2. 外语
  3. There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about what it’s like to work in a field【C2】______by men. I wa

There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about what it’s like to work in a field【C2】______by men. I wa

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问题     There was a time in my life when people asked【C1】______for stories about what it’s like to work in a field【C2】______by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because【C3】______I never found them interesting.【C4】______I do find interesting is the origin of the universe and the nature of black holes.
    At 19,【C5】______I began studying astrophysics, it did not【C6】______me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while【C7】______my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the【C8】______started to trouble me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers,【C9】______—was viewed through the lens of gender politics.【C10】______were my failures.
    Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth【C11】______a sentence that would eventually become my reply【C12】______any and all of these: I don’t talk about that anymore. It 【C13】______me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to【C14】______with gender issues.
    Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many【C15】______the 45 students 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【C16】______their scientific research and a desire【C17】______children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And【C18】______they have given me the image of 45 women【C19】______by a love of science. And that’s a sight【C20】______talking about.
【C18】
选项 A、in contrast
B、in comparison
C、in turn
D、in return
答案C
解析 词组辨析题。in turn此处意为“转而，反过来”。如：The agency wants to put pressure on local business people，so they,in turn，will put pressure on state officials．该机构想要给本地商户施加压力，所以，他们也会同样向州政府施压。in contrast：对比(不同点)；in comparison：比较(相似点)；in return：作为回报。
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