Part Ⅲ Reading
　　Section A
　　To get a sense of how women have progressed in science , take aquick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley.This is a storied place, the 36  of some of the most importantdiscoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence's invention of thecyclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.
　　A generationago, female faces were 37 and, even today, visitors walkingthrough the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38 themany distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 all ofthere white males.
　　But climb up to the third floor and you'll see a 40 display.There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraitsof the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro and four other womenwhose research 42 everything from the mechanics of the universe to thesmallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.Although they're still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women areclearly a presence here.
　　And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right:graduate and undergraduate students,about 20 percent of them female. Every years Berkeley sends its fresh femalephysics PhDs to the country's top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic,but also 44. "I believethings are getting better "she says. "but they're not getting better as 45 as I would like.“
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答
　　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
　　This is a storied place, the 36  of some of the mostimportant discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence'sinvention of the cyclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.
　　36. n: A. circumstance B. confidence
　　E. deals J. hope
　　N. site
　　答案：N
　　A generation ago, female faces were 37 and,even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see afull corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicistswho made history here, 39 all of there white males.
　　37. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
　　L. rare M. realistic
　　答案：L
　　38. v.ing: G. exposing I. honoring
　　答案：I
　　39. adv: K. presently O. virtually
　　答案：O
　　There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, areportraits of the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro and fourother women whose research 42 everything from the mechanics of theuniverse to the smallest particles of matter.
　　41. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
　　L. rare M. realistic
　　42. v.: C. covers E. deals J. hope
　　答案：C
　　And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right:graduate and undergraduate students,about 20 percent of them female. …That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44.
　　43. n: A. circumstance B. confidence E. deals
　　J. Hope　　　　 N. site
　　44. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
　　L. rare M. realistic
　　"I believe things are getting better"she says. "but they're notgetting better as 45 as I would like.“
　　45. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
　　L. rare　 M. realistic
　　答案：H
　　Section B
　　Is College a Worthy Investment?
　　【点评】
　　本文主要针对大学教育是否是一项值得投资的话题进行深入探讨和分析，文章标题Is College a Worthy Investment?已经很明显地暗示了文章的主旨大意内容，考生做题时应多关注标题，这是很重要的解题线索。
　　本文选自Newsweek《新闻周刊》，该话题是考生比较熟悉的教育问题，大学教育是否值得投资，文中指出大学高等教育不是人们获得成功的一途径，人们应该选择适合自己的道路，即使上了大学也不一定能找到好工作，同时也指出目前市场和企业需求的变化，人们应该理性选择，提高觉悟，做出正确的选择。
　　文章本身话题和语言难度并不高，大多考查事实细节，考生应掌握一定的同义转换技能。

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