题目

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Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women"s education may be an unusual economical field, but increasing women"s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on encouragement, provides an explanation for why so many girls are rid of an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else"s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school -- the prophecy (观念) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious (恶性的) circle of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female (1)______________ in developing countries

Viewpoint	Educating girls is more beneficial and worthy of being (2)_______________ .
Families	From low-income families	From educated mothers" families
Attitudes	Girls are of less (3)______________     than boys.	Development should be for all the  (4)______________.
Practices	There is (5)________________         investment in daughters, while boys are sent to school. Girls are made to stay at home, (6)______________ housework.	It is insisted that girls and boys be offered  chances to be educated                (7)_____________ .
Consequences	A vicious circle	A virtuous circle
Significance	Educating women (8)___________ to social benefits, has economic advantages and (9)____________ health practices significantly, including family planning.
(10)_________	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.

答案

小题1:education
小题2:invested
小题3:value/importance/significance
小题4:children
小题5:no/little
小题6:doing
小题7:fairly/equally
小题8:contributes/leads
小题9:affects
小题10:Conclusion

解析

试题分析：文章介绍很多发展中国家不重视对女孩的教育，而实际上，教育女孩是有价值的投资。
小题1:原词重现：从第一段的句子：Women"s education may be unusual territory for economists可知教育女孩是有价值的投资：填 education
小题2:词性转化题：从第一段的句子：Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world.可知将investment改成 invested
小题3:词义归纳题从第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知将valuable改成 value/importance/significance
小题4:原词重现：从第三段的句子：She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children,可知答案是children
小题5:词义归纳题：从第二段的句子：Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投资）in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family 可知低收入家庭不会或很少投资女孩的教育，填no/little
小题6:词形转化题：从第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知填 doing
小题7:词形转化题：从第三段的句子：ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. 可知填fairly/equally
小题8:固定词组题：从第四段的句子：Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well.可知填contributes/leads contributes/leads
小题9:词形转化题：从最后一段的句子：Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.可知effects改成 affects
小题10:归纳题：右边是这篇文章的结论：Conclusion