2. 外语
  3. Although I am in perfect health, and in possession of a valid class-one California driving license, I am running 【C1】______ prob

Although I am in perfect health, and in possession of a valid class-one California driving license, I am running 【C1】______ prob

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问题      Although I am in perfect health, and in possession of a valid class-one California driving license, I am running 【C1】______ problems getting employment in the trucking industry  because I am 【C2】______ .
     You may have heard that in recent years, more and more women have been entering the trucking 【C3】______ . But here’s the catch; in most 【C4】______ , women are able to enter the trucking profession 【C5】______ as part of a husband-wife  driving team. As for putting a single woman 【C6】______  with a male co-driver for long-distance hauling, the companies that I’ve been 【C7】______ , on the 【C8】______ that they spending all our time in the sleeper berth! In short, it’s 【C12】______ that because I’m a woman, I’m incapable of be having responsibility on the road, of 【C13】______ any responsible  attitude in my co-driver who, of course, would be incapable of regarding me us anything 【C14】______ a sex object, placed conveniently 【C15】______ his disposal by the firm while he’s on the road. I’ve also been told that I could be hired by the company in 【C16】______ if only they had another woman driver to put me on with; but tile company doesn’t hire women anyway, 【C17】______ there’s no 【C18】______ driver to put me on with, so...
     There you have a nice circular argument 【C19】______ firms use to protect themselves 【C20】______ up pity women who dare to stay single, try to gross ＄14,000 to ＄50,000 income yearly. God forbid!  
【C7】
选项 A、declined
B、refused
C、abolished
D、abandoned
答案B
解析 根据上下文意思表示拒绝，该句的意思是说我曾经去过的那家公司会拒绝，并且以……为借口；decline 常和某物连用，做不及物动词时常常表示委婉拒绝，和文中整个感情基调不一致；abolish废除规章制度、法案等；abandon 抛弃，常用来指情感上的抛弃，如：abandon one’s kids/family，etc．
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