A SURPRISING PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IN REMOTE AREAS ISILLITE...

25. A surprising percentage of the population in remote areas isilliterate.A. able to speak fluently B. unable to speak fluently C. unable to read and write D. able to read and writeRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word foreach of the blanks.What's your dream? Touring castles in Scotland? Walking on the Great Wall of China? Working to improve thelives ofwomen in rural Uganda? If you're thinking of studying (30) ______, there's no end to the places you can go, things youcan see, and subjects you can study. At many top schools, such as Duke, Tufts, or Brown, over a third of the junior classtake the opportunity to complete part of their (31) _____ outside of the United States. Even if your school doesn'thave an extensive study abroad program, you can often get credit from a different school.Multiple benefits increase to those who spend significant (32)____ in another country, and a significant proportionof students see the experience as an important (33) _____ of their college years. You're likely to have fun. But if you'realso thinking about study abroad as a way to gain a critical career advantage read on. You'll find that all foreignexperiences are not created equal in the minds of employers.Employers are looking for graduates who can (34) ____ well with others, both in person and in writing. Theyknow the (35) ____ of cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation for different points of view. They gravitatetoward students who demonstrate maturity, initiative, and (36)______. All of these assets can be demonstrated throughstudy abroad, but it's going to be much (37) ____ to set yourself apart if you've taken the easy route.It's not hard to find the "easy route": that's the one where you go with your friends to another country; all thearrangements are made for you by the school- including the American-style apartment where you live with yourclassmates. In this scenario, it doesn't (38) ___ which country you go to because all your classes will be in English, andpossibly taught even by your American professors. You'll undoubtedly have a somewhat different experience, but to dothe "easy route" is to forego some of the major (39) ________ of your time away.