六级考试推荐阅读练习（6）
<p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="doctoral">doctoral</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="culmination">culmination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="colleges">colleges</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span>.</p><p> <span word="culmination">culmination</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 顶点;高潮</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="academia">academia</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>. <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 3-<span word="to">to</span>-2 <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="undergraduate">undergraduate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="Doctoral">Doctoral</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="holdout">holdout</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="enduring">enduring</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="majority">majority</span>.</p><p> <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doctoral">doctoral</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="awarded">awarded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2008-09 <span word="academic">academic</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 28,962 <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="and">and</span> 28,469 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="men">men</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="enrollment">enrollment</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Graduate">Graduate</span> <span word="Schools">Schools</span>, <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>.</p><p> <span word="Doctoral">Doctoral</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="require">require</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="changes">changes</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="snaking">snaking</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="educational">educational</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Nathan">Nathan</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="council">council</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="happen">happen</span>.</p><p> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="n">n</span>. 管道;输油管;传递途径</p><p> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="to">to</span> 注定;必然;一定要</p><p> <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="outnumbered">outnumbered</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="earning">earning</span> <span word="masters">masters</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="education">education</span>. <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="earned">earned</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="in">in</span> 10 <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2008-09, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span>.</p>
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