湖南2017.11成人學位英語考試考前提分試題及答案四
Much attention is presently being given to what is termed“functional illiteracy”.This should not be confused with the problem of illiteracy，that is，the inability to read and write.Current United Nations Educational，Scientific and Cuhural Organization(UNESCO)figures indicate that 99 percent of all Americans are literate，the same figure assigned to nations such as Britain，
Germany.Functional illiteracy，by contrast，is concerned with how much difficulty people have in actually using and writing skills in everyday situations.This might be interpreted，for example，as the relative ability to understand federal income tax forms，or printed instructions，or how well someone can write a letter of complaint，or apply in writing for a job.
There are no agreed-upon(達成一致的)definitions of what functional illiteracy is and，in practice，definitions vary widely. For many years， reading tests have been used throughout the country which define reading ability by grade level.“Tenth—grade reading level” for instance，would be the average reading score of all pupils who have completed ten years of sch001.There are，of course，many different reading tests and types of tests.One definition of functional illiteracy holds that anyone is “illiterate” who reads at less than an eighth-grade level.Another common definition uses a twelfth.grade level(the last year of high school in the U.S.).
There seems to be general agreement that at least one-tenth of all Americans are functionally illiterate in English to some degree.It is also hardly surprising that those nations which(1ike the U.S.) have paid most attention to this concept，and which have nation-wide testing，have found the greatest problems. As one educator humorously put it， “Reading tests cause illiteracy”. Canada，for example，which also has a large non.English-speaking immigrant population，has recently found that many of her citizens，too， are functionally illiterate.The attention given to this problem，therefore.reflects the fact that in North。America schools as well as pupils are continually tested.
21.What does “illitera ”mean?
A.Ability to read and write.
B.Ability to appreciate literature.
C.Lack of interest in literature.
D.Inability to read and write.
答案：D
22.It can be learned from the passage that__________.
A.Canada and the U.S.have functionally illiterate population because they hardly paid any attention to the problem
B.functional illiteracy may have been caused at least in part by unsuccessful design of reading tests
C.non-English-speaking immigrant population constitute the majority of all the functionally illiterate
D.it is impractical to determine what functional illiteracy really is as different situations set different requirements
答案：D
23. Which of the following is most probably functionally illiterate?
A.One who reaches tenth grade reading level.
B.One who reaches eighth grade reading level.
C.One who reaches twelfth grade reading level.
D.Not known yet.
答案：D
24.It can be inferred that__________.
A.over one.tenth of American population have difficulty in using and writing skills in everyday situations
B.in North America nation—wide tests are given to test pupils functional literacy
C.Canadians are generally at a higher level of functional literacy than Americans are
D.teaching of English reading and writing has turned out to be a failure in Canada and the U.S.
答案：A
25. This passage was written mainly to__________.
A.analyze different definitions of functional illiteracy
B.discuss the reasons for functional illiteracy
C.compare ways to get rid of illiteracy
D.introduce the problem of functional illiteracy
答案：D
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