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I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-lime and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it didn’t bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement-jobs, research papers, awards-was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture(培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
1. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination
C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind
D. She finds space research more important
2. Form Para 3, we can infer that people would attribute (归结于) the author’s failures to___
A. the very fact that she is a woman
B. her involvement in gender politics
C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
3. How does the author feel when talking about her class?
A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. concerned
4. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of the generation
B. women have more barriers on their way to academic success
C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family
D. Women now have fewer problems in pursuing a science career
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Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn't have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and it's wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
1.How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?
A．Disappointed. ????????????? B．Nervous. ????????????? C．Guilty.????????????? D．Frightened.
2.We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.
A．kept in touch by writing each other
B．are separated due to the generation gap
C．have been getting along very well
D．had a hard time understanding each other
3.Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.
A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car.
B．She had never realized his being old and weak.
C．She didn't expect to meet with him there.
D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before.
4.Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________
A．tell him about their conflicts????????????? B．say sorry for her being stubborn
C．express her gratitude to him????????????? D．remind him of the early incident
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—What was strange about yesterday?
—There were black clouds and loud thunder, but _____, it didn’t rain.
A．more or less B．up to you C．it was a pity D．funnily enough
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Yes, I’ll be ready at nine. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again.” Mrs. Robinson replaced the 36 and crossed the hall into the 37 . It had not been an easy telephone call for her to make. Her daughter had been very kind, 38 , and had immediately agreed to 39 her up, but Mrs. Robinson 40 to admit that she needed help. Since her 41 passed away ten years ago, she had prided herself upon her ___42 . She had 43 to live in their little house alone and had refused to go and live with her daughter.
But on this evening, she was standing at her living-room window, 44 out at the “SOLD” notice in the small front garden. Her feeling were 45 . Naturally she was 46 at the thought of leaving here, as it was full of so many 47 .
But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last 48 near the
sea, __49 in the little sea town where she was born. With the 50 from the sale of the house, she had bought a little flat there.
Her husband had always been very 51 this house. She hadn’t been 52__ here, but it didn’t mean as much to her as it had to him. 53 most of the people who lived in the street had 54 away, and it was this that had made her decide to sell it.
Next morning Mrs. Robinson 55 the house for the station in her daughter’s car.
A. book B. data C. receiver D. door
A. bedroom B. dining-room C. garden D. living-room
A. however B. of course C. therefore D. specially
A. pick B. bring C. cheer D. warm
A. liked B. hated C. tended D. pretended
A. lawyer B. friend C. daughter D. husband
A. independence B. future C. talent D. ideal
A. moved B. hoped C. continued D. dreamed
A. sticking B. staring C. reaching D. pulling
A. blamed B. excited C. embarrassed D. mixed
A. sad B. hard C. pleased D. delighted
A. pets B. folks C. descriptions D. memories
A. lives B. years C. wealth D. treasure
A. down B. up C. back D. away
A. insurance B. allowance C. reward D. money
A. fond of B. busy in C. afraid of D. interested in
A. funny B. lucky C. happy D. unhappy
A. Soon B. Shortly C. Recently D. Immediately
A. fled B. moved C. turned D. traveled
A. sold B. returned C. left D. locked
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