2. 职称英语
  3. A report last week showed that almost half of all men failed to take up thei

A report last week showed that almost half of all men failed to take up thei

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问题     A report last week showed that almost half of all men failed to take up their offering of two weeks paternity leave(陪产假). The Equality and Human Rights Commission,【C1】______carried out the research, found that most men who failed to take the【C2】______did so because they felt unable to afford it.
    The research was not【C3】______to paternity leave. It also found that two out of five men were afraid of asking for flexible working【C4】______it harm their careers by making them appear uncommitted. The same number【C5】______to feeling that they spent too little time with their children.
【C6】______there is something going on【C7】______British culture-and one thing driving our culture is the legal framework in which【C8】______operates.【C9】______to the two-week paternity leave for men, women have a one-year offering. The【C10】______offerings are a signal that in this society men belong in the office【C11】______women should take the lead at home.
    A big change【C12】______the horizon is the one that will【C13】______the way for men to take the second six months of their partner’s leave【C14】______the woman returns to work. It is a welcome change. But it still starts with the same【C15】______premise(前提)because the leave is offered to the woman who can then choose to【C16】______it on. To launch a real【C17】______in culture, it would be better to offer it to them both and let them decide.【C18】______when men do shake off the cultural chain that【C19】______them to  the  office--and  their  breadwinner【C20】______--they can be wonderful full-time fathers. [br] 【C4】
选项 A、for
B、unless
C、lest
D、although
答案 C
解析 考查语义逻辑。四成的男性不敢要求从事灵活性大的工作是怕不受限制会危害他们职业生涯的发展，lest“以免；唯恐”符合文意，且语法上，it后面的动词为harm(原形)，实际省略了should，四项中只有lest有此特殊用法。
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