阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第1至第10小题的空格里填上适当的单词可短语。注意：每空不超过3个单词。

The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo, Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender (性别) gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women says, “Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information.”

After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University Women researchers found that girls make up only small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistently rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.

An instructor of a computer lab says he’s already noticed some difference. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, “Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow.”

Purple Moon says it found what girls want----characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what’s going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, “What we definitely found from girls is that there is no intrinsic(固有的) reason why they wouldn’t want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing.”

The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this: the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21 st century.

A gender gap in 1.             

What you said      quite to the point but what we need      experienced technical workers.

A. is ; are       B. is ; is          C. are ; are      D. are ; is

--- Which do you prefer, classical music or pop music?

---        . I prefer folk music.

A. Either       B. Both          C. None         D. Neither

--- How long will you be staying?

--- I don’t know.              .

A. That’s OK               B. Never mind        C. It depends  D. It doesn’t matter

What he told us about the situation simply doesn’t make any        .

A. sense       B. idea           C. meaning      D. mistake

We found the old man lying in bed,         .

A. coldly and hungrily    B. cold and hungry C. coldly and hungry     D. cold and hungrily

If you meet      problems, please turn      me.

A. with; to     B. down; up     C. with; up      D. across; to

        the fact that I don’t like my job, I must work very hard.

A. In spite of   B. Instead of      C. Because of   D. In place of

John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work       , he gladly accepted it.

A. finishing    B. finished       C. having finished   D. was finished

--- She looks very happy. She      have passed the exam.

--- I guess so.

A. should      B. could         C. must         D. might