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Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment (投资)available in the developing world. Women's education may be unusual territory for economists(经济学家), but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics(经济因素), with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived(剥夺)of an education.
  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: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school - the prophecy (预言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) 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.
Few will dispute 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 impact on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female小题1:       in developing countries
Opinion
Educating girls in more小题2:    than any other investment.
Families
From low-income families
From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes
Girls are of less小题3:         
than boys.
Development should be for all小题4:
       .
小题5:          
There is小题6:    invests ment in daughters.
Girls are made to may at home, 小题7:
      housework.
Girls and boys have小题8:       
chances.
Significance
Educating girls小题9:     to social benefits, conceit advantages and health practices, including faruly planning.
小题10:        
Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.
 

小题1:education
小题2:beneficial/rewarded/valuable  
小题3:value/importance/significance
小题4:children
小题5:Practices/Measures
小题6:no/little
小题7:doing
小题8:fair/equal/same
小题9:contributes/leads
小题10:Conclusion

试题分析:
小题1:原词重现:从第一段的句子:Women's education may be unusual territory for economists可知填 education
小题2:词义归纳题:从第一段的句子:Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment (投资)available in the developing world. 可知教育女孩是有价值的投资:beneficial/rewarded/valuable   
小题3: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:归纳题:右边是不同家庭的做法:Practices/Measures
小题6: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7: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8:原词重现:从第三段的句子:ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. 可知填fair/equal/same
小题9: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
小题10:归纳题:右边是这篇文章的结论:Conclusion
点评:任务型阅读要充分利用表格理解文章框架结构和主旨大意,再结合每句话,在文中找出信息句,筛选出关键的单词,注意形式的变化和词义的转变。最后一定要注意单词的大小写。
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