Isaacs said that he decided to pursue this research to better understand how today’s culture of role models — who are as diverse as Mark Zuckerberg and Malala Yousafzai are shaping the next generation of students’ career ambitions.

　　?What we find at the elementary level is that kids are often basing their aspirations on whatever they’ve been exposed to in the media,” said Tony Wagner, an expert. Wagner says that gender standards described in the media have begun to change, specifically with regard to female characters in medicine and science. Wagner has found that girls are more interested in careers that are described as having a direct human connection, like medicine and education. “What they don’t understand is that much of engineering, and other STEM work, is profoundly human-centered. The problem lies in how it’s taught,” he said.

　　8. The underlined word “unfluctuating” can be replaced by “____”.

　　A. necessary

　　B. unchanging

　　C. wider

　　D. impossible

　　9. Simon Isaacs and other recent studies tend to indicate that ____.

　　A. more boys under 10 years old prefer STEM

　　B. there are more girls in tech fields than boys

　　C. girls who work on STEM are still fewer than boys

　　D. many boys can’t end up with STEM as careers, either

　　10. It can be inferred that ____.

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