Women with low literacy suffer disproportionately more than men, encountering more【C6】________ in finding a well-paying job and

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问题    Women with low literacy suffer disproportionately more than men, encountering more【C6】________ in finding a well-paying job and being twice as likely to end up in the group of lowest wage earners, a study released on Wednesday said.
Analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) found women at all levels of【C7】________tend to earn less than men, but it’s at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gap between genders is most【C8】________.
Women with low literacy are twice as likely as men at the same skill level to be among the lowest earners, bringing in $300 a week or less, the report said.
"Because women start off so low in terms of wages, having higher literacy and more skills really【C9】________a big difference, " said Kevin Miller, a【C10】________research associate at IWPR and co-author of the study.
Women need to go【C11】________in their training and education level to earn the same as men, Miller said.
The【C12】________was based on 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy surveys, the most recent data【C13】________, and focused on reading skills, not writing and numeric literacy. That data was【C14】________from a nationally representative sample of 19, 714 people aged 16 and older, living in households or prisons.
Data showed about one-third of American adults have low literacy levels, and more than 36 percent of men and 33 percent of women fall into that【C15】________, the institute said.
[A]pattern       [B]independent [C]makes
[D]difficulties [E] collected [F] conducted
[G] available    [H] category    [I] positions
[J] striking    [K] literacy    [L] analysis
[M] senior       [N] further    [O] longer
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答案M

解析由空格前的a和空格后的research associate可知，空格处应填入形容词。备选项中的形容词有independent，available，striking，literacy，senior，further和longer。经过对比只有M选项senior“资深的”最符合文意，意为“资深助理研究员”，故M为正确答案。

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