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When Carly Fiorina became Hewlett Packards first female chief executive officer, the existence of her househusband, Frank Fiorin

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问题     When Carly Fiorina became Hewlett Packards first female chief executive officer, the existence of her househusband, Frank Fiorina, who had retired early from AT&T to support her career, was a minisensation (小轰动); now this arrangement isn’t【C6】________at all. Seven of the 18 women who are【C7】________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【C8】________CEOs of smaller companies and women in other senior executive jobs.
    This role change is【C9】________more and more as women edge past men at work. Women now【C10】________a majority of jobs in the US, including 51. 4 percent of managerial and professional【C11】________, 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 under make more money, on【C12】________, than their male counterparts(年龄相当的人)in many large cities in the US.
    During the recent【C13】________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【C14】________wage earners. The number of men in the US who【C15】________care for children under age five increased to 32 percent in 2010 from 19 percent in 1988, according to Census 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
【C12】
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答案B
解析 空格处和介词on构成固定搭配, 前后都有逗号隔开, 在句子中独立作状语, 句子意思为“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”, 这是一种概述, 因此应加入“大概”“平均”“一般”等词来使表述更严谨。备选项中只有average和on构成固定搭配, on average“平均来看”符合题意。备选项中其他词语均不能和on构成固定搭配, 故排除。
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