2014届高考英语一轮复习 Unit18 指导课时作业B卷（含解析） 北师大版.docVIP

Unit 18 B卷 一、阅读理解 A Women are more independent than ever—yet still rely on men to sort out their finances.And the consequences could be terrible. According to a recent survey，only 47 percent of women are saving enough for retirement，compared with 59 percent of men.40 percent of women admit they leave pension provision to their husbands to sort out.“The outlook for women’s finances in the future is terrible.It’s really worrying，”says Professor Pine. “A lot of women think that somebody else is going to take care of things，yet women have a 70 percent chance of ending up being responsible for their own financial well-being when they get older—either because they remain single，live longer than their husbands，or get divorced，”says Professor Pine. The message is clear for those women who let their husbands take care of their savings—women have to start taking responsibility for their own finances.But why do some of us find it so hard? There are several reasons that women find it hard to save，says Sarah Pennells，“Even though the gap is closing，women still earn less than men，on average，which makes it harder for them to put money away，”she says. There is also the fact that fewer women in the private sector have access to decent pension schemes，because the kind of industries they work in are less likely to offer them. But there are other non-practical reasons why women are not putting money away.“ Women get confused by the variety of choices，”says Professor Pine.“Many of us find money issues boring.Financial information is written by men for men，it is full of jargon(术语)，and women are_put_off_by it.They look at all the choices and perhaps think，‘I don’t understand this，I don’t know what is the right thing to do，I’m so scared of doing the wrong thing’，so they end up doing nothing.” But there is a deeper psychological force at play.Women’s attitudes to money are more complex than the relationship that most men have with their finances，which can make money a huge source of fear an