a billion people, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names,” warns UNICEF in a new report, “The State of the World’s Children 1999.”
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, points out that the illiterate “live in more desperate poverty and poorer health” than those who can read and write. The shocking number — 1 billion people illiterate — generated frightening headlines in major newspapers.
Poverty in the poorest countries is indeed something that ought to concern all of us, especially in a season when we pause to remember the less fortunate. But as usual, there’s more to this striking statistic than UNICEF tells us. Consider three points.
The Good News. Bad news sells, news watchers tell us. And 1 billion people unable to read and write — about 16 percent of world population — is certainly bad news. But let’s deconstruct the news.
First, UNICEF’s actual number is 855 million, a figure that did not appear in major newspapers. That’s still a large number, but it is 15 percent less than 1 billion.
D . About 100 trillion stars.
Answer:
Immigrant passengers made noise when they saw the Statue of Liberty.
Explanation:
'Immigrant Kids' is a book written by Russell Freedman. The book is about the life of immigrant children in America who had to work by selling newspapers, deliver goods, etc.
<u>The detail that supports the notion that immigrants were greatly relieved after the long voyage is when they saw the Staue of Liberty. After seeing the Statue of Liberty, the immigrants shouted with joy and made noises. Passengers jabbered after seeing the Statue of Liberty.</u>
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
