Question 2 is based on the news report you have just heard.

News Report One

听力原文

(1) The British government has called for more men to consider a career in nursing. Figures show the number of male nurses has fallen in the last three years. Now the number of men working in the nursing sector has reached a seven-year low. Numbers of male nurses increased between 2011 and 2014 and reached a peak of 7,168. This figure has dropped to only 6,924 in 2017. (2) The UK Health Secretary said, “This is clearly a cultural problem, and probably one that exists in many parts of the world. But we can make efforts to change that now. We want to persuade males to think about career options of going into nursing. There was absolutely no reason why men can’t go into this profession.” The Health Secretary said that the government already has plans to attract a “more varied workforce” into nursing. She stated, “We are leading the way on workforce planning. We will become the first nation in Europe to publish a national health and care workforce plan.”

2. What is the cause of the problem according to the UK Health Secretary?

解析：D。录音中间指出，英国卫生部长称，这明显是文化问题，而且很可能在世界上很多地方都存在。由此可知，男性护士数量减少是文化原因所导致的，主要是出于对男性护士的偏见，故选D。其余选项在原文中均未提及，故排除。