GWD6 中一道阅读

Spencer125

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.
GWD-8-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
GWD中答案是B，可是我感觉D是对的呀。定位在文章的最后一句话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.    政府的这个policy不就是要provide wage supplements.这个方案是文章中阐述的可行的方案所以对应了d中capable of eliminating wage inequality。 而且这个方案只是涨了wage supplements，所以income没有涨，所以有对应了D中 not of raising incomes for both women and men。  这么理解怎么错了？？？

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enkyklios

我对经济类的东西完全是门外汉，稍微看了一下，我认为
D中

1；这个方案不能消除wage inequality ，comparable worth standard 才能消除，这在文章中说的很清楚了
2；wage和supplement 这都是income，

文章大体思路是说单亲家庭生活多贫困，一些经济学家们认为这是男女分工不同，收入不同造成的，所以应该”按劳分配“（comparable worth standard），但是发现尽管这可以解决”分配不公“的问题，但是并不能解决单亲家庭的穷困问题，因为男人也有人收入很低----和男人一样了的女人也照样低。
于是才提出来 wage supplement .这个解决方案，这个方案是给他们钱所以肯定会让他们收入增加，只是并不能解决分配的问题了。

Spencer125

enkyklios 发表于 2013-8-23 23:10
我对经济类的东西完全是门外汉，稍微看了一下，我认为
D中

大熊哥，我看了迩的分析。确实正如迩所说的那样。表示非常感谢。。。原来迩不仅仅活跃于语法，在逻辑阅读中也颇有建树哈~~~~  谢谢

enkyklios

Spencer125 发表于 2013-8-23 23:20
大熊哥，我看了迩的分析。确实正如迩所说的那样。表示非常感谢。。。原来迩不仅仅活跃于语法，在逻辑阅读 ...

不谢，共同提高