四級閱讀專項訓練題原文

　　Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently,someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imaginemy satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they willmanage 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 physicsprofessor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me theimage of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.

　　四級閱讀專項訓練題

　　62. 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.

　　63. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute 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

　　64. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoralresearch?

　　A) Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.

　　B) Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.

　　C) People’s stereotyped attitude toward female scientists.

　　D) Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.

　　65. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?

　　A) Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.

　　B) Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.

　　C) Her female students can do just as well as male students.

　　D) More female students are pursuing science than before.

　　66. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?

　　A) Women students needn’t have the concerns of her 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 pursuing a science career.

　　四級閱讀專項訓練題答案

　　62. D

　　63. A

　　64. C

　　65.D

　　66. C