Directions：
In the following text，some sentences have been removed．For Questions l-5，choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks．There are two extra choices，which do not fit in any of the blanks．
Nearing a diploma，most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks，from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food．
(1) ______．More than 50 percent of students at four-year schools and more than 7 5 percent at two-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex literacy tasks．
(2) ______．The results cut across three types of literacy：analyzing news stories and other prose，understanding documents，and having math skills needed for checkbooks or restaurant tips．①
(3) ______．Most students at community colleges and four-year schools showed intermediate skills，meaning they could perform moderately challenging tasks．Examples include identifying fl location on a map，calculating the cost of ordering office supplies or consulting a reference guide to figure out which foods contain fl particular vitamin．
There was brighter news．
(4) ______．Als0，compared with all adults with similar levels of education，college students had superior skills in searching and using information from texts and documents．
(5) ______．“This sends a message that we should be monitoring this as a nation，and we don’t do it，F(xiàn)inney said．“States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates．”
[A]“It is kind of disturbing that a lot of folks are graduating with fl degree and they’re not going to be able to do those things，”said Stephane Baldi，the study’s director at the American Institutes for Research．a(chǎn) behavioral and social science research organization．
[B]The college survey used the same test as the National Assessment of Adult Literacy，the government’s examination of English literacy among adults．The results of that study were released in December，showing about one in 20 adults is not literate in English．
[C]Those are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses，the first to target the skills of students fls they approach the start of their careers．
[D]“But do they do well enough for a highly educated population?For a knowledge-based economy?The answer is n0。”said Joni Finney，vice president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education，an independent and nonpartisan group．
[E]Overall，the average literacy of college students is significantly higher than that of adults across the nation．Study leaders said that was encouraging but not surprisin9，given that the spectrum of adults includes those with much less education．
[F]Almost 20 percent of students pursuing four—year degrees had only basic quantitative skills．For example，the students could not estimate if their car had enough gas to get to the service station．About 30 percent of two-year students had only basic math skills．
[G]That means they could not interpret fl table about exercise and blood pressure，understand the arguments of newspaper editorials，compare credit card offers with different interest rates and annual fees，or summarize resuIts of a survey about parental involvement in school．[474 words]
In the following text，some sentences have been removed．For Questions l-5，choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks．There are two extra choices，which do not fit in any of the blanks．
Nearing a diploma，most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks，from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food．
(1) ______．More than 50 percent of students at four-year schools and more than 7 5 percent at two-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex literacy tasks．
(2) ______．The results cut across three types of literacy：analyzing news stories and other prose，understanding documents，and having math skills needed for checkbooks or restaurant tips．①
(3) ______．Most students at community colleges and four-year schools showed intermediate skills，meaning they could perform moderately challenging tasks．Examples include identifying fl location on a map，calculating the cost of ordering office supplies or consulting a reference guide to figure out which foods contain fl particular vitamin．
There was brighter news．
(4) ______．Als0，compared with all adults with similar levels of education，college students had superior skills in searching and using information from texts and documents．
(5) ______．“This sends a message that we should be monitoring this as a nation，and we don’t do it，F(xiàn)inney said．“States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates．”
[A]“It is kind of disturbing that a lot of folks are graduating with fl degree and they’re not going to be able to do those things，”said Stephane Baldi，the study’s director at the American Institutes for Research．a(chǎn) behavioral and social science research organization．
[B]The college survey used the same test as the National Assessment of Adult Literacy，the government’s examination of English literacy among adults．The results of that study were released in December，showing about one in 20 adults is not literate in English．
[C]Those are the sobering findings of a study of literacy on college campuses，the first to target the skills of students fls they approach the start of their careers．
[D]“But do they do well enough for a highly educated population?For a knowledge-based economy?The answer is n0。”said Joni Finney，vice president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education，an independent and nonpartisan group．
[E]Overall，the average literacy of college students is significantly higher than that of adults across the nation．Study leaders said that was encouraging but not surprisin9，given that the spectrum of adults includes those with much less education．
[F]Almost 20 percent of students pursuing four—year degrees had only basic quantitative skills．For example，the students could not estimate if their car had enough gas to get to the service station．About 30 percent of two-year students had only basic math skills．
[G]That means they could not interpret fl table about exercise and blood pressure，understand the arguments of newspaper editorials，compare credit card offers with different interest rates and annual fees，or summarize resuIts of a survey about parental involvement in school．[474 words]