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1、2013考研英语阅读真题：考研英语（二）第4篇Europeisnotagender-equalityheaven.Inparticular,thecorporateworkplacewillneverbecompletelyfamily-friendlyuntilwomenarepartofseniormanagementdecisions, andEurope’stopcorporate-governancepositionsremainoverwhelminglymale. Indeed,womenholdonly14perc

2、entofpositionsonEuropecorporateboards. TheEuropeUnionisnowconsideringlegislationtocompelcorporateboardstomaintainacertainproportionofwomen—upto60percent. Thisproposedmandatewasbornoffrustration. Lastyear,EuropeCommissionVicePresidentVivianeRedingissuedacalltovoluntary

3、action. Redinginvitedcorporationstosignupforgenderbalancegoalof40percentfemaleboardmembership. Butherappealwasconsideredafailure:only24companiestookitup. Doweneedquotastoensurethatwomencancontinuetoclimbthecorporateladderfairlyastheybalanceworkandfamily? “Personally,I

4、don’tlikequotas,”Redingsaidrecently.“ButIlikewhatthequotasdo.” Quotasgetaction:they“openthewaytoequalityandtheybreakthroughtheglassceiling,”accordingtoReding, aresultseeninFranceandothercountrieswithlegallybindingprovisionsonplacingwomenintopbusinesspositions. Iunders

5、tandReding’sreluctance—andherfrustration. Idon’tlikequotaseither;theyruncountertomybeliefinmeritocracy,governmentbythecapable. But,whenoneconsiderstheobstaclestoachievingthemeritocraticideal, itdoeslookasifafairerworldmustbetemporarilyordered. Afterall,fourdecadesofev

6、idencehasnowshownthat corporationsinEuropeaswellastheUSareevadingthemeritocratichiringandpromotionofwomentotopposition nomatterhowmuch“softpressure”isputuponthem. Whenwomendobreakthroughtothesummitofcorporatepower—as,forexample,SherylSandbergrecentlydidatFacebook they

7、attractmassiveattentionpreciselybecausetheyremaintheexceptiontotherule. Ifappropriatepubicpolicieswereinplacetohelpallwomen---whetherCEOsortheirchildren’scaregivers--andallfamilies, Sandbergwouldbenomorenewsworthythananyotherhighlycapablepersonlivinginamorejustsociety

8、. 欧洲并不是男女平等的天堂。 企业的职场尤其如此，如果女性不参与高层决策，企业职场将永远不会彻底地为家庭着想， 但是绝大多数的欧洲顶级企业管理职位仍然是被男性所占据。 实际上，在欧企董事会中，女性董事所占比例仅为14%。 现在，欧盟正在考虑建立法