閱讀測驗雖然是很多考生畏懼的英文題型之一，但是只要學會解題技巧，耐心看完一段文字之後，就可以戰勝外國人愛用破題法囉!例如在此篇文章的第一段中，有提到“The nation’s rapidly aging population has led to the development of a host of new business.”，而這句話就是整篇文章的主題句，所以文章一定跟”這個國家人口的迅速老化，導致了許多新行業的發展”有關。
The number of U.S. citizens over the age of 65 who live alone is
expected to rise 21 percent over the next ten years, to more than 12
million. The nation’s rapidly aging population has led to the
development of a host of new business.
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Two-thirds of the children of the elderly in the United States
today have jobs and most do not live near their aging parents.
Geriatric care businesses have sprung up to fill the gap, offering
transportation, medical assistance, meals, and emotional support.
"Our name is Parent Services," the brochure for one company reads,
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"We will be there for your parents when you cannot be." In addition,
new technologies are being created to enable old Americans to
receive care in their own homes. Tel-Assure, a St. Louis, Missouri
computer telephone service, employs a software program to check
on its elderly customers twice daily. "Good morning, Phyllis. This is
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Tel-Assure call. If you are okay, press one on your telephone
keypads, if you need assistance of someone in your caring circle,
press two." If Phyllis, the elderly woman receiving that message,
does not press the button to confirm she is all right, Tel-Assure calls
her again ten minutes later. If there is still no response, the service
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alerts her family or friends. The voice on the computer tape belongs
to Tel-Assure founder, Janet Carver, who says she addresses
subscribers by their first name to make the service more personal.
"We also have their birth date, so on the day of their birthday, the
system knows that and wishes them a happy birthday. They look
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forward to the call. We had one person say ‘I feel as if I had someone
in the room with me, even though I know there isn’t.’"
Analysts say the burgeoning new geriatric industry demonstrates
that when a need arises, a business will rise to fulfill that need.
( ) 1. Where is this article likely to appear?
(A) In travel brochures. (B) In cook books.
(C) In business magazines. (D) In TV guides.
( ) 2. Most Americans do not live with their elderly parents because _____.
(A) their parents prefer to live alone
(B) most of their workplaces are not close enough to their parents’ homes
(C) they have their own children to look after
(D) they don’t like their parents
( ) 3. If no one presses the button to confirm he is all right, the first step Tel-Assure will take is to _____.
(A) send someone to check if everything is OK
(B) send a medical-rescue team to his home
(C) call him again ten minutes later
(D) alert his family or friends at once
( ) 4. On the computer tape Janet Carver addresses her subscribers by their first name because _____.
(A) this is more personal and intimate
(B) the elderly may sometimes forget their last names
(C) this allows the speakers to identify the elderly clients more easily
(D) this is more accurate and direct
詳細解析：國考專門店-英銘國考英文周刊-No.17-閱讀測驗篇
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