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    Child workers as young as 10 years old were found working in a textile factory in conditions described as close to slavery. The children reported long hours of unpaid work and threats of beatings. The company said clothes intended for a major retailer had been improperly outsourced to a sweatshop that used child labor. The discovery renewed concerns about large retailers outsourcing garment production to India, where over 20% of the economy depends on child labor involving 55 million children under 14 working. Consumers in the West should demand answers from retailers and examine if cheap prices are worth the suffering of so many children.

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    Child workers as young as 10 years old were found working in a textile factory in conditions described as close to slavery. The children reported long hours of unpaid work and threats of beatings. The company said clothes intended for a major retailer had been improperly outsourced to a sweatshop that used child labor. The discovery renewed concerns about large retailers outsourcing garment production to India, where over 20% of the economy depends on child labor involving 55 million children under 14 working. Consumers in the West should demand answers from retailers and examine if cheap prices are worth the suffering of so many children.

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    Child Labour: Intermediate

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    Child Labour

    Type: Multiple Choice

    Level: Intermediate

    Category: Business English

    Questions: 15

    Instructions: Read through the text below, answer the questions.

    Child Labour
    Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile 1)
    __________ in conditions described as close to slavery to produce clothes that
    appear destined for one the major high street 2) __________.

    Speaking to a British newspaper, the children described long hours of 3)


    __________ work and threats and beatings. The company said it was unaware that
    clothing intended for its 4) __________ had been improperly 5) __________ to a 6)
    __________ that used child labour. It further announced it had withdrawn the
    garments involved until it had investigated the alleged 7) __________ of the 8)
    __________ code it imposed on manufacturers three years ago.

    The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat
    area of Delhi has renewed concerns about the 9) __________ by some large retail
    chains of their 10) __________ production to India, recognised by the United
    Nations as one of the worlds's hotspots for child labour. According 11)
    __________ one 12) __________, over 20 per cent of India's economy is 13)
    __________ on children, which comes to a total of 55 million youngsters under 14
    working.

    14) __________ in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers
    about how their 15) __________ are produced but also should be looking into their
    consciences at how they spend their money and whether cheap prices in the
    West are worth the suffering caused to so many children.
    Comprehension Questions...

    Q1 -
    facility

    factory

    office

    bureau

    Q2 -
    warehouse

    retailer

    warehouses

    retailers

    Q3 -
    inpaid

    unpaid

    without pay

    without payment

    Q4 -
    warehouses

    stores

    outlet

    branch
    Q5 -
    outsource

    outsourcing

    outsources

    outsourced

    Q6 -
    association

    sweatshop

    closed shop

    retailer

    Q7 -
    breaches

    errors

    mistakes

    wrongdoings

    Q8 -
    ethic

    ethnic

    ethical

    ethnical

    Q9 -
    outsource
    outsourcing

    outsources

    outsourced

    Q10 -
    garment

    raiment

    garments

    raiments

    Q11 -
    by

    to

    of

    from

    Q12 -
    estimate

    estimating

    estimates

    estimated

    Q13 -
    depends

    dependent
    dependant

    dependence

    Q14 -
    Consume

    Consumption

    Consumer

    Consumers

    Q15 -
    stuff

    ware

    goods

    garment

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