Part IV     Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)     (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices givenin a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Pleasemark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more thanonce.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Women with low literacy suffer disproportionately more than men,encountering more  47 in finding awell-paying job and being twice as likely to end up in the group of lowest wageearners, a study released on Wednesday said.
Analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) foundwomen at all levels of 48  tend toearn less than men, but it's at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gapbetween genders is most striking.
Women with low literacy are twice as  49   as men at the same skill level to be amongthe lowest earners,bringing in $300 a week or less, the report said.
"Because women start off so low in terms of wages, havinghigher literacy and more skills really   50  a big difference," said Kevin Miller,a  51 research associate at IWPR and co-author of the study.
Women need to go  52  in their training and education level to earnthe same as men, Miller said.
The  53  was based on 2009 National Assessment ofAdult Literacy surveys, the most recent data  54  ,and focused on reading skills, not writingand numeric literacy. That data was   55   from a nationally representative sample of19,714 people aged 16 and older, living in households or prisons.
Data showed about one-third of American adults have low literacylevels, and more than 36 percent of men and 33 percent of women fall into that  56 , the institute said.
A) pattern                                    I) conducted
B) senior                                     J)independent
C) longer                                    K) literacy
D) difficulties                                 L) analysis
E) category                                 M) likely
F) collected                                 N) further
G) positions                                Ｏ) makes
H) available

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