2013年12月大学英语四级真题(233网校)
PartIII Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
To get a sense of how women have progressedin science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley.This is a storied place the 36 of some of the mostimportant discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence'sinvention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.Ageneration ago female faces were 37 and.even today,visitors walkingthrough the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 allof there white males
But climb up to the third floor and you'llsee a 40 display.There,among the photos of current facnlty members andstudents are portraits of the 41 head of the department,Marjorie Shapiroand four other women whose reseaich 42 everything from the mecheanics ofthe universe to the smallest particles of matter.A sixth woman was hired justtwo weeks ago.Although they're Still only about 10 percent of the physicsfaculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real 43 may be in thesmaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.Everyyears Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country's topuniversities.That makes Shapiro optimistic but also 44 "I believethings are getting bette "she says "but they're not getting better as 45 as i would like."
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A)circumstance
B)confidence
C)covers
D)current
E)deals
F)different
G)exposing
H)fast
I)honoring
J)hope
K)presently
L)rare
M)realistic
N)site
O)virtually
