UNIT 5. ILLITERACY
I. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
a. illiterate b. eradicate c. voluntary d. minority
a. combat b. ethnic c. province d. campaign
a. volunteer b. struggle c. promise d. concentrate
a. education b. universal c. eradication d. population
a. considerable b. effective c. relevant d. maturity
II. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c, or d -that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
I`m not surprised Margaret`s ill. With all the voluntary work she`s _, she`s really been doing too much.
a. taken off b. taken on c. taken in d. taken to
An English Club will be _______ to help children improve their English.
a. brought on b. showed up c. set up d. put on
There was a gradual ____ in the number of both males and females who were literate in the Lowlands.
a. rise b. raise c. arise d. risen
Only highly _______ people are capable of discussing these subjects.
a. interesting b. common c. literate d. business
Most students who were asked felt that _______ respect in the classroom was essential.
a. mutual b. annual c. actual d. continuous
Many university students _______ spent their summer vacations teaching illiterate people to read and write.
a. freely b. consciously c. gradually d. voluntarily
The proposal has not met with _______ agreement.
a. voluntary b. universal c. Informal d. effective
A child`s vocabulary _______ through reading.
a. expands b. expends c. expels d. exposes
Children living in remote and mountainous areas may be _______ disadvantaged.
a. educated b. education c. educational d. educationally
She is `due to _______ a lecture on genetic engineering.
a. make b. teach c. deliver d. take
III. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.
Twenty-five people _______ killed in that traffic accident.
a. reported to be b. are reporting to be c. are reported being d. are reported to be
The woman said she _______ in this village for over fifty years.
a. has been living b. was living c. had been living d. lives
US scientists claim that they _______ a new vaccine against malaria.
a. developed b. have developed c. had developed d. was developing
The lecturer recommended ______ a number of books before the exam.
a. reading b. to read c. us reading d. to have read
Jane appears _______ some weight. Has she been ill?
a. having lost b. having been lost c. to have lost d. to have been lost
If you saw a lawyer, he`d advise you _______ legal action.
a. take b. taking c. to take d. for taking
Hardly _______ to the bus-stop when the bus suddenly pulled away.
a. did they get b. they had got c. they got d. had they got
By the time you return here next week, we _______ the project.
a. will have finished b. has finished c. will finish d. will be finishing
We are going to get our house _______ next week.
a. painting b. to paint c. painted d. to be painted
He advised me _______ anything about it for the time being.
a. didn`t do b. not do c. don`t do d. not to do
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase. A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
Before the nineteenth century, it was rarely to find organized systems of adult education
A B C D
Only when the famine gets worse world governments will begin to act.
A B C D
On some streets, it has against the law to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
A B C D
Members of high school clubs learn to participation in teams through
A B