專家解析大學英語四級考試歷年閱讀真題(二)5

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65. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?
    A) Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.
    B) Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.
    C) Her female students can do just as well as male students.
    D) More female students are pursuing science than before.
    題干問作者談到她的班級時為何流露出滿意之情。
    與題目相關(guān)的原文是這樣的:Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45,漢譯為:我現(xiàn)在在紐約一所女子大學Barnard做研究和教書,最近有人問我,我的班級里45名學生中有多少個女生。你想象不到我能夠回答“45個”時的滿意之情。
    從前文的敘述可以知道,作者一直需要面對的問題是在男性主導的領(lǐng)域女性太少的問題。19歲時,她是班里的女生(the only woman in the classroom),做研究后,人們總是問她在一個男性主導的領(lǐng)域里工作的情形(the only woman in the classroom work in a field dominated by men)??梢姡谧髡哐芯康念I(lǐng)域里,女生是很少的,而現(xiàn)在班里45人全部是女生,作者很有可能是為在自己研究的領(lǐng)域里出現(xiàn)了這么多的女性而感到滿意。在這里作者使用了Be able to answer而不直接用answer,暗含以前是不可能說出這樣的數(shù)字的。這個詞組的選用也暗示了作者是在為數(shù)字的由少到多而滿意。
    A, 女生不再為性別問題而煩惱。最后一段有一句話:I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children,意思是作者知道有些學生還是為科研與家庭之間如何平衡而憂慮。這一敘述與A不符。
    B, 她的學生的表現(xiàn)使她重拾信心。文中沒有提到她的學生表現(xiàn)如何。
    C, 她的女學生能與男學生做得一樣好。文中沒有類似的敘述。
    D, 追求科學研究的女生比以前多了。這一描述符合上文的分析。
    66. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
    A) Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
    B) Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
    C) Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
    D) Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.