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1．When Bonfield，the chief of the Women's Engineering Society，recently attended a military air show，she was in great shock．
There were around 900 girls among the crowd and Ms Bonfield said，"I'm saying to all these girls，'Do you know about engineering？Would you like to be an engineer？Have you thought about engineering？'And in the whole day…probably five or six of them said yes．Every other one said no，just straight out no．"
What surprised her most wasn't that these girls didn't know what engineering was．It was simply that they had already switched off．They had lost interest in engineering．"So how much work does it take to change that？"asked Ms Bonfield，"I mean it's huge．"
There's no shortage of data to back up her ideas．The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that women make up around just 8% of engineers in the UK．And this is at a time when the UK needs to produce thousands more engineers，so much that the inventor，Sir James Dyson，is planning to open his own institute to deal with the skills shortage．
One of the reasons why girls don't choose engineering is that there are not enough female role models．The attitude of parents is also an important factor in career choices．For girls，perhaps unsurprisingly，mothers are particularly influential．
"My mum was a bit uncertain about it at first，"said middle school student Hannah，"But my dad used to build a lot of stuff and he got me into that．So after my mum saw how me and my dad interacted，she said，'Yeah，go for it'and she's kind of the one who supported me with this．"

28．What greatly surprised Bonfield at the military air show？D
A．So many girls came for the air show．
B．Quite a few girls had interest in engineering．
C．Girls were not interested in the air show．
D．Girls had shut their door to engineering．
29．Sir James Dyson hopes to set up his own institute toB．
A．invent more new things                                             
B．handle the shortage of engineers
C．allow more girls to receive higher education                
D．create more jobs for girls
30．What made Hannh finally choose engineering？C
A．Her mother's encouragement．
B．The demand of society for engineers．
C．Her father's positive influence on her．
D．Her born interest in engineering．
31．What is the author's purpose of writing the passage？A
A．To explain what causes the shortage of girl engineers．
B．To introduce some famous girl engineers to readers．
C．To promote the social status of female engineers．
D．To give girls advice on how to choose future careers．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：本文讲述英国女性工程师奇缺的问题及原因：一是：女孩为什么不选择工程的原因之一是，没有足够的女性的榜样；二是：父母的态度．

解答 答案：28-31 DBCA
28．D，推理判断题，根据第三段What surprised her most wasn't that these girls didn't know what engineering was．It was simply that they had already switched off可知选D．
29．B，事实细节题，根据第四段，英国需要培养数千名工程师，以至于发明者詹姆斯•戴森爵士（Sir James Dyson）正计划开设自己的学院，以应对技能短缺的问题，也就是工程师短缺的问题，所以选B．
30．C，事实细节题，根据最后一段，But my dad used to build a lot of stuff and he got me into that，爸爸对她有积极的影响．
31．A，主旨大意题，一、二、三段发现问题，女孩子对工程学极其不感兴趣．第四段加以证明，最后两段说明了原因．一是：女孩为什么不选择工程的原因之一是，没有足够的女性的榜样；二是：父母的态度．

点评 阅读理解解题步骤：
首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料．
其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息．
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