- 阅读理解A
题干：Europeisnotagender-equalityheaven.Inparticular,thecorporateworkplacewillneverbecompletelyfamily-friendlyuntilwomenarepartofseniormanagementdecisions,andEurope'stopcorporate-governancepositionsremainoverwhelminglymale.Indeed,womenholdonly14percentofpositionsonEuropeancorporateboards.TheEuropeanUnionisnowconsideringlegislationtocompelcorporateboardstomaintainacertainproportionofwomen—upto60percent.Thisproposedmandatewasbornoffrustration.Lastyear,EuropeanCommissionVicePresidentVivianeRedingissuedacalltovoluntaryaction.Redinginvitedcorporationstosignupforgenderbalancegoalof40percentfemaleboardmembership.Butherappealwasconsideredafailure:only24companiestookitup.Doweneedquotastoensurethatwomencancontinuetoclimbthecorporateladderfailyastheybalanceworkandfamily?"Personally,Idon'tlikequotas,"Redingsaidrecently."ButIlikewhatthequotasdo."Quotasgetaction:they"openthewaytoequalityandtheybreakthroughtheglassceiling.",accordingtoReding,aresultseeninFranceandothercountrieswithlegallybindingprovisionsonplacingwomenintopbusinesspositions.IunderstandReding'sreluctance—andherfrustration.Idon'tlikequotaseither:theyruncountertomybeliefinmeritocracy,governancebythecapable.But,whenoneconsiderstheobstaclestoachievingthemeritocraticideal,itdoeslookasifafairerworldmustbetemporarilyordered.Afterall,fourdecadesofevidencehasnowshownthatcorporationsinEuropeaswellastheUSareevadingthemeritocratichiringandpromotionofwomentotopposition—nomatterhowmuch"softpressure"isputuponthem.Whenwomendobreakthroughtothesummitofcorporatepower—as,forexample,SherylSandbergrecentlydidatFacebook—theyattractmassiveattentionpreciselybecausetheyremaintheexceptiontotherule.Ifappropriatepublicpolicieswereinplacetohelpallwomen—whetherCEOsortheirchildren'scaregivers—andallfamilies,Sandbergwouldbenomorenewsworthythananyotherhighlycapablepersonlivinginamorejustsociety.
题目：According to Reding, quotas may help women （）. - A 、get top business positions
- B 、see through the glass ceiling
- C 、balance work and family
- D 、anticipate legal results
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
第四段“Quotas get action: they"open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,"according to Reding, a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.(限定比例起作用了：它们打开性别平的的道路，打破瓶颈：法国和其他国家立法禁止对女性在高层的比例进行限定。)所以A选项”帮助女性获得高层职位“正确。
B选项是对原文“break through the glass ceiling”的望文生义。C、D选项属于无中生有。
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