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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 literacy.

Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held . UNWACO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple record and accounts , to sort out the significance of the information gathered , and to fill in forms.

The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa and Central and South America. IN Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty-five per cent 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 (the United Kingdom Has about seven hundred thousand).

11. Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is___

A. approximately seven hundred million

B. approximately one hundred and twenty-five million

C. approximately eight or eight point five thousand million

D. exactly twenty-four million

12. The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises___

A. zero point one per cent of that of illiteracy in the world

B. zero point two per cent of the world adult population

C. thirty-five per cent of Europe’s population

D. three point five percent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe

13. Judging from the passage, UNESCO might____

A. be a company in France

B. be a world organization attached to the UN

C. work mainly at combating illiteracy

D. have many experts whose level of attainment is fat from literacy

14. A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at_____

A. training responsible citizens

B. enforcing the functions of UNESCO

C. helping illiterates learn how to read and write

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

15. The author implies that this world plan is to ________.

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

B. be realized in ten years

C. be drawn up by Parisian experts

D. be debated at an international conference

Answer 1

11. B
依据：IN Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty-five per cent of the total population.
12. A
依据：It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write
the United Kingdom Has about seven hundred thousand
13. B
14. C
依据：UNWACO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple record and accounts , to sort out the significance of the information gathered , and to fill in forms.
15. D
依据：and an international conference on the subject has also been held