GWD8-Q37

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Passage 4 (Q35-Q37)

This passage was adapted from an article written in 1990.

Research data indicate that

there is a great deal of poverty in

the United States among single-

Line parent families headed by women.

(5) This problem could result from

the fact that women’s wages are

only 60 percent of men’s. Some

economists believe that rigorous

enforcement of existing equal pay

(10) laws would substantially decrease

this wage inequity. But equal pay

laws are ineffectual when women

and men are concentrated in different

occupations because such laws

(15) require only that women and men

doing the same jobs be paid the

same. Since gender concentration

exists (for example, 80 percent of

clerical workers are women), other

(20) economists argue that a comparable

worth standard, which would

mandate that women and men in

any jobs that require comparable

training and responsibility be paid

(25) the same, should be applied

instead. But some policy analysts

assert that, although comparable

worth would virtually equalize male

and female wages, many single-

(30) parent families headed by women

would remain in poverty because

many men earn wages that are

below the poverty line. These

policy analysts believe that the

(35) problem is not caused primarily by

wage inequity but rather by low

wages coupled with single parent

hood, regardless of sex. As a

solution, they challenge the govern-

(40) ment’s assumption that a family’s

income should depend primarily on

wages and urge the government to

provide generous wage supplements

(child and housing allow-

(45) ances) to single parents whose

wages are low.

GWD-8-Q37:

According to the passage, some economists believe that, in the United States, there would be smaller differences between the wages of women and men who do the same jobs if

A.      equal pay laws were enforced more fully

B.       more stringent equal pay laws were passed

C.      a more rigorous comparable worth standard were developed and applied

D.      more men entered the occupations in which women are concentrated

E.       women received the same kind and amount of job training that men receive

这题为什么选a呢？我选c，原因是定位上文划线处，既然equal laws are ineffectual了，那么自然是后面的comparable worth standard 才有用了。请NN指教

GWD-8-Q37:

According to the passage, some economists believe that, in the United States, there would be smaller differences between the wages of women and men who do the same jobs if

A.      equal pay laws were enforced more fully

B.       more stringent equal pay laws were passed

C.      a more rigorous comparable worth standard were developed and applied

D.      more men entered the occupations in which women are concentrated

E.       women received the same kind and amount of job training that men receive

这题为什么选a呢？我选c，原因是定位上文划线处，既然equal laws are ineffectual了，那么自然是后面的comparable worth standard 才有用了。请NN指教

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题目问的是some economists believe that, in the United States, there would be smaller differences between the wages of women and men who do the same jobs.

而comparable worth standard是在when women and men are concentrated in different occupations的情况下被提出的。所以还是选A

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额~~尽管是08年的帖 还是想问一下D问什么不对啊？~·