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When Amber Post started graduate school in physics at Princeton, her goal was the same as her male colleagues’: a teaching post

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问题     When Amber Post started graduate school in physics at Princeton, her goal was the same as her male colleagues’: a teaching post at a major university. Now with her Ph. D. just a year away, Post is thinking instead about working for a policymaking agency in Washington. Although Princeton , with Shirley Tilghman as the president, is welcoming to female scientists, Post senses that her reception in the larger academic world might be chillier. At famous universities, the percentage of women earning doctor’s degrees in science and engineering is considerably higher than the percentage of women professors—which means that a lot of talented women Ph. D. s like Post leave campus for jobs in government or industry instead of climbing the teaching ladder.
    Stopping this female brain drain has been a challenge for years. At a recent academic conference, Harvard president Lawrence Summers suggested that women aren’t succeeding because they lack ability in math and science by nature. His comments drew immediate criticism. Indeed, scien-tists have uncovered some differences in male and female brains, but it’s unclear how these differences affect talent.
    Summers proposed two other possible problems for women: the conflict between work and life, and absolute prejudice against women (which he seemed to dismiss). Many women scientists blame these two problems for the lack of women professors. Junior teachers need to spend their 20s and 30s on research and publication. Those are the same years when women have children. Time is an enemy for women in other professions, especially law and medicine. But while women doctors and lawyers benefit from lots of successful role models, academic science continues to belong to men chiefly. "The atmosphere isn’t compelling or welcoming, "Post says. "Too many of my female friends drop out of graduate programs simply because the environment is disappointing, not because they can’t handle the math. "
    Even against this background, there has been some progress. More universities are pushing hard with stepped-up recruitment efforts and trying hard to assist staff members with young families. But ultimately, the best remedy against prejudice would be more women on top, like Princeton’s Tilghman.
According to the text, the gap in percentage between women Ph. D. s and women professors indicates that_______.
选项 A、universities lack competitiveness in the recruitment market
B、a lot of women professors have chosen to leave universities
C、few women Ph. D. s are qualified for the competitive campus
D、universities are faced with the problem of female brain drain
答案D
解析 细节题。文章第二段第一句话就指出阻止女性人才外流已经是很多年的一项艰巨任务，而从第一段可以看出，虽然在高校中，优秀的博士很多，但是她们不继续在学校中教书，而是转向别的领域，第二段第一句话就给出解释，是因为人才外流。故选D。
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