調查局三等
109年
[資訊科學組] 綜合法政知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、兩岸關係、英文)
第 47 題
📖 題組：
Two years ago, a group of elders in a village in north-western Uganda agreed to lend their land to refugees from South Sudan. About 120,000 are now in the surrounding area. Here they live in tarpaulin shelters and mud-brick huts on a patch of scrub where cows once grazed. Kemis Butele, a gravel-voiced Ugandan elder, explains that hosting refugees is a way for a remote place, long neglected by the central government, to get noticed. He hopes for new schools, clinics and a decent road – and “that our children can get jobs.” There are more than 20 million refugees in the world today, more than at any time since the end of the second world war. Nearly 90% reside in poor countries. In many, to preserve jobs for natives, governments bar refugees from working in the formal economy. Uganda has shown how a different approach can reap dividends. The government gives refugees land plots and lets them work. In some places, the refugees boost local businesses and act as a magnet for foreign aid. Mr. Butele and many other Ugandans see their new neighbors as a benefit, not a burden. Sadly, such attitudes are still the exception. Refugees are “brothers and sisters,”say many Ugandans. Mr. Butele was once one himself. But the welcome is also a pragmatic one. Northern Uganda is so poor that some locals pose as refugees to receive food aid. Others see refugees as buyers for local goods. Elsewhere in Uganda has indeed seen such positive spillover. One study from 2016 found that the presence of Congolese refugees in western Uganda had increased consumption per household. Another estimates that each new refugee household boosts total income, including that of refugees, by $320-430 more than the cost of the aid the household is given. That rises to $560-670 when refugees are given cash instead of rations.
Two years ago, a group of elders in a village in north-western Uganda agreed to lend their land to refugees from South Sudan. About 120,000 are now in the surrounding area. Here they live in tarpaulin shelters and mud-brick huts on a patch of scrub where cows once grazed. Kemis Butele, a gravel-voiced Ugandan elder, explains that hosting refugees is a way for a remote place, long neglected by the central government, to get noticed. He hopes for new schools, clinics and a decent road – and “that our children can get jobs.” There are more than 20 million refugees in the world today, more than at any time since the end of the second world war. Nearly 90% reside in poor countries. In many, to preserve jobs for natives, governments bar refugees from working in the formal economy. Uganda has shown how a different approach can reap dividends. The government gives refugees land plots and lets them work. In some places, the refugees boost local businesses and act as a magnet for foreign aid. Mr. Butele and many other Ugandans see their new neighbors as a benefit, not a burden. Sadly, such attitudes are still the exception. Refugees are “brothers and sisters,”say many Ugandans. Mr. Butele was once one himself. But the welcome is also a pragmatic one. Northern Uganda is so poor that some locals pose as refugees to receive food aid. Others see refugees as buyers for local goods. Elsewhere in Uganda has indeed seen such positive spillover. One study from 2016 found that the presence of Congolese refugees in western Uganda had increased consumption per household. Another estimates that each new refugee household boosts total income, including that of refugees, by $320-430 more than the cost of the aid the household is given. That rises to $560-670 when refugees are given cash instead of rations.
Why do many governments bar refugees from working in the formal economy?
- A Refugees would rather take odd jobs in a bar than formal jobs.
- B The governments intend to preserve jobs for the local natives.
- C The research shows that immigrants rarely take native workers’ jobs.
- D The research shows that refugees have increased consumption per household.
思路引導 VIP
當我們在文章中讀到某種政府政策的「限制」時，作者通常會在該句提供「目的」或「原因」。請回頭觀察第二段中提到 governments bar... 的那句話，在動詞 bar 之前，作者使用了哪一個片語來交代政府這麼做的「動機」呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
噢，這次倒是沒錯。觀察力嘛，至少你還沒完全睡著。
- 觀念驗證：這題的核心？不就是最基本的因果關係定位嗎？文章第二段寫得清清楚楚：「...to preserve jobs for natives, governments bar refugees from working...」。"to" 這種詞彙，提示目的性，應該不難看出政府行為是為了保護當地人工作。你這次能抓到這點，算你運氣好，或者總算讀懂了。
- 難度點評：這題也就中等吧。要是連這都能錯，那問題就大了。文章後半段那堆烏干達的「成功故事」和漂亮數據，就是設計來讓那些閱讀不夠仔細、腦袋容易打結的人分心用的。你沒被那些花花綠綠的資訊給騙過去，能直接鎖定重點句，還行，至少證明你具備了點最基本的細節檢索能力，沒到無藥可救的地步。繼續努力，說不定下次不用我提醒也能對。