DOC《2014年6月四级真题（第1套）》

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45 are based on the following passage. Many Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged

15 and older were functionallyilliterate (文盲) Many36do not want to. Only one literate adult in three reads book~ The37Brazilian reads 1.8 non-academic books a year, less than half the figure in Europe and the United States. In a recent survey of reading habits, Brazilians came 27th out of

30 countries. Argentines, theirneighbours,3818th. The government and businesses are all struggling in different ways to change this. On March

13 thegovernment39a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by foundinglibraries and financing publishers among other hhings. One discouragement to reading is that books are40. Most books have small print-runs, pushing. up their price. But Brazilians'

indifference to books has deeper roots. Centuries of slavery meant the country'

s leaders long41education. Primary schooling became universal only in the 1990s. All this means Brazil'

s book market has the biggest growth42. in the western world. But reading is a difficult habit to form. Brazilians bought fewer books in 2004,

89 million, includingtextbooks43by the government, than they did in 1991. Last year the director of Brazil'

s nationallibrary44 . He complained that he had haft the librarians he needed and termites (白蚁) had eatenmuch of the45. That ought to be a cause for national shame. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答. ........