GWD8-Q35

wudishark

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

答案：B。我不明白的地方在于，B选项中提到appropriate一词，这个应该是表示作者的肯定态度的啊，可是原文中对于
government’s assumption是个负评价的啊，是用的challenge一词。请nn多多指教！！！

henryest

我相信选B)应该是没有疑问的。

那现在只是需要证明a family’s income should depend primarily on wages与the appropriate sources of family income对等就可以了。这里我们应该可以看出should depend primarily on wages就是wages as the appropriate sources。

至于lz你说的challenge那只是policy analyst的态度与United States government甚至作者的态度并不相关的。

wudishark

有道题，谢谢指教：）

bobochen

为什么不选C呢？？是在policy  analysts 反对下，提出的修改。。。挺好的啊。。。

xiaohaotoutou

这道题目关键在于对问题的理解，和对选项的理解，文章的脉络我们已经很清楚了，一些人原本认为通过提高女人的工资就可以减少母亲单亲家庭的贫困，但事实并非如此，政府还应该要予以补足，这个地方的问题问的是通过文章暗示出政府的补助政策是（没有履行，因为文章只是说了经济学家在建议）
A．    没有考虑相关经济学家的建议-------明显你没有办法回答吗，经济学校建议政府做了，可以最后做没有做你不知道的
B．    基于认为家庭收入是主要经济来源的假设（特别注意appropriate sources of family income）的理解，是此题的关键，不过排除也可以哈------------正确，因为经济学家为什么会建议就是指出了光有工作不顶用的，还要补助以政府原来的这些补助政策是基于这样一个假设的
C．    因为批评了再修改--------错误同A,文章哪有说要修改了呀，不要擅自臆断
D．    这个就更不对了

E．    这个就更不对了

candybecky

B的定位在文中的这里：
As a solution, they challenge the government’s assumption that a family’s income should depend primarily on wages