第II 卷(共41分)
第一部分: 任务型阅读(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
注意:每空格1个单词。
Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment(投资) available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual fields for economists(经济学家), 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 not educated.
Parents in low-income families 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 (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 completely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all the 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 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. Bit it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously , there is the direct effect of education on the pay of female workers. Pay rise by 10 to 20 percent 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 68._________ in developing countries
| Viewpoint | Educating girls is more beneficial than any other investment | |
| Families | From 69._________ families | From educated mothers’ families |
| Attitudes | Girls are of less 70._____than boys | Development should be for all 71.______ |
| Practices | There is 72.______investment in daughters Girls are made to stay at home, 73._____ housework. | Girls and boys have 74. _____chances. |
| Results | A vicious circle | A virtuous circle |
| Significance | Educating girls 75. ____to social benefits, 76._ ___advantages and health practices, including family planning. | |
| 77.____________ | Educating in developing countries is important and rewarding. | |
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注意:
1.对所给要点逐一陈述;适当发挥,不要简单翻译;
2.词数100左右;开头已给出,不计入总词数。
This summer, I took part in the voluntary work of the 2010 Shanghai Expo.