36. n: A. circumstance B. confidence
E. deals J. hope
N. site
答案：N
A generation ago, female faces were 37 and,even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see afull corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicistswho made history here, 39 all of there white males.
37. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
L. rare M. realistic
答案：L
38. v.ing: G. exposing I. honoring
答案：I
39. adv: K. presently O. virtually
答案：O
There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, areportraits of the 41 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro and fourother women whose research 42everything from the mechanics of theuniverse to the smallest particles of matter.
41. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
L. rare M. realistic
42. v.: C. covers E. deals J. hope
答案：C
And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right:graduate and undergraduate students,about 20 percent of them female. …That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44.
43. n: A. circumstance B. confidence E. deals
J. Hope N. site
44. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
L. rare M. realistic
"I believe things are getting better"she says. "but they're notgetting better as 45as I would like.“
45. adj.: D. current F. different H. fast
L. rare M. realistic
答案：H
Section B
Is College a Worthy Investment?
【点评】
本文主要针对大学教育是否是一项值得投资的话题进行深入探讨和分析，文章标题Is College a Worthy Investment?已经很明显地暗示了文章的主旨大意内容，考生做题时应多关注标题，这是很重要的解题线索。
本文选自Newsweek《新闻周刊》，该话题是考生比较熟悉的教育问题，大学教育是否值得投资，文中指出大学高等教育不是人们获得成功的唯一途径，人们应该选择适合自己的道路，即使上了大学也不一定能找到好工作，同时也指出目前市场和企业需求的变化，人们应该理性选择，提高觉悟，做出正确的选择。
文章本身话题和语言难度并不高，大多考查事实细节，考生应掌握一定的同义转换技能。
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。