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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Whenyoungwomenwerefoundtomakeonly82percentofwhattheirmalepeersdojustoneyear
outofcollege,manywereatalosstoexplainit.
Allthetraditionalreasonsputforwardtointerpretthepaygap--thatwomenfallbehindwhentheyleavetheworkforcetoraisekids,forexample,orthattheydon'tseekasmanymanagementrolesfailedtojustifythisone.Theseyoungwomendidn'thavekidsyet.Andbecausetheywerejustoneyearremovedfromtheirundergraduatedegrees,fewofthesewomenyethadthechancetogoafter(muchlessdecline)leadershiproles.
Butthereareotherreasonswhythepaygapremainssopersistent.Thefirstisthatnomatterhowmanywomenmaybegettingcollegedegrees,theuniversityexperienceisstillanunequalone.Thesecondisthatourhighereducationsystemisnotdesignedtofocusontheeconomicconsequencesofourstudents'yearsoncampus.
Nowthatwomenarethemajorityofcollegestudentsandsurpassmeninboththenumberofundergraduateandadvanceddegreesawarded,onemightthinkthecollegecampusmaprettyequalplace.Itisnot.Studiesshowthatwhilegirlsdobetterthanboysinhighschool,theystarttotrailoffduringt~eircollegeyears.Theyenrollindifferentkindsofclasses,tendtomajorinlessrigorous(非常)subjects,andgenerallyheadoffwithlessambitiousplans.
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Asaresult,it'snotsurprisingthateventhebesteducatedyoungwomenentertheworkplacewithaslightdisadvantage.Theircollegeexperienceleavesthemsomewhatconfused,stillstumbling(栽倒)overthedilemmastheirgrandmothers'generationsoughttodestroy.Aretheysupposedtobeprettyorsmart?Strongorsexy(性感的)?Alltheirlives,today'syoungwomenhavebeenpushedtoembracebothperfectionandpassiontopursuescienceandsports,mathandtheater--anddoitallaswellastheypossiblycanNowondertheyarenotnegotiatingforhighersalariesassoonastheygetoutofs~hool.Theyaretooexhausted,andtooscaredoffailing.
Traditionally,itisbelievedthatwomenearnlessthanmenbecause A.theyhavefailedtotakeasmanyrigorouscourses
B.theydonotfeelasfitformanagementroles
C.theyfeelobligedtotakecareoftheirkidsathome
D.theydonotexhibittheneededleadershipqualifies
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