Answer the following questions in your own words without copying any sentences from the passage above:

Why do the destitute families choose to send their children to work?

Write the meaning of the following words/expressions in English using contextual clues (The words/expressions are underlined in the passage):

Irreversible

Give the synonyms for the following words and make sentences with synonyms:

Deride

Write the meaning of the following words/expressions in English using contextual clues (The words/expressions are underlined in the passage):

Slash

Give the synonyms for the following words and make sentences with synonyms:

sentient

Fill in the empty cells with appropriate words according to their pars of speech.

Noun	Verb	Adjective
a	absorb	x
b	include	x
degradation	e	x
x	rely	d
e	x	significant