2014年6月大学英语六级真题及答案完整版(9)

in SwedenTreading(踩)Water” and notes:

1、The total income from employment for all ages is lower for womenthan for men.

2、One in three employed women and one in ten employed men work part-time.

3、Women's working time is influenced by the number and age oftheirchildren, but men′s working time is not affected bythese factors.

4、Of all employees，only 13 percent of thewomen and 12 percent of the men have occupations with an even distribution ofthe sexes.

[L] Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more ex-treme andfar-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with aneutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them whenthey gravitahta(被吸引) toward genderedplay. When it came to light last year that mothers, far more than fathers,chose to stay home from work to care for their sick kids. Ulf Kristersson.minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine thecauscs of and possiiblce cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.

[M]Swcdish family policies, byaccommodating women's preferences efleetively, are reduting the number of womenin elite competitive positions. The Swedes will find this paradoxical and tryto find solutions. Let us hope these do not include banning gender pronouns,policing children′s play, implementing more gender quotas, or treating women′s special attachment to home and family as a social injustice.Most mothers do not aspire to (向往) elite,competitive full-time positions: the Swedish policies have given them thefreedom and opportunity to live the lives they prefer. Americans should lookpast the gender rhetoric and consider what these Scandina-vians have achieved.On their way to creating a feminist paradise, the Swedes have uninten-tionallycreated a haven (避风港) for normal mortals.

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46.Sweden has done more than othernations to close the gender gap. but it conimucs 10 exist.

47.Sweden is one of the mostcompetitive economics life satisfaction.

48. More American women hold elitejob positions in business than Swedish women.

49. Swedish family-friendlypolicies tend to exert a negative influence on women′s careers.

50.The quota system in Swedenensures women′s better representation ingovernment.

51.Though the Swedish modelappears workable for most American parents, it may