A
Improve your reading, writing and math skills
Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills (e. g. computer) to help you prepare for:
● employment
● college studies
● independence
● school credit
These courses are free and available in English or French. There are courses designed for local people and Deaf people as well.
Requirements
To take these courses you have to:
● be an Ontario resident
● be 16 years old or older
● have reading, writing and math skills below the grade 12 level
Learn in a classroom
You can take these free classroom courses at more than 300 locations across the province.
Find out more by contacting Employment Ontario.
Learn online
You can learn online as one way of the Literacy and Basic Skills program.
Four different organizations in Ontario offer free online courses tailored to you. Find out more about learning online:
● in French
● in English
● as a local person
● as a Deaf person
1. What will the program fail to help you prepare for?
A. Employment. B. College studies.
C. Entrance exam. D. Independence.
2. How many ways to take the courses are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two. B. Three.
C. Four. D. Five.
3. In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?
A. Entertainment. B. Education.
C. Health. D. Science.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇广告布告类短文阅读。本文主要介绍了可以提高你的阅读、写作和数学等技能的课程。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills (e. g. computer) to help you prepare for:● employment ● college studies ● independence ● school credit可知，通过学习该课程，可以对于你准备在就业、大学学习、独立和学校信贷等方面有帮助。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章Learn in a classroom在课堂学习和Learn online在线学习。可知，有两种方式学习。故选A。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。本文主要介绍了可以提高你的阅读、写作和数学等技能的课程，从而可以推断出，这篇文章可能出现在报纸中的教育板块。故选B。
【点睛】本文是一篇广告布告类短文阅读。广告类或布告类的文章主要考查学生根据问题迅速从文中定位、提取有效信息的能力。考生需要根据问题中的信息迅速定位到相关的广告板块，并从中寻找有用信息。例如小题1根据文章Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills (e. g. computer) to help you prepare for:● employment ● college studies ● independence ● school credit可知，通过学习该课程，可以对于你准备在就业、大学学习、独立和学校信贷等方面有帮助，从而可以判断出该课程对入学考试没有帮助，从而选出正确的答案。
