【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[注释]全文主旨题。从全文内容来看，本文阐述了政府雇主、私人雇主和消费者对妇女收入的影响。解这类题的技巧是：抓两头，带中间。首先要抓住第1段中的主题信息句，即第一段第4句：Given the nature of government and private employers， it seems most likely that discrimination by private employers would be greater．然后，抓住全文的结论句：They do，however，demonstrate that if government is discriminating against women，its discrimination is not having so much effect on women's earnings as is discrimination in the private sector．接着扫描第2段，抓住段落主题句：In addition，both Fuchs and Sanborn have suggested that the effect of discrimination by consumers on the earnings of self-employed women may be greater than the effect of either government or private employer discrimination on the earnings“women employees．扫描第3段；抓住关键词； Brown's results。最后进行综合归纳，从4个选项中排除片面、笼统、杜撰的干扰项，选取一个最具概括力的选项。这样，你就能披荆斩棘，所向披靡。胜利永远是属于你的1