Robots
Q: What is the main fear in the reading?
A) Robots will take people’s jobs
B) People will stop using technology
Robots will take people’s jobs
Q: By what year could 47% of jobs be automated?
A) 2030
B) 2050
A) 2030
Q: What does automated mean?
A) Done by machines
B) Done by teachers
A) Done by machines
Q: What do pessimists think?
A) People will lose jobs and be unhappy
B) People will all be rich
A) People will lose jobs and be unhappy
Q: What can people do to prepare for the future?
A) Learn new skills
B) Stop working
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Q: What does the reading say about lifelong work?
A) People should stop learning after school
B) People need to keep learning
B) People need to keep learning ✅
Q: What kind of tasks are robots good at?
A) Repetitive tasks
B) Creative tasks
A) Repetitive tasks
Q: What does efficient mean?
A) Fast and works well
B) Slow and difficult
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Q: What do optimists think?
A) No new jobs will exist
B) New jobs will be created
B) New jobs will be created
Q: What kind of skills should people develop?
A) Creative and social skills
B) Sleeping skills 😄
A) Creative and social skills
Q: What is one problem if robots take all jobs?
A) People may not have jobs or purpose
B) People will work more
A) People may not have jobs or purpose
Q: What kind of jobs are robots NOT good at?
A) Creative and social jobs
B) Simple repetitive jobs
A) Creative and social jobs
Q: What does unpredictable mean?
A) Easy to know
B) Hard to know
B) Hard to know
Q: What example shows new jobs didn’t exist before?
A) IT / programming / web design
B) Farming
A) IT / programming / web design
Q: What else should people keep up with?
A) New digital technologies
B) Old machines
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Q: What is one benefit of robots?
A) They are slow
B) They are efficient
B) They are efficient
Q: What example job may stay safe for now?
A) Social workers
B) Telemarketers
A) Social worker
Q: What does universal basic income mean?
A) Money for all people to cover basic needs
B) Money only for workers
A) Money for all people to cover basic needs
Q: What is one problem even if people get money?
A) They may not have purpose or happiness
B) They will have too many jobs
A) They may not have purpose or happiness
Q: Why is lifelong learning important?
A) To stay employable and ready for jobs
B) To avoid working
A) To stay employable and ready for jobs