【C5】A．enlargementB．enrollmentC．fundamentD．management

【C4】

A．leading

B．outstanding

C．promising

D．enduring

【C3】

A．holdout

B．holddown

C．holdover

D．holdup

【C2】

A．majority

B．minority

C．rate

D．scale

t year, the climax of decades of change in the status of women at colleges nationwide. The number of women at every level of academia has been【C1】______for decades. Women now hold a nearly 3-to-2【C2】______in undergraduate and graduate education. Doctoral study was the last【C3】______—the only remaining area of higher education that still had a(n) 【C4】______male majority. According to an annual【C5】______report from the Council of Graduate Schools, based in Washington, of the doctoral degrees【C6】______in the last academic year, 28,962 went to women and 28,469 to men. Doctoral degrees, which require a(n) 【C7】______of seven years study, are【C8】______the last to show the【C9】______of long-term changes. "It is a【C10】______that has been snaking its way through the educational pipeline," said Nathan Bell, the reports author and the【C11】______of research and policy analysis for the council. "It was【C12】______to happen." Women have long outnumbered men in【C13】______masters degrees, especially in education. According to the new report, which is based on an【C14】______survey of graduate【C15】______, women earned nearly six in ten graduate degrees in the last academic year. But women who【C16】______to become college professors, a common path for those with doctorates, were【C17】______by the particular demands of faculty life. Studies have found that the tenure clock often conflicts with the【C18】______clock: The busiest years of the【C19】______career are the years that well-educated women【C20】______to have children. Many women feel they have to choose between having a career in academics and having a family.

【C1】

A．extending

B．decreasing

C．expanding

D．rising

【C13】

A．figuring out

B．working out

C．missing out

D．missing out on

【C3】

A．postponed

B．increased

C．accelerated

D．delayed

dinner, answer the phone, or take a shower. But【C1】______that electronic babysitter is not an educational【C2】______According to a recent research, babies who watch TV are more likely to have【C3】______cognitive development and language at 14 months,【C4】______if theyre watching programs【C5】______for adults and older children. Its surprising that TV-watching made a【C6】______at such a tender age. This new study【C7】______259 lower-income families in New York, most of whom spoke Spanish as their【C8】______language at home. Other studies examining higher-income families have come to the【C9】______conclusion: TV watching not only isnt educational, but it seems to【C10】______babies development. Babies who watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental【C11】______one-third lower at 14 months than babies who werent watching that much TV. The【C12】______may be due to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, theyre【C13】______talking, playing, and interactions that are【C14】______to learning and development. But what about "【C15】______" TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didnt find any pluses or minuses when【C16】______to non-educational programs designed for small children, like Sponge-Bob SquarePants.【C17】______research by some of the same scientists has found that parents whose children watch non-educational TV programs like SpongeBob SquarePants spend【C18】______time reading to their children or teaching them. The latest study of educational TV programs like Sesame Street adds more【C19】______to a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that babies under age【C20】______watch no TV at all.

【C1】

A．hopefully

B．unfortunately

C．interestingly

D．unluckily

【C18】

A．cease

B．aggravate

C．stop

D．accelerate

【C11】

A．adding to

B．resulting in

C．offsetting

D．impacting

【C13】

A．transmits

B．delivers

C．transplants

D．purchases