Choose the correct word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to, read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (31) _______ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (32) _______ in that society. The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written 'materials (33) _______ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (34) _______ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society." . This claim is made on the (35) _______ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (36) _______ and enjoy better health and employment prospects.
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. A Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (37) _______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (38) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (39)_______ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (40) _______ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
(34)




A.ability
B.knowledge
C.behavior
D.performance

Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
At present, more and more people are taking part in the struggle ............ illiteracy




A.for
B.with
C.against
D.to

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.




A.illiterate
B.eradicate
C.voluntary
D.minority

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.




A.eradicate
B.campaign
C.vacation
D.transport

Choose the word that best completes each of these sentences
It’s quite easy to get access __________ the Internet.




A.on
B.in
C.to
D.into

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other




A.watch
B.channel
C.chat
D.chemistry

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
It rains heavily, _____________ I can’t go to the movie with you.




A.and
B.but
C.because
D.so

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
The stamp collection made him __________ famous in the country.




A.be
B.to be
C.been
D.being

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
He is considered one of the greatest ____________ of the country.




A.heroes
B.heroin
C.heroines
D.heroic

Choose the correct word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to, read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level (31) _______ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (32) _______ in that society. The United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written 'materials (33) _______ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (34) _______ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society." . This claim is made on the (35) _______ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic (36) _______ and enjoy better health and employment prospects.
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. A Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (37) _______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (38) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (39)_______ of educational systems worldwide includes a basic (40) _______ around communication through test and print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
(39)




A.main
B.majority
C.focus
D.demand