Part II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section...
Part II Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 注意:请在答题处填入相应的字母编号!字母一定要大写! Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adult life, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers evidence of a developing underclass. Tests and interviews with hundreds of people born in a single week in 1958 _11_illustrated the handicap of educational underachievement. The effects were seen in unemployment, low incomes, depression and social_12_. 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 they reached 37. Professor John Bynner of City University, who _13_ out the research, said that today’s_14_ people would face even greater problems because the supply of manual jobs had _15_ up. Poor readers were twice as likely to be on a low _16_ 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 _17_ , while both sexes tended to feel they had no control over their lives, and to be _18_ of others. Those with low literacy and numeracy skills were seldom involved in any _19_organization and much less likely than others to have _20_in a general election. There had been no improvement in the level of interviewees since the sample was surveyed at the age of 21. A.activity F.vividly K.unqualified B.carried G.clearly L.depressed C.wage H.community M.doubtful D.dried I.inactivity N.idle E.kept J. respectful O.voted 11. ____________