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Much attention is presently being given to what is termed "functional illite
Much attention is presently being given to what is termed "functional illite
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2023-07-23
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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 (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 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 school. 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 arc functionally illiterate in English to some degree. It is also hardly surprising that those nations which ( like the U. S. ) have paid most attention to this concept, and which have nation-wide testing, have found the greatest problems. As one educator humourously 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. [br] It can be inferred that______.
选项
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
解析
选项A与原文中最后一段第—句内容相符。该句意为:似乎人们普遍同意,至少百分之十的美国人是某种程度上的实用英语文盲。根据第一小段对functional illiteracy 的解释,选项A正好诠释了该句意思。
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