The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a __________

A．minority

B．scarcity

C．rarity

D．minimum

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【译文】大多数护士都是女性，但在医学界拥有较高职务的人中，女性却占少数。
【解析】名词的含义。本题意在对比，和majority相对的是minority，专指“人数上占少数的情况”，故选A。scarcity多指“数量或供应上短缺、不足”；rarity侧重“稀有罕见的品质或状态”；minimum“最小值，最小量”。

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