Question

【題目】

A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes B. She learned to make a machine with the blocks（積木） C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects D. They should also provide a good education E. The four areas together are known as STEM

Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The US government wants to change that. The government will spend three billion dollars on the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. 【1】____________.

Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The purpose of the government’s investment（投資）is to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs. 【2】____________ than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.

Camsie McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects.

Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is “Goldie Blox”. To interest girls, Sterling created the character “Goldie”. 【3】_____________. Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds.

Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. 【4】____________.

Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. 【5】___________. At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：美國學(xué)生想當(dāng)工程師、數(shù)學(xué)家或科學(xué)家的人不多。美國政府想改變這種狀況。政府將要花30億美元用于對年輕人的科學(xué)、工業(yè)、工程師及數(shù)學(xué)方式面的教育。近年將要開放科學(xué)，技術(shù)，工程，數(shù)學(xué)的教育工作；政府投資的目的是為了增加從事這些工作的美國人的數(shù)量。在科學(xué)，技術(shù)，工程，數(shù)學(xué)的教育等工作中，女孩人數(shù)低于男孩，女孩不比男孩對這些方面感興趣，女孩不比男孩受歡迎。要改變這種情況，需要做的很多，在學(xué)校里，女生應(yīng)該參加要求團隊協(xié)作及創(chuàng)新思維的項目。

【1】E 前句：政府將要花30億美元用于對年輕人的科學(xué)、工業(yè)、工程師及數(shù)學(xué)方面的教育。在下文，開始出現(xiàn)了縮寫詞STEM，可以推測這里說明其含義。故選E：The four areas together are known as STEM（這四個方面一起以STEM而聞名）。

【2】C 后句里有個“than boys”可以推測出這里談?wù)摰?/span>是girls怎樣，后面的“Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.”（只有25%的STEM學(xué)生是女生）可以推測出這里是說“女生少”的意思，故選C：Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects（然而女生好像對STEM課程更不感興趣。）

【3】A 前句：Sterling創(chuàng)造了Goldie的角色；后句：Goldie講故事，解決難題并建立新的世界。由此可以推測這里是對Goldie作介紹的句子，故選A：Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes（Goldie不在意美貌和衣服。）

【4】B 前句是對一個喜歡科學(xué)的女孩的介紹，她的奶奶送給她一套Goldie Blox玩具，這里應(yīng)該是介紹她玩玩具的收獲。故選B：She learned to make a machine with the blocks（她學(xué)會了用積木堆機器。）

【5】D 前句：專家們說，父母要做的事很多，不僅僅是買玩具來使他們的女兒對STEM科目感興趣�？梢酝茰y出后面說是的他們還可以做些什么，故選D：They should also provide a good education（他們也應(yīng)該提供好的教育。）