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Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated

Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics "boffin" (科学家) still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those asked got it wrong. The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of all average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is now very different since 1960 the number of young women entering physics has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes. These stereotypes are really damaging to society. Very good school children are put off studying science because they don"t see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing science. They simply don"t relate to the media"s image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university. If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive. But we must also develop children"s interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image, an increasing number of science festivals are being organized. Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take part in the international wide science competitions of which the most popular are the national Science Olympiads. Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the International Science Olympiads which are held in a different country every year. These events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small proportion of students who are already interested in science. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.

单选题 Most people have similar ideas of what a physicist looks like.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 文章的第一段最后一句“The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph...The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.”意为“人们被要求根据照片来确认物理学家……多数人选择了大约60岁左右，戴眼镜，白胡子的白种男人。”用一句具体的信息表明了题干意思。由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。

单选题 The majority of physicists in Britain today are Cambridge graduates.

单选题 The media and the cinema have played a role in promoting the image of the mad scientist.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干关键词media和cinema可以定位第三段第一句“The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes.”意为“心不在焉的科学家的刻板印象已经持续了很长一段时间，因为媒体和好莱坞推广了他们的形象，白色的实验室大衣，戴眼镜，坐在写满公式黑板旁边，或者是拿着嘶嘶作响的试管做试验。”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。

单选题 There will be more women scientists than men scientists in the future.

单选题 More children will study science if it becomes more attractive.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干关键词attractive和study可以定位到第五段第三句“If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive.”意为“如果想鼓励更多的年轻人学习自然科学，那就需要改变科学家的形象，并将课程变得更加有趣。”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。