2022年6月14日大学英语四级选词填空真题及答案（卷1）.docxVIP

》》》》》》考试辅导资料——欢迎下载《《《《《《 》》》》》》考试辅导资料——欢迎下载《《《《《《 》》》》》》考试辅导资料——欢迎下载《《《《《《 2022 年 6 月 14 日大学英语四级选词填空真题及答案（卷 1）BrazilA nation of non-readersMANY Brazilians cannot read. In 2022, a quarter of those aged15andolderwerefunctionallyilliterate.Manysimplydonotwantto. Only one literate adult in three reads books. The averageBrazilianreads1.8non-academicbooksayea—rlessthanhalfthefigureinEuropeand 2022 年 6 月 14 日大学英语四级选词填空真题 及答案（卷 1） Brazil A nation of non-readers MANY Brazilians cannot read. In 2022, a quarter of those aged 15andolderwerefunctionallyilliterate.Manysimplydonotwant to. Only one literate adult in three reads books. The average Brazilianreads1.8non-academicbooksayea—rlessthanhalfthe figureinEuropeandtheUnitedStates.Inarecentsurveyofreading habits,Brazilianscame27thoutof30countries,spending5.2hours a week with a book. Argentines, their neighbours, ranked 18th. In rare accord, government, businessesand NGOs are all striving in different ways tochange this. On March 13th the government launched a National Plan for Books and Reading. This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishersamongotherthings.TheBrazilReaderInstitute,anNGO, brings books to people: it has installed lending libraries in two S?o Paulo metro stations, and is planning one in a Carnival samba school.Itisstartingtobecommontoseecharactersintelevision soap operas shown reading. Cynics note that Globo, the biggestbroadcaster, is alsoabig publisherof books, newspapers andmagazines.One discouragement to reading is that books are expensive. AtS?oPaulo”sbookfairthisweek, “OCódigoDaVinci” wasonsalefor32reais—morethanatenthoftheofficialminimummonthlywage.Most other books have small print-runs, pushing up their price.ButBrazilians”indifferencetobooks soap operas shown reading. Cynics note that Globo, the biggest broadcaster, is also a big publisher of books, newspapers and magazines. One discouragement to reading is that books are expensive. At S?oPaulo”sbookfairthisweek, “OCódigoDaVin