单选题 Questions 1--3 Choose the best answer.

单选题 In Europe ______.

A、 it's particularly difficult for those women who are in their progress to senior positions
B、 women are kindly treated in enterprises when they are trying to get back to regular job after having kids
C、 it's a long-established tradition that men and women are equally paid
D、 it's more likely for women to reach high positions in government agencies than it is in America

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】Paragraph 1: So which place is better for women who want to make it to the top? If you guessed A, the United States, you'd be right. If you chose B, Europe, think again.

单选题 The statistics from the paper published by International Labor Organization suggest that ______.

A、 Europe is the not the right place for professional women to start their career
B、 America leads the charge in the number of women who are high-level decision makers
C、 Sweden sets the model of being a country where men and women are equally treated in the job market
D、 among all the countries surveyed, the percentage of career women in Italy is the lowest

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】Paragraph 2: …women account for 45 percent of high-level decision makers in America.题干中短语leads the charge是“领先”的意思。

单选题 According to the paper by International Labor Organization, the real challenge European women have is that ______.

A、 they can't get substantial help from government in career development
B、 the social attitudes toward them is unfavorable
C、 the welfare policies there are not satisfactory
D、 good intention of government reflected in its welfare policies actually discourage them in career development

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】Paragraph4: Simply put, Europe is killing its women with kindness—enshrined, ironically, in cushy welfare policies that were created to help them.