Freeters and NEETs

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EXERCISE:
1. Which word can best replace the word diligent In line 7?
A careful
B hard working
C laid back
D punctual

2. Which word best replaces the word phenomenon in line 55?

A accident
B happening
C incident
D occasion

3. It has become more difficult to a find full-time job since the 1990s because of the following
two reasons:
A hourly wages have dropped ¥400 per hour
B companies offer fewer benefits than they did in the past
C there were fewer regulations that companies had to follow
D economic conditions in Japan are not as good now as in the past

4. Freeters and NEETs reasons for choosing their lifestyle include

A refusing their parents lifestyles
B wanting to have more time for their own enjoyment
C learning through the media that other lifestyle choices are available
D all of the choices, A, B, and C are correct

5. According to the passage which two of the following are possibilities for Japan's future?
A Japan may become a society with clear classes of people both higher and lower.
B japan's middle class will become larger and larger
C there will be a shortage of jobs because freeters and NEETs have disappeared.
D anybody who wants a job can get one.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Does the freeter lifestyle appeal to you? Explain.
2. Do you have a negative image of freeters and NEETs? Explain.