首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Much attention is presently being given to what is termed "functional illiteracy". This should not be confused with the problem
Much attention is presently being given to what is termed "functional illiteracy". This should not be confused with the problem
admin
2010-07-24
24
问题
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 are 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.
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一句内容相符。该句意为:似乎人们普遍同意,至少10%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。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PMN7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Operatemetaldetectors.B、Requireeachpassengertoshowphotoidentification.C、Makeabodysearchbyhand.D、OperateX-ray
A、Fivemaybetoomany.B、Thedecisionmustbemadesoon.C、Itshouldbesmarttotakemore.D、Fourpeopleareenrolledinthem.
PreparingforTestsIdeallyitshouldbeloveoflearning,achievement,andself-improvementthatpromptsalllearning.But
AmericanEnglishisanothervarietyoftheEnglishlanguagespokenintheUnitedStates.AlthoughallAmericansdonotspeakthe
AccordingtoaGalluppoll(民意调查)in2001,Americans,forthefirsttimeintwelveyears,believethattherewaslessviolentcr
AccordingtoaGalluppoll(民意调查)in2001,Americans,forthefirsttimeintwelveyears,believethattherewaslessviolentcr
Somepeoplearguethatthepressuresoninternationalsportsmenandsportswomenkilltheessenceofsport--thepursuitofperson
A、Threegroupsoflearners.B、TheimportanceofbusinessEnglish.C、FeaturesofEnglishfordifferentpapacies.D、EnglishforSp
A、Becausetheycanremainhealthyforaperiodoftime.B、Becausetheycanavoidbeingpunished.C、Becausetheymaybetreatedt
Ifyouareayoungcollegestudent,mostofyourconcernsaboutyourhealthandhappinessinlifeareprobably【B1】______focused
随机试题
关于我国学前教育的描述,不正确的是()
咳血方的发病部位是
本病诊断为本病当辨何证
卡氏肺囊虫病通常能由下列哪些方法来诊断
下列不属于期货公司高级管理人员行为规则的是( )。
时隔37年,中央城市工作会议于2015年12月20日至21日在北京召开,预示着我国城市工作将迎来重大变化。会议指出,城市工作要树立系统思维,从构成城市诸多要素、结构、功能等方面入手,对事关城市发展的重大问题进行深入研究和周密部署,系统推进各方面工作。要综合
URL的含义是()。简单地说,URL就是Web地址,俗称“网址”。
党的过渡时期总路线所说的过渡时期是指
Entertheinformationage.Informationistherawmaterialformanyofthebusinessactivities【C1】______thisnewera,justasir
A、Bothmayfailwhenconfrontingexperiencedrivals.B、Thehonesttypeismoreeffectivethantheactortype.C、Bothcansucceed
最新回复
(
0
)