单选题
Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adults, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers (1) of a developing underclass. Tests and (2) with hundreds of people born in a week in 1958 graphically illustrated the (3) of educational underachievement. The effects can be seen in unemployment, family (4) , 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 (5) they reached 37. Professor John Bynner, of City University, who carried the research, said that today's (6) teenagers would even encounter greater problems because the supply of (7) jobs had shrunk. Almost one fifth of the 1,700 people interviewed for yesterday's report had poor literacy and almost half (8) with innumeracy, a proportion (9) other surveys for the Basic Skills Agency. Some could not read a child's book, and most found difficult (10) written instructions. Poor readers were twice as likely to be on a low wage and four times as likely to live in a household where partners worked. Women in this (11) were five times as likely to be (12) depressed, (13) both tended to feel they had no control over their lives, and to trust others (14) . Those who had low literacy and numeracy were seldom (15) in any community organization and less likely than others to (16) in a general election. There had been no (17) in the literary level of (18) reporting problems. Alan Wells, the agency's director, said: "The results emphasize the dangers of developing an underclass people, who were out of work, (19) depressed and often labeled themselves as (20) . There is a circle of marginalization, with the dice against these people and their families. /
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是名词辨析题。前文提到阅读能力差的人领取低工资的可能性是阅读能力强的人的2倍，因此在阅读能力差的人的家庭中，伴侣也必须工作的概率耍高达四倍。空格之后的部分提到了depressed(抑郁)，推测空格所在句是要分析处在这种情况下的女性更加容易出现抑郁的情况，in this position意为“在这种情况下，在这个位置上”，符合文意。