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Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated

Do people still imagine a physicist as a beardedman in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? The Institute ofPhysics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics 'boffin' (科学家)still exists by conducting asurvey on shoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicistfrom a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those askedgot it wrong. The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearingglasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype mayhave been the image of an average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is nowvery different. Since 1960 the number of young women entering physics hasdoubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of theabsent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywoodhelp promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting byblackboards full of equations(等式)or working withfizzing (嘶嘶响)test tubes. These stereotypes are reallydamaging to society. Very good school children are put off studying sciencebecause they don't see people like themselves on television or in magazinesdoing science. They simply don't relate to the media's image of the madscientist.
This is one reason why feweryoung people are choosing to do science at university. If we want to encouragemore young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image ofthe scientist and make science careers more attractive. But we must alsodevelop children's interest in science.
In an attempt to change thisnegative image, an increasing number of science festivals are being organized.Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take part innationwide science competitions of which the most popular are the nationalscience Olympiads. Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take partin the International Science Olympiads which are held in a different countryevery year. These events are all interesting for the young people who take partbut they only involve a small proportion of students who are already interestedin science. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomesattractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.
1 Most people have similarideas of what a physicist looks like.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
2 The majority of physicistsin Britain today are Cambridge graduates
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
3 The media and the cinemahave played a role in promoting the image of the mad scientist.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
4 There will be more womenscientists than men scientists in. the future
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
5 More children will studyscience if it becomes more attractive.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
6 The image of the madscientist is really encouraging to society.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
7 The International ScienceOlympiads are held once every two years.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned


网考网参考答案：A、C、A、C、A、B、B
大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计分析，该试题：
79%的考友选择了A选项
6%的考友选择了B选项
15%的考友选择了C选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 题目都看不懂，整个就是乱蒙。
 · 这题不解，原来选A、C、A、C、A、B、B，感觉挺好的
 · 大家看教材，书上原话