UNIT 5 : ILLITERACY


I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. please b. play c. black d. plenty
2. a. blouse b. blue c. blow d. pleasure
3. a. practice b. brown c. precious d. pride
4. a. pretty b. brother c. bread d. broad
5. a. medicine b. medium c. metro d. memory
6. a. steady b. ready c. feature d. measure
7. a. game b. general c. go d. gilf
8. a. envy b. sky c. happy d. tidy
9. a. stir b. tired c. strike d. mind
10. a. honest b. honour c. hour d. hospitable

II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. illiterate b. education c. eradicate d. minority
2. a. province b. country c. campaign d. ethnic
3. a. primary b. promotion c. effective d. consider
4. a. struggle b. lesson c. village d. remote
5. a. farming b. technique c. receive d. number

III. Choose the best answer.
By 2000, sixty-one provinces and cities throughout Vietnam had completed the _______ programmes.
a. Universalisation of Primary Education b. Illiteracy Eradication
c. none of a and b d. Both a and b
2. What was the rate of illiteracy in Vietnam in 2000?
a. 94% b. 49% c. 6% d. both a and b
3. In 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion started a campaign for illiteracy ______ .
a. eradication b. universalisation c. education d. population
4. There were ______ more volunteer students taking part in providing reading and writing skills to illiterate
people in 2001.
a. 600 b. 200 c. 800 d. 1,200
5. It is an honorable job to help illiterate people.
a. those who can’t haer and speak b. those who can’t sing and dancd
c. those who can’t read and write d. those who are disabled
6. In 2002, the fight against illiteracy was expanded to the _______ areas.
a. countryside b. remote c. mountainous d. both a and b
7. It is hoped that more and more people will take part in the struggle against illiteracy.
a. fight b. eradication c. volunteer d. vacation
8. Their economy has ______ rapidly, while our, on the contrary, is declining.
a. struggled b. expanded c. reached d. enlarged
9. There are 54 _______ minprities in Vietnam.
a. national b. primary c. ethnic d. main
10. _______ number of illiterate people are trying to learn how to read and write.
a. A b. The c. An d. none of a, b, c.
11. ______ nimber of our class is fifty-two.
a. A b. An c. The d. none of a, b, c.
12. When preparing ______ a report, I can never keep track of time.
a. of b. with c. on d. for
13. Before they left, they had promised to come back the next year.
a. “