Proficiency Topic PBT- TOEFL 2016

1-Video comprehension.

According to the video, answer the following questions.

A- Cite 5 conditions that make you be characterized as a modern

slave.
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B- The number of slaves is global:

( ) Less than 15 million
( ) Greater than 45 million
( ) About 30 million
( ) Exactly 70 million

C- Slavery is linked to:

( ) Supply chain
( ) Marketplace
( ) Abandoned children

D- What kinds of merchandise has hand slave work involved?

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E- In your country is there some kind of slave labor? (least 50 words)

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Almost 46 Million People Live in

‘Modern Slavery’
2-Listen and put the text in the proper order
an Australian research group Almost 46 million in some form of forced
labor or people live modern-day slavery, says.
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slavery may include debt sexual exploitation bondage, forced The

term modern marriage and.
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, China in such conditions and Pakistan have the largest number of

The researchers say India people living in such conditions.
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to do more released its latest Global Slavery Index earlier this week in
London. The foundation of forced labor wants governments and
businesses The Walk Free Foundation to stop systems.
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It found labor in 167 countries. that the number of people previously

living as modern slaves is 28 percent higher than The group studied
forced believed.
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also has more The new report said India than That is 18 million
modern-day slaves. much more than any other country.
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to end forced labor Kevin Bales is the lead author of the Global Slavery
Index. He said India is working, but that is historically difficult.
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3-Listen and Complete the missing words.

"They have __________ forms of slavery in India. They've had a

long, long history of rural forms of agricultural slavery so, you know,
it's something the Indians are _______________________, but
they've inherited a big _________________ the past."
Andrew Forrest is the chairman of the Walk Free foundation. He says
forced labor means workers cannot
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____________. He says their passports________________ from
them, or there might be a threat against them or their family members.
Forrest says such workers cannot leave their situation and are
______________, in his words, like “a farm animal.”

The report says 58 percent of people _______________________

are in five Asian countries.
In addition to India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan have
large numbers of _____________________ labor conditions.
In southern Pakistan, for example, men, women and children work
in _______________. But they do not see wages for their hard
work.
One brick maker described how he had to get ______________ to
feed his family. He said he believes he will never be able to repay his
debt.

In the brick factories, the employer_____________________’

earnings to secure their debt. The employer ________________ the
workers with food.

The report says ____________________ the world are trapped in

similar situations.
Wolfgang Buetner is with the group Human Rights Watch in Germany.
He said, “Forced labor is a big _________________________. We
have again and again documented migrant workers, in
____________domestic workers, but also workers on construction
sites, (who) were being subjected to forced ___________.”
And it is not only businesses.

“There are states that systematically impose forced labor, for example,
North Korea and Uzbekistan on its ___________________," he
said.
The report said North Korea, Iran, Eritrea, Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan have taken little
action to end slavery. It adds that North Korea has the

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_________________percentage of modern slavery at over 4

percent of the population.

Forced labor conditions are found not only in ____________nations,

but also in wealthy nations. However, the wealthy ones have lower
percentages of modern slavery among workers.
Activists are urging companies doing business in countries were forced
labor is a problem to make sure their partners
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campaign can make major ______________________ in working
conditions.

New Words List:

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