题文
Men and women are still treated unequally in the workplace. Women continue to earn less, on average, for the same performance. Research has shown that both conscious(有意识的) and subconscious biases (偏见) contribute to this problem. But we’ve discovered another source of inequality: Women often don’t get what they want and deserve because they don’t ask for it. In three separate studies, we found that men are more likely than women to negotiate for what they want.The first study found that the starting salaries of male MBAs who had recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon were 7.6%, or almost $4,000, higher on average than those of female MBAs from the same program. That’s because most of the women had simply accepted the employer’s salary offer; in fact, only 7% had attempted to negotiate. But 57% of their male counterparts--or eight times as many men as women—had asked for more.
Another study tested this gender difference in the lab. Subjects were told that they would be observed playing a word game and that they would be paid between $3 and $10 for playing. After each subject completed the task, an experimenter thanked the participant and said, “Here’s $3. Is $3 OK?” For the men, it was not OK, and they said so. Their requests for more money are nine times as many as the women’s.
The largest of the three studies surveyed several hundred people over the Internet, asking them about the most recent negotiations they’d attempted or started and when they expected to negotiate next. The study showed that men place themselves in negotiation situations much more often than women do.
There are several reasons accounting for the phenomenon. First, women often are taught from an early age not to promote their own interests and to focus instead on the needs of others. The messages girls receive—from parents, teachers, other children, the media, and society in general—can be so powerful that when they grow up they may not realize that they’ve made this behavior part of them, or they may realize it but not understand how it affects their willingness to negotiate. Women tend to think that they will be recognized and rewarded for working hard and doing a good job. Unlike men, they haven’t been taught that they can ask for more.
小题1:According to this passage, what causes the inequality in the workplace?A．social biasB．women’s poorer working abilityC．women’s worse academic backgroundD．women’s less negotiating小题2:Which can be the result of the following survey, according to Para 4?
When do you expect to negotiate next?
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?A．Women are more likely to accept the employer’s salary offer.B．Men tend to ask for more money than woman.C．Women care more about other’s interest instead of themselves’.D．Men believe that the better they work, the better they’re paid.小题4:What will be discussed in the following paragraph?A．The suggestions given to women.B．The warnings to men.C．Another reason for women’s not asking.D．Another reason for men’s asking. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析
不管是有意的还是无意的，在工作场所仍然存在着男女不平等的现象，同等情况下，女士的报酬要低一些。但是通过调查，研究人员发现妇女没有得到她们应该得到的待遇，究其原因和她们自身不去要求，不去洽谈有关。
小题1:D细节理解题。根据文章第一段we’ve discovered another source of inequality:…… because they don’t ask for it. 以及we found that men are more likely than women to negotiate for what they want.可知妇女受到不平等待遇的原因之一是因为她们不去提出要求，不去协商，故答案选D。
小题2:A细节理解题。根据文章第四段末句The study showed that men place themselves in negotiation situations much more often than women do.可知男士比女士更经常去洽谈自己的待遇等问题，而图表A反映出的信息是绝大多数女士希望在四周内去进行协商，而男士却希望在一周内去进行洽谈，恰好能够反映此方面内容，故答案选A。
小题3:D从文章末段末句Unlike men, they haven’t been taught that they can ask for more. 可知女士们都认为努力工作自然就会得到认可，就会有好的回报，不像男孩子一样，她们没有被教给要自己去要求，自己去争取，由此可知男士们并不认为自己工作做的好报酬自然就会高，故D选项内容错误。
小题4:C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段There are several reasons accounting for the phenomenon. First…. 可知作者提出有几种原因来解释这种现象，但是末段只提到了第一种，由此推断在下面段落中作者还将介绍其他的原因，故答案选C。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Men and women are st.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
