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Just over a decade into the 21st century, women’s progress can be celebrated across a range of fields. They hold the highest pol

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问题    Just over a decade into the 21st century, women’s progress can be celebrated across a range of fields. They hold the highest political offices from Thailand to Brazil, Costa Rica to Australia. A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund; another won the Nobel Prize in economics. Self-made billionaires in Beijing, tech innovators in Silicon Valley, pioneering justices in Ghana—in these and countless other areas, women are leaving their mark.
   But hold the applause. In Saudi Arabia, women aren’t allowed to drive. In Pakistan, 1,000 women die in honor killings every year. In the developed world, women lag behind men in pay and political power. The poverty rate among women in the U. S. rose to 14. 5% last year.
   To measure the state of women’s progress. Newsweek ranked 165 countries, looking at five areas that affect women’s lives: treatment under the law, workforce participation, political power, and access to education and health care. Analyzing data from the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, among others, and consulting with experts and academics, we measured 28 factors to come up with our rankings.
   Countries with the highest scores tend to be clustered in the West, where gender discrimination is against the law, and equal rights are constitutionally enshrined. But there were some surprises. Some otherwise high-ranking countries had relatively low scores for political representation. Canada ranked third overall but 26 th in power, behind countries such as Cuba and Burundi. Does this suggest that a woman in a nation’s top office translates to better lives for women in general? Not exactly. " Trying to quantify or measure the impact of women in politics is hard because in very few countries have there been enough women in politics to make a difference," says Anne-Marie Goetz, peace and security adviser for U. N. Women.
   Of course, no index can account for everything. Declaring that one country is better than another in the way that it treats more than half its citizens means relying on broad strokes and generalities. Some things simply can’t be measured. And cross-cultural comparisons can’t account for difference of opinion.
   Certain conclusions are nonetheless clear. For one thing, our index backs up a simple but profound statement made by Hillary Clinton at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. " When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world," she said. " There’s a simulative effect that kicks in when women have greater access to jobs and the economic lives of our countries: Greater political stability. Fewer military conflicts. More food. More educational opportunity for children. By harnessing the economic potential of all women, we boost opportunity for all people.
What does the author think about women’s progress so far?
选项 A、It still leaves much to be desired.
B、It is too remarkable to be measured.
C、It has greatly changed women’s fate.
D、It is achieved through hard struggle.
答案A
解析 事实细节题。文中第一段讲述了21世纪女性进步取得的种种成就，接着第二段指出，在沙特阿拉伯，女性不允许开车；在巴基斯坦，每年有1 000个女性死于荣誉谋杀；在发达国家，女性在报酬和政治权利方面落后于男性；在美国，去年女性贫困率上升至14．5％。由此可见，在许多地方，女性的权利保障还有待进步。[A]项的表述符合文义，故为答案。其他选项文中没有提及，故排除。
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