Many women feel additional stress when they must decide what they feel is best for their families or what is best for their care

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问题     Many women feel additional stress when they must decide what they feel is best for their families or what is best for their career. Lawyer Lisa Kay Bennett is(1)_____ searching for a job. Ms. Bennett has fourteen years of experience as a Federal judge clerk.(2)_____, after sending fifty resumes to various firms and companies, she has received only two(3)_____ for low-paying positions. The problem is the fact that this highly(4)_____ lawyer took seven years off to(5)_____ her children.
    According to Sylvia Hewlett, president of the Center for Work-Life Policy,(6)_____ a woman takes time off to care for children or an older parent,(7)_____ tend to "see these people as less than fully(8)_____. It’s as though their identity is (9)_____."
    This circumstance only increases the work-life balance(10)_____ experienced by many women employees.
    Research(11)_____ by the Kenexa Research Institute(KRI), a division of Kenexa,(12)_____ how male and female workers perceive work-life balance and found that women are more(13)_____ than men in how they perceive(14)_____ their companies make to help them balance work and life responsibilities. The report is(15)_____ on the analysis of data drawn from a(16)_____ sample of 10,000 U.S. workers who were the(17)_____ of WorkTrends, KRFs annual survey of worker (18)_____.
    The results indicated a shift(19)_____ women’s perceptions about work-life balance. In the past, women often found it more difficult to(20)_____ balance due to the fierce competition at work and demands at home.
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选项 A、emphasis
B、urgency
C、stress
D、force

答案C

解析 Tnis circumstance指的是上一段所说的情况。该情况所引发的问题与全文讨论的问题一致,即职业女性兼顾工作和家庭的压力。原文首段的additional stress提示了此处应为stress,故C正确。emphasis“强调,重点”,urgency“紧迫:紧要”。
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