In the United States, engineering is a profession(职业) that has been historically under the control of men. Even today, it’s still true that few women become civil or chemical or mechanical engineers, but that’s something on www.EngineerGirl.org encouraging girls to change the present situation. Young women who visit the web site can find out about a great job choice they might not have considered. "Women are not well represented in engineering and in engineering education programs and then of course, down the road, in the engineering workforce. So only about 20 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees(本科文凭) go to women, and then only about nine percent of working engineers are women." Mary Mattis, the National Academy of Engineering, says "we know from the research that middle-school girls are at a critical point in their lives, and that it’s a time when we need to reach them, so this website aims to increase their awareness of interesting fields in engineering. On the other hand, it wants to make them understand what a wonderful productive and exciting job you can have as an engineer.” Engineering is a demanding course of study—there is a lot of science and math, for many girls and even boys that can be challenging. But Ms. Mattis says that the EngineerGirl website stresses that engineering can also be fun and exciting. "It’s about designing things. It’s about changing the world for people. It’s about making a difference. And, in addition, you can make a good living; you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer. All of those things are messages that girls need to get." While most engineers go into traditional fields such as mechanical and electrical engineering, the EngineerGirl site also emphasizes engineering jobs which are related to other fields such as bio-engineering, sports engineering and --- believe it or not—chocolate engineering. Even if you are not a girl in the target(目标) age group, there’s a lot of interesting information on the site, including biographies(自传)of some well-known women engineers.
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小题1:Encourages/Encouraging
小题2:situation
小题3:history
小题4:Purposes/Aims/Goals/Intentions
小题5:awareness
小题6:excitement
小题7:Benefits/Advantages
小题8:change
小题9:becoming
小题10:related/linked/relevant/attached
小题1:原词重现:从文章第一段的句子:but that’s something on www.EngineerGirl.org encouraging girls to change the present situation.可知答案是:Encourages/Encouraging
小题2:原词重现:从文章第一段的句子:but that’s something on www.EngineerGirl.org encouraging girls to change the present situation.可知答案是:situation
小题3:词性转化题:从文章第一段的句子:In the United States, engineering is a profession(职业) that has been historically under the control of men可知答案是:historically 改成history
小题4:归纳词:从右边的内容都是不定式可以看出是表示目的:可知答案是:Purposes/Aims/Goals/Intentions
小题5:原词重现:从文章第三段的句子:so this website aims to increase their awareness of interesting fields in engineering.可知答案是:awareness
小题6:词性转化题:从文章第三段的句子:it wants to make them understand what a wonderful productive and exciting job you can have as an engineer.”可知答案是:exciting改成excitement
小题7:归纳题:从右边的内容,可知是学工程学的好处:答案是:Benefits/Advantages
小题8:词性转化题:从文章第五段的句子:It’s about changing the world for people.可知答案是:changing 改成change
小题9:原词重现:从文章第五段的句子:you can be independent economically by becoming an engineer.可知答案是:becoming
小题10:原词重现:从文章第六段的句子:the EngineerGirl site also emphasizes engineering jobs which are related to other fields such as bio-engineering, sports engineering and --- believe it or not—chocolate engineering.可知答案是:related/linked/relevant/attached