2. 职称英语
  3. "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." Those were th

"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." Those were th

游客2023-06-22  63
问题    "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." Those were the words uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmly believed that the pursuit of science should be【C1】______to all.
   As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklin’s contributions to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time including the structure of DNA—were sadly【C2】_______ in her lifetime.
   More than 60 years after Franklin’s death, we are【C3】______living in a different world, where women play an important part in every echelon (阶层) of our society—not least in science, innovation, higher education and research. UK universities are world leaders when it comes to advancing and【C4】______gender equality.
   In the past decade, we have seen a【C5】______increase in England in the number of women accepted on to full-time undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem subjects). And in the last academic year, women【C6】______for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities.
   Data shows us the【C7】______to success gets harder for women to climb the further up they go. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in our universities, just under half of academic staff are female. At【C8】______levels, only a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.
   There are also stark differences in pay across grades. The gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in 2016 - 2017 was 13.7%,【C9】______there is still some way to go to ensure women are rising through the ranks to higher grade positions and being paid【C10】______.
   A) accessible F) effective K) promoting
   B) accounted G) ladder L) senior
   C) adaptation H) misread M) submission
   D) appropriately I) nomination N) suggesting
   E) considerable J) overlooked O) thankfully [br] 【C8】
选项
答案 L
解析 空格位于介词At和复数名词levels之间，应填人形容词性的词修饰levels。[语义判断]本段旨在说明越往上，攀登通往成功的阶梯对女性来说就越艰难。空格前一句指出，女性虽然在本科生中占大多数，但在学术人员中占比不到一半。接下来应该是讲在另一个层面上，女性人数不多，由professors可知，这个层次是更高的层次，故选senior。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2771711.html
相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)