Part D

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text fiom which 10 words have been removed. Choose fiom the words A-O the

　　most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text(46-55). There are FIVE extra words that you

　　do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.

　　To get a sense of bow women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the    46     of some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence s invention of the cyclotron(——j——ll——-——) in 1931. A generation ago, female faces were    47     and, even

　　today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits

　　—— the many distinguished physicists who made history here,   49    all of them white males.     50    display. There, among the photos

　　But climb up to the third floor and you' 11 see a  are portraits of the    51_______head of the department, of current faculty members and students,whose research   52    everything from the mechanics  Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they' re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real    53    may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 9——0 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country' s top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also    54    . "I believe things are getting better," she says, "but they' re not getting better as to   55____-- as I would like. "

　　[ A] circumstance          [ B ] confidence

　　[ C] covers  [ D]current

　　[ F ] different

　　[ E ] deals                  [ H] fast

　　[ G] exposing

　　[ j ] hope

　　[ I ] honoring

　　[ L] rare

　　[ K ] presently                    [ N ] site

　　[ M] realistic

　　[ o] virtually