GWD8-Q37

xiexiang

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

xiaoaojiang

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

logowuyi

还是想问一下D问什么不对啊？~·