Question

Women nowadays do not just want to work to help meet the rising costs of living and education for their children. They also want a career that will enable them to bring out their skills and use their potentials so that they can experience a sense of fulfillment and pride that come from achievements and success. Some careers that have been traditionally dominated(支配)by the male species have been made open and filled up by women as well. It is no longer a surprising occurrence today to see many women working as pilots, astronauts, engineers, in construction sites, and in the printing business that operates high?tech machines.

Many women are also taking their chances on managerial and executive positions that mostly men are the ones sitting on. Many of them also do well in the line of education as teachers, deans and even presidents of universities. You can also see many women as lecturers and reviewers of different businesses. One example is that of the online printing company reviews where women usually have a say on what is the best choice for online printers for any marketing needs.

From the income that women are getting from their work, they are able to maintain a family and able to provide a better education for their children and able to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.

However, there are still pronounced biases (偏見) against women in high leadership positions. There still exists the so?called gender?role stereotyping. Women need help to cope with and manage the typical stereotyping of women workers and managers. Those who look for jobs advertised in the classified sections of the newspaper often discover that many corporate positions are closed to women. And most often than not, many give preference to men by indicating in their ads phrases such as “male preferred” or “male applicants only”. Even in some family run or owned corporations, seldom can you see women managers and presidents.

Surveys show that although a man and a woman have the same level or handle the same position in an organization, the man would get a higher or bigger compensation package(薪酬) compared to women.? Because of this, many women are just contented，to be in subordinate positions in finance, human resources, sales, manufacturing and other supportive roles.

There are still other barriers that prevent women from reaching their full potentials in the world of employment. Our culture does not encourage women to excel in government and in business?related jobs. Women who are able to make it on top and handle leadership roles are sometimes regarded merely as tokens. The abilities and skills of women are normally questioned by their own peers, and sadly even by other women.

If you are a woman who have the interest, ability and drive to pursue management careers，career counseling is of great help to help you find direction and increase motivation to pursue your career goals. It will help you have the self?confidence to get you in the same career opportunities open to men in this society that still prefers men for top level positions.

1.From the first paragraph we know that women________.

A．work mainly to help meet the rising costs of living

B．want to provide their children with better education

C．also want to take some more challenging jobs

D．have taken up some work that men can do well

2.It can be inferred that in the past it was surprising to see women________.

A．taking jobs outside home

B．working as pilots or astronauts

C．educating their children at home

D．operating machines at home

3.The underlined word “subordinate” in the 5th paragraph has a similar meaning to“________”．

A．higher? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．lower

C．more rewarding? ????????????? ????????????? D．less demanding

4.What's the best title for the passage?

A．Women working out of houses

B．Women fighting against biases

C．Women getting larger income

D．Women aiming high in careers

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】隨著社會的發(fā)展，更多的女性可以從事自己喜歡的工作，從而去體驗(yàn)成功帶來的喜悅和自豪。然而面對世俗的偏見，女性從事一些高層職位仍有很大的壓力。但女人能頂半邊天，她們也信心十足地在拼搏著自己的事業(yè)。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。由第一段可知，當(dāng)代女性不僅想工作以幫助應(yīng)對生活開支和給孩子提供良好的教育，而也希望從事能提升自身技能和開發(fā)潛能的工作以體驗(yàn)成功帶來的自豪和喜悅。故C項(xiàng)正確。

答案　C

2.推理判斷題。難度中等。根據(jù)第一段中的“It is no longer a surprising occurrence today to see many women working as pilots，astronauts...”可知B項(xiàng)正確。

答案　B

3.詞義猜測題。難度中等。根據(jù)第五段可知，盡管女性和男性有同等的水平或處于同樣的位置，但她們的報酬比男性要低。因此許多女性就愿意做一些低職位的工作。故B項(xiàng)正確。

答案　B

4.標(biāo)題概括。難度中等。

答案　D