单选题 I don"t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it"s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture, 1 would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don"t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn"t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don"t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women"s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don"t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don"t tell them "war" stories. Instead, I have given them this：the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that"s a sight worth talking about.
单选题 Why doesn"t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 题干问的是作者为什么不想再一次谈论作为一个女科学家的感受。第一段讲到“我不想再一次谈论我作为女性科学家的事情。在我的人生中，有那么一段时间，人们总是问我在一个被男性主导的领域中工作都会发生什么故事。我从来都不善于给他们讲述那些故事，因为，说真的，我觉得那些故事一点意思也没有。让我觉得有意思的是宇宙的起源，时空的形状和黑洞的本质。”D选项说她发现空间研究更为重要，所以D选项是正确选项。
单选题 From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author"s failures to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从第二段可以推断出人们把作者的失败归于什么。人们是从性别政治的角度看待她的失败，也就是认为她的失败是由性别偏见引起的。所以A选项是正确答案。
单选题 What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：作者在攻读哲学博士和进行博士后研究时要同什么进行不断的斗争?C选项说人们对女性科学家的固有态度。文中第二段从“But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me”这句开始，讲述了作者面对世人成见时如何挺身而出、为女性仗义执言。因此C选项是正确的。
单选题 Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 题干问到作者谈到她的班级时为何流露出满意之情。在作者研究的领域里，女生是很少的，而现在班里45人全部是女生，作者很有可能是为在自己研究的领域里出现了这么多的女性而感到满意。故本题答案为D。
单选题 What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题干问到作者展示给学生们的图景意味着什么。由“I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments”，即身怀六甲的物理教授依然在做物理实验。一些学生担心不能很好地处理科研与生育孩子之间的平衡。作者为了消除学生们的担忧，便展示了这个图景。故本题选C。