UNIT 1 课时跟踪检测（二） 语言运用综合练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修2 （外研版）

UNIT 1 课时跟踪检测（二） 语言运用综合练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Lee Jeong-kyu, a man of 31 years old, still lives with his parents in a small apartment where he grew up in Bundang, a suburb of Seoul. He is a member of South Korea's “kangaroo tribe”— a moniker (绰号) used to describe unmarried men and women who haven't moved out of their parents' home, even though they are in their 30s and even 40s. The name suggests the image of an overgrown marsupial that hasn't left its mother's pouch. According to a recent report from South Korea's national statistics office, there are more than half unmarried adults still living with their parents. The report, released at the end of March, caused a stir in the country, fueling the popular stereotype that the kangaroo tribe is made up of South Koreans who have failed to achieve success in life. Despite the recent media attention, however, experts say that it's long been common for children in South Korea to live with their parents into adulthood. “The phenomenon is hardly a modern phenomenon in South Korea, since the percentages of adults in their 30s and 40s living with their parents in the 1980s and 2010s do not differ by much.” Kye Bong-oh, a sociology professor at Kookmin University, said. While a lack of economic independence is often a factor for why children don't leave the nest. The truth is that many continue to live at home for a variety of reasons, and the kangaroo tribe phenomenon is not as simple and one-sided as often depicted in popular culture. For some adult children, living with their parents allows them to care for their aging parents more easily, while also saving money for the future. Others, particularly single women, cite their parents' conservative views that women should only move out when they get married because, in their opinion, the world is a dangerous place for a woman to live all by herself. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了韩国的“袋鼠族”现象，并列举了这一现象的诸多原因。 1．According to the passage, what do we know about the “kangaroo tribe” in South Korea? A．They