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Women are crucial to US economic growth. Indeed, since women’s participation in the workforce took off, in the 1970s, their prod

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问题     Women are crucial to US economic growth. Indeed, since women’s participation in the workforce took off, in the 1970s, their productivity has accounted for about a quarter of current GDP. But women still aren’t reaching their full economic potential. One important reason is that far too many highly skilled women simply don’ t progress up the ladder in corporate America.
    A new McKinsey report, Unlocking the full potential of women in the US economy, delves into the details of this well-known phenomenon. The problem isn’t simply a lack of flexible working conditions or support for working mothers. Nor is it an inability to get women into the workforce or women’s desire to opt out; most can’t afford to. Instead, entrenched mind-sets and behaviors—at companies and among women themselves—are two of the biggest culprits in preventing women from advancing. The issue is particularly acute at the transition from middle manager to senior manager, a point when women have proven themselves professionally yet a disproportionate share leave corporate careers. For many, invisible biases become impassable.
    Our research included a survey of some 2,500 college-educated men and women. One striking discovery is that women who have progressed from entry-level jobs to middle management, and then from middle management to senior management, have, at each stage, an increasing interest in being leaders and an increasing belief that opportunities exist.
    How can companies help more women retain that enthusiasm? Most companies are already working hard to reduce structural problems(such as a lack of role models or access to informal net works)and are trying to shift work practices to meet their employees’ desire for a work-life balance. However, our survey and interviews uncovered some more insidious, difficult-to-address problems. These include senior executives’ perceptions that certain jobs just shouldn’t be available to women and a tendency to reward men for their potential but women only for their performance. Many women react to these barriers and biases by reducing their corporate ambitions in favor of achieving greater satisfaction across their lives—and companies lose out entirely.
    If women are to reach their full potential in the economy, companies must do at least as much to address those issues as they are doing to address the ones they can more easily see. Helping middle-management women to develop and advance will make the biggest difference because it will begin to reshape the corporate talent pipeline and help companies reach their goal of advancing more women to the top.
According to the survey in the research, as women get higher level jobs, they______.
选项 A、have more confidence in proving their professional ability
B、have more desire to stand out to lead the team
C、face more pressure from the company and their peers
D、find they are able to catch more opportunities of promotion
答案B
解析 根据题干关键词定位至第三段。该段第二句指出，随着女性在职场上的职位上升，女性对成为领导者的兴趣都会增加，并越来越相信机会始终存在，因此B项“有更多的渴望出色地领导整个团队”符合文意，为正确答案。A项“有更多的自信证明她们的专业技能”，C项“面对来自公司和同事的更多压力”，D项“发现她们能够抓住晋升的机会”，原文都没有提到。
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