low lEvEls oF litErACy AnD numErACy hAvE A DAmAging impACt on Almost EvEry AspECt oF ADults, ACCorDing to A survEy puBlishED yEstErDAy, whiCh oFFErs{{u}} (1) {{/u}}oF A DEvEloping unDErClAss. tEsts AnD{{u}} (2) {{/u}}with hunDrEDs oF pEoplE Born in A wEEk in 1958 grAphiCAlly illustrAtED thE{{u}} (3) {{/u}}oF EDuCAtionAl unDErAChiEvEmEnt. thE EFFECts CAn BE sEEn in unEmploymEnt, FAmily{{u}} (4) {{/u}}, 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{{u}} (5) {{/u}}thEy rEAChED 37. proFEssor johnBynnEr, oFCity univErsity, who CArriED thE rEsEArCh, sAiD thAt toDAy’s{{u}} (6) {{/u}}tEEnAgErs woulD EvEn EnCountEr grEAtEr proBlEms BECAusE thE supply oF{{u}} (7) {{/u}}joBs hAD shrunk. Almost onE FiFth oF thE 1,700 pEoplE intErviEwED For yEstErDAy’s rEport hAD poor litErACy AnD Almost hAlF{{u}} (8) {{/u}}with innumErACy, A proportion{{u}} (9) {{/u}}othEr survEys For thEBAsiC skillsAgEnCy. somE CoulD not rEAD A ChilD’s Book, AnD most FounD DiFFiCult{{u}} (10) {{/u}}writtEn instruCtion. poor rEADErs wErE twiCE As likEly to BE A low wAgE AnD Four timEs likEly to livE in A housEholD whErE pArtnErs workED、womEn in this{{u}} (11) {{/u}}wErE FivE timEs As likEly to BE{{u}} (12) {{/u}}DEprEssED,{{u}} (13) {{/u}}Both tEnDED to FEEl thEy hAD no Control ovEr thEir livEs, AnD to trust othErs{{u}} (14) {{/u}}. thosE who hAD low litErACy AnD numErACy wErE sElDom{{u}} (15) {{/u}}in Any Community orgAnizAtion AnD lEss likEly thAn othErs to{{u}} (16) {{/u}}in A gEnErAl ElECtion. thErE hAD BEEn no{{u}} (17) {{/u}}in thE litErAry lEvEl oF{{u}} (18) {{/u}}rEporting proBlEms. AlAn wElls, thE AgEnCy’s DirECtor, sAiD: “ thE rEsults EmphAsizE thE DAngErs oF DEvEloping An unDErClAss pEoplE, who wErE out oF work,{{u}} (19) {{/u}}DEprEssED AnD oFtEn lABElED thEmsElvEs As{{u}} (20) {{/u}}. thErE is A CirClE oF mArginAlizAtion, with thE DiCE AgAinst thEsE pEoplE AnD thEir FAmiliEs.”

A．improvEmEnt
B．ADvAnCEmEnt
C．DEvElopmEnt
D．inCrEAsE