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All of the 2019 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men. That’s a return to business as usual, after biochemical engineer Fr

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问题         All of the 2019 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men. That’s a return to business as usual, after biochemical engineer Frances Arnold won in 2018, for chemistry, and Donna Strickland received the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics.
        Strickland was only the third female physicist to get a Nobel following Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer 60 years later. When asked how that felt, she noted that at first it was surprising to realize so few women had won the award, "But, I mean, I do live in a world of mostly men, so seeing mostly men doesn’t really ever surprise me either."
        The rarity of female Nobel laureates raises questions about women’s exclusion from education and careers in science. Female researchers have come a long way over the past century. But there’s overwhelming evidence that women remain underrepresented in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
        Studies have shown those who persist in these careers face explicit and implicit barriers to advancement. Bias is most intense in fields that are predominantly male where women lack a critical mass of representation and are often viewed as tokens or outsiders.
        Traditional stereotypes hold that women "don’t like math" and "aren’t good at science." Both men and women report these viewpoints, but researchers have empirically disputed them. Studies show that girls and women avoid STEM education not because of cognitive inability, but because of early exposure and experience with STEM, educational policy, cultural context, stereotypes and a lack of exposure to role models.
        For the past several decades, efforts to improve the representation of women in STEM fields have focused on countering these stereotypes with educational reforms and individual programs that can increase the number of girls entering and staying in what’s been called the STEM pipeline—the path from K-12 to college to postgraduate training.
        These approaches are working. Women are increasingly likely to express an interest in STEM careers and pursue STEM majors in college. Women now make up half or more of workers in psychology and social sciences and are increasingly represented in the scientific workforce, though computer and mathematical sciences are an exception.
        More women are graduating with STEM Ph. D. s and earning faculty positions. But they encounter glass cliffs and ceilings as they advance through their academic careers. They face a number of structural and institutional barriers in academic STEM careers.
        In addition to issues related to the gender pay gap, the structure of academic science often makes it difficult for women to get ahead in the workplace and to balance work and life commitments. Bench science can require years of dedicated time in a laboratory. The strictures of the tenure-track process can make maintaining work-life balance, responding to family obligations, and having children or taking family leave difficult, if not impossible.
What did Donna Strickland mean when she was asked how she felt?
选项 A、She still felt surprised why there were few women that had won the Nobel Prize.
B、She thought that men deserved the awards as they made great contribution.
C、She no longer felt surprised as there were always more men in her career and life.
D、She was surprised by the fact that there were so few women in her world.
答案C
解析 细节题。题干：当Donna Strickland被问及她的感受时，她是什么意思?根据题干关键词“Donna Strickland”和“how she felt”定位到文章第二段“Strickland was only the third female physicist to get a Nobel following Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert. Mayer 60 years later. When asked how that felt，she noted that at first it was surprising to realize so few women had won the award，‘But，I mean，I do live in a world of mostly men，so seeing mostly men doesn’t really ever surprise me either.’(Strickland是继1903年玛丽·居里和60年后的玛丽亚·格佩特_梅耶之后第三位获得诺贝尔奖的女性物理学家。当被问及她的感受时，她指出，起初她很惊讶地发现很少有女性获得这个奖项，‘但是，我的意思是，我确实生活在一个以男性居多的世界里，所以看到大部分男性获得该奖项也不会让我感到惊讶’)”，由此可知，由于在Strickland的工作环境中男性多于女性，所以获得该奖项的男性多于女性不会让她感到很惊讶，，C项“她不再感到惊讶，因为在她的事业和生活中总是男性居多”符合该意思。A项“她仍然对为什么获得诺贝尔奖的女性很少而感到惊讶”，文中说“她起初很惊讶地发现很少有女性获得这个奖项”，但是“后来她对大部分男性获得该奖也不会感到惊讶”，故A项错误。B项“她认为男人应该得到这个奖项，因为他们做出了巨大的贡献”，文中并没有提及，故B项错误。D项“她感到惊讶的是，她的世界中女性很少”，文中提到她意识到在自己的周围男性居多，但是这一点并没有让她惊讶，故D项错误。故本题选C。
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