help!!TN19-Q25

wanlingH

GWD28-Q25 to Q26:

      Many politicians, business leaders, and scholars discount the role of public policy and emphasize the role of the labor market when explaining employers’ maternity-leave policies, arguing that prior to the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, employers were already providing maternity leave in response to the increase in the number of women workers.  Employers did create maternity-leave programs in the 1970’s and 1980’s, but not as a purely voluntary response in the absence of any government mandate. In 1972, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that employers who allowed leaves for disabling medical conditions must also allow them for maternity and that failure to do so would constitute sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  As early as 1973, a survey found that 58 percent of large employers had responded with new maternity-leave policies.  Because the 1972 EEOC ruling was contested in court, the ruling won press attention that popularized maternity-leave policies.  Yet perhaps because the Supreme Court later struck down the ruling, politicians and scholars have failed to recognize its effects, assuming that employers adopted maternity-leave policies in response to the growing feminization of the workforce.

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Q25:
   C              

It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about government policy?

A.      Government policy is generally unaffected by pressures in the labor market.

B.      The impact of a given government policy is generally weakened by sustained press attention.

C.      It is possible for a particular government policy to continue to have an impact after that policy has been eliminated.

D.      A given government policy can be counterproductive when that policy has already unofficially been implemented.

E.       The impact of a given government policy is generally weakened when the ruling is contested in court.

 我不太同意這題為什麼是C, 因為 policy has been eliminated.可是文章中並沒有辦法看到這點。

 我不太同意這題為什麼是C, 因為 policy has been eliminated.可是文章中並沒有辦法看到這點。

why?

why?

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還有誰可以跟我說一下 文章organization  PLEASE !

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-5-3 15:15:07编辑过]

alibaba_2009

DING

hughlv

这道题俺也是成功的做错了，所以后来花了较多时间分析。
C.      It is possible for a particular government policy to continue to have an impact after that policy has been eliminated.

这句话是在文章中可以找到依据的。这里的policy指的是1972 EEOC ruling；has been eliminated对应于文章中the Supreme Court later struck down the ruling。文章中没有提这个later到底是什么时候及是否是在那些employer提供maternity leave之前，从而没法验证这个选项。是我没有选这个选项的原因。如果那句话改成Yet per perhaps because the Supreme Court struck down the ruling later in 1973, ...那样就完美了。

不过看看其他的选项相比之下更无法从文章中找到依据，所以只好选C）了。LZ可以讲一下你选的是哪个我们可以讨论是否它确实比C）要合适。

luojihencha

我觉的a合适一点吧