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：此部分試題請在答題卡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?
　　【點評】
　　本文主要針對大學教育是否是一項值得投資的話題進行深入探討和分析，文章標題Is College a Worthy Investment?已經很明顯地暗示了文章的主旨大意內容，考生做題時應多關注標題，這是很重要的解題線索。
　　本文選自Newsweek《新聞周刊》，該話題是考生比較熟悉的教育問題，大學教育是否值得投資，文中指出大學高等教育不是人們獲得成功的一途徑，人們應該選擇適合自己的道路，即使上了大學也不一定能找到好工作，同時也指出目前市場和企業需求的變化，人們應該理性選擇，提高覺悟，做出正確的選擇。
　　文章本身話題和語言難度并不高，大多考查事實細節，考生應掌握一定的同義轉換技能。

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