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. （很多男人本身赚的就少，把女人的工资与他们等同后还是少呀）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 21-35
The passage suggests that the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> 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 (B)
E. applicable to single-parent families headed by women but not to single-parent families headed by men
它问的是the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> government’s policy towards providing wage supplements to parents whose wages are low
从原文中看出B中说的假设是被chanlenge后要求政府提出的呀，那要求政府提出的这个决策里就不应该有这样的假设拉呀 | 
