Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】in minority“占少数”与Most nurses are women相对应。scarcity意为“缺乏，不足”，如：a scarcity of teachers(师资缺乏)。minimum意为“最低限度”，如：The temperature reached the minimum at midnight．(气温在半夜达到了最低点。)shortage意为“缺少”，如：There is a world shortage of fuel．(全世界都缺少燃料。)