relative poverty be explained?

A. It takes into account that there are rich people.

B. It’s a kind of poverty found in industrialized countries.

C. It’s a kind of poverty only experienced in Britain.

4. What cause of poverty is not mentioned in the text?

A. Wa r

B. Lack of natural resources

C. natural disasters

5. Why can’t people escape from the poverty trap?

A. Because they refuse to send their children to school.

B. Because they need any income their children can earn.

C. Because governments don’t provide free education.

6. According to the text, why are countries often trapped in a poverty
cycle?

A. There is no money for investment.

B. There are no schools.

C. The land is not good for growing crops.

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