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題干：Idon’teverwanttotalkaboutbeingawomanscientistagain.Therewasatimeinmylifewhenpeopleaskedconstantlyforstoriesaboutwhatit'sliketoworkinafielddominatedbymen.IwasneververygoodattellingthosestoriesbecausetruthfullyIneverfoundtheminteresting.WhatIdofindinterestingistheoriginoftheuniverse，theshapeofspace-timeandthenatureofblackholes.At19，whenIbeganstudyingastrophysics,itdidnotbothermeintheleasttobetheonlywomanintheclassroom.ButwhileearningmyPh.D.atMITandthenasapost-doctordoingspaceresearch,theissuestartedtobotherme.Myeveryachievement-jobs,researchpapers,awards-wasviewedthroughthelensofgender(性別)politics.Soweremyfailures.Sometimes,whenIwaspushedintoanargumentonleftbrainversus(相對于）rightbrain,ornatureversusnurture(培育），Iwouldinstantlyfightfiercelyonmybehalfandallwomankind.Thenonedayafewyearsago，outofmymouthcameasentencethatwouldeventuallybecomemyreplytoanyandallprovocations：Idon'ttalkaboutthatanymore.Ittookme10yearstogetbacktheconfidenceIhadat19andtorealizethatIdidn'twanttodealwithgenderissues.Whyshouldcuringsexismbeyetanotherterribleburdenoneveryfemalescientist?Afterall,Idon'tstudysociologyorpoliticaltheory.TodayIresearchandteachatBarnard,awomen’scollegeinNewYorkCity.Recently,some-oneaskedmehowmanyofthe45studentsinmyclasswerewomen.Youcannotimaginemysatisfactionatbeingabletoanswer,45.Iknowsomeofmystudentsworryhowtheywillmanagetheirscientificresearchandadesireforchildren.AndIdon’tdismissthoseconcerns.Still,Idon'ttellthem“war”stories.Instead，Ihavegiventhemthis：thevisualoftheirphysicsprofessorheavilypregnantdoingphysicsexperiments.Andinturntheyhavegivenmetheimageof45womendrivenbyaloveofscience.Andthat'sasightworthtalkingabout.
題目：From Paragraph 2，we can infer that people would attribute the author's failures to_____. - A 、the very fact that she is a woman
- B 、her involvement in gender politics
- C 、her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
- D 、the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
推理題。由第二段倒數第二句 My every achievement… viewed through the lens of gender politics 可知作者每項成就都要經過性別歧視的有色眼鏡的審視。were my failures意為“失敗也是”，所以作者的失敗也歸咎于她的性別。故A選項為正確答案。
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