94年4月gre考试阅读真题解析(A)-智课教育旗下智课教育.pdfVIP

智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料 94年4月gre考试阅读真题解析(A)-智课教育旗下智课教 育 新gre考试阅读中对于逻辑题的考生是一个重点，但真题也不容错 过。复习gre考试阅读的时候，gre考生应该以往年的真题为复习材料， 从真题中总结阅读规律和特点才是制胜法宝。 新gre考试阅读中对于逻辑题的考生是一个重点，但真题也不容错 过。接下来的几天给大家整理了历届gre考试阅读真题及解析，下面这 篇是1994年4月gre考试阅读真题SECTION A部分。复习gre考试阅读 的时候，gre考生应该以往年的真题为复习材料，从真题中总结阅读规 律和特点才是制胜法宝。 Defenders of special protective labor legislation for women often maintain that eliminating such laws would destroy the fruits of a century-long struggle for the protection of women workers. Even a brief examination of the historic practice of courts and employers would show that the fruit of such laws has been bitter: they are, in practice (in practice: adv.在实践中, 实际上, 熟练), more of a curse than a blessing. Sex-defined protective laws have often been based on stereotypical assumptions concerning women’s needs and abilities, and employers have frequently used them as legal excuses for discriminating against women. After the Second World War, for example, businesses and government sought to persuade women to vacate jobs in factories, thus making room in the labor force for returning veterans. The revival or passage of state laws limiting the daily or weekly work hours of women conveniently accomplished this. Employers had only to declare that overtime hours were a necessary condition of employment or promotion in their factory, and women could be quite legally fired, refused jobs, or kept at low wage levels, all in the name of (in the name of: adv.以...的名义) “protecting” their health. By validating such laws when they are challenged by lawsuits, the courts have colluded over the years in establishing different, less advantageous employment terms for women than for men, thus reducing women’s competitiveness on the job market. At the same time, even the most well-intentioned lawmakers, courts, and employers have often been blind to the real needs of women. The lawmakers and the courts continue to