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  3. Low levels of literacy and numberacy have a damageable impact on almost every aspect of adult life. Ac-caording to a survey publ

Low levels of literacy and numberacy have a damageable impact on almost every aspect of adult life. Ac-caording to a survey publ

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问题     Low levels of literacy and numberacy have a damageable impact on almost every aspect of adult life. Ac-caording to a survey published yesterday, which offered evidence of a developing underclass. Tests and interviews with hundreds of people born in a single week in 1958【B1】______illustrated the handeay of educational underachievement. The effects were seen in unemployment, low incomes, depression, and social【B2】______
    Those who left school at 16 with poor basic skills had been employed for up to four years less than good readers at the time when they reached 37. Professor John Bynner, of City University, who【B3】______out the research , said that today’s【B4】______people would face even greater problems beeause the supply of manual jobs had【B5】______up. Poor readers were twice as likely to be on a low【B6】______and four times as likely to live in a household where neither partner worked. Women in this position were five times as likely to be classified as【B7】______, while both sexes tended to feel they had no control over their lives, and to be【B8】______of others. Those with low literacy and numeracy skills were seldom involved in any【B9】______organization and much less likely than others to have【B10】______in a general election. There had been no improvement in the level of interviewees since the sample was surveyed at the age of 21.
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[A]activity[B]carried[C]wage[D]dried
[E]kept[F]vividly[G]clearly[H]community
[I]inactivity[J]respectful[K]unqualified[L]depressed
[M]doubtful[N]idle[O]voted
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答案K
解析 空前名词所有格today’s及空后名词people提示所填词可能为形容词或名词。文章首句指出本文的主旨：读写能力和计算能力低下极大地损害了成年人生活的方方面面，而本句中的face even greater problems的主体就是文中所说的“读写能力和计算能力低的人”，备选形容词中只有[K]unqualified(没资格的，没能力的)与people搭配才能符合本句的语境。
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