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Nobel laureate Tim Hunt, who ignited a debate over sexism in science with his comments about women at a conference last month, w

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问题     Nobel laureate Tim Hunt, who ignited a debate over sexism in science with his comments about women at a conference last month, will not be restored as an honorary professor at University College London (UCL), the university has confirmed.
    Hunt resigned from his UCL position in the wake of comments made at
    the World Conference of Science Journalists. "Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab... you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them they cry," he told delegates—remarks that he said were intended to be light-hearted. Hunt faced loads of criticism and he also resigned from the Royal Society’s Biological Science Awards Committee. But some high-profile scientists said that his treatment had been disproportionate, and petitions to have him restored emerged. Hunt’s critics also subsequently faced a furious opposition online.
    The controversy has shone a spotlight on the broader issue of sexism in science but has not yet led to specific changes at other UK universities, say academics.
    "His comments will from now on make it far easier for everyone in academia to comprehend that what we say and the way it is interpreted by others, not how we wanted it to be interpreted, are foremost," says Alastair Edge, who chairs the physics department’s diversity and equality committee at the University of Durham. Existing staff guidelines at UCL highlight this point and would have contributed to the decisions the university made, he adds. "In my personal opinion, had a Durham scientist said equally unreconstructed nonsense then I hope he or she would have been treated similarly."
    Michele Clarke at the University of Nottingham,  says that although the Tim Hunt affair was unfortunate, it hasn’t changed the group’s views or procedures. These already include training and awareness-raising, she notes.
    Discussion at a training event for senior women seeking career progression, which happened around the time of Hunt’s remarks, "evoked some amused and amazed comments" but no calls for direct action, Clarke says. "I think we all hope those attitudes are beginning to die out with the ’old guard’."
    Hunt’s comments have highlighted the issue of the underrepresentation of women in science in the mainstream media, says Jane Norman of the University of Edinburgh. But the university was already working hard in this area with a variety of measures, she says. These include targeting funds to stimulate research by women returning from maternity leave, and by training senior staff and selection panel members about "unconscious bias"—a well-documented psychological effect exhibited by most people.
The underlined phrase "old guard" in Paragraph 7 refers to the ones who
选项 A、are reluctant to change views toward women.
B、make amused and amazed comments online.
C、support women seeking career progression.
D、call for gender equality in the world of science.
答案A
解析 old guard一词出现在第七段末句，该句是Clarke的原话，她表示希望old guard和那些态度一起消失(die out)，由上一段的内容可知，她希望Tim Hunt的事件可以改变科学界对女性态度，换句话说，她是支持性别平等的，故她希望消失的应是“对女性的固有(消极)看法”，选项中只有A项符合。
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