I. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. illiterate b. education c. eradicate d. minority
2. a. province b. country c. campaign d. ethnic
3. a. primary b. promotion c. effective d. consider
4. a. struggle b. lesson c. village d. remote
5. a. farming b. technique c. receive d. number
II. Choose a, b, c or d that best completes each unfinished sentence; substitutes the underlined part; or has a close meaning to the original one.
6. He is helping the police …………… their enquires.
a. in b. at c. with d. for
7. Many students take part …………… the campaign for illiteracy eradication.
a. for b. in c. from d. on
8. When preparing …………… a report, I can never keep track of time.
a. of b. with c. on d. for
9. They have to work overtime because the requirements for …………… have not been fulfilled.
a. complete b. completion c. completed d. completely
10. The program has been conducted …………… so more and more people can read and write.
a. effect b. effective c. effectiveness d. effectively
11. As …………… we are keen to ensure that our students can find the best ways to learn.
a. educate b. education c. educators d. educative
12. …………… is the state of not knowing how to read and write.
a. Literacy b. Illiteracy c. Campaign d. Struggle
13. Have you completed your application form yet?
a. ejected b. promoted c. eradicated d. finished
14. There are 54 …………… minorities in Viet Nam.
a. national b. primary c. ethnic d. main
15. A …………… for illiteracy eradication was lauched by the Viet Nam Society of Learning Promotion in the summer of 2000.
a. battle b. campaign c. design d. project
16. Every summer, hundreds of students participate in a campaign to eradicate illiteracy.
a. get rid of completely b. promote c. provide d. volunteer
17. Their economy has …………… rapidly, while ours, by contrast, is declining.
a. struggled b. expanded c. reached d. enlarged
18. …………… number of illiterate people are trying to learn how to read and write.
a. A b. An c. The d. No article
19. “Don’t talk in class”, the teacher said.
a. The teacher told his student do not talk in class.
b. The teacher told his student did not talk in class.
c. The teacher told his student not to talk in class.
d. The teacher told his student not talking in class.
20. “……………”, the doctor advised his patient.
a. You had better stop drinking. b. I would like you to drink
c. You had better to drink d. Please drink some more
21. “I will do it for you, Mary”, Peter said.
a. Peter advised Mary to do it. b. Peter advised Mary not to do it.
c. Peter promised to do it for Mary. d. Peter wanted Mary to do it.
22. “ I …………… good at English, my son,” Mr. Pike said.
a. would like you have been b. had better have you to be
c. would rather you to be d. would like you to be
23. Before they left, they promised to come back the next year.
a. “We will come back next year,” they said before leaving
b. “We had better come back the next year,” they said before leaving
c. “Let’s come back next year,” they said before leaving
d. “Don’t come back next year,” they said before leaving
24. “Susan, can you remember to buy me some sugar?” said Billy
a. Billy advised Susan to buy him some sugar.
b. Billy reminded Susan to by me some sugar.
c. Billy reminded Susan to by him some sugar.
d. Billy wanted Susan to buy me some sugar.
III. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The United Nations, which defines illiteracy as the inability to read and write simple message in any language, has conducted à number of surveys on world illiteracy . In the first survey , in 1957 at least44 % of the world 's popula- tion were found to be illiterate, A 1978 study showed the rate to have dropped to 32.5 % , by 1990 illiteracy worldwide had dropped to about .27 % , and by 1998 to.16 % . However , , astudy ( by the : United Nations : Children 's Fund (UNICEF ) published in 1998 predicted that the world illiteracy rate would increase in the 21st century because only a quarter of the world's children got schooling by the end of the 20th century. The highest lliteracy rates were found in the less developed nations of África, Asia, and South America; the lowest. in Australia Japan, North Korea, and the more technologically advanced nations of Europe and North America. Using the UN definition of illiteracy, the United States and Canada have an overall illiteracy rateof about 10 % . In certain disadvan- taged areas, however; süch as the rural South in the United States, the sillit- eracy rate is much higher.
25. literacy is the inability to read and write a simple message. in any, language
a. True b. False c. No information
26. As the results of the survey conducted by the: United Nations, illiteracy rate is increasing
a.True b. False c. No information.
27.At the end of the 20th century only one of four children went to school
a.True b.False c. Information
28.Vietnam has the highest illiteracy rate in Southeast Asia.
a. True b. False c. No information
29. Illiteracy rates are the samel throughout the USA.
a. True b. False c. No information