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(2019·唐山摸底)Tokyo Medical University, one of Japan’s top medical universities, has been systematically blocking female applicants from entering the school by lowering their entrance exam results for the past decade, local news agencies have reported.
The scandal(丑闻) surfaced during the university’s investigation of another scandal, in which its former director was accused of giving admission to the son of a senior education official in exchange for a favor.
Admissions records released by the school show the percentage of women who passed the entrance exam rose from 24% in 2009 to 38% in 2010. The figure has since stayed below that level, falling to 18% in 2018, when only 30 women of the 1,019 female applicants were eventually accepted.
Women account for more than 40% of the overall workforce, but the share of female doctors has been stuck at about 30% since 1998. The slow progress in medicine has caused an assumption that other medical institutes probably have similar policies that discriminate against female applicants.
So why is a country that is battling a shortage of doctors trying to bar qualified female candidates from getting training?
It is believed that female students will eventually leave the medical profession to give birth to and raise their children. There is a silent understanding to accept more male students as one way to solve the doctor shortage.
It is true that female physicians tend to leave the profession at much higher rates than male, but many disagree that keeping them out of medical school is an effective response.
Yoshiko Maeda, head of the Japan Medical Women’s Association, said, “It is astonishing that women are being robbed of their right to seek entry to the medical profession. Instead of worrying about women quitting jobs, they should do more to create an environment where women can keep working.”
语篇导读 本文主要讲述了东京医科大学通过降低女性考生的分数从而阻止其入学的丑闻。
1．Which year saw the highest level of female admission percentage in Tokyo Medical University?
A．1998． B．2009.
C．2010． D．2018.
解析 C 数字计算题。根据第三段可知，2010年女性考生的录取率最高，达到38%，而2009年是24%,2018年是18%，均低于2010年，故选C项。
2．What does the underlined word “bar” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．Prevent． B．Separate.
C．Distinguish． D．Protect.
解析 A 词义猜测题。根据第四段最后一句并结合第五段可推知，此处bar表示“阻止”，与第一段中的blocking呼应，故选A项。
3．What is Maeda’s attitude to Tokyo Medical University’s policy?
A．Cautious． B．Disapproving.
C．Uninterested． D．Favorable.
解析 B 观点态度题。根据最后一段中的It is astonishing that…to the medical profession可推知，Maeda对东京医科大学采取的政策不赞成，故选B项。
4．What is the main idea of the text?
A．Female doctors in Japan tend to leave their profession.
B．Female doctors make up the larger part of the Japanese workforce.
C．Tokyo Medical University put forward a new admission policy.
D．Tokyo Medical University changed test scores to keep women out.
解析 D 主旨大意题。本文是一篇新闻报道，主要报道了日本东京医科大学通过降低女性考生的分数从而阻止其入学的丑闻，故选D项。
