小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
文章讲述的是联合国教科文组织进行的消除贫穷的努力。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第二段A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade（十年计划）可知B正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段第五行UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim.以及本段下面的内容可知C正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据第三段最后三行, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand)可知D正确。
小题4:A 细节题。根据第三段1,2行The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.可知A正确。