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。

　　B

课标话题 人与自我·语言学习 体裁 说明文 词 数 327 难度 　　French writer Frantz Fanon once said, "To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture." Since the world changes every day, so does our language.

　　More than 300 new words and phrases have recently made it into the Oxford Dictionary Online, and in one way or another they are all reflections of today's changing world.

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