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Small markets are an important part of South Africa's economy; these businesses

英语试题 05-03
 
A.Informal workers can be self-employed or wage earners.
B.Immigrants are increasingly becoming the main labor source.
C.His small store offers many kinds of goods ranging from soap to sweets.
D.He is competing with a nearby store run by a family from Pakistan.
E.African countries are suffering from great poverty.
F.Immigrants are accused of taking jobs from South Africans.


Small markets are an important part of South Africa's economy; these businesses offer jobs in the country with the unemployment rate of at least 25 percent. But immigrant-owned and international businesses are increasing their share of South African markets, which has hurt local traders who run little shops called spazas.
John Stheole has owned his spaza for more than ten years. It is a small grey building in Dube village, in the Soweto area of the capital Johannesburg. (67)          
Spaza means “just getting buy”. The shops are found in non-white communities where larger, more official stores are not available or are too costly. There are about 100,000 spazas in South
Africa; they employ 290,000 people. But few have paid attention to the part these stores can play
in creating jobs.
Research shows that what is called the informal sector in Africa is very large. (68)    Last year, the African Development Bank said the informal sector provides about 55 percent of the economic productivity of African countries south of the Sahara desert.
But business has been slow for Mr. Stheole. (69)  “Last year, I am struggling…” said  Stheole. South Africa is the only country in the area where refugees and asylum- seekers can move freely, and have the right to work. South Africa is the only hope of living and working in peace for people who have fled countries like Somalia and Zimbabwe.
But reduced profits for native traders and high unemployment rates have caused tensions in the country. (70)          Some also believe immigrants hurt South African shopkeepers by selling goods
at lower prices. In September,more than 100 Somali-owned spazas were attacked during the four
days of unrest in the city of Port.

答案
67-70: CADF

 
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