公共英语五级阅读考前练习

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56.According to the author,which of the following resulted from the passage or revival of state laws limiting the work hours of women workers?

[A]Women wooers were compelled to leave their jobs in factories.

[B]Many employers had difficulty in providing jobs for returning veterans.

[C]Many employers found it hard to attract women workers.

[D]The health of most women factory workers improved.

57.According to the first paragraph of the passage,the author considers which of the following to be most helpful in determining the value of special protective labor legislation for women?

[A]A comparative study of patterns of work-related illnesses in states that had such laws and in states that did not.

[B]An estimate of how many women wooers ale in favor of such laws.

[C]An analysis of the cost to employers of complying with such laws.

[D]An examination of me actual effects that such laws have had in the past on women wooers.

58.The main point of the passage is that special protective labor laws for women workers are___.

[A]unnecessary because most workers are well protected by existing labor laws

[B] harmful to the economic interests of women wooers while offering them little or no actual protection

[C]not worth preserving even though they do represent a hard won legacy of the labor movement

[D]controversial because male workers receive less protection than they require

59.The author implies that which of the following is characteristic of many employee health insurance plans?

[A]They cover all the common medical conditions affecting men,but only some of those affecting women.

[B]They lack the special provisions for women workers that proposed special labor laws for women would provide.

[C]They pay the medical costs associated with pregnancy and childbirth only for the spouses of male employees,not for female employees.

[D]They meet minimum legal requirements,but do not adequately safeguard the health of either male or female employees.

60.According to the passage,special labor laws protecting women workers tend generally to have which of the following effects?

[A]They tend to modify the stereotypes employees often hold concerning women.

[B]They increase the advantage to employers of hiring men instead of women,making it less likely that women will be hired.

[C]They decrease the likelihood that employers will offer more protection to women workers than that which is absolutely required by law.

[D]They increase the tendency of employers to deny health insurance and disability plans to women workers