Answer:
The correct option that fills the blank is:
- <em>B. </em><u><em>Es una vergüenza que</em></u><em>.</em>
<em>- </em><u><em>Es una vergüenza que</em></u><em> la tasa de desempleo esté alta a pesar del alto nivel de alfabetización.</em>
Explanation:
The translation of the sentence is:
- <u>It is a shame that</u> the unemployment rate is high despite the high level of literacy.
It would be thought that a country with a high level of literacy would have a job rate since schooling would encourage scientific research, industry and foreign investment, however, in Spain and many Latin American countries there is a strange case, although levels of schooling increase and there are more people with professional degrees and even doctorates, <u>the unemployment rate increases due to the inability of governments to promote the different commercial sectors</u>.