任务型读写专练AWomenareavoidingacademiccareersinmathintensivefieldsbecausethelifestyleisconsistentwithmotherhood,researchersatCornellUniversityfoundinastudytobepublishednextmonthinAmericanScientistMagazine.Universitieshavelongbeencriticizedforhiringandevaluationpoliciesthatdiscriminateagainstwomen,butthefindingsofthisnewstudypointtothefemalebiologicalclockasamainreasonwhysofewwomenendupasprofessorsinfieldssuchasmath,engineering,physicsandcomputerscience.Awomanwhowantsafamilylooksatthetoughpathtoatenured(终身的)positionandconsidershowoldshewillbebeforeshecanstartafamilyandhowlittletimeshewillhavetoraiseherchildren.Manyofthosewomenchooseamoreflexiblecareer.“Universitieshavebeenlargelyinflexibleaboutanythingotherthanthestandardtimetable,whichmeansyou’llhavetostruggleforyearsandonlythenwouldyouconsidergettingpregnant(怀孕的),”saidWendyWilliams,ahumandevelopmentprofessoratCornellwhocoauthoredthestudywithherhusband,StephenCeci.WilliamsandCecianalyzeddataabouttheacademiccareersofmenandwomenwithandwithoutchildren.Beforewomenbecamemothers,theyhadcareersequaltoormoresuccessfulthantheirmalepeers.Butoncetheygavebirth,thedynamicchanged.Womeninotheracademicfieldssuchasthehumanitiesandsocialsciencesfacesimilarproblemsandoftenleaveacademicaswell.ButbecausetherearesomanywomeninthosePh.D.programs,enoughfinallystaytoamounttoacriticalmassoffemaleprofessors.Inmathheavyfields,however,womenmakeupatinyminorityofthegraduatestudents.SowhentherarefewwhomakeitthroughaPh.D.programleavebecauseuniversitiesarenotconcernedabouttheirneedsasmothersatall,thenetresultisalmostnowomenrepresentedonfacultyrosters(教师名单),thestudysaid.PhenomenonFewwomenchoose1.________careersinmathintensivefields.ReasonsGeneralbeliefThehiringandevaluationpoliciesofuniversitiesdon’ttreatwomen2.________.NewdiscoverySofewwomenendupasprofessorsinfields,suchasmath,engineering,physicsandcomputerscience3.________becauseofthefemalebiologicalclock.SupportingdetailsThe4.________pathandthecountlesshourstheyneedtodevotetotheirworkmakethemgiveup.Universitieshavebeeninflexibleaboutanything5.________thestandardtimetable.Beforewomenbecamemothers,theyachievedequalormore6.________thantheirmalepeers.Butaftertheyhadchildren,thingschanged.Womeninotheracademicfieldsarealso7.________withthesameproblemandleaveacademicaswell.8.________Thefactthatthelifestyleofprofessordoesn’t9.________withtheirmotherhoodleadstotheirbeingunwillingtotakeupacademiccareersinmathintensivefields.EveniftherarefewmakeitthroughaPh.D.program,theyleaveintheendbecauseuniversitiesdon’t10.________abouttheirneedsasmothers.BHowtoGraduatefromCollegewithaHighGPA(GradePointAverage)OneHouraDayOneofthemostchallengingthingsaboutcollegeistimemanagement.It’snotthatyoudon’thaveenough.Infactyouusuallyhavetoomuchtime,andasaresulttimegetswasted.Ifyoutakegoodnotesinclass,andspendonehourreviewingyournoteseverydaybeforegoingtosleep,youmakeuseofthepowerofthesubconscious(下意识)toabsorbinformationandbythetimeexamscomearoundyou’llknowallthematerialsonasubconsciouslevel,andyoudon’thavetositupthenightbeforeexams.Consideringtheamountoffreetimeyouusuallyhaveincollege,onehouradayisnotmuchinviewofthelongtermbenefits.SelectEasyCoursesInyourfirsttermofcollege,loaduponasmany“easyA’s”aspossible.Thereareseveralreasonsforthis.Thefirsttermofcollegeisfullofexcitementasitis,...