19．As women in the rich Asian country have become better educated，with five times as many now getting 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 hitchedhas 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（ 韓元）（$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．

63．The underlined word"hitched"in Paragraph 3 probably meansB．
    A．employed       B．married       C．educated      D．worried
64．What leads to the embarrassing state for Korean women in matchmaking is thatC．
    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 hard
65．From the passage，we can conclude thatD．
    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 married
66．Why do some people invent the word"employage"？BecauseB．
    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．

分析 本文主要講述由于現(xiàn)代女士的學業(yè)水平越來越高，導致她們在相親過程中感到尷尬．

解答 63～66 BCDB
63   B     猜測詞義題．  根據(jù)文章第三 段that has created worried mothers getting things rolling for their daughters． 可知女士結婚后會照顧她們的女兒，故選B．
64    C    細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第一 段they have also become choosier and are less likely to settle for the role of gentle wife traditionally expected of Korean women． 可知韓國女士由于學歷很高而在相親過程中感到尷尬，故選C．
65   D    細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第三 段The age at which Korean women are getting hitchedhas risen by an average 4.1 years over the past 20 years to 28.9 years，可知20年前女士結婚的年齡不到25，故選D．
66   B    細節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二 段the industry focuses more on income and status．Some of them have coined the phrase"employage"to sum up employment and marriage 可知相親公司更關注工資和地位，故選B．

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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B．the government should take measures to stop children from being bullied
C．children will be prevented from growing up with too much school violence
D．teachers should develop children's academic learning rather than social skills
68．The passage mainly tells us that schoolyard violence isC．
A．difficult to get rid of             B．common among young people
C．not necessarily bad for children    D．harmful to children's academic learning．

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8．The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear energy center has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry．Arjun Makhijani is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in the United States．He says the disaster in Japan is historic．
This week，the chairman of America's nuclear agency said there is little chance that harmful radiation from Japan could reach the United States．Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko also said America has a strong program in place to deal with earthquake threats．No new nuclear power centers have been built in the United States since 1979．That was when America's worst nuclear accident happened at the Three Mile Island center in Pennsylvania．The accident began to turn public opinion against nuclear energy．
To support more clean energy production，the Obama government has been seeking billions of dollars in government loan guarantees to build new centers．Presently，about twenty percent of electricity in the United States comes from nuclear energy．But critics say nuclear power is too costly and dangerous to be worth further expansion．
German prime minister Angela Merkel said Germany would doae all seven nuclear power centers for a moment while energy policy is reconsidered．The European Union is planning to test all centers in its twenty-seven member nations．
Developing nations are less willing to slow nuclear expansion．China said it would continue with plans to build about twenty-five new nuclear plants．And India，under a cooperation agreement with the United States，plans to spend billions on new centers in the coming years．
Japan has made nuclear energy a national priority since the 1970s．Unlike many major economies，Japan imports eighty percent of its energy．The Nuclear Energy Institute said twenty-nine percent of Japan's electricity came from nuclear sources in 2011．The government planned to increase that to forty percent by 2017．
Nuclear plants supply fourteen percent of global electricity．Nuclear energy is a clean resource，producing no carbon gases．But radioactive waste is a serious unresolved issue．So is the presence of nuclear oower centers in earthquake areas like the one near Bushehr．Iran．
71．Which of the following countries is the least likely to expand its use of nuclear energy？D
A．China．                          B．India．             
C．Iran．                           D．Germany．
72．The government of Japan intended to increase its nuclear energy in 2017 by          compared with 2011．D
A．29%            B．40%            C．69%                  D．11%
73．Which of the following statements about the use of nuclear power in the U．S．is TRUE？D
A．Most of the electricity comes from nuclear energy in the U．S．
B．The Obama government is against building nuclear power plants．
C．A small number of nuclear power plants have been built since 1979．
D．A serious nuclear accident happened in America at the end of the 1970s．
74．What's the main idea of this passage？B
A．The nuclear crisis in Japan has spread to other parts of the world．
B．The situation of the world's nuclear power development after the crisis in Japan
C．Japan's nuclear disaster will slow the expansion of nuclear plants all over the world
D．Japan's nuclear disaster won't affect the nuclear energy production in other countries．
75．From the last sentence of the passage，we can see the writer's attitude toward building a nuclear power plant near Bushehr，Iran isC．     
A．supportive       B．optimistic       C．negative               D．uncertain．

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9．Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child．Last spring one at the two，Australia，gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 20ll．I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States-we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy．
The United States does have one explicit family policy，the Family and Medical Leave Act，passed in 1993．It entitles workers to as much as 12weeks'unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem．Despite the modesty of the benefit，the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly，describing it as"government-run personnel management and a"dangerous precedent （先例）．"In fact，every step of the way，as （usually）Democratic leaders have tried to incrouce work-family balance measures into the law，business groups have been strongly opposed．
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues，justifying parental support depends on defining （定義）the family as a social good that in some sense，society must pay for．Parents are burdened in many ways in their lives：there is''no exit"when it comes to children．Society expects-and needs-parents to provide their children with continuity of care．And society expects-and needs-parents to persist in their roles for 18years，or longer if needed．
While most parents do this out of love，there are public punishments for not providing care．What parents do，in other words，is of deep concern to the state，for the obvious reason，that caring for children is not only morally urgent but important to the future of society．To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting：really，it is to steal those benefits because they accrue （累積） to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's citizens．In fact，by some estimates，the value of parental investments in children，investments of time and money，is equal to 20-30% of GDP．If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer．

67．What do we learn about paid family leave from Paragraph 1？D
A．It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy．
B．Setting up this policy made Australia less influential．
C．It has now become a hot topic in she United States．
D．No such policy is applied in the United Slates．
68．What makes it hard to lake work-family balance measures in the States？B
A．The incompetence of the Democrats．
B．The opposition from business circles．
C．The lack of a precedent in American history．
D．The existing Family and Medical Leave Act．
69．What is Professor Anne Alston's argument for parental support？B
A．Children need continuous care．
B．Good parenting benefits society．
C．The cost of raising children has been growing．
D．The U．S．should keep up with other developed countries．
70．Why is the author against classifying parenting as a personal choice？D
A．Parenting is regarded as a moral duty．
B．Parenting relies largely on social support．
C．Parenting produces huge moral benefits．
D．Parenting is basically a social undertaking．

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