[求助]GWD-8-37

Zspirit

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-parent families headed by women. 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 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 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 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 the same, should be applied instead. But some policy analysts assert that, although comparable worth would virtually equalize male and female wages, many single-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 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 government’s assumption that a family’s income should depend primarily on wages and urge the government to provide generous wage supplements (child and housing allowances) to single-parents whose wages are low.

37, 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

答案选A，我选C。主要是考虑到题目里有一句...differences between...women and men who do the same jobs if。三种观点中只有第二种明确讲到工作职位的问题，所以就选了与之相应的C。但是在分析A的时候，发现第一种观点...rigorous enforcement of existing equal pay laws would substantially decrease this wage inequity中的下划线部分也确实与题目中的there would be smaller differences between...的下划线部分相对应。到底应该如果分析，请大家帮忙支支招，万分感谢！

dianecarton

原文定位是这句Some economists believe that rigorous enforcement of existing equal pay laws would substantially decrease this wage inequity，因为问的是some economists对于男女同工同酬的看法。regorous改写成more fully, decrease改写成smaller.只定位这一句，即可得出一些经济学家的看法就是严格执行既有的同工同酬法律就可以减少工资的不平等现象。我想LZ看到题目的时候马上联想到了男女工资不平等问题的根本解决方法是什么，应该是一个可比较的价值标准，于是就怎么看怎么觉得C对，那么我就把下面帮LZ也分析一下。

这句话后面but接的内容才是谈到如果男女不同工应如何衡量，才接着引申到了C选项提到的a more rigorous comparable worth standard。然后some policy analysts 说了，虽然comparable worth standard能达到男女工资的所谓平等，但女性单亲家庭仍会贫穷，因为工资平等与否并不是问题所在，然后进一步解释得出结论。建议LZ多练习准确定位，看清题干是就什么人的什么内容提问，还有要明白各种派别的各种观点，GMAT阅读通常至少有两派以上观点的，而且作者通常对某一派的观点有倾向性。

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-8-14 2:24:41编辑过]

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