南希·霍普金斯( Nancy Hopkins)是麻省理工学院Mm)的生物学教授。她渴望知识,努力工作。然而,作为一名科学家,她不能不注意到校园里男女不平等( gender inequality)的各种表现男女教授做同样的工作,但是到提升的时候,行政领导却很有选择性。具有讽刺意味的是在取得这么多的文化进步以后,妇女在高等学府里却仍然处于不利的地位。当她增加实验室面积的请求被拒之后,她知道她必须起来抗争。因此她咬紧牙关向校长申诉这次抗争以胜利告终,南希也因此变成了男女平等的倡导者。(at a disadvantage, can't help doing, convert into, crave, cultural, grit one's teeth, indication, ironic, selective, when it comes to)
Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay titled “ Are people becoming addicted to technology”. The statement given below is for your reference. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Numerous studies claim that addiction to technology is real and it has the same effect on the brain as drug addiction.