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M

解析 空前的系动词及空后的介词of提示所填词很可能为形容词。本题与第37题同处一句,结合空后的of others推测,前者是说个人的情感状况,本空似乎要表达对待他人的态度。备选形容词中与态度有关的有[L]depressed、[M]doubtful和[J]respectful,而这三个形容词中能与of搭配的只有[M]doubtful(怀疑的)。bedoubtful of意为“怀疑…的”。
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