职称英语考试 [2018年理工类职称英语考试阅读判断练习题（9）]
Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the madscientist changed? The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics"boffin" (科学家) still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London.The peoplewere asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects.98percent of those asked got it wrong.The majority of people picked a white male of around 60,wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of all average physicist fifty years ago,thereality is now very different since 1960 the number of young women entering physics hasdoubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media andHollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboardsfull of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes.These stereotypes arereally damaging to society.Very good school children are put off studying science because theydon"t see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing science.They simply don"t relate to the media"s image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university.If wewant to encourage more young people to study science subjects,we need to change this imageof the scientist and make science careers more attractive.But we must also develop children"sinterest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image,an increasing number of science festivals arebeing organized.Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take partin the international wide science competitions of which the most popular are the national ScienceOlympiads.Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the International Science Olympiads which are held in a different county every year.These events are allinteresting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small proportion of
students who are already interested in science.It seems that there is a long way to go beforescience becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.
Most people have similar ideas of what a physicist looks like.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
17、The majority of physicists in Britain today are Cambridge graduates
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
18、The media and the cinema have played a role in promoting the image of the mad
scientist.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
19、There will be more women scientists than men scientists in the future
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
20、More children will study science if it becomes more attractive,
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
21、The image of the mad scientist is really encouraging to society.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
22、The International Science Olympiads are held once every two years.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
参考答案：ACACABB