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In the United States, engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men． Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something www．EngineerGirl．org aims to change． Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great career choice they might not have considered．
“Women are very much underreprented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of cour, down the road, in the engineering workforce． So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women．”
Mary Mattis in the National Academy of Engineering, says the EngineerGirl website aims to reach young women around ages 11 through 14, when they are just getting old enough to start thinking about their futures．
“We know from the rearch that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and
that it’s a time when we need to reach them, both with an understanding, increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering, what a wonderful productive and exciting career you can have as an engineer． But we also need to reach them at that time becau you have to take certain cours, and you can’t start thinking about taking tho cours when you’re a junior in high school．”
Engineering is a demanding cour of study ---there is a lot of science and mathematics, for many girls and even boys, that can be challenging． But Ms． Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stress that engineering can also be fun and exciting．
“It’s about designing things． It’s about changing the world for people． It’s about making a difference． And, in addition, you can make a good living, you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer． All of tho things are messages that girls need to get．”lea
While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields such as sports engineering and --- believe it or not --- chocolate engineering．
“There’s a ction called ‘why be an engineer,’ and that talks about the many opportunities and increasingly different opportunities like with bio-engineering and environmental engineering, some fields that might appeal to girls who want to make a difference or have a meaning for their careers beyond earning an income．”
2011美国电影排行榜Even if you are not a girl in the target age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies of some notable women engineers．wellsfargobank
Title | Website（71）______ Girls to learn Engineering |
Prent （72）_____ for the engineering profession in the USA | The majority of men take up the profession throughout（73） ______, while only a small number of women work as engineers． |
（74）_____ of the website | To make young women （75）_____ of interesting fields in engineering and what productivity and（76）_____ the career of being engineers can bring them． |
（77）_____ of being engineers | * It can be fun and exciting．
* It can（78）_____ the world for people．
* You can make a good living．
* You can gain economic（79）_____ by becoming an engineer． |
Other fields concerning engineering | Various opportunities are talked about like bio-engineering and engineering （80） _____ to sports, and even chocolate． |
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【小题1】Encourages
抄袭的英文【小题2】situation
【小题3】history
【小题4】Purpo/Aim/Goal/Intention
★【小题5】aware
★【小题6】excitement
【小题7】Benefits/Advantages
【小题8】change
★【小题9】independence
【小题10】related
解析：
试题分析：
【小题1】由第三段可以知道网页是鼓励女孩工程师行业，所以是Encourages
【小题2】由第一段可以知道工程师行业的目前形势：大部分都是男人，很少有女人，所以是situation
【小题3】由第一段第一句话engineering is a profession that has been dominated historically by men．可以知道从历史上看，工程师行业大部分都是男人，所以是history
【小题4】由倒数第五段说的是网页的目的，鼓励女孩学习工程技术，所以是Purpo
★【小题5】由第四段的第三行increasing their awareness of interesting fields in engineering,可以知道是aware
★【小题6】由第五段最后一句the EngineerGirl website stress that engineering can also be fun and exciting．所以是excitement
【小题7】由倒数第四段可以知道是写成为工程师的好处，所以是Benefits
【小题8】由倒数第四段第一行It’s about changing the world for people可以知道是change
★【小题9】由倒数第四段第三行you can be independentany man of mine economically by becoming an engineer．可以知道是independence
【小题10】由倒数第三段第二行the EngineerGirl site also highlights unusual engineering careers in fields可以知道是related
考点：考查综合分析能力
点评：本文主要说明在工程师这个行业，女人非常少，有个网页鼓励女孩成为工程师，说了工程师的好处。做此类题时，首先要通读全文，然后再看问题，根据问题再读文章，找到合适的词，如果没有合适的词，可以根据原句的意思，找个词代替。
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lockedTime, a faithful company of our life, is a universal topic. People are always curious about what it is, how it travels and who it meets.
Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s smartest physicists, once said. “I’m fascinated by time.”
Many of us are, and the popularity of time travel novels, movies and TV ries has proved that. After Palace and Startling by Each Step achieved astonishing ratings last year, Palace 2 aired on January 20, attracting time travel fans back to TV.
Woody Allen’s movie Midnight in Paris achieved great success. It was nominated for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Art Direction for the 2012 Academy Awards.
Dream of heroism
Time travel TV ries and movies connect both today and the past, thus offering room for imagination. Imagination creates a chance for the young to fulfill a dream that is hard to achieve in reality.
Chine writer Xi Juan is a pioneer of time-travel stories in China. In 1993 she published a love story about a young woman time traveling to ancient times. The leading role’s modern personality and perception of love help her win the heart of a cool, handsome martial art master. Such a plot satisfies female fans’ love fantasy.
Starting from the late 1990s, novels about men traveling back to the past prevailed (盛行), with a Step into the Past as the most popular example. In the stories, the male leading roles accomplish great things with their modern skills and wisdom.
It is usually “a dream of heroism come true”, along with enviable romances.
盈余公积的用途Eye candy
gre报名流程“I’m hooked by the shows becau they are characterized by dramatic and poetic love and have eye-pleasing actors,” Xia Xiaoyan, who works for a foreign-owned enterpri in Shanghai, explained her love for time travel TV ries.
Her comment echoes a 2011 survey by Creat Marketing Rearch Co Ltd in China. When asked about what is so appealing about time travel TV ries, 21 percent of respondents answered, “The attractive characters.”
A bigger reason behind the popularity of time travel stories, however, is the relaxation they offer, according to the survey.
Cai Yinong agrees. “Many people are facing tremendous pressure in their fast-paced lives, so this genre is more relaxing than other shows as it provides people with a terrific outlet to escape reality,” Cai told China Daily.
Cultural homesickness
“Which dynasty would you like to live in if you could travel to the past?” asked a survey launched by Shanghai University and Shanghai Social Sciences Association last December.
About 60 percent of the 2,543 respondents cho Tang Dynasty, while Qing Dynasty, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were the other top two destinations.
The survey results reflects people’s definition of the good days: prosperous economy and culture, steady society, fair and uncorrupted politics, and opening up to the outside world.
As for the movie Midnight in Paris, it features modernity versus cultural homesickness. The New York Times commented, “The past ems so much more vivid, more substantial, than the prent. The good old days are so attractive becau we were not around, however much we wish we were.”
尺子的英语Time travel wins fans |
Phenomenon | l Stephen Hawking shows great interest in (71)___________.
l People prefer (72)__________ time travel movies and TV ries.
l Woody Allen was (73)_________ in his time travel movie. |
Reasons for its (74)__________ | Supporting details |
Dream of heroism | l Chances are offered for the young to fulfill (75)__________ hard to achieve in reality.
l Xi Juan’s 1993 love story (76)________ a young woman traveling to ancient times, which satisfies females fans.
l From the late 1990s, novels about (77)_________ traveling back to the past became increasingly popular.
l The male leading role in A Step Into the Past travels back to the past to fulfill great things by using his (78)________ skills and wisdom. |
Eye candy | Attractive actors and travel stories make viewers under pressure (79)__________. |
Cultural homesickness | Most respondents cho to live in a certain dynasty for:
l Prosperous economy and (80)_________;
l Steady society;
l Fair and uncorrupted politics
l Opening up to the outside world. |
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