It is estimated that some seven hundred million people, about half the world’s  adult population, are unable to read or write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level is so slight that it is hardly called literacy(有文化).
Recently the attack on illiteracy had been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade（十年計劃）,and an international conference of the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship, the ability of reading notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists to keep simple records and accounts, to select the importance of the information gathered, and to fill in the forms.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterate people, which is eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million; most of them are in Sothern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).
UNESGO is eager for each country in the world, poor or rich, to wipe out illiteracy.
小題1: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 the years
C．be drawn up by Parisian experts
D．be discussed at an international conference
小題2:The world plan mentioned in the passage aims at____.
A．asking African countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy
B．strengthening the function of the UNESCO
C．helping illiterate people learn functional reading and writing
D．training responsible citizens
小題3:According to the passage, which of the following countries has the most illiterate people?
A．England B．FranceC．SwedenD．Spain
小題4:Which of the statements is true?
A．The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.
B．In the USA there are at least one hundred million illiterate people,
C．the United Kingdom has about seven hundred million illiterate people
D．In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million; most of them are in Northern Europe.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
文章講述的是聯(lián)合國教科文組織進行的消除貧窮的努力。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade（十年計劃）可知B正確。
小題2:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第五行UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim.以及本段下面的內容可知C正確。
小題3:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后三行, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand)可知D正確。
小題4:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段1,2行The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.可知A正確。
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