06/12四级仔细阅读
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done __47__ by women—ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing __48__ work—still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a __49__ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage __50__ between men and women, the income working women __51__ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now __52__ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers __53__ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are __54__ customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to __55__ pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars—the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the __56__ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
A) scale | I) potential |
B) retailed | J) gap |
C) generate | K) voluntary |
D) extreme | L) excessive |
E) technically | M) insulted |
F) affordable | N) purchase |
G) situation | O) primarily |
H) really |
Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock involvement their partners have always dreamed of — handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they’re negotiating their new roles with little support or information. “Men in my generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we have no role models,” says Jon Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers’ support networks, and are eyed warily (警觉地) on the playground.
The challenge is particularly evident in the work-place. There, men are still expected to be
breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder: traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs. In Denmark most new fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave (父亲的陪产假) — even though they are allowed 34 days. As much as if not more so than women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.
Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring, 54, a data-bank and Internet specialist with German firm FIZ
Karlsruhe, feels that the time he spends with his daughter outweighs any disadvantages, he admits, “With my decision to work from home I dismissed any opportunity for promotion.”
Mind-sets (思维定势) are changing gradually. When Maring had a daughter, the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to choose a job that could be performed from there. Danish telecom company TDC initiated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take paternity leave: 97 percent now do. “When an employee goes on paternity leave and is with his kids, he gets a new kind of training: in how to keep cool under stress.” says spokesperson Christine Elberg Holm. For a new generation of dads, kids may come before the company - but it’s a shift that benefits both.
47. Unlike women, men often get little support or information from_________. .
48. Besides supporting the family, men were also expected to_________. .
49. Like women, men hope that their desire for a flexible schedule will be_________. .
50. When Maring was on paternity leave, he was allowed by his company to work_________. .
51. Christine Holm believes paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men in that it can help them cope with__________.
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06/12四级仔细阅读
47. O | 48. K | 49. G | 50. J | |
51. C | 52. N | 53. M | 54. I | 55. H |
56. D |
名词:A) scale规模G) situation情况J) gap距离;差距D) extreme(极端的;极端)I) potential(潜在的;潜力)N) purchase(购买;产品)
动词:M) insulted侮辱C) generate产生N) purchase(购买;产品)
形容词:B) retailed零售的D) extreme(极端的;极端)F) affordable付得起的I) potential(潜在的;潜力)K) voluntary自愿的;义务的,无偿的L) excessive过度的
副词:E) technically技术性地H) really真实地O) primarily主要地
[解析]
47-48题句子分析:47题缺少副词,根据下文"Husbands and children now do some of these jobs"现在很多丈夫和孩子开始分担其中的一些工作,说明之前主要的工作室由妇女承担。
47题选O) primarily
48题缺少形容词修饰work,48题选K) voluntary,义务工作
很多以前大部分由妇女完成的家务活--从家庭采购、一日三餐到义务工作--现在仍然需要有人来完成。
49题句子分析:缺少名词,a _______ that has changed the target market for many products作为job的同位语,根据上下文,这里是一种形势的转变,选G) situation
现在很多丈夫和孩子开始分担其中的一些工作,这种情况已经改变了很多产品的目标市场。
50-51题
句子分析:50题中,由a big wage _______ between men and women可知,是在对男女的工资进行比较,只有J) gap符合语义,表示男女工资水平差距大。
51题中,主语是income, 谓语是gives,而working women _______作为定语修饰income,定语中缺少动词,选C) generate,working women generate income职业女性产生的收入虽然男女之间的工资水平仍存在很大差距,但是职业女性的收入却赋予她们新的性和购买力。
52题句子分析:缺少谓语动词,选N) purchase,purchase cars 购买车
比如,目前市场上有近一半的汽车是女性购买的。
53题句子分析:缺少谓语动词,by后接做事情的方式,选M) insulted
在不久前,很多汽车经销商还这样侮辱女性消费者:他们无视她们的存在或暗示她们应该和丈夫一起来选车。
54题句子分析:缺少形容词修饰customers,"现在,汽车公司意识到了女性是_______客户"选I) potential,potential customers潜在客户
现在,汽车公司意识到了女性是潜在客户。
55题句子分析:缺少副词修饰pay, 选H) really, really pay attention真正开始关注
有趣的是,真正开始关注女性消费者的是一些主要的日本汽车经销商。
56题句子分析:缺少形容词修饰contrast, _______ 的对比 选D) extreme,extreme contrast极端的对比
也许正是与日本社会的强烈对比促使美国公司国家关注女性消费者。
2007/12六级仔细阅读
47. mother’s support network.
48. climb the corporate ladder.
49. taken seriously.
50. at home. / in a home office
51. stress.