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Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adults, according to a survey published yes
Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adults, according to a survey published yes
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2012-06-02
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问题
Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adults, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers【C1】______of a developing underclass. Tests and【C2】______with hundreds of people born in a week in 1958 graphically illustrated the【C3】______of educational underachievement. The effects can be seen in unemployment, family【C4】______, low incomes, depression and social inactivity.
Those who left school at 16 with poor basic skills had been employed for up to four years less than good readers【C5】______they reached 37. Professor John Bynner, of City University, who carried the research, said that today’s【C6】______teenagers would even encounter greater problems because the supply of 【C7】______jobs had shrunk.
Almost one fifth of the 1, 700 people interviewed for yesterday’s report had poor literacy and almost half【C8】______with innumeracy, a proportion【C9】______other surveys for the Basic Skills Agency. Some could not read a child’s book, and most found difficult【C10】______written instructions.
Poor readers were twice as likely to be a low wage and four times likely to live in a household where partners worked. Women in this【C11】______were five times as likely to be【C12】______depressed, 【C13】______both tended to feel they had no control over their lives, and to trust others【C14】______.
Those who had low literacy and numeracy were seldom【C15】______in any community organization and less likely than others to【C16】______in a general election. There had been no【C17】______in the literary level of【C18】______reporting problems.
Alan Wells, the agency’s director, said: "The results emphasize the dangers of developing an underclass people, who were out of work, 【C19】______depressed and often labeled themselves as【C20】______There is a circle of marginalization, with the dice against these people and their families. "
【C4】
选项
A、breakdown
B、breakout
C、breakaway
D、breakin
答案
A
解析
语义衔接题。[A]breakdown"解体,崩溃,故障",[B]breakout“突然发生”,[C]breakaway"摆脱,逃脱",[D]breakin“破门而入,打断”。家庭的破裂应该用breakdown,因此[A]正确。
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