市面上流传的GRE阅读机经真题有三百多篇，同时又存在多种版本的答案和解析， 有些疑难题目让考生不知道听谁的 ，还有些版本的解析 像是用谷歌翻译把同题目和选项翻译了一下 。TD GRE教研组认为，GRE阅读的解析，可以讲得再清楚一点。

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Much recent work has examined the claim that women encounter increasing obstacles relative to men as they move up the organizational ladder in business. This proposition, which we term the increasing-disadvantage model, is a core element of the popular glass ceiling metaphor. Despite continued widespread public acceptance of the glass ceiling idea and some consistent findings, most research to date has failed to support the increasing- disadvantage model. Indeed, several studies based on private-sector firms find that women’ s mobility prospects improve, rather than decline, as they climb upward in corporate hierarchies. In the public sector, researchers have found either no sex differences in mobility or a larger female disadvantage in lower grades. Comparing cross-sectional national samples of workers, Baxter and Wright found no evidence in the United States, and only limited evidence in Sweden and Australia, that women’ s probability of being located in a higher versus a lower hierarchical level declined relative to men’ s at higher levels. Taken together, these findings suggest that the glass ceiling may be a myth. Women’ s scarcity in top organizational ranks may simply represent the cumulative effect of a constant-or even decreasing-disadvantage at successive hierarchical levels.

Much recent work has examined the claim that women encounter increasing obstacles relative to men as they move up the organizational ladder in business.

白话版讲解：一直以来有一个观点，即在职场中，女性在职位升迁的时候遇到的阻力，相对于男性而言，是越来越大的。（也就是说，越往高层走，女性想升职，相比男性而言就越难。）最近的研究对这个说法进行了探讨。

This proposition, which we term the increasing-disadvantage model, is a core element of the popular glass ceiling metaphor.

白话版讲解：这个观点是构成“玻璃天花板”（这种比喻）的核心要素，我们把它称之为“越提升阻碍越多”模型。 根据 Wikipedia，“玻璃天花板”是指在公司、企业和机关、团体中对某些群体（如女性、少数族裔）晋升到高级职位或决策层的潜在限制或障碍。它指正如玻璃一样，这个障碍虽然不会明文规定，但却是实实在在的存在。另外，也有玻璃地板（glass floor）一词，是指某些群体在地位上升过程中的障碍。比如因为对女性的刻板印象，在减少她们相对男性升任公司总裁及高阶主管机会的同时，也减少了她们失业、过度劳动、落入地位低下的矿工、囚犯等处境的几率。一些女权主义者认为，男性缺乏玻璃地板是推动女权主义及移除玻璃天花板的障碍，多数男性无法达到玻璃天花板的高度、但明确感受到缺乏玻璃地板保护，因此会把女权主义视为得了便宜还卖乖。 这段话提出了某个有关女性职场遭遇的观点。

Despite continued widespread public acceptance of the glass ceiling idea and some consistent findings, most research to date has failed to support the increasing-disadvantage model.

白话版讲解：虽然越来越多的公众已经意识到了“玻璃天花板”的存在，并且也一些研究支持这个观点，但是迄今为止，大部分的研究都没有能够证实“越提升阻碍越多”模型。 这段话表明，大部分研究并不支持“玻璃天花板”这个说法。

Indeed, several studies based on private-sector firms find that women’ s mobility prospects improve, rather than decline, as they climb upward in corporate hierarchies.

白话版讲解：确实，有一些基于私企的研究表明，随着女性在企业中的职位越来越高，她们的晋升前景得到了改善而非下降。（也就是说，在私企中，女性职位越高，她们在晋升时遇到的不利因素越少。）

In the public sector, researchers have found either no sex differences in mobility or a larger female disadvantage in lower grades.

白话版讲解：在公共部门中，研究人们发现，在升迁速度方面，男女员工之间并没有明显的性别差异，或者，职位较低的女性遇到的不利因素