Question

【题目】请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men. Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something www.EngineerGirl.org aims to change. Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered.

“Women are very much underrepresented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women.”

Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures.

“We know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer. But we also need to reach them at that time because you have to take certain courses, and you can’t start thinking about taking those courses when you’re a junior in high school.”

Engineering is a demanding course of study — there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting.

“It’s about designing things. It’s about changing the world for people. It’s about making a difference. And, in addition, you can make a good living; you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get.”

While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and — believe it or not — chocolate engineering.

“There’s a section called ‘why be an engineer,’ and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income.”Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notable women engineers.

Title	Website【1】Girls to learn Engineering
Present【2】for the engineering profession in the USA	The majority of men take up the profession throughout【3】, while only a small number of women work as engineers.
【4】of the website	To make young women【5】of interesting fields in engineering and what productivity and【6】the career of being engineers can bring them.
【7】of being engineers	* It can be fun and exciting. * It can【8】the world for people. * You can make a good living. * You can gain economic【9】by becoming an engineer.
Other fields concerning engineering	Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering【10】to sports, and even chocolate.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Encourages

【2】situation

【3】history

【4】Purpose/Aim/Goal/Intention

【5】aware

【6】excitement

【7】Benefits/Advantages

【8】change

【9】independence

【10】related

【解析】试题

【1】Encourages 推理题。根据第一段最后2行Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered.说明这个网站鼓励女孩子去学习工程师这个职业。

【2】situation 推理题。根据第一段2,3行Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers讲述了目前的工程师的性别形势，仍然是男性占据统治的地位。

【3】history 推理题。根据第二段So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women.”说明历史上有绝大多数的工程师都男性。

【4】Purpose/Aim/Goal/Intention 归纳总结题。根据第三段第二行website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14说明该网站的目的是让年轻的女孩子了解工程师这个行业的情况。

【5】aware 固定词组be aware of...意识到...；这个网站的目的是让女孩子了解工程师这个行业的相关情况。

【6】excitement 词性转换。根据第五段最后一行engineering can also be fun and exciting.原文中是形容词exciting，现在转换成名词excitement.

【7】Benefits/Advantages 总结归纳。根据文章倒数3,4,5段内容可知学习工程师这个职业的好处。

【8】change 原词再现。根据倒数第3段第一行It’s about changing the world for people.说明这个行业可以改变我们这个世界。

【9】independence 词性转换。根据倒数第三段第3行be independent economically by becoming an engineer原文是形容词，把它转换成名词的independence形式。

【10】related 推理题。根据倒数第二段最后, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and — believe it or not — chocolate engineering.说明这还涉及到运动和巧克力等。故可以转换成be related to…