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example, in 1998 the hourly wages of women in the U. S. were 26% less than those
of men. The gap between male and female incomes varies with age. The gap between
the labor incomes of young women and young men varies. It’s also clear that jobs
in which women are concentrated pay less. The larger the number of workers who
are women in ran industry, the lower the average wages. Why do women earn less than men do Can the differences be explained by the fact that women are looked down upon If so, the government has to intervene(干预), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists about the causes of the gap. One view argues that women, on the average, have chosen low-paying jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the lab A. there are more than enough women in the labor force B. women have more freedom in selecting jobs C. women are only provided with low-paid jobs D. women are less experienced than men [单项选择]
The Present Recession Affects Women More Than Men If men were the first to lose their jobs in the heart of the economic crisis in the United States, a study now shows a trend, women, (21) mothers today, are suffering the collateral effects, while the American economy is back on the road to growth. According to a report by the Joint Economic Committee of American Congress, American men were the most affected at the beginning of the crisis as over- (22) in most key sectors such as building and industry. Today, they are finding jobs, unlike women and especially single mothers. Between October 2009 and March 2010, women have lost 22,000 jobs while men have found 260,000 jobs, a (23) by that Committee. According to the chairwoman of this Committee, Democrat Carolyn Maloney, the conclusions of the survey show that single women were particularly affected, with an (24) rate that (25) from 8 percent A. otherwise B. especially C. like D. particularly [判断题]
Depression is commoner in women than in men. [单项选择] That question "why women live longer than men" can be answered at two levels. An evolutionary biologist would tell you that it is because women get evolutionary bonus points from living long enough to help bring up the grandchildren. Men, by contrast, wear themselves out competing for the right to procreate in the first place. That is probably true, but not much help to the medical profession. However, a group of researchers at John Moores University has just come up with a medically useful answer. It is that while 70-year-old men have the hearts of 70-year-olds, those of their female peers resemble the hearts of 20-year-olds.
David Goldspink and his colleagues looked at 250 volunteers aged between 18 and 80 over two years. All the volunteers were healthy but physically inactive. The team’’s principal finding was that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25% between the ages of 18 and 70, while that of the female heart remains undiminished.
They found that between the age
A. women have to live long enough to look after grandchildren B. women’’s hearts hardly grow old C. women have more endurance than men D. women are superior at evolutionary scale [单项选择]And women, even more than men, have always seemed to be at the mercy of fashion.
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