AS AN EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE, SHE MADE ……….. A WHOLE STORY.KỸ NĂNG...

70. As an excuse for being late, she made

………..

a whole story.

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PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)

Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.

The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the

ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to

reading and writing at a (71) _____ level for communication, or at a level that lets one understand

and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take ( 72) _____ in that society. The United

Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following

definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and

compute, using printed and written' materials (73) _____ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a

continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her ( 74)

_____ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."

Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. This

claim is made on the (75) _____ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate

people, generally have a higher socio-economic (76) _____ and enjoy better health and employment

prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher

education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (77) _____ in the

1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families.

Recent researchers, (78) _____, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more

to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (79) _____ of

educational systems worldwide includes a basic (80) _____ around communication through test and

print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.