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　　Time-35minutes

　　27Questions

　　Directions：

Eachpassageinthissectionisfollowedbyagroupofquestionstobeansweredonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassage.Forsomeofthequestions,morethanoneofthechoicescouldconceivablyanswerthequestion.However,youaretochoosethebestanswer,thatis,theresponsethatmostaccuratelyandcompletelyanswersthequestion,andblackenthecorrespondingspaceonyouranswersheet.

　　Thelaborforceisoftenorganizedasifworkershadnofamilyresponsibilities.Preschool-agechildrenneedfull-timecare：

childreninprimaryschoolneedcareafterschoolandduringschoolvacations.Althoughday-careservicescanresolvesomeschedulingconflictsbetweenhomeandoffice,workerscannotalwaysfindoraffordsuitablecare.Evenwhentheyobtainsuchcare,parentsmuststillcopewithemergencies,suchasillnesses,thatkeepchildrenathome.Moreover,childrenneedmorethantending；

theyalsoneedmeaningfultimewiththeirparents.Conventionalfull-timeworkdays,especiallywhencombinedwithunavoidablehouseholdduties,aretooinflexibleforparentswithprimarychild-careresponsibility.

　　Althoughasmallbutincreasingnumberofworkingmenaresingleparents,thosebarriersagainstsuccessfulparticipationinthelabormarketthatarerelatedtoprimarychild-careresponsibilitiesmainlydisadvantagewomen.Eveninfamilieswherebothparentswork,culturalpressuresaretraditionallymuchgreateronmothersthanonfatherstobeartheprimarychild-rearingresponsibilities.

　　Inreconcilingchild-rearingresponsibilitieswithparticipationinthelabormarket,manyworkingmothersareforcedtomakecompromises.Forexample,approximatelyone-thirdofallworkingmothersareemployedonlypart-time,eventhoughpart-timejobsaredramaticallyunderpaidandoftenlessdesirableincomparisontofull-timeemployment.Eventhoughpart-timeworkisusuallyavailableonlyinoccupationsofferingminimalemployeeresponsibilityandlittleopportunityforadvancementorself-enrichment,suchemploymentdoesallowmanywomenthetimeandflexibilitytofulfilltheirfamilyduties,butonlyattheexpenseoftheadvantagesassociatedwithfull-timeemployment.

　　Moreover,evenmotherswithfull-timeemploymentmustcompromiseopportunitiesinordertoadjusttobarriersagainstparentsinthelabormarket.Manychoosejobsentailinglittlechallengeorresponsibilityorthoseofferingflexiblescheduling,oftenavailableonlyinpoorlypaidpositions,whileotherworkingmothers,althoughwillingandabletoassumeasmuchresponsibilityaspeoplewithoutchildren,findthattheirneedtospendregularandpredictabletimewiththeirchildreninevitablycausesthemtolosecareeropportunitiestothosewithoutsuchdemands.Thus,womenineducationaremorelikelytobecometeachersthanschooladministrators,whosemoreconventionalfull-timeworkschedulesdonotcorrespondtotheschedulesofschool-agechildren,whilefemalelawyersaremorelikelytopracticelawintrustsandestates,wheretheycancontroltheirworkschedules,thaninlitigation,wheretheycannot.Nonprofessionalwomenareconcentratedinsecretarialworkanddepartmentstoresales,wheretheirabsencescanbecoveredeasilybysubstitutesandwheretheycanenterandleavetheworkforcewithlittleloss,sincethejobsoffersolittlepersonalgain.Indeed,aslongasthelabormarketremainshostiletoparents,andfamilyrolescontinuetobeallocatedonthebasisofgender,womenwillbeseriouslydisadvantagedinthatlabormarket.

　　1.Whichoneofthefollowingbestsummarizesthemainideaofthepassage？

　　（A）。

Currenttrendsinthelaborforceindicatethatworkingparents,especiallywomen,maynotalwaysneedtochoosebetweenoccupationalandchild-careresponsibilities.

　　（B）。

Inorderformotherstohaveanequalopportunityforadvancementinthelaborforce,traditionalfamilyroleshavetobereexaminedandrevised.

　　（C）。

Althoughsingleparentswhoworkhavetobalanceparentalandcareerdemands,singlemotherssufferresultingemploymentdisadvantagesthatsinglefatherscanalmostalwaysavoid.

　　（D）。

Althoughchild-careresponsibilitiesdisadvantagemanywomeninthelaborforce,professionalwomen（suchasteachersandlawyers）arebetterabletoovercomethisproblemthanarenonprofessionalwomen.

　　（E）。

Traditionalworkschedulesaretooinflexibletoaccommodatethechild-careresponsibilitiesofmanyparents,afactthatseverelydisadvantageswomeninthelaborforce.

　　2.Whichoneofthefollowingstatementsaboutpart-timeworkcanbeinferredfromtheinformationpresentedinthepassage？

One-thirdofallpart-timeworkersareworkingmothers.

Part-timeworkgenerallyoffersfeweropportunitiesforadvancementtoworkingmothersthantowomengene