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麻集爱

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 parent22
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.
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Q35:
The passage suggests that the United States government’s policy towards providing wage
supplements to parents whose wages are low is
A. considered ill advised by most economists who have studied the issue
B. based on assumptions about the appropriate sources of family income
C. under revision in response to criticism from some policy analysts
D. capable of eliminating wage inequality but not of raising incomes for both women
and men
E. applicable to single-parent families headed by women but not to single-parent
families headed by men
Answer: 为什么是b 呢?

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.

是两回事啊 我选了c 第二遍了还是不能理解/

醋醋妹妹

1. 偶选B. 排除法.

based on assumptions about the appropriate sources of family income. 这个appropriate让我感觉选B舒服的多. 偶建议把问题和选项B连起来读两遍.

2. C中的under revision有问题. 文章中并未提到要修改这个有关补助的方案.

麻集爱

是的。同意. 在看了一下发现是题目没有看清。 非常感谢

fair_sword

以下是引用醋醋妹妹在2004-6-17 2:30:00的发言：

1. 偶选B. 排除法.

based on assumptions about the appropriate sources of family income. 这个appropriate让我感觉选B舒服的多. 偶建议把问题和选项B连起来读两遍.

2. C中的under revision有问题. 文章中并未提到要修改这个有关补助的方案.

agree

snowflower

how about 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

the answer is A, I have no idea how to locate it in the passage.

fair_sword

37 Some
economists believe that rigorous
enforcement of existing equal pay
(10) laws would substantially decrease
this wage inequity.

tony6

感觉这篇文章比较典型，就是文章容易读懂，但选项很搞

bettyamen

Q36。 Which of the following is most clearly an example of the policy advocated by the policy analysts mentioned in line 26

1. A government provides training to women who wish to move out of occupations in which women are concertrated.

2. A government supports research that analyzes the connection between wage inequality and poverty among single parent families headed by women.

3. A government surveys wages annually to make certain that women and men in the same jobs receive the same pay.

4. A government analyzes jobs in term of the education and responsibility they require and publishes a list of jobs that should be considered equivalent for wage purposes.

   E.A government provides large rent subsidies to single parents whose wages are less than half the average worker’s wage.

这题为什么是答案E，从文中又是怎样推 出的。我想了很久啦

rings

不知道rent subsidies 就是comparable

worth呢?

westlakegz

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

37题问的是policy analysts的观点，housing allowences=rent subsidies