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  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

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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] 【C9】
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答案 N
解析 空格前后句子基本成分均完整，因此空格处应填人连词或分词形式。[语义判断]空前句意为：2016年至2017年，基于全行业薪酬中位数的性别薪酬差距为13．7％。空格后是要说明该数据所表明的问题或意义，结合所给选项，suggesting“显示，表明”符合此处语境，故为答案。
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