[1] Statistics on the brain drain from
[2] There are currently over 300,000 highly
qualified Africans in the Diaspora, 30,000 of which have PhDs. At the same
time,
[3] Over the past 10-15 years, about 50% of
Ethiopians who went abroad for training did not return after completing their
studies. According to the IOM,
[4] According to the estimates of the
Presidential Committee on Brain Drain set up in 1988 by the Babangida
administration,
[5] In 1997 only, more than 1,000
professionals left
1.Which one
would be the best title for the text?
r The causes of Brain
Drain.
r Brain Drain in
r Brain Drain in
r Brain Drain in
r Brain Drain in the
past.
2. One of the statements
below did not appear in the text. Read the statements carefully and cross out (x) the
idea not mentioned.
r
r
r
r
3. Decide
if these statements are true or false; then, justify your answer.
a. Doctors, university
lecturers, engineers and other professionals leave
Truer Falser
……………………………………………………………………………………
b. 90% of private firms in
Truer Falser
c.
In 1997 only, more than 100
professionals left
……………………………………………………………………………………
Truer Falser
……………………………………………………………………………………
4. Answer the following questions briefly, in your own
words as far as possible.
a. How much money does
……………………………………………………………………………………
b. How much money does
……………………………………………………………………………………
c.
What do the figures and statistics above show?
……………………………………………………………………………………
5. Match the following words with their definitions.
Word |
|
Definition |
1. Scarce |
a) Someone who does not live in their own
country |
|
2. Assistance |
b) To establish someone or yourself in a
business or position |
|
3. Diaspora |
c) The act of putting money, effort, time,
etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money,
effort, time, etc. used to do this |
|
4. Expatriate |
d) Help |
|
5. Investment |
e) The spreading of people from one original
country to other countries |
|
6. Set up |
f) Having finished a training course, or
having particular skills, etc |
|
7. Qualified |
g)
Not easy to find or get; rare. |
|
8. End up |
|
h) to finally be in a
particular place or situation. |
6. Find in the text the antonyms of the following
words.
a. Decreasing (paragraph 1) #. ……………………………….
b. Public (paragraph 2)