2019 高考英语二轮练习专题检测卷 16－阅读理解<br />阅读理解<br />(限时 25 分钟)<br />(A)<br />(2012·北京模拟)<br />体裁 议论文 题材 社会文化<br />类<br />词数 347<br />Employment practices often <br />reflect the needs of employers several <br />decades ago．Times have changed．And so <br />has the Canadian workforce．Yet many <br />employment practices have not kept pace with this change．For <br />example, some work environments and washrooms designed for <br />able-bodied workers seldom accommodate people who use a <br />wheelchair．<br />Modernizing these practices is what employment equality is <br />about．For example, making sure work benches and washrooms are <br />adapted for disabled people entering the workplace paves the <br />way for workers who become disabled on the job．By doing so, <br />any given group of people formerly discriminated against—now <br />has access to better employment opportunities．<br />The objective, of course, is to make the workplace reflect <br /> <br />Canadian society ．However, this does not necessarily mean <br />setting and enforcing quotas( 实行配额). Rather, it means <br />identifying the barriers to employment and designing measures, <br />with achievable goals and clear timetables, to remove them．<br />For example, according to the Canadian Union of Public <br />Employees—Canada’s largest union, it would be unrealistic in <br />the short term to insist that because half of the working age <br />population is women, that half of the employees of an <br />engineering firm should be women．At this moment, there would <br />not be enough qualified female engineers．<br />A reasonable numerical goal would be based on the number <br />of women who actually are engineers (8%) and those who are <br />studying to become engineers (25%)．A short term goal of 13% <br />would be appropriate without running the risk of hiring <br />unqualified people．<br />Equally important is to ensure people who have been <br />disadvantaged the chance to become qualified for new <br />opportunities． If aboriginal people, for example, can’t <br />qualify for certain jobs because they haven’t had access to <br />appropriate educational opportunities, then an employment <br />equality program would have to address that problem with <br />training programs. <br /> <br />Employment laws in this country cannot be considered <br />displeasing if they guarantee all Canadians fair and equal <br />access to the workforce. <br />1．The passage is mainly about how to __________. <br />A．modernize equipment for the disabled at work<br />B．achieve equality of employment opportunities<br />C．protect women’s rights in employment<br />D．complete a job training program<br />2． The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to <br />_________. <br />A．barriers B．measures<br />C．goals D．timetables<br />3．The example of women shows that ___________. <br />A．only a small percentage of women engineers will get promoted<br />B．13% of the working age women should be hired as engineers<br />C．policy makers should adopt a practical and flexible approach<br />D．the quota of women for employment should be raised<br />4．The underlined word “address” in Paragraph 6 probably...
