II. Cloze Test 33%Passage AA quarter of the world’s population is illiterate. It is a tragedy that over a billion people are unable to read or write. Theyhaven’t received the most basic education, and this makes them unable to __11__ the requirements of many modernoccupations. These people are unlikely to escape poverty. Therefore, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO) is actively encouraging all countries to improve their population’s literacy.In many cases, financial assistance has been offered to the poorest nations. Unfortunately, UNESCO’s admirable project isencountering numerous __12__. In many developing countries, UNESCO’s aid is not __13__ to provide educational facilitiesfor rapidly growing populations. In addition, in some African countries that are fighting wars, children are becoming soldiers,not students. Even wealthy countries such as the United States have a literacy problem __14__ the low quality of schools inmany poorer urban communities.UNESCO is right in believing that literacy can improve the quality of people’s lives. However, because of the social andpolitical conditions in many countries, world literacy is currently __15__, not increasing.
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(A) get over
(B) cope with
(C) look forward to
(D) yield to