首页
登录
职称英语
Many Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older we
Many Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older we
游客
2024-01-25
50
管理
问题
Many Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate (文盲). Many【C1】______do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads books. The【C2】______Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half the figure in Europe and the United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of 30 countries. Argentines, their neighbors, 【C3】______18th.
The government and businesses are ail struggling in different ways to change this. On March 13 the government【C4】______a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things.
One discouragement to reading is that books are【C5】______.Most books have small print-runs, pushing up their price.
But Brazilians’ indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant the country’s leaders long【C6】______education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s.
All this means Brazil’s book market has the biggest growth【C7】______in the western world.
But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004, 89 million, including textbooks【C8】______by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazil’s national library【C9】______. He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁) had eaten much of the【C10】______. That ought to be a cause for national shame.
A) average F) launched K) potential
B) collection G) named L) quit
C) distributed H) neglected M) ranked
D) exhibition I) normal N) simply
E) expensive J) particularly O) treasured [br] 【C10】
选项
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3393865.html
相关试题推荐
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwe
Morethanaquarteroftheworldadultpopulationarestillunabletoreada
Morethanaquarteroftheworldadultpopulationarestillunabletoreada
Morethanaquarteroftheworldadultpopulationarestillunabletoreada
Morethanaquarteroftheworldadultpopulationarestillunabletoreada
随机试题
______quiterecently,mostmothersinBritaindidnottakepaidworkoutsideth
【B1】[br]【B18】A、whichB、thatC、itD、whatBthat引导定语从句,说明就是那只已找到食物的蜜蜂。
ThenoisethataffectsseacreaturesconiesfromthefollowingEXCEPT[br][ori
论述影响人的发展的因素及其作用。
Thechangeinthatvillagewasmiraculou
某旅游企业在2009年5月将其某项旅游产品的价格下调20%以后,引起另外一家旅游
组成药物中含牡丹皮的方剂是( ) A.秦艽鳖甲汤 B.青蒿鳖甲汤 C.犀
脓液呈淡黄或淡红稀薄时常提示感染病原菌为A.金黄色葡萄球菌 B.链球菌 C.
根据规定,企业实际转让金融商品,月末如产生转让损失,则下列说法正确的是( )。A
据统计,2011年我国国内生产总值为74970亿美元;2011年我国货物和服务出
最新回复
(
0
)