2014年6月英语四级仔细阅读真题(总三套题)及答案.doc

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1、2014年6月英语四级仔细阅读真题（第一套）及答案PassageOneQuestions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Whenyoungwomenwerefoundtomakeonly82percentofwhattheirmalepeersdojustoneyearoutofcollege,manywereatalosstoexplainit.Allthetraditionalreasonsputforwardtointerpretthepaygap-thatwomenfa

2、llbehindwhentheyleavetheworkforcetoraisekids,forexample,orthattheydon'tseekasmanymanagementroles-failedtojustifythisone.Theseyoungwomendidn'thavekidsyet.Andbecausetheywerejustoneyearremovedfromtheirundergraduatedegrees,fewofthesewomenyethadthechancetogoafter(mu

3、chlessdecline)leadershiproles.Butthereareotherreasonswhythepaygapremainssopersistent.Thefirstisthatnomatterhowmanywomenmaybegettingcollegedegrees,theuniversityexperienceisstillanunequalone.Thesecondisthatourhighereducationsystemisnotdesignedtofocusontheeconomic

4、consequencesofourstudents'yearsoncampus.Nowthatwomenarethemajorityofcollegestudentsandsurpassmeninboththenumberofundergraduateandadvanceddegreesawarded,onemightthinkthecollegecampusisaprettyequalplace.Itisnot.Studiesshowthatwhilegirlsdobetterthanboysinhighschoo

5、l,theystarttotrailoffduringtheircollegeyears.Theyenrollindifferentkindsofclasses,tendtomajorinlessrigorous(非常严格的)subjects,andgenerallyheadoffwithlessambitiousplans.Asaresult,it'snotsurprisingthateventhebesteducatedyoungwomenentertheworkplacewithaslightdisadvant

6、age.Theircollegeexperienceleavesthemsomewhatconfused,stillstumbling(栽倒)overthedilemmastheirgrandmothers'generationsoughttodestroy.Aretheysupposedtobeprettyorsmart?Strongorsexy(性感的)Alltheirlives,today'syoungwomenhavebeenpushedtoembracebothperfectionandpassion-to

7、pursuescienceandsports,mathandtheater-anddoitallaswellastheypossiblycan.Nowondertheyarenotnegotiatingforhighersalariesassoonastheygetoutofschool.Theyaretooexhausted,andtooscaredoffailing.56.Traditionally,itisbelievedthatwomenearnlessthanmenbecause______.A)theyh

8、avefailedtotakeasmanyrigorouscoursesB)theydonotfeelasfitformanagementrolesC)theyfeelobligedtotakecareoftheirkidsathomeD)theydonotexhibittheneededleadershipqualities57.Whatdo