单选题
C

The law says that women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them.
The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men.
They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won't consider. And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children.
All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government's Women's Unite.
The biggest problem isn't equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is a sort of work women do.
Make a list of the low-paid jobs, then consider who does them.
Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies, and child care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there?
Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start.
So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer —— because they are women.
This is not going to be put right overnight. But the Government which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.
It is disgraceful (可耻的) that we have gone into the 21st Century but still treat women as second-class citizens.

单选题 Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and be paid equally as men ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据the Equal Pay Act应该做到男女平等,而并不是因为the Equal Pay Act的结果。所以答案选B。
单选题 We can learn from the text what the problem really matters is ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第五段“The biggest problem isn't equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is a sort of work women do. ”可知,问题不在于同样工作的薪水不同,而在于做的工作不同。所以答案选B。
单选题 Which of the following best describes the writer's idea?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] A选项,同样的工作女人应该得到和男人同样的薪酬。B选项,女人应该让自己变得更强,文中没有提到。C选项,政府应该保护女人,使得她们不会拿到比男人更少的薪水,文中没有提到对于政府的建议。D选项,有一些女人做的工作非常重要,文中确实是这么说的,但是这不能概括作者的主要意图。所以答案选A。
单选题 When the writer says, "This is not going to be put right overnight", he means ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] “This is not going to be put right overnight”的意思是说这个问题不可能在一夜之间解决,也就是说需要很长时间来改变这个不公平的现实,所以答案选C。
单选题 Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] A选项是应该努力让女人得到平等的薪水。B选项是时间会改变状况。C选项是同工同酬。D选项是女人是否应该被当作二等公民对待?选项C用精练而有感染力的语言针对文章内容表达了作者的一种观点和呼吁。