Migrants to the UK are to be quizzed about their English skills before being able to claim income-related benefits, the government has announced.

In a move to "protect the integrity（完整性）of the benefits system", people will also be asked what efforts they have made to find work before coming to Britain. Work and Pensions Secretary Duncan Smith said people should not be able to "take advantage" of British benefits. Job centres in England, Scotland and Wales will use the "more mighty" test. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the test would ensure "only migrants who have a legal right to be in Britain and plan to contribute to this country can make a claim for benefits".

"For the first time, migrants will be quizzed about what efforts they have made to find work before coming to the UK and whether their English language skills will be a barrier to them finding employment," the DWP said in a statement.

Income-related benefits include council tax benefit, housing benefit, income-based jobseeker's allowance and pension credit.

Mr. Duncan Smith said British people were "rightly concerned" that migrants should contribute to the economy and should not be "drawn here by the attractiveness of our benefits system".

"It is vitally important that we have strict rules in place to protect the integrity of our benefits system," he said. He said the new test would help create a fair system which provided for "genuine" workers and jobseekers but "does not allow people to come to our country and take advantage".

To claim the benefits, migrants will have to pass a "habitual residence test" including more than 100 extra questions compared to now. This will be overseen by an "intelligent IT system" which will ensure questions are "tailored to each individual claimant".

Migrants will be allowed to claim benefits if they can prove they are legally allowed to be in Britain and are "habitually resident" of the country. As part of this they might be questioned about what measures they have taken to "establish" themselves in Britain and what ties they still have abroad.

"They will also have to provide more evidence that they are doing everything they can to find a job," the DWP said.

1.What does the British government use the test for?

A. promoting the English skills of migrants.

B. making efforts to help migrants find work.

C. protecting the rights of migrants.

D. ensuring the British benefit claimed legally by migrants .

2.What do we know about the test?

A. All British residents must be quizzed about their English skills.

B. The test will ask migrants whether they are willing to work in Britain.

C. The test is an act to protect British benefits system.

D. The test will help the government dismiss jobseekers.

3.What does the underlined word “claimant “(in para.7) probably mean in the text?

A. a person who applies B. a person who is badly off

C. a person who migrates D. a person who is quizzed

4.What does the passage mainly want to inform us?

A. All migrants can claim benefits from the UK.

B. Income-related benefits can be a great help to migrants.

C. All migrants come to the UK only to claim benefits.

D. Migrants are to pass a test to get the benefits from the UK.

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：英國移民需接受英語技能測試才能享受福利，此舉被認為是為了保護福利系統(tǒng)的合理性。

1. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the test would ensure "only migrants who have a legal right to be in Britain and plan to contribute to this country can make a claim for benefits"句意就業(yè)與退休金部門聲稱，這個測試只會讓那些有合法權(quán)利居住在英國并能夠給應(yīng)該帶來貢獻的移民得到補助。得知ensuring the British benefit claimed legally by migrants確保合法移民的英國福利 為最佳答案。故選D

2. a move to "protect the integrity（完整性）of the benefits system"得知此舉是為了“保護福利系統(tǒng)的完整性。The test is an act to protect British benefits system.測試是為了保護英國福利系統(tǒng)的一個舉措 為最佳答案。故選C

3. will be overseen by an "intelligent IT system" which will ensure questions are "tailored to each individual claimant"得知這將會由能根據(jù)每位申請者不同而提出相應(yīng)問題的智能信息技術(shù)系統(tǒng)監(jiān)督實行。Claimant譯為申請人，a person who applie最符合。故選A

4. part of this they might be questioned about what measures they have taken to "establis h" themselves in Britain and what ties they still have abroad.得知移民者若能證明自己在英國是合法的常住居民就能得到救濟金。這也是文章說明的主要目的。故選D

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