A new report says less than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This shows that Britain has the fewest women engineers of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be a “very big problem for years to come”. He said one of the biggest areas work that needed more women was in computer science. Many women graduate from university with degrees in computer science, so Mr Cable did not understand why there were so few women computer engineers. He said that many companies had a “psychological barrier (心理障碍)” against women becoming engineers. He said: “Half of all state schools don’t have a single girl doing physics. That’s the problem.” 

The British government has started a new activity to get more women into engineering. It is called “Tomorrow’s Engineers Week” and started on November the 4th. Mr. Cable said at the meeting: “Engineering will play a very important role in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act now to make sure that the students are learning good skills, so that our businesses will grow with them.” A spokesman for Siemens (西门子) UK said Britain needed to “help young people understand how an engineering can be a rewarding career”. 

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1.______of UK engineers are women.

A 0

B 0

C Less than 10%

D Just over 10%

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第1段第1句A new report says less than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women.可知，故选C。

2.Many companies have______against women engineers.

A language barrier

B hearing barrier

C psychological barrier

D physiological（心理的）barrier

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第1段倒数第二句He said that many companies had a “psychological barrier (心理障碍)” against women becoming engineers.可知，故选C。

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A Half of the girls in state schools study physics.

B Britain has the smallest number of women engineers in Europe countries.

C A spokesman said a career in engineering isn’t that rewarding.

D he UK launched a new campaign called “Next Week’s Engineers”.

解析：选B。B 内容理解题。根据第1段第2句This shows that Britain has the fewest women engineers of all European countries.可知，故选B。

4.What does the underlined word “career” mean?

A 交易

B 职业

C 名利

D 命令

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第2段最后一句内容可知，工程技术是一份潜在的值得的职业，故选B。

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A An enormous problem

B A "psychological barrier"

C Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

D More women engineers needed in Britain

解析：选D。D 文章标题题。文章主要内容即为英国缺少女性工程师，所以D答案切合文章主旨，故选D。