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  3. 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 Eq

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 Eq

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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.
【C12】
选项 A、in
B、at
C、by
D、on
答案D
解析 考查固定搭配。on the horizon“即将发生；已初见端倪”，故选D。
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