Unit12 Education Fast reading Fill some numbers in the blanks 1. In _____, the Chinese government introduced a law stating that by the year _____ every Chinese child would have ____ years of compulsory education.2. It is reported that _____ of school-age children in China attended primary school by 2004. 3. When the World Education Forum met in _____, it calculated that there were ____ million children not in school.4. At the Forum, the member countries of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) made a commitment to provide “complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality for all children by ____”.19862000999%20001132015 5. In the Turks and Caicos Islands, where there are less than _______ people, the number of students in some school is so low that students of several different grades are taught in the same classroom.6. In north and central Australia the population is so spread out that children in some rural settlements can be as far as _____ km away from the nearest school.7. ___________ students in United States lives in the countryside, and providing them with a full curriculum is difficult. 8. China has also adopted distance learning methods such as television lessons and in _____, the Ministry of Education introduced computerized teaching networks in central and western China.20.0001,0001/31999Careful reading Finish the following exercise 1. According to the text , ______ of school-age children attended primary school by _______ .A. 99 % ; 2000 B. 86% ; 2000 \ C. 99% ; 2004 D. 86% ; 2004 2. What suggests that many countries realize the importance of education ?A. They realize that the future welfare of their citizens is closely l...
