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

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

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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] 【C2】
选项 A、dominated
B、commanded
C、dictated
D、prevailed
答案 A
解析 动词辨析题。根据下文可知，作者是在众多男性占主导地位的物理学领域中为数极少的女性之一。dominate：(在某个领域、方面)占主导地位；command：领导(某个人群)；dictate：命令，向……发号施令；prevail：占上风，压制，一般用法为prevail over／on sb．表示压倒(某人)。
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