Reading passages

The best mechanism for breaking these vicious circle is to provide the poor with 
better educational opportunities. Since children born into poor homes do not acquire 
the skills they need from their parents, they must be taught these skills in school.
19- The writer makes the point that, once people have overcome poverty, ............. .

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A) the skills of reading and writing cease to be important for them 
B) they cease to mix socially with the poor 
C) they soon learn to adopt middle-class manners and ways 
D) it is most unlikely that they will ever become poor again 
E) they become eligible for well-paid employment in industry 
20- According to writer, if poverty is to be overcome, ............. .
A) the only effective means for this would be to provide better education 
B) more well-paid jobs should be offered to the poor.
C) all children, regardless of their class should receive the same formal education 
D) middle-class children should be given better educational opportunities 
E) the education of children should be based on mental skills 
21- The main argument of the passage is that............. .
A) the children of the poor must learn basic mental skills at school so that they can 
escape from poverty. 
B) middle class children do not need to learn basic mental skills at school ,since they 
learn them at home 
C) the elimination of poverty can only be achieved if he poor and the rich attend the 
same school 
D) since basic mental skills are not being taught efficiently at schools, educational 
reform is essential 
E) a child born into a poor family will inevitably stay poor all through his life 
 
It is an obvious fact that people of different nations tend to use different languages.