The more educated a man is, the 20 is the expectation for dowry at the time of marriage.
答案：(B) higher
【句型】The more..., the more.../比較級, 固定句型，「男方教育程度越高，對嫁妝的期望就越高」，higher 呼應前面 more educated 的正向遞增關係。lower（語意相反）、better／worse（語意不精確，此處需明確表達「程度更高」）皆不符合。
四個選項都是比較級，形態一樣，你會憑中文哪個順挑一個。
答對率四成五。先認出句型：The more educated a man is, the ______ is the expectation for dowry。這是「the ＋ 比較級, the ＋ 比較級」的句型，兩個 the 後面各配一個比較級，意思是「越……就越……」。四個選項都是比較級，這一步刷不掉，關鍵在方向與搭配。前半是 more educated（受教育程度越高），後半的主詞是 the expectation for dowry（對嫁妝的期望），兩者同方向遞增，所以要用 higher（更高的）。為什麼是 high 而不是 good 或 bad：expectation 這個字習慣配 high 與 low（high expectations），這是字詞搭配的問題，不是評價好壞。填進去讀成 the higher is the expectation for dowry（對嫁妝的期望就越高）。末句也能驗算：受過高等教育的女子被要求準備更多嫁妝，因為她們多半嫁給學歷更高的男子。
lower（更低的）方向剛好相反；better（更好的）與 worse（更糟的）是在評價好壞，但這一句要的是期望的高低，而 expectation 不與 good、bad 搭配。三個都是比較級，形態吻合，容易被順手選走。
the ＋ 比較級, the ＋ 比較級（越……就越……）、high expectations（很高的期望）、live up to expectations（達到期望）、be required to V（被要求做某事）、at the time of（在……的時候）、highly educated（受過高等教育的）。
In spite of modernization and the increasing role of women in all walks of life, the practice of the dowry in India is still widespread. The dowry system, money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage, was started centuries ago with the intention of providing security for a girl 16 difficulties and unexpected circumstances after marriage.
For this purpose, the parents gave 17 they could to their daughter, which consequently went to the groom's family. By the beginning of the 21st century, however, the custom had deteriorated to a point whereby the groom and his family had become very 18.
When demands for dowry are not met, the bride is 19 torture, and often even killed. The more educated a man is, the 20 is the expectation for dowry at the time of marriage. Girls who are highly educated are required to have larger dowries because they usually marry more educated men.