9．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．a(chǎn)t 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 （性別） politics．So were my failures．Sometimes，when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus （相對于） right brain，or nature versus nurture （培育），I 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（刺激）：I don't talk about that anymore．It took me 10years to get back the confidence I had at 19and 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．
I research and teach at Barnard，a women's college in New York City．Recently，someone asked me how many of the 45students 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 45women driven by a love of science．And that's a sight worth talking about．
27．Why doesn't the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again？C
A．She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields．
B．She is not good at telling stories of the kind．
C．She is fed up with the issue of gender prejudice．
D．She finds space research more important．
28．From Paragraph 2，we can infer that people would say the author's failures were due toD．
A．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
B．her involvement in gender politics
C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D．the very fact that she is a woman
29．What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph．D．a(chǎn)nd post-doctoral research？B
A．Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science．
B．People's stereotyped （模式化的） attitude toward female scientists．
C．Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle．
D．Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurture．
30．What does the image the author presents to her students suggest？A
A．Women can balance a career in science and having a family．
B．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success．
C．Women students needn't have the concerns of her generation．
D．Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者通過自己的努力和人們的傳統(tǒng)的性別歧視作斗爭，并且最后取得了非凡的成績．
解答 27．C．推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated （controlled） by men可知，在某些領(lǐng)域存在著性別歧視；故選C．
28．D．推理判斷題，根據(jù)第二段My every achievement-jobs，research papers，awards-was viewed through the lens （鏡片） of gender （性別） politics．So were my failures．可知，人們把她的失敗歸因于性別；故選D．
29．B．事實細節(jié)題，根據(jù)第二段when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus （相對于） right brain，or nature versus nurture （培育），I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind可知，作者所抗爭的是人們對待性別的態(tài)度；故選B．
30．A．推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段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可知，作者之所以展示這一圖景，就是為了打消學生對于生育孩子會否影響科學研究的憂慮．即女性可以在科研和擁有家庭之間很好地平衡；故選A．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
