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1、6 Are men the new minority?In the spring of 2010, a group of academics gathered at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., to propose a new field of research: “Male Studies.” Not to be confused with Mens Studies, which has been around for more than two decades, Male Studies is founded on the premise
2、that men are now disenfranchised, and womens success has come at their expense.Sound counterintuitive? It may be. But those backing the proposal have some solid statistics behind them. For starters, since 2000, women have represented about 57 percent of enrollment at colleges in the United States, t
3、hey consistently outperform males in high school, and are now earning more Ph.D.s. Taken at face value, it sure seems like somethings wrong. But is it correct to assume that the imbalance indicates discrimination against men? Or is it the other way around? In 2006, Jennifer Delahunty Britz, an admis
4、sions dean at Ohios Kenyon College, caused a stir when she wrote in The New York Times apologizing to female college applicants for routinely rejecting them in favor of their lessqualified male peers. Kenyon is far from alone: at Northwestern, the acceptance rate is 26 percent for women and 34 perce
5、nt for men; and at the University of Richmond, the admissions rate for males is 13 percent higher than for females.But despite probes into discrimination against women, its groups like those gathered at Wagnerwho believe that its men who get the short stickthat are the most vocal about gender imbala
6、nce on campus. The folks at Wagner are quick to say that women are keeping mum because drawing attention to the issue would be tantamount to declaring victory for womens rights. With boys continuing to fall behind, and the recession claiming more mens jobs than womens, the subject has been getting i
7、ncreasing attention. But its sources and solutions remain hard to pin down. Leonard Sax, the author of Boys Adrift and Girls on the Edge, believes that the problem with boys is related to basic assumptions about gender, saying that boys increasingly think of academic success as unmasculine.If theres
8、 one thing that almost everyone agrees on, its that making sure that boys succeed in school does not have to come at the expense of girlsits not a zerosum game. In fact, Sax calls the conflict between the Male Studies and Mens Studies advocates an “ongoing and unproductive debate.” Noting that altho
9、ugh girls might do better academically, theyre also more likely to experience very high stress levels, eating disorders, and cutting, he says, “Boys have problems. Girls have problems. Both are disadvantaged, but theyre disadvantaged in different ways.” Before we declare victory for either gender, i
10、ts a message to bear in mind.1. Male studies focus on _.A. the inferior position of men B. the sacrifices made by menC. the improvement of womens positionD. the discrimination against women2. The author cites the example of Kenyon College to prove _.A. the inclusiveness of JenniferB. the malpractice
11、 of collegesC. the discrimination against menD. the discrimination against women3. Leonard Sax attributes the more serious unemployment of men to _. A. their arrogance for gender advantagesB. their ignorance of academic successC. the misleading social stereotypeD. the unreasonable assumption about g
12、ender4. Sax would agree that _.A. the Male Studies and Mens Studies should be prohibited B. the Male Studies will be ultimately unproductive and uselessC. men and women, boys and girls, have an equal positionD. people should hold an objective attitude towards womens success5. The best title for the
13、passage should be _.A. Men and WomenB. Male Studies or Mens StudiesC. The Discrimination Against MenD. Disadvantaged Men考研词汇academica.学校的，学院的；学术的；n.学者，大学教师真题例句 If the preoccupation of schools with academic (a.) work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.1995 年阅读 4例句精译
14、 如果学校对学业的强调减少一些，也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。真题例句 Mr. McWhorters academic (a.) speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the caseendings of Old English.2005 年阅读 4例句精译 麦克沃特先生的学术专长在于语言史和语言变化，举
15、例来说，他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是很自然的，并不比旧式英语中词格的消失更让人惋惜。真题例句 Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic (n.) and former chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering” has been crude. 1998 年阅读 2例句精译 哈佛学者、快速增长的面包连锁店 Au Bon Pain 的前任总裁莱昂纳多施莱辛格说，许多“重组” 是粗糙的。pre
16、misen.前提，房屋及地基；v.提论，预述consistenta.（with ）前后一致的，始终如一的真题例句 Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.1996 年阅读 5例句精译 对于所发生的一切，宇宙学、地质学、生物学已经提供了一贯的、统一的并且是在不断完善的解释。stirn.轰动；v. 搅动； 打动，激起真题例句 The words used by the speaker may (44：stir (v.) up) unfavorable reactions in the listener (45：which) inte
