Question

【题目】

A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes B. She learned to make a machine with the blocks（积木） 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（投资）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】

试题分析：短文大意：美国学生想当工程师、数学家或科学家的人不多。美国政府想改变这种状况。政府将要花30亿美元用于对年轻人的科学、工业、工程师及数学方式面的教育。近年将要开放科学，技术，工程，数学的教育工作；政府投资的目的是为了增加从事这些工作的美国人的数量。在科学，技术，工程，数学的教育等工作中，女孩人数低于男孩，女孩不比男孩对这些方面感兴趣，女孩不比男孩受欢迎。要改变这种情况，需要做的很多，在学校里，女生应该参加要求团队协作及创新思维的项目。

【1】E 前句：政府将要花30亿美元用于对年轻人的科学、工业、工程师及数学方面的教育。在下文，开始出现了缩写词STEM，可以推测这里说明其含义。故选E：The four areas together are known as STEM（这四个方面一起以STEM而闻名）。

【2】C 后句里有个“than boys”可以推测出这里谈论的是girls怎样，后面的“Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.”（只有25%的STEM学生是女生）可以推测出这里是说“女生少”的意思，故选C：Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects（然而女生好像对STEM课程更不感兴趣。）

【3】A 前句：Sterling创造了Goldie的角色；后句：Goldie讲故事，解决难题并建立新的世界。由此可以推测这里是对Goldie作介绍的句子，故选A：Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes（Goldie不在意美貌和衣服。）

【4】B 前句是对一个喜欢科学的女孩的介绍，她的奶奶送给她一套Goldie Blox玩具，这里应该是介绍她玩玩具的收获。故选B：She learned to make a machine with the blocks（她学会了用积木堆机器。）

【5】D 前句：专家们说，父母要做的事很多，不仅仅是买玩具来使他们的女儿对STEM科目感兴趣。可以推测出后面说是的他们还可以做些什么，故选D：They should also provide a good education（他们也应该提供好的教育。）