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
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Association convention in Chicago, the Crime and Justice network sponsored a
forum on the history of gun ownership, gun use, and gun violence in the United
States. Our purpose was to consider how social science history might contribute
to the public debate over gun control and gun rights. To date, we have had
little impact on that debate. It has been dominated by mainstream social
scientists and historians, especially scholars such as Gary Kleck, John Lott,
and Michael Bellesiles, whose work, despite profound flaws, is politically
congenial to either opponents or proponents of gun control. Kleck and Mark
Gertz, for instance, argue on the basis of their widely cited survey that gun
owners prevent numerous crimes each year in the Untied states by using firearms
to defend themselves and their pr A. It has little influence on the forum sponsored by the Crime and Justice network. B. Neither supporters nor opponents of gun control cite the works of scholars. C. The works of mainstream social scientists have great impact on it. D. Many social science historians have so far failed to take part in it. [单选题]下列哪种方法适用于车站站厅、站台、出入口顶板渗漏水
A.排水槽引水法 B.钻孔灌浆堵漏法 C.凿缝埋管灌浆堵漏法 D.双液注浆堵漏法 [简答题]高备变非电量保护的动作原则是什么？
[单选题]我国经济发展阶段也在发生历史性变化,发展中的矛盾和问题主要就集中在()上。
A.发展水平 B.发展效率 C.发展结构 D.发展质量 [单项选择]Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item, yon will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
There are altogether ______ candidates in the race to succeed Antonio Samaranch as IOC president. A. three B. four C. five D. six 我来回答: 提交
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