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5篇用于套题：15选10 Passage 1 Its startling enough for foreigners to realize there is such a thing as American illiteracy (文盲). More poignant (让人揪心的)is that, unlike in the developing world, 47 illiteracy is predominantly a rural problem, in the United States, it 48 overwhelmingly in the inner cities, with a heavy concentration among the poor and those 49 on welfare. Nearly half of Detroits citizens between the ages of 16 to 60 are jobless and not seeking work. Why? Its a fair guess that most of them do not have the required literacy skills to 50 for available jobs, or even to be trained for them. Illiteracy and unemployment 51 hand in hand: 70 percent of functionally illiterate adults have no job or only a part-time job. Those who are employed have it tough. Illiterate adults work an average of 19 weeks a year, compared with 44 weeks a year for literates. Workers without a high-school degree earn four times 52 than those with a college degree. And they often cant cope at work. Business losses attributable to literacy deficiencies cost the United States tens of billions of dollars every year in low productivity, industrial accidents, lawsuits and poor product quality. Whats 53 , the standards and requirements for literacy have increased in recent years, as computerization has 54 over the world. Youve got mail may be the defining slogan of our age, but it 55 those who cant decipher(解密)their mail, electronic or otherwise. In a world where you can 56 the rich from the poor by their Internet connections, the poverty line trips over the high-speed-digital line. The portal to the computer age is the keyboard -- but too many Americans literally cannot read the keys. Keys: 47. B where引导非限定性定语从句，where作地点状语，修饰先行词developing world 48. F it指代illiteracy，是单数，选择动词的第三人称单数形式。根据句子意思， F为正确选项。全句意思为：发展中国家的文盲主要集中在农村，美国却不同，它的文盲主要出现在市中心。 49. H be dependent on是固定短语，表示“依靠，随...而定；依…而转移”。 50. J apply for是固定短语，表示“申请”。 51. M go这里作系动词，hand in hand是固定短语，表示“手