16.Read and answer questions from 17 to 21 Official forms, leaflets and legal agreements are often written in complicated words. Many people find it hard to understand words on those documents. Officials who are writing now thinks that complicated schemes must have complicated explanations. Theo also claim readers would think it an insult to their intelligence to be addressed in simple English. They think long words and fine phrases make what they have to say seem more important. They do not care very much if customers and clients remain ignorant. Public ignorance makes their job easier. As a result, we have forms that even people who can read well cannot fill in correctly. Important agreements are based on unreadable small print. Warning notices on dangerous materials are printed so small that few people would and understand them before an accident, let alone after it. The legal pressure on businesses to use simpler language has made difference, even if lawyers and counts themselves still use the language ordinary people cannot read. Companies can now make big profits from simplifying the language of contracts and complicated documents for fees of up to 10,000 for each job. In Britain an organization called The Plain English Movement was set up in Martin Cutts and Chrissi Maher. They started by producing a newspaper in Liverpool for adults who had difficulty in reading. Then they ran an advice centre in Salford, simplifying forms and leaflets for people claiming unemployment and sickness benefits. The Movement has had some successes. Not least is that simplifying such leaflets to four pages with sentences averaging only 10 words has saved millions of pieces of paper a year. 17.Why is it important to simplify official language, according to the text? A. Because everyone needs to understand it. B. To support the Plain English Movement. C. Because it takes too long to procedure the present paperwork. D. Because Martin Cutts wants it. 18.How big are the warning notices on dangerous materials printed? A. Really big B. Small C. Normal size D. Big 19.Civil servants say they use complicated language because A. People do not expect to understand every word of offcial language. B. The language must be difficult if the contents is complex. C. It is not part of their training to read new documents. D. They do not wish to show their own ignorance. 20.The aim of the Plain English Movement is to A. Make money by simplifying contracts and complicated documents B. Encourage the use of simple written English in public life. C. Run advice centre throughout Britain. D. Produce a newspaper in Liverpool for adults with reading dificulties. 21.According to the next, one result of the Plain English Movement has been to A. Help people to read the small print of agreements. B. Help many more people get benefit payments. C. Reduce the cost of producing leaflets. D. Simplify the language of lawyers and courts.