考研英语阅读分析详解例21_大学英语阅读

考研英语阅读分析详解例21

　　[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.

　　2. The author places the word protecting in quotation marks in line 9, paragraph 2 most likely in order to suggest that

　　[A] she is quoting the actual wording of the laws in question.

　　[B] the protective nature of the laws in question should not be overlooked.

　　[C] protecting the health of workers is important to those who support protective labor laws.

　　[D] the laws in question were really used to the detriment of women workers, despite being overtly protective in intent.

　　3. The text suggests that which of the following is a shortcoming of protective labor laws that single out a particular group of workers for protection?

　　[A] Such laws are often too weak to be effective at protecting the group in question.

　　[B] Such laws are usually drafted by legislators who do not have the best interests of workers at heart.

　　[C] Such laws exert no pressure on employers to eliminate hazards in the workplace.

　　[D] Compliance with such laws is often costly for employers and provokes lawsuits by employees claiming discrimination.

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