1全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语全真考场秘笈一sectioniuseofenglish.pdf

全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英 语 全 真 考 场 秘 笈 一 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) The Economist has created a “glass-ceiling index”, to show where women have the best chances of equal treatment at work. It 1 data on higher education, labour-force participation, pay, child-care costs, maternity rights, business-school applications and representation in 2 jobs. Each country’s score is a weighted average of its 3 on nine indicators. To no one’s 4 , Nordic countries 5 out well on educational attainment and labour- force participation. Women are also relatively well 6 in their parliaments; Finland and Sweden were among the first countries to 7 women to vote and stand 8 election. 9 even there women are paid less than men for 10 work. In Finland and Sweden the gap is 11 to the OECD average of 15%, though in Norway it has fallen to 8%. In Finland women 12 almost half of those who took the GMAT, an 13 exam for business schools, in 2012-2013. Worldwide, the share was 43%, an increase of five points in a decade. In Norway 14 two-fifths of board members for the largest listed companies are women, 15 largely to the introduction of mandatory quotas in 2008. That is twice the share in the European Union, which is considering 16 in quotas if the current voluntary approach 17 . At the 18 of our index are Japan and South Korea. Too few women there have jobs, few senior managers or board me