- 阅读理解A
题干：Idon’teverwanttotalkaboutbeingawomanscientistagain.Therewasatimeinmylifewhenpeopleaskedconstantlyforstoriesaboutwhatit'sliketoworkinafielddominatedbymen.IwasneververygoodattellingthosestoriesbecausetruthfullyIneverfoundtheminteresting.WhatIdofindinterestingistheoriginoftheuniverse，theshapeofspace-timeandthenatureofblackholes.At19，whenIbeganstudyingastrophysics,itdidnotbothermeintheleasttobetheonlywomanintheclassroom.ButwhileearningmyPh.D.atMITandthenasapost-doctordoingspaceresearch,theissuestartedtobotherme.Myeveryachievement-jobs,researchpapers,awards-wasviewedthroughthelensofgender(性别)politics.Soweremyfailures.Sometimes,whenIwaspushedintoanargumentonleftbrainversus(相对于）rightbrain,ornatureversusnurture(培育），Iwouldinstantlyfightfiercelyonmybehalfandallwomankind.Thenonedayafewyearsago，outofmymouthcameasentencethatwouldeventuallybecomemyreplytoanyandallprovocations：Idon'ttalkaboutthatanymore.Ittookme10yearstogetbacktheconfidenceIhadat19andtorealizethatIdidn'twanttodealwithgenderissues.Whyshouldcuringsexismbeyetanotherterribleburdenoneveryfemalescientist?Afterall,Idon'tstudysociologyorpoliticaltheory.TodayIresearchandteachatBarnard,awomen’scollegeinNewYorkCity.Recently,some-oneaskedmehowmanyofthe45studentsinmyclasswerewomen.Youcannotimaginemysatisfactionatbeingabletoanswer,45.Iknowsomeofmystudentsworryhowtheywillmanagetheirscientificresearchandadesireforchildren.AndIdon’tdismissthoseconcerns.Still,Idon'ttellthem“war”stories.Instead，Ihavegiventhemthis：thevisualoftheirphysicsprofessorheavilypregnantdoingphysicsexperiments.Andinturntheyhavegivenmetheimageof45womendrivenbyaloveofscience.Andthat'sasightworthtalkingabout.
题目：Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again? - A 、She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
- B 、She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
- C 、She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
- D 、She finds space research more important.
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
细节题。文章开头就指出作者永远不想再讨论作为一个女科学家的话题。随后解释原因：There was a time in my life when people asked constantly… by men，可知作者曾经经常被问及这个问题，结合第三段第一句… a sentence that would eventually… reply to any and all provocations： I don’t talk about that anymore，可知作者已经受够了这类问题的困扰，决定不再谈论。故B选项为正确答案。
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