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　　"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." Those were the words uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmly believed that the pursuit of science should be (26) to all.

　　As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklin's contributions to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our time - including the structure of DNA - were sadly (27) in her lifetime. One of my proudest moments in my role as universities and science minister was being able to go some way to redress this injustice last month, by unveiling the new Mars rover named after this brilliant British scientist.

　　Today, on International Women's Day, it is only right that we recognise the important work of female scientists like Franklin and seek to honour her memory by inspiring more women and girls to follow in her footsteps.

　　More than 60 years after Franklin's death, we are (28) living in a different world, where women play an important part in every echelon of our society 一 not least in science, innovation, higher education and research.

　　UK universities are world leaders when it comes to advancing and (29) gender equality. The Athena SWAN charter, initially established to improve the representation of women in scientific disciplines in higher education, now has 145 members. It has also expanded to promote gender equality in multiple disciplines - including the arts, social sciences, humanities, business and law.

　　In the past decade, we have seen a (30) increase in England in the number of women accepted on to full-time undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem subjects). And in the last academic year, women (31) for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities. The government is taking further steps to improve women's representation in science and has today awarded nine inspiring women £50,000 to develop inventions to tackle the challenges and seize the opportunities we face as a society. From new materials to cut down on plastics pollution to special devices to improve posture and comfort for wheelchair users, these women are at the forefront of creating the new technology for tomorrow.

　　This is significant progress, but access to higher education is only half of the equation. To have real equality in the sector, we need to ensure talented women are able to progress into the academic and leadership roles they desire, and get the remuneration they deserve.

　　Data shows us the (32) to success gets harder for women to climb the further up they go. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in our universities, just under half of academic staff are female. At (33) levels, only a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.

　　I welcome the introduction of pro-active strategies like the new initiative at the University of Leicester, which I am visiting today, to increase the number of female professors by 1.5% each year, with the overall goal of having 30% professorships held by women by 2020.

　　There are also stark differences in pay across grades. The gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in 2016-17 was 13.7%, (34) there is still some way to go to ensure women are rising through the ranks to higher grade positions and being paid (35) .

　　答案：

　　A) accessible

　　J) overlooked

　　O) thankfully

　　K) promoting

　　E) considerable

　　B) accounted

　　G) ladder

　　L) senior

　　N) suggesting

　　D) appropriately

　　26. A. 形容词辨析。Franklin认为“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated”(科学和生活不能也不应该分离)，所以“他坚信每个人都可以追求科学。accessible可以表示“易接触的，容易理解的”。

　　27. J. 被动语态。根据sadly (令人难过地)这里空格处应填一个贬义倾向的词。根据这里提到女性在工作上的地位，联系后文”One of my proudest moments in my role as universities and science minister was being able to go some way to redress this injustice(我最骄傲事情是纠正不公)”，指的是Franklin作为女性所做的贡献被忽视/低估，所以选择overlooked。

　　28. O. 副词辨析。第三段讲述女性在工作中遇到不公待遇，被忽视，第四段中“where women play an important part in every echelon of our society”表明女性地位受到重视，这应该是一件可喜可贺的事情，28空格应该填副词，选O thankfully, “幸亏，总算”，这句话译为，“谢天谢地，Franklin去世60年后，我们生活在一个不一样的世界中，在这个世界中，女性占据着重要的位置。”

　　29. K. 动词ing 辨析。 并列连词前后意思成分应保持一致，advancing “提升 ”与 promoting“促进”意思相近，且都是ing形式，所以应选择K。

　　30. E. 形容词辨析。a ____ increase, 中间应选择形容词，修饰数量的应用“considerable”表示“大量的”。

　　31. B. 考察固定搭配，“account for”占据(多少比例)。这句话意思是，在英国大学中，女性占理工科研究生总数一半以上。

　　32. G. 名词辨析。the后面应该选择名词，“climb the further up they go”译为“他们往上爬”与“ladder”(阶梯)意思一致，这句话的意思是“数据表明，女性越往上爬，通往成功的阶梯就越艰难”，所以这题应选择“ladder”。

　　33. L. 形容词辨析。At ___ levels，应选择形容词。这段指出，大学生大多数都是女性，但是教工人员女性比例还不到一般，更高级别只占了25%，所以这里选择形容词“senior”(年长的，更高级别的)。

　　34. N. 分词短语。The gender gap...was 13.7%是该句的主句，后面非谓语动词短语作伴随状语，根据意思，“性别收入差距在13.7%， 表明还有很长的路可以走”，suggest，除了“建议”的意思外，还有“表明，暗示”的意思。

　　35. D. 副词辨析。根据and左右并列意思相近的成分。前半部分“rising to higher grade position(上升到高位)”和后半部分being paid “支付”应填副词，工资合理/恰当，所以应选择“appropriately”。

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