Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 28

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 4 and writing at a level (25)_____ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society so as to take (26) ______ 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 associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her knowledge 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 (27) _____ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally have a higher socio-economic status 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 (28) ______ in the 1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families. Recent researchers, (29) _______, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to do with the effect of schooling rather than literacy in general.

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He has read a lot of books and ___________ a lot of knowledge.

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This time tomorrow ________ on the beach sunbathing and drinking freshly squeezed fruit juice!

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It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of ahigh-rise apartment block

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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________, tell him I have gone to London.

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Margarethe Von Trotta is a(n) _________ gifted filmmaker who made vital contributions to the New German movement of the 70’s and 80’s.

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Tony would have forgotten the appointment if I hadn’t ________ him. 

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Tom went on and on apologizing for it, which was quite unnecessary.

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When the teacher asked Daisy what the chemical formula was, her mind went _______.

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Today many species of plants and animals are in _________of extinction.

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Peter is _____ only child in his family so his parents love him a lot.

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He did not share his secrets with many people but he confided ____ her.