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  3. As a general rule, American men earn more than American women. This holds true across industries, across education levels, and a

As a general rule, American men earn more than American women. This holds true across industries, across education levels, and a

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问题     As a general rule, American men earn more than American women. This holds true across industries, across education levels, and across states. But, there’s 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 17, and among the nearly 150 18 with good-enough data to 19 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.
【C6】
选项 A、goes
B、drops
C、boils
D、closes
答案C
解析 表语从句的主语是much of the explanation，宾语是two reasons marriage and children。后者是对前者的具体体现，因此所填动词和down to搭配后应能体现出前者与后者的关系，boil down to有“归结为……”之意，符合此处的语境，故选C项。A项goes down to“延续到；减到”和B项drops down to“下降到”之后都不接原因。D项closes down“关闭”。后面不接to，语义也不对。
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