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Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor（接任者）to Lawrence Summers .

The seven-member Harvard Corporation elected Faust, a noted scholar on History of the American South and dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, as the university’s 28th president.

“This is a great day, and a historic day for Harvard,” James R. Houghton, chairman of the presidential search committee, said in a statement. “Drew Faust is an inspiring and accomplished leader, a superb scholar, a dedicated  teacher, and a wonderful human being.”

Her selection is noteworthy given the heated debates over Summers’ comments that genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs.

Faust has been dean of Radcliffe since 2001, two years after the former women’s college was combined into the university as a research center with a mission to study gender issues.

Some professors have quietly groused that the 371-year-old university is appointing a fifth president who is not a scientist. No scientist has had the top job since James Bryant Conant retired in 1953; its last four have come from the fields of classics, law, literature and economics.

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Faust is the first Harvard president who did not receive a degree from the university since Charles Chauncy, a graduate of Cambridge University, who died in office in 1762. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.

“Teaching staff turned to her constantly,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania and historian who worked closely with Faust. “She’s very clear. She has a sense of humor, but she’s very strong-minded. You come to trust in her because she’s so solid.”

1.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A．Harvard named its 1st female president.

B．History of Harvard University changed.

C．Debates on female equality ended

D．Drew Gilpin Faust, a famous woman historian.

2.Which is NOT true about Drew Gilpin Faust?

A．She is the 28th president of Harvard University.

B．She is a famous scholar from the American South.

C．She isn’t a graduate from Harvard University

D．She was head of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

3.Lawrence Summers held the view that      .

A．women cannot achieve as much as men in management

B．women cannot hold important positions in society

C．women can match men in science jobs

D．few women make top scientists owing to genes

4.The underlined word “groused” in the 6th paragraph means       .

A．approved         B．commented        C．complained        D．indicated

5.This passage probably appears in a      .

A．biography         B．personal letter      C．research paper     D．newspaper report

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：哈佛大学任命著名历史学家吉尔平·福斯特为第28任校长，福斯特也成为哈佛自1636年建校以来首位女校长。自哈佛大学前校长萨默斯被迫辞职以来，哈佛校长人选一直悬而未决。如今，福斯特终于正式接过这座美国历史最悠久的高等学府的权杖了。

1.标题归纳题。根据Harvard University named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president 故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据a noted scholar on History of the American South 她是研究美国南部历史的著名的学者，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据genetic differences between the sexes might help explain the lack of women in top science jobs两性之间的遗传差异可能有助于解释缺乏女性在顶级科学工作，故选D。

4.词义猜测题。根据下文可推知它指的是“抱怨”，故选C。

5.文章出处题。根据文章的内容可知它应该出现在新闻报道上。故选D。

考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。