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  3. They call them the new bread earners. They are women, and they are set to take over. Women are beginning to rise【1】to the to

They call them the new bread earners. They are women, and they are set to take over. Women are beginning to rise【1】to the to

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问题     They call them the new bread earners. They are women, and they are set to take over.
    Women are beginning to rise【1】to the top in the workplace all over the developed world. New figures show that in almost a third of American【2】with a working wife, the woman brings home more money than her husband and that they now occupy half the country’s "high-paying, executive, administrative and【3】occupations", compared with 34 per cent 20 years ago.
    The trend is【4】by two main factors, experts say—a【5】acceptance of men as househusbands and mass unemployment of male white-collar workers from the technology, finance and media industries in the last three years.
    The University of Maryland has【6】a report that shows women to be the chief earner in 11 per cent of all US marriages.
    Pushing a buggy (婴儿车) on a sunny afternoon in New York’s Central Park last week, Jonathan Blinderman, 33, said, he was【7】he had been able to see every moment of his daughter Lindsay’s first six months of life while his wife, Sage, was out working.
    It is a sign of these times of【8】that when he mentions his status at parties he is either praised as a saint or【9】as a slave-cum-freeloader (爱占便宜的奴隶). For the revolution is nowhere near complete.
    But Maria Cancian, an economist at the University of Wisconsin, said【10】women were increasingly looking for househusbands.
A. caused B. proud C. carelessly D. mocked
E. produced F. managerial G. greedy H. precaution
I. argued J. transition K. ambitious L. tackled
M. growing N. steadily O. households
【5】
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答案M
解析 此处需要形容词作定语。前文提到“女性开始在工作场所稳步上升到高层位置”，所以可推断男性逐步接受做家庭主男，因此growing最为合适。a growing acceptance意为“越来越接受”。
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