There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about wha

游客2024-10-10 59

问题 There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about what it’s like to work in a field【C2】______by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because【C3】______I never found them interesting.【C4】______I do find interesting is the origin of the universe and the nature of black holes.
At 19,【C5】______I began studying astrophysics, it did not【C6】______me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while【C7】______my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the【C8】______started to trouble me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers,【C9】______—was viewed through the lens of gender politics.【C10】______were my failures.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth【C11】______a sentence that would eventually become my reply【C12】______any and all of these: I don’t talk about that anymore. It 【C13】______me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to【C14】______with gender issues.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many【C15】______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【C16】______their scientific research and a desire【C17】______children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And【C18】______they have given me the image of 45 women【C19】______by a love of science. And that’s a sight【C20】______talking about. [br] 【C18】

选项 A、in contrast
B、in comparison
C、in turn
D、in return

答案 C

解析词组辨析题。in turn此处意为“转而，反过来”。如：The agency wants to put pressure on local business people，so they,in turn，will put pressure on state officials．该机构想要给本地商户施加压力，所以，他们也会同样向州政府施压。in contrast：对比(不同点)；in comparison：比较(相似点)；in return：作为回报。

转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3795332.html

相关试题推荐

随机试题

最新回复(0)

There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about wha

Wherecouldpeopleseeclocksinthelate1700s?[originaltext]Watchesandc

ThepeopleatthepartywereworriedaboutSusanbecausenoonewasaware______