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Updated on: 28 Sep 2019, 04:26
Originally posted by globaldesi on 05 May 2019, 04:54.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 28 Sep 2019, 04:26, edited 4 times in total.
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After examining the recently released Department of
Labor data, I can only caution that a dose of
skepticism should accompany any celebration over
these admittedly impressive figures. As women move
(5) into any given occupational category in more than
token numbers, a ghettoization takes place; in a
still male-dominated world, the route to the top is
seen to have taken a slight detour. Bank tellers and
secretaries, to take but two examples, are
(10) occupations that were once more highly
regarded than they are today.
Much has been and will be made of the changing
profiles of the professions, especially the
four-fold increase of women in engineering and the
(15) 250 percent leap in the legal profession. More
encouraging, however, are the figures for bartenders
and bus drivers, which on a percentage basis reveal
that women are about to become the majority. In
these cases basic perceptions are changed, barriers
(20) fall, pioneering steps are taken.
I would like to see, finally, a breakdown of these
data by age. The numbers for younger women are
likely to be even more dramatic than those for women
in general.
Labor data, I can only caution that a dose of
skepticism should accompany any celebration over
these admittedly impressive figures. As women move
(5) into any given occupational category in more than
token numbers, a ghettoization takes place; in a
still male-dominated world, the route to the top is
seen to have taken a slight detour. Bank tellers and
secretaries, to take but two examples, are
(10) occupations that were once more highly
regarded than they are today.
Much has been and will be made of the changing
profiles of the professions, especially the
four-fold increase of women in engineering and the
(15) 250 percent leap in the legal profession. More
encouraging, however, are the figures for bartenders
and bus drivers, which on a percentage basis reveal
that women are about to become the majority. In
these cases basic perceptions are changed, barriers
(20) fall, pioneering steps are taken.
I would like to see, finally, a breakdown of these
data by age. The numbers for younger women are
likely to be even more dramatic than those for women
in general.
1. This passage would most likely to be found in a
a) television news item reporting recent Labor Department statistics.
b) feature on the women's page of a daily newspaper.
c) scholarly monograph on demographic changes in the U.S. workforce.
d) speech delivered to an audience of female activists.
e) request for more information made to the Secretary of Labor.
a) television news item reporting recent Labor Department statistics.
b) feature on the women's page of a daily newspaper.
c) scholarly monograph on demographic changes in the U.S. workforce.
d) speech delivered to an audience of female activists.
e) request for more information made to the Secretary of Labor.
2. The passage provides support for all of the following statements EXCEPT that
a) the secretarial field was once predominantly male.
b) tellers are less likely to advance rapidly than was once the case.
c) older women are less successful than younger women in entering previously male-dominated professions.
d) proportionally, there are more women bartenders than women lawyers.
e)the advances indicated by the data have been a recent phenomenon.
a) the secretarial field was once predominantly male.
b) tellers are less likely to advance rapidly than was once the case.
c) older women are less successful than younger women in entering previously male-dominated professions.
d) proportionally, there are more women bartenders than women lawyers.
e)the advances indicated by the data have been a recent phenomenon.
3. According to the passage, an increase in the number of women in a profession is accompanied by a(n)
a) increase in prejudice against those women.
b) equalization of the male-female ratio.
c) decreased sense of worth among those women.
d) increased threat to male dominance.
e) loss of prestige for that occupation.
a) increase in prejudice against those women.
b) equalization of the male-female ratio.
c) decreased sense of worth among those women.
d) increased threat to male dominance.
e) loss of prestige for that occupation.
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07 May 2019, 01:08
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Wow, this is a good example of a short passage that looks easy but the questions are quite something. Got #2 and #3 wrong.
#1 - the OA is D, which makes sense; A is too biased and B, C, E are too informal. Can anyone explain in more detail:
- why #2 OA is C and not B. My reasoning for choosing B was that I couldn't find information about how rapidly bank tellers are advancing now copared to the past.
- why #3 OA is C. I chose E because according to the text "Bank tellers and secretaries, ... are occupations that were once more highly regarded than they are today."
#1 - the OA is D, which makes sense; A is too biased and B, C, E are too informal. Can anyone explain in more detail:
- why #2 OA is C and not B. My reasoning for choosing B was that I couldn't find information about how rapidly bank tellers are advancing now copared to the past.
- why #3 OA is C. I chose E because according to the text "Bank tellers and secretaries, ... are occupations that were once more highly regarded than they are today."
07 May 2019, 03:26
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Can someone provide explanation for all the answers?
