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SECTION 4:
QUESTIONS 31 – 40
Question 31
Choose the correct letter A – C.
31. The students are expecting
A to hear a lecture on overpopulation
B Mr Mackenzie
C a guest speaker
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Questions 32-36
Complete the tables below USING NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.
| 42 million adults (32) |
| 50 million adults have the reading ability of a (33) year-old |
| Increasing by around (34) and a quarter million per year illiteracy costs |
| Unemployment | Unrealised earnings | Literacy programmes | |
| cost (in billions of US dollars) | (35)$ | 237 | (36)$ |
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Question 37
Choose the correct letter A – C.
37. Illiteracy is increasing because many young learners are
A not being taught how to break words into sounds
B given word lists which are too long
C not challenged enough in the classroom
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Questions 38-40
Complete the summary below USING NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.
English is made up of 26 letters, with 44 (38) Show answer and 70 ways of (39) Show answer. Unsuccessful teaching practices persist, however, because reading is (40) Show answer.
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