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阅读理解。 As women in the rich Asian country have become better educated, with five times as many nowgetting advanced degrees as in 1995, they have also become choosier and are less likely to settle for
the role of gentle wife traditionally expected of Korean women.
"I heard if you are a female with master's degree, it is much harder to arrange a meeting than if you
have a bachelor's degree because of an unfavorable concept 'too smart women' here," said King, a
college senior in Seoul.
The age at which Korean women are getting hitched has risen by an average 4. 1 years over the
past 20 years to 28. 9 years, according to Statistics Korea, and that has created worried mothers
getting things rolling for their daughters.
"My daughter is in her early 30's, an age considered late for marriage here", said a woman who
took her daughter to a match-making agency in Seoul.
"If she does not find her match this year, it will be much more difficult to marry in the coming years.
So I went to the firm with her and made her join. "
At DUO, a matchmaking firm, its 26, 000 members can choose between five different membership
programs with fees from 1. 08 million won( 韩元)($971) to 8. 8 million won.
To attract more customers, the site displays the average annual income of its male and female
customers, as well as their professional standing.
"In a privately set-up blind date, you cannot be entirely sure of how much of personal information
given to you is accurate," said DUO spokesman Yon Jun.
Critics say the industry focuses more on income and status. Some of them have coined the phrase
"employage" to sum up employment and marriage.
"If your father works in the financial industry or is a high-ranking administrator, maybe you will find
your match with similar backgrounds through a matchmaking firm, starting a perfect marriage on the
back of parental support," said comedian Quan. 1. The underlined word "hitched" in Paragraph 3 probably means ______. A. employed
B. married
C. educated
D. worried2. What leads to the embarrassing state for Korean women in matchmaking is that . A. they don't want to be gentle any more
B. most of them are not in good shape
C. they have a much higher education
D. matchmaking agencies pushed them too hard3. From the passage, we can conclude that . A. all the perfect marriages result from good backgrounds
B. blind date can help you get more accurate personal information
C. mothers are more worried about themselves than their daughters
D. twenty years ago, girls averaged less than 25 when they were married4. Why do some people invent the word "employage"? Because . A. they like the special way that matchmaking is arranged
B. the matchmaking firm pays more attention to money and status
C. mothers are more worried about their daughters in marriage
D. young women prefer personal information to profession 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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1-4: BCDB解析
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解。 As w.....”主要考查你对 [故事类阅读 ]考点的理解。故事类阅读
故事类阅读概念：
这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
故事类阅读应试技巧：
1、抓住文章的6个要素：
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情：
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。
4、有章有据进行解题判断：
分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。
