Reading passages

perfectly - they want to be perfect housewives and 
mother, perfect lover, perfect career women. In 
the real world, how-ever, maintaining such high 
standards is clearly impossible. This leads to 
feelings of guilt and a lack of self-confidence. 
Without self-confidence, however, you cannot 
reach the top.
139- We can infer from the passage that ...... .
A) women do better at school and university than 
men do 
B) women should get better education in order to 
reach the top 
C) psychologists have little sympathy with women 
who want careers 
D) it only prejudices that stop women from doing 
better in their careers 
E) the number of women with successful careers is 
not as high as with men 
140- We understand from the passage that women 

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who do reach the top .................. .
A) then begin to feel guilty and lose their self- 
confidence 
B) do so because of their managerial style 
C) do everything perfectly 
D) are often seen as being there temporarily 
E) are unable to maintain their high standards 
 
141- According to the passage, women's lack of 
success is often due to their ........... .
A) not being able to impress men with their style of 
management 
B) fighting amongst themselves 
C) not being able to reach the high standards 
needed 
D) being too highly qualified and well-trained 
E) trying to achieve too much at one time 
Although we live in a period when no part of the 
globe is more than a few hours away and the 
cultural barriers that separate nations and 
individuals are weakening more and more every