【C8】A．untilB．beforeC．henceD．if

【C7】

A．learners

B．professionals

C．colleagues

D．amateurs

【C6】

A．goes

B．drops

C．boils

D．closes

【C5】

A．since

B．so

C．or

D．though

【C4】

A．lose

B．leave

C．drop

D．fall

【C3】

A．target

B．threshold

C．bottom

D．list

【C2】

A．number

B．amount

C．money

D．effort

stries, across education levels, and across states. But, theres at least one big【C1】______: part-time employees. In 2012, women who worked less than 40 hours a week generally out-earned men who spent the same【C2】______at their jobs. If they worked 35 hours a week, they earned about 11 percent more. If they worked 25 hours a week, they earned about 4 percent more. But once females hit that magic 40 hour【C3】______their relative pay declined dramatically. So why do women beat out men while working part-time and【C4】______out while working full-time? My guess is that much (【C5】______certainly not all) of the explanation【C6】______down to two reasons: marriage and children. Women, including highly educated【C7】______, tend to cut their hours once they have families and children, especially【C8】______their husband has a higher salary. Men, meanwhile, are more likely to keep working a【C9】______week And so part-time women, as a group, are somewhat more likely to have gone to college, and【C10】______less likely to have dropped out of high school, than part-time men, who may well be working shorter【C11】______for lack of better options. The problem for women is that working part-time early in their careers can cost them salary while working full-time later in their careers,【C12】______lost experience and perhaps some【C13】______opportunities for promotions. Motherhood might be the most【C14】______job in the world. But all too often, our economy still makes it【C15】______a career killer. So【C16】______part-timers, which other women out-earn men? The BLS includes a job-by-job breakdown of the wage【C17】______, and among the nearly 150【C18】______with good-enough data to【C19】______, it found just two where females were better paid: counselors and health technicians. That said, as men look more toward those sorts of traditionally pink-collar jobs for employment, one has to【C20】______how long that pay advantage will last.

【C1】

A．problem

B．surprise

C．turn

D．exception

【C20】

A．active

B．alert

C．awake

D．healthy

【C19】

A．under way

B．on track

C．in accord

D．at odds

【C18】

A．marks

B．dictates

C．records

D．distinguishes