- 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: The author's attitude toward Reding's appeal is one of(). - A 、skepticism
- B 、objectiveness
- C 、indifference
- D 、approval

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【正确答案:D】
文章第五段作者说“I understand Reding's reluctance我理解Reding”,之后解释:“But, when one considers the obstacles to achieving the meritocratic ideal, it does look as if a fairer world must be temporarily ordered.(但是,考虑到实现精英管理的障碍,似乎暂时还得借助于命令才能使世界更加公平。)可见作者与Reding的观点是一致的,即持“赞成”的态度。故答案选D。

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- A 、indifferent
- B 、negative
- C 、positive
- D 、biased
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- A 、permissive
- B 、positive
- C 、scornful
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- B 、Indifferent.
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- A 、negative
- B 、positive
- C 、objective
- D 、casual
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- A 、Critical.
- B 、Indifferent.
- C 、Supportive.
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- 9 【阅读理解A】Toward the new business wave, the writer's attitude can be said to be_____.
- A 、optimistic
- B 、objective
- C 、pessimistic
- D 、biased
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