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  3. British physicist Dr. Jess Wade has written 270 Wikipedia pages for trailblazing female scientists in an effort to get every wom

British physicist Dr. Jess Wade has written 270 Wikipedia pages for trailblazing female scientists in an effort to get every wom

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问题     British physicist Dr. Jess Wade has written 270 Wikipedia pages for trailblazing female scientists in an effort to get every woman "who has achieved something impressive in science to get the prominence and recognition they deserve".
    Completing the feat in less than a year, Wade, a postdoctoral researcher in the field of plastic electronics at Imperial College London’s Blackett Laboratory, said she needed to " change things from the inside" to encourage more girls to participate in science, according to The Guardian.
    " Wikipedia is a really great way to engage people in this mission because the more you read about these sensational women, the more you get so motivated and inspired by their personal stories," Wade told the publication.
    Wade told HuffPost that she " decided at the beginning of this year" that she’d make one page an evening. "In reality, I’ve made more than that, because sometimes there are just too many awesome people, and it would be too much of an injustice not to get their stories out, ASAP," she told HuffPost.
    As a female Ph. D. student, Wade realized she was a minority in her program — a feeling that became the catalyst for her speaking out at school and encouraging younger women to get involved in science, technology, engineering or math. Wade became particularly fixated on revising the messaging surrounding women in science.
    For example, "9 percent is not enough" is a tagline of a 2016 campaign by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. " If I heard something was only 9 percent of girls when I was at school I would’ve been, ’Like, no,’" Wade told The Guardian.
    Additionally, Wade noticed that many of the initiatives designed to boost women’s participation, at least in the U. K. , have "little or no evaluation as to whether the projects had achieved their aims".
    " There’s so much energy, enthusiasm and money going into all these initiatives to get girls into science," Wade told the publication. "Absolutely none of them is evidence-based and none of them work. It’s so unscientific, that’s what really surprises me. "
What probably contributed to Dr. Jess Wade’s behavior?
选项 A、Wade realized she was a minority in her program as a female.
B、Wade became particularly fixated on revising the messaging surrounding women in science.
C、Wade got involved in science, technology, engineering and math.
D、Wade thought 9 percent is not enough.
答案A
解析 细节题。根据选项定位到第五段。第一句就提到了她所作所为的理由。“作为一名女博士，韦德意识到她在自己的专业中占少数——这种感受促使她在学校发表演讲……”[B]是她的具体行为，不是她的动机。[C]是她希望带领年轻女性做的事情，[D]这个理由不够具体，有些片面。因此应该选择[A]。
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