The position of secretary or personal assistant used to be the preserve of women，but now men are making their way in．The change is due partly to the highest rate of graduate unemployment and the growing awareness that salaries for PAs can reach ￡75，000 a year．
Joshua Watson，25，has been an executive （行政的） assistant to a female senior director at Barclays for 18 months，having previously worked as a PA．He does not see himself as working in a woman's role． "I don't feel that I'm treated any differently just because I'm male，" he said． "I don't think that is an issue for people from my generation．It's a good job for me because I am fond of organizing．I have good exposure to see the top people in the company and I want to climb the ladder．"
Recruitment（招聘） consultants are seeing an ever-increasing number of men interested in PA or secretarial posts． "Out of the 1，000 candidates we've registered in the past 12 months，around 200 are male，" said David Morel，managing director of Tiger Recruitment． "It is increasing the whole time．Since 2011，the numbers have been doubling each year，and most of them are ambitious graduates．"
Susanna Tait，managing director of Tay Associates，agrees．She said she had seen a "huge" increase in numbers of male applicants． "It's an obvious career choice for ambitious individuals keen to operate at the centre of the business field．"
Quest Professional，which offers training courses for companies and organizations，said this was the first year that men had attended its executive PA program and that "more and more" men were doing related course．
Top PAs in the City now earn between ￡35，000 and ￡75，000，plus benefits-in some cases even more．Morel thinks this is the primary reason why more men are coming into the market．
Barclays encourages male applicants for PA and similar roles． "We will offer everyone-regardless of their gender-the same opportunities to be successful，" said a spokesperson．
（1）What's Joshua Watson's position at Barclays？ （No more than 4 words） An executive assistant．An executive assistant．
（2）What does the underlined phrase "climb the ladder" in Para 2 mean？ （No more than 2 words） Be promoted． /Get promoted．Be promoted． /Get promoted．
（3）What does Quest Professional do？ （No more than 10 words） It offers training courses for companies and organizations．It offers training courses for companies and organizations．．
（4）As for male PAs，what did Barclays' spokesperson say？ （No more than 12 words） He said they would offer everyone the same opportunities to be successful．He said they would offer everyone the same opportunities to be successful．
（5）What do you think of men's new choice and why？ （No more than 20 words） It's normal because it is difficult to find a job now and men have their own advantages．It's normal because it is difficult to find a job now and men have their own advantages．
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【答案】An executive assistant．；Be promoted． /Get promoted．；It offers training courses for companies and organizations．；He said they would offer everyone the same opportunities to be successful．；It's normal because it is difficult to find a job now and men have their own advantages．
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