新编四级听力练习 第427期

Section C
Compound Dictation
More than a quarter of the world adult population are still unable to read and write. They are called (36) ______ . A worldwide (37) ______ to change this situation has been (38) ______ by the United Nations, and the year 1990 has been (39) ______ as International Literacy Year.
The (40) ______ from the United Nations is that literacy must be ended for both the (41) ______ and Third World development. Illiteracy is not only a problem of the (42) ______ countries. Adults in western nations are often too (43) ______ to admit they can't read and write. (44) ______________________________________________ .
The success of International Literacy Year will depend largely on the political will of governments to provide equal opportunities in education. (45) _____________________________________________________ . More schools are needed in rural areas and slums. (46) ______________________________________________________________ that learning to read and write will actually benefit them.