2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练30.docVIP

2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练30 （A） British women are becoming increasingly wealthier than men, according to research from an investment bank published on Monday. Researchers for Invested Private Bank found the number of wealthy women is increasing, with 2. 4 million UK women having more than 25, 000 pounds (US $45, 000) in savings accounts alone. The majority of these women (60 per cent) are married or cohabiting (同居), 16 per cent are single and the remainder are widowed, divorced or separated. Analysis from the bank’s data has found that since October 2003, 45 per cent of new clients who opened one of their accounts (which has a minimum balance of 25, 000 pounds) have been women who have done so in their own name. Research published last month showed that there are now an estimated 360, 000 women in Britain who are worth half a million pounds or more each. Between them, they own assets (资产) worth almost 300 billion pounds (US$ 540 billion) and their numbers are expected to increase rapidly. It is estimated that by 2025, women will own 60 per cent of the nation’s personal wealth. Over the past 30 years, the female employment rate has jumped from 42 per cent to 70 per cent, while almost a third of managers are now women. In 1974, the number of women managers was a mere 2 per cent. However, other factors also come into the equation (综合因素). Women are now living longer, inheriting valuable properties and other assets from their husbands and receiving generous divorce settlements. 1. Which of the following is NOT true? A. All British women becoming increasingly wealthier are not married. B. The majority of the new clients who opened their accounts in the bank are women. C. Today female employment rate is higher than before. D. Some wealthy women have unhappy marriage. 2. The passage is mainly about _______. A. women getting rich faster than men in the UK B. women getting out of control of men in the UK C. nation’s wealth of the UK gradually becoming private D. men becom