"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." Those werethe words uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmlybelieved that the pursuit of science should be (26) to all.

As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklin'scontributions to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time -including the structure of DNA - were sadly (27) in her lifetime. One of myproudest moments in my role as universities and science minister was being ableto go some way to redress this injustice last month, by unveiling the new Marsrover named after this brilliant British scientist.

Today, on International Women's Day, it is only right that we recognise theimportant work of female scientists like Franklin and seek to honour her memoryby inspiring more women and girls to follow in her footsteps.

More than 60 years after Franklin's death, we are (28) living in adifferent world, where women play an important part in every echelon of oursociety 一 not least in science, innovation, higher education and research.

UK universities are world leaders when it comes to advancing and (29)gender equality. The Athena SWAN charter, initially established to improve therepresentation of women in scientific disciplines in higher education, now has145 members. It has also expanded to promote gender equality in multipledisciplines - including the arts, social sciences, humanities, business andlaw.

In the past decade, we have seen a (30) increase in England in the numberof women accepted on to full-time undergraduate degrees in science, technology,engineering and maths (Stem subjects). And in the last academic year, women (31)for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities. The governmentis taking further steps to improve women's representation in science and hastoday awarded nine inspiring women ￡50,000 to develop inventions to tackle thechallenges and seize the opportunities we face as a society. From new materialsto cut down on plastics pollution to special devices to improve posture andcomfort for wheelchair users, these women are at the forefront of creating thenew technology for tomorrow.

This is significant progress, but access to higher education is only halfof the equation. To have real equality in the sector, we need to ensure talentedwomen are able to progress into the academic and leadership roles they desire,and get the remuneration they deserve.

Data shows us the (32) to success gets harder for women to climb thefurther up they go. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in ouruniversities, just under half of academic staff are female. At (33) levels, onlya quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of allfemale academic staff.

I welcome the introduction of pro-active strategies like the new initiativeat the University of Leicester, which I am visiting today, to increase thenumber of female professors by 1.5% each year, with the overall goal of having30% professorships held by women by 2020.

There are also stark differences in pay across grades. The gender pay gapbased on median salaries across the sector in 2016-17 was 13.7%, (34) there isstill some way to go to ensure women are rising through the ranks to highergrade positions and being paid (35) .

【答案】

A) accessible

J) overlooked

O) thankfully

K) promoting

E) considerable

B) accounted

G) ladder

L) senior

N) suggesting

D) appropriately

【答案解析】

26. A) accessible

语法判断：根据前文的that the pursuit of science 和shouldbe，可以判断出这是that引导的一个从句，其中从句的主语为the pursuit of science， 谓语动词为shouldbe，由于动词中有一个be动词，所以空中要么是句子的表语，即可以为形容词或名词，要么是动词的现在分词或过去分词，构成进行时态或被动语态。

语义判断：此处的语义为“科学应该对于所有人来说都 ，可供选择的选项为accessible可接近的、可使用的，considerable相当大的，accounted描述叙述，由此可见此处accessible最为合适，句子大意为“科学应该对于所有人来说都是可以接近的”。

27. J) overlooked

语法判断：空格前面的内容为“Franklin’s contributions to some of the greatest scientificdiscoveries of our time weresadly_____”，其中两个破折号中间去掉不看，谓语动词为were，谓语动词前面的部分就是主语，由于主语过长，所以我们需要把修饰去掉，其中“to some…of ourtime”为介词短语作后置定语进行修饰，核心的名词为contributions。由于谓语动词为were，所以空中要么是句子的表语，即可以为形容词或名词，要么是动词的现在分词或过去分词，构成进行时态或被动语态。

语义判断：“悲伤的是，富兰克林的贡献“由于原文的sadly为这一句的情感奠定了基调，说的是一件让人悲伤的事情，由此可知此处天overlooked(忽略，忽视)最为恰当，句子的意思为“悲伤的是，富兰克林的贡献遭到了忽视”。

28. O) thankfully

语法判断： 原文为“we are _____ living in a different world”，其中we为句子的主语，areliving为句子的谓语动词， be +V-ing构成了进行时态，表示“我们现在生活于一个不同的世界”，句子主干完整，由此课件此处需要添加一个副词，作状语进行修饰。

语义判断：根据句子后面“where women play an important part in every echelon of oursociety”一个定语从句对前文world进行修饰，表示“在这个世界里女性扮演了至关重要的角色”，由此可见这里所强调的世界是一个积极的含义，我们需要找一个表示积极含义的副词，在选项中thankfully(幸亏)放在此处最为贴切。“幸亏，我们生活在一个不同的世界”。

29. K) promoting

语法判断： 根据原文“…when it comes to advancing and _____ genderequality.”可以发现空格前面有一个连词and，and前后连接的词，往往词性一致，而and前为一个动名词advancing，所以此处我们可以优先考虑V-ing形式的词汇。

语法判断：“在涉及到推动以及性别平等时，英国的大学处于世界领先地位”，在英语中并列连词and前后的含义往往相近，所以这里可以找到一个推动的近义词，即promoting(促进)。

30. E) considerable

语法判断：根据原文 “we have seen a _____ increase in England”其中句子的主语为we，谓语动词为haveseen，后面的“a ______increase”为句子的宾语，其中核心名词为increase，a为冠词，由此课件其中少了一个形容词，并且由冠词a判断处为一个辅音音素开头的形容词。

语义判断：原文句子的含义为“我们已经见证了本科各专业女性录取数量的____的上升”，这个词用来修饰“上升”，并且强调一个数量的上升，此处considerable(相当大的)用来强调increase的程度最为合适。

31. B) accounted

语法判断： 根据原文“women _____ for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UKuniversities”,可以看到，在这个句子中，women是主语，“or more than…”为介词短语，不可以作谓语动词，这个句子主干不完整，缺少谓语，并且可以从句子最开头的时间状语“and in the last academicyear”可以判断出这个动词的时态为一般过去时，则我们需要找一个-ed结尾的动词。

语义判断：“上一个学年，女性____英国所有大学的研究生的一半之多“可以看出来，此处需要一个和数字相关的动词，并且由空格后面介词for可以判断固定搭配accountfor(在比例或数量上占…)在此处最为恰当。

32. G) ladder

语法判断： 根据原文“… the ____ to success…”，前面the为冠词，后面需要跟一个名词，而空格后面“tosuccess”为一个介词短语，不是名词词组，由此可以判断，这里需要一个名词。

语义判断：根据原文“Data shows us the _____ to success gets harder for women to climbthe further up they go”,语义为“数据表明，对于女性通向成功的，想向上爬要更困难了”，可以看出这里这个名词使用ladder(梯子)最为切合语境。

33. L) senior

语法判断： 原文“At _____ levels,…”文中at为介词，其后需要跟一名词词组，而levels则为名词，所以此处的空格需要一个形容词对levels进行修饰。

语义判断：此处根据前文“虽然女性在我们的高校中的研究生占大多数，但是只有不到一半的学术员工为女性”，以及设题的句子“At ____ levels,only a quarter of professors arewomen”，“在_____等级，只有四分之一的教授为女性”，可以看出，这里是指在学书界比较高的等级，已经到了教授的级别，所以此处senior表示“级别(或地位)高的”最为合适。

34. N) suggesting

语法判断： 原文“The gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in2016-17 was 13.7%, ____ there is still some way togo…”其中逗号前半部分已经是完整的有自己的主干的一句话，the gender pay gap 为句子的主语，was为谓语动词，13.7%为主语补足语，但是空格后there…也是一个完整的句子，“there…”是一个从句，那此处需要在前方添加一个非谓语动词，there…句子为省略that的宾语从句。

语义判断：“性别之间的薪水差距为13.7%，______,我们依旧有前进的空间”，根据句意可以看出，前面为现象，二后面”我们仍需进步“则是现象的一个推论，由此可以看出，suggesting(暗示，说明)放在此处最为合适。

35. D) appropriately

语法判断：“…to ensure women are rising through the ranks to higher gradepositions and being paid______.”原文中“women…_____.”为ensure的宾语，为一个宾语从句，其中women是主语，“are rising … and beingpaid”为谓语动词，被动语态没有宾语，所以此处主干结构完整，需要一个副词作状语进行修饰。

语义判断：原文的含义为“来确保女性正在不断上升获得更高的职位，并且受到____地支付”，这里表示女性不仅需要在职场中有更好的地位，并且也需要和男性同工同酬，能收到合理的薪水。所以此处appropriately(合适地，恰当地)最为合适。

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