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Immigrants to the UK are being tested on their English skills before being able to claim income-related benefits under a new sch

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问题     Immigrants to the UK are being tested on their English skills before being able to claim income-related benefits under a new scheme. People are being asked what efforts they have made to find work before coming to Britain.
    Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said people should not be able to " take 【C1】______" of British benefits. Labor supports English tests【C2】______ says ministers are ignoring the exploitation of low-skilled migrant workers.
    Job centers in England, Scotland and Wales began using the "more robust" language tests on Monday and they are being【C3】______ to all centers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)said the test would【C4】______ " only migrants who have a legal right to be in Britain and plan to【C5】______to this country can make a claim【C6】______benefits". "For the first time, migrants will be quizzed about what efforts they have made to find work before coming to the UK and whether their English language skills will be a 【C7】______to them finding employment," the DWP said in a【C8】______. DWP sources said the tests【C9】______ everyone whether he is a migrant or not.
    Income-related benefits【C10】______council tax benefit, housing benefit, income-based jobseeker’s allowance and pension【C11】______. Mr. Duncan Smith said British people were " rightly 【C12】______" that migrants should contribute to the economy and should not be " drawn here by the 【C13】______of our benefits system".
    " It is【C14】______important that we have strict rules in【C15】______to protect the integrity of our benefits system," he said.
    He said the new test would help create a 【C16】______system which provided for "genuine" workers and jobseekers but "does not【C17】______ people to come to our country and take advantage". To【C18】______the benefits, migrants will have to pass a "habitual【C19】______test" including more than 100【C20】______questions compared to now.
【C12】
选项 A、resolved
B、concerned
C、involved
D、relevant
答案B
解析 形容词辨析题。此处填入的形容词是用来表示英国人民对待移民问题的态度的，所以此处最合适的形容词应该是[B]concerned“关心的，关注的”。[A]resolved，其含义是“下定决心的．断然的”；[C]involved的意思是“有关的；被卷入的”；[D]relevant有“相关的；切题的”之意，均不符合文意，故排除。
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