资格考试最新整理备考辅导GMAT阅读练习3.docx
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【资格考试】2019最新整理-(备考辅导)GMAT阅读练习(3)
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Passage1
Priorto1975,unioneffortstoorganizepublicsectorclericalworkers,mostofwhomarewomen,weresomewhatlimited.Thefactorsfavoringunionizationdrivesseemtohavebeeneitherthepresenceoflargenumbersofworkers,asinNewYorkCity,tomakeitworththeeffort,ortheconcentrationofsmallnumbersinoneortwolocations,suchasahospital,tomakeitrelativelyeasy.Receptivitytounionizationontheworkers'partwasalsoaconsideration,butwhentherewerelargenumbersinvolvedortheclericalworkersweretheonlyunorganizedgroupinajurisdiction,themultioccupationalunionswouldoftentrytoorganizethemregardlessoftheworkers'initialreceptivity.Thestrategicreasoningwasbased,first,ontheconcernthatpoliticiansandadministratorsmightplayoffunionizedagainstnonunionizedworkers,and,second,ontheconvictionthatafullyunionizedpublicworkforcemeantpower,bothatthebargainingtableandinthelegislature.Inlocalitieswhereclericalworkerswerefewinnumber,werescatteredinseveralworkplaces,andexpressednointerestinbeingorganized,unionsmoreoftenthannotignoredtheminthepre-1975period.
Butsincethemid-1970's,adifferentstrategyhasemerged.In1977,34percentofgovernmentclericalworkerswererepresentedbyalabororganization,comparedwith46percentofgovernmentprofessionals,44percentofgovernmentblue-collarworkers,and41percentofgovernmentserviceworkers.Sincethen,however,thebiggestincreasesinpublic-sectorunionizationhavebeenamongclericalworkers.Between1977and1980,thenumberofunionizedgovernmentworkersinblue-collarandserviceoccupationsincreasedonlyabout1.5percent,whileinthewhite-collaroccupationstheincreasewas20percentandamongclericalworkersinparticular,theincreasewas22percent.
Whataccountsforthisupsurgeinunionizationamongclericalworkers?
First,morewomenhaveenteredtheworkforceinthepastfewyears,andmoreofthemplantoremainworkinguntilretirementage.Consequently,theyareprobablymoreconcernedthantheirpredecessorswereaboutjobsecurityandeconomicbenefits.Also,thewomen'smovementhassucceededinlegitimizingtheeconomicandpoliticalactivismofwomenontheirownbehalf,therebyproducingamorepositiveattitudetowardunions.Theabsenceofanycomparableincreaseinunionizationamongprivate-sectorclericalworkers,however,identifiestheprimarycatalyst-thestructuralchangeinthemultioccupationalpublic-sectorunionsthemselves.Overthepasttwentyyears,theoccupationaldistributionintheseunionshasbeensteadilyshiftingfrompredominantlyblue-collartopredominantlywhite-collar.Becausetherearefarmorewomeninwhite-collarjobs,anincreaseintheproportionoffemalemembershasaccompaniedtheoccupationalshiftandhasalteredunionpolicy-makinginfavoroforganizingwomenandaddressingwomen'sissues.
1.Accordingtothepassage,thepublic-sectorworkerswhoweremostlikelytobelongtounionsin1977were
(A)professionals
(B)managers
(C)clericalworkers
(D)serviceworkers
(E)blue-collarworkers
2.Theauthorcitesunioneffortstoachieveafullyunionizedworkforce(line13-19)inordertoaccountforwhy
(A)politiciansmighttrytoopposepublic-sectorunionorganizing
(B)public-sectorunionshaverecentlyfocusedonorganizingwomen
(C)earlyorganizingeffortsoftenfocusedonareaswheretherewerelargenumbersofworkers
(D)unioneffortswithregardtopublic-sectorclericalworkersincreaseddramaticallyafter1975
(E)unionssometimestriedtoorganizeworkersregardlessoftheworkers'initialinterestinunionization
3.Theauthor'sclaimthat,sincethemid-1970's,anewstrategyhasemergedintheunionizationofpublicsectorclericalworkerswouldbestrengthenediftheauthor
(A)describedmorefullytheattitudesofclericalworkerstowardlaborunions
(B)comparedtheorganizingstrategiesemployedbyprivate-sectorunionswiththoseofpublic-sectorunions
(C)explainedwhypoliticiansandadministratorsometimesopposeunionizationofclericalworkers
(D)indicatedthatthenumberofunionizedpublic-sectorclericalworkerswasincreasingevenbeforethemid-1970's
(E)showedthatthefactorsthatfavoredunionizationdrivesamongtheseworkerspriorto1975havedecreasedinimportance
4.Accordingtothepassage,intheperiodpriorto1975,eachofthefollowingconsiderationshelpeddeterminewhetheraunionwouldattempttoorganizeacertaingroupofclericalworkersEXCEPT
(A)thenumberofclericalworkersinthatgroup
(B)thenumberofwomenamongtheclericalworkersinthatgroup
(C)whethertheclericalworkersinthatareawereconcentratedinoneworkplaceorscatteredoverseveralwork
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