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2015年6月大四级考试（第一套）

PassageOne

Questions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

lessdebateaboutwork-lifebalanceoftencontainsa

hopefulfootnoteaboutstay-at-homedads.IfAmericansocietyand

businesswon’tmakeiteasieronfuturefemaleleaderswhochooseto

havechildren,thereisstilltherayofhopethatincreasingnumbersof

full-timefatherswill.Butbasedontoday’ssocioeconomictrends,this

hopeis,unfortunately,misguided.

It’struethatthenumberofmenwhohaveleftworktodotheirthing

asfull-timeparentshasdoubledinadecade,butit’sstillverysmall:only

0.8%ofmarriedcoupleswherethestay-at-homefatherwasoutofthe

laborforceforayear.Eventhatpercentageislikelyinflatedbymen

thrustintotheircaretakerrolebyadownsizing.Thisissimplynotalarge

enoughgrouptoreducethesocialstigma（污名）andforceother

adjustmentsnecessarytosupportingmeninthisdecision,evenifonlyfor

arelativelyshorttime.

Evenshortertimesawayfromworkforworkingfathersarealready

difficult.Astudyfoundthat85%ofnewfatherstakesometimeoffafter

thebirthofachild—butforallbutafew,itsaweekortwoatmost.

Meanwhile,theaverageforwomenwhotakeleaveismorethan10

weeks.

Suchchoicesimpactwhomovesupintheorganization.Whileyou’re

away,someoneelseisdoingyourwork,makingyoursales,takingcareof

yourcustomers.Thatcanthelpyouatwork.Itcanonlyhurtyou.Women,

ofcourse,facethesameissuesofreturningafteralongabsence.Butwith

manymorewomenthanmenchoosingtoleavetheworkforceentirelyto

raisefamilies,returningfromanextendedparentalleavedoes