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2018-02-01

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When Carly Fiorina became Hewlett Packards first female chief executive officer, the exist-ence of her househusband, Frank Fiorina, who had retired early from AT&q? to support her career,was a minisensation(小轰动) ; now this arrangement isn´ t(46)at all. Seven of the 18 women who are(47)CEOs of Fortune 500 companies--including Xerox´ s Ursula Burns and PepsiCo´ s Indra Nooyi--have, or at some point have had, a stay at home husband. So do scores of(48)CEOs of smaller companies and women in other senior executive jobs.
This role change is(49)more and more as women edge past men at work. Women now 50)a majority of jobs in the US, including(51).4 percent of managerial and professional 51, according to US Census Bureau data. Some 23 percent of wives now earn more than their husbands. And this earnings trend is more dramatic among younger people. Women 30 and un-der make more money, on(52), than their male counterparts( 年龄相当的人)in many large cities in the US.
During the recent(53), three men lost their jobs for every woman. Many unemployed fathers have ended up caring for their children full-time while their wives are the(54)wage earners. The number of men in the US who(55)care for children under age five increased to 32 percent in 2010 from 19 percent in 1988, according to Census figures  figures.
A.appealing
B.average
C.conflict
D.currently
E.elementary
F.ensure
G.female
H.fill
I.occupations
J.occurring
K.positions
L.primary
M.recession
N.regularly
O.Unusual
第(46)题选

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当卡莉•菲奥莉娜成为惠普公司第一位女性首席执行官时,她的丈夫弗兰克•菲奥莉娜提前从电话电报公司退休来支持她的事业,这在当时引起了一个小轰动,而这种安排现在看来并不算什么。目前《财富》排行榜500强企业的首席执行官中有18名女性,其中包括施乐公司的厄苏拉•伯恩斯和百事可乐公司的英德拉•努伊,在某种程度上都有着一位全职煮夫,还有很多小型公司的女性执行总裁和其他女性高级主管也是如此。
当女性在工作中的优势超过男性时,这种角色转变发生的次数越来越多。据美国人口普查局报道,如今女性占据了美国大多数的工作岗位,包括50.4%的管理和专业岗位。23%的妻子收入比丈夫高。这种收入趋势在年轻人当中更为明显。在美国很多大城市,30岁及30岁以下的女性收入比同龄的男性多。
在最近一次的经济萧条中,男女失业比例为3:1。许多失业的父亲全职照顾孩子,妻子成为赚钱的主力。根据人口普查局的数据显示,通常在家照看5岁以下孩子的男性比例从1988年的19%上升到2010年的32%。
答案及解析
空格前面是be动词的否定形式,因此空格处需要填入形容词作表语。前一句中提到卡莉•费奥莉娜的丈夫提前退休来支持她的事业,这在当时引起了一个小轰动。原文中使用了分号,由此可知本句和前一句进行对比,当时的轰动现在不算什么,故形容词unusual为本题答案,意思为“不寻常的,与众不同的”。备选词语中形容词较多,但是能和be动词否定形式搭配,并和前句有对比意义的只能选择unusual。