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Immigrants to the UK are being tested on their English skills before being able to claim i

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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 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 jobseekers 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.

【C1】

A．advantage

B．care

C．hold

D．notice

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    名词辨析题。上文提到根据新计划，英国移民在索要与收入相关的福利之前，需先接受英语技能测试。这说明英国政府加强了对移民享有英国福利的控制．表明政府的态度是不希望移民占英国福利的便宜。takeadvantageof意为“占便宜，利用”，所以应该选[A]advantage。[B]care与take…of构成短语takecareof，意为“照顾，关怀”；[C]hold与take…of构成短语takeholdof，意为“握住．抓住”；[D]notice与take…of构成短语takenoticeof。意为“注意到．留意”，均不符合文意，故排除。