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2013年海淀二模
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The early lack of exposure to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can be harmful to achieving gender (性别) balance in these fields. It begins when we are young and continues throughout our time in high school.
While at home, girls generally don't get to experience the level of exposure or encouragement in STEM fields that their male counterparts do. It is often subtle, but it’s the first hurdle that faces and confuses so many women. Boys, on the other hand, get on their path, and are encouraged to do so, generally earlier than girls. For example, boys are more often given science sets as toys, which spark an interest in these subjects.
In school, boys are often pushed to take the more challenging math and science classes. So if we want to attract the best and brightest minds into the fields that will advance us as a people, a country, and a planet, we can no longer look to only half of the population. Young girls cannot possibly consider opportunities they do not know exist. If girls are not exposed to certain subject and career paths, they are highly unlikely to choose to follow them in college.
Our bias (偏见) toward girls, either from families or from schools,
is so rooted in our culture that we often don’t even recognize it. Although the situation has changed greatly in the past 20 or 30 years, there is still a sense that girls aren’t as good at math, for instance, even though there is almost no evidence to support such a belief.
It is important that as a society we deal with gender stereotypes long before young people are faced with a decision to declare or choose a major in college. Without making efforts to break them, we are limiting the potential of our youth, both male and female. Providing the necessary resources, exposure, and encouragement would help young women understand that their gender shouldn’t determine the career path they choose, and that pursuing a STEM career does not make them less feminine.
63. According to the passage, not many girls grow to enter STEM fields because __________.
A. girls are not as good at STEM as boys B. girls do not like to take science classes C. girls get fewer chances to know about STEM D. girls seldom survive the high pressure positions
64. The underlined word ―it‖ in Para. 4 refers to __________.
A. our bias B. our culture C. the situation D. a sense
65. The main purpose of the passage is to __________. A. show women’s potentials in STEM fields B. praise women’s contributions to STEM fields C. describe the present gender bias in STEM fields D. call for more involvement of women in STEM fields
66. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
CP: Central Point P: Point SP: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion (一)【词汇扫描】
exposure n. 暴露；曝光；揭露；陈列 be harmful to对…有害
counterpart n. 副本；配对物；极相似的人或物
subtle adj. 微妙的；精细的；敏感的；狡猾的；稀薄的 hurdle n. 障碍；栏；跳栏；vt.克服；vi. 克服；跳过
spark n. 火花；朝气；闪光；vt.发动；鼓舞；求婚；
vi. 闪烁；求look to；v. 注意；指望；照看
stereotypevt.使用铅版；套用老套，使一成不变；
n. 陈腔滥调，老套；铅版
feminine adj. 女性的；妇女（似）的；阴性的；娇柔的
(二)【长难句分析】
1. While at home, girls generally don't get to experience the level of exposure or encouragement in STEM fields that their male counterparts do.
解析：while表时间；that引导定语从句，修饰fields。
翻译：在家的时候，女孩们通常不会接触或被鼓励进入男孩们会进入的STEM领域。
2. So if we want to attract the best and brightest minds into the fields that will advance us as a people, a country, and a planet, we can no longer look to only half of the population.
解析：if引导的条件状语从句；that引导的定语从句，修饰fields。 翻译：所以，如果我们想要吸引最好的、最聪明的人进入会领导作为一个民族、一个国家、一个地球上的我们的领域，我们就可以不再只指望半数人了。
3. Although the situation has changed greatly in the past 20 or 30 years, there is still a sense that girls aren’t as good at math, for