Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage,

(14) It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write，and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely qualifies as literacy. Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Pads, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade，and an international conference on the subject has also been held. (15) UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship： the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, pricelists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms. (17) The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia，Africa, and Central and South America. (16) There are at least one hundred million illiterates in Africa, comprising eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain， Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list.

 

题目

Passage 1

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the passage.

14. The figure of world illiteracy was obtained by

A. experts in Paris B. a committee of UNESCO

C. an international organization D. none of these

15. A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at .

A. helping illiterates learn how to read and write

B. training responsible citizens

C. enforcing the functions of UNESCO

D. urging Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy

16. According to the passage，we learn that the population of illiteracy in Africa is

A. approximately six hundred million

B. approximately seven hundred and twenty-five million

C. approximately one hundred million

D. eighty to eighty-five million

17. The author implies that this world plan is to .

A. be debated at an important international conference

B. be realized in ten years

C. be drawn up by Parisian experts

D. be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like Africa

答案解析

Passage 1

14. D细节判断题。题干问的是世界文盲的统计数据是怎么来的，乍看起来A、B、C都 有道理，但文章第一段只是说据估计（It is estimated that)世界上有7亿人不能读 书、写字。这只是一个约数，文中并没有明确指出该数据由谁做出，所以D为正确 答案。

15. A细节题。文中提到联合国教科文组织的一个委员会决定发起一个计划，那就是 使人们基本脱盲，掌握一些基本的读写能力。据此推之A为正确答案。B具有强干 扰性，但该计划的目的是培养负责任公民的基本技能，而不是培养负责任的公民， 应排除。

16. C数字判断题。文中提到非洲至少有1亿文盲，因此选项C正确。而选项D的数 字在原文中虽然也出现了，但其单位是percent,因此不正确。

17. D推断题。上文介绍了扫盲计划后，接下来就说哪几个地区是文盲众多的主要地 区，由此可推断这些地区要推行扫盲计划。因此D正确。