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Text 2
By the 1980s, according to international but admittedly inconsistent definitions of literacy, about seven out of ten adults in the world were considered literate. The increase in literacy from ancient times to the present has not been a story of unbroken progress. The ability of people with in a given society to read and write has been influenced by a number of factors, including economic well -being, the availability of material to read, the amount of education available, and the basic matter of the usefulness of reading.
Of these factors, usefulness has probably been the most decisive. In ancient societies, as people settled into stable patterns of agriculture and trade, it became useful for some of them to read and write in order to keep records, to transact business, and to measure amounts of land, animals, goods, materials, and produce. Since all economic aspects of a society were closely tied to the operations of government, literacy became use
A. The amount of education.
B. The availability of reading materials.
C. The economic development.
D. The necessity to read.

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Text 2
By the 1980s, according to international but admittedly inconsistent definitions of literacy, about seven out of ten adults in the world were considered literate. The increase in literacy from ancient times to the present has not been a story of unbroken progress. The ability of people with in a given society to read and write has been influenced by a number of factors, including economic well -being, the availability of material to read, the amount of education available, and the basic matter of the usefulness of reading.
Of these factors, usefulness has probably been the most decisive. In ancient societies, as people settled into stable patterns of agriculture and trade, it became useful for some of them to read and write in order to keep records, to transact business, and to measure amounts of land, animals, goods, materials, and produce. Since all economic aspects of a society were closely tied to the operations of government, literacy became use
A. the religious reforms
B. the translation and popularization of the Bible
C. the availability of printing technology and cheap paper
D. the renovations of the teaching methods

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Text 4
By the 1980s, according to international but admittedly inconsistent definitions of literacy, about seven out of ten adults in the world were considered literate. The increase in literacy from ancient times to the present has not been a story of unbroken progress. The ability of people within a given society to read and write has been influenced by a number of factors, including economic well-being, the availability of material to read, the amount of education available, and the basic matter of the usefulness of reading.
Of these factors, usefulness has probably been the most decisive. In ancient societies, as people settled into stable patterns of agriculture and trade, it became useful for some of them to read and write in order to keep records, to transact business, and to measure amounts of land, animals, goods, materials, and produce. Since all economic aspects of a society were closely tied to the operations of government, literacy became usefu
A. the religious reforms
B. the translation and popularization of the Bible
C. the availability of printing technology and cheap paper
D. the renovations of the teaching methods

[单项选择]Which is tree according to the text


A. You can buy books and newspapers in a library at a lower price.
B. You can save money by making more shopping trips.
C. Money does not always bring you the best thing.

[单项选择]According to the text, Case history is


A. a study that researches in the records of legal courts.
B. a discipline founded by Le Roy Ladurie.
C. the only study that use the records of legal courts.
D. based on the data obtained from the records of legal courts.

[单项选择]Which statement is true according to the text


A. Foreign adoption is common in America.
B. Parents and their adopted children can both profit from culture camp.
C. Children learn how to behave like others in the culture camp.
D. Children can receive best education in the culture camp.

[单项选择]According to the text advertising is important to _________.


A. every potential consumer in the world
B. large countries in the world
C. people with a high standard of living
D. a large number of people in the world

[单项选择]Why have criminals of 1980s gone to international drugs trade


A. Because they are getting old and cannot use modern weapons.
B. Because smuggling drugs is easier than robbing banks.
C. Because international drugs trade is where the money is.
D. Because smuggling drugs is safer than robbing banks.