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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. ManyBrazilianscannotread.In2000,aquarterofthoseaged15andolderwerefunctionallyilliterate(文盲)Many36donotwantto.Onlyoneliterateadultinthreereadsbook~The37Brazilianreads1.8non-academicbooksayear,lessthanhalfthefigureinEuropeandtheUnitedStates.
Inarecentsurveyofreadinghabits,Brazilianscame27thoutof30countries.Argentines,theirneighbours,3818th.
Thegovernmentandbusinessesareallstrugglingindifferentwaystochangethis.OnMarch13thegovernment39aNationalPlanforBooksandReading.Thisseekstoboostreading,byfoundinglibrariesandfinancingpublishersamongotherhhings.
Onediscouragementtoreadingisthatbooksare40.Mostbookshavesmallprint-runs,pushing.
uptheirprice.
ButBrazilians'indifferencetobookshasdeeperroots.Centuriesofslaverymeantthecountry's
leaderslong41education.Primaryschoolingbecameuniversalonlyinthe1990s.
AllthismeansBrazil'sbookmarkethasthebiggestgrowth42.inthewesternworld.
Butreadingisadifficulthabittoform.Braziliansboughtfewerbooksin2004,89million,includingtextbooks43bythegovernment,thantheydidin1991.LastyearthedirectorofBrazil'snationallibrary44.Hecomplainedthathehadhaftthelibrariansheneededandtermites(白蚁)hadeatenmuchofthe45.Thatoughttobeacausefornationalshame.
A.Average
B.collection
C.distributed
D.exhibition
E.expensive
F.launched
G.named
H.neglected
I.normal
J.particularly
K.potential
L.quit
M.ranked
N.simply
O.treasured
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