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1、【真题测试真题测试】 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investmentavailable in the developing world. Womens education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing womens contribution to development is act
2、ually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis onincentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to ma
3、ke an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody elses 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-theprophecy (预言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women i
4、n a viciouscircle (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 daught
5、ers 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 dispute that educating women has great social benefit
6、s. But it has enormouseconomic 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 a
7、re just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.26. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _.A) troublesomeB) labor-savingC) rewardingD) expensive27. By saying “. the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling.” (Li
8、nes 45, Para. 2). the author means that _.A) girls will turn out to be less valuable than boysB) girls will be capable of realizing their own dreamsC) girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reachD) girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home28. The author believes
9、that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.A) women care more about educationB) girls can gain equal access to educationC) a family has fewer but healthier childrenD) parents can afford their daughters education29. What does the author say about womens education?A) It deserves grea
10、ter attention than other social issues.B) It is now given top priority in many developing countries.C) It will yield greater returns than other known investments.D) It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.30. The passage mainly discusses _.A) unequal treatment of boys and girls
11、 in developing countriesB) the potential earning power of well-educated womenC) the major contributions of educated women to societyD) the economic and social benefits of educating women【文章分析】文章共有四段，第一段总起介绍了本文的内容，介绍了在发展中国家，对女孩子教育的投 资可能比起其他的投资要有更高的回报率；女性教育的问题已经引起了经济学家的关注， 并从经济刺激角度来分析女性教育的问题。第二段承接第一段最
12、后一句话，从经济角度分析，为什么女孩子会被剥夺受教育的机会， 因为发展中国家的家长认为女孩子的价值要比男孩子少，因此造成了恶性循环。第三段也是从经济角度来分析，受过教育的女性会有更强的挣钱能力，也会做出不同的选 择，让自己的子女接受同等的教育，从而改变上述的恶性循环。第四段总结上文，指出受过教育的女性不仅对社会有很大益处，对经济也有巨大的好处。【重点词汇】1.yield: (vt.) 产出，收益，These apple trees yield plenty of fruit this year. (vi.)屈服，投降， We will never yield to invaders. (vt.
13、)放弃，He was forced to yield the castle.2.fail: (vi.)失败，He failed in everything he tried. (vi.) (指健康)衰退，His hearing is failing. (vt.) 不能，He did very well, but failed to break the record.3.impact: (n.)影响，作用，(have/make impact on) The book made a great impact on its readers. (vi.)产生影响，It is obvious how b
14、ad movies will impact on children.【试题分析】26. 答案 C原文第一段第一句话“Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world.” （在发展中国家，对女孩子教育的投资可 能比起其他的投资要有更高的回报率。 ）答案 A、B、D 的意思分别为麻烦的、省力的和昂 贵的。只有答案 C，rewarding 的意思是有回报的，与原文意思相同。27. 答案 A原文第二段“Girl
15、s 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.” （女孩的价值似乎要比男孩少。女 孩子只能在家里做做家务，而男孩子则可以去上学因为男孩子要自食其力，这就使得女孩 子陷入了这种被忽视的恶性循环。 ）这句话和选项 A
16、是一致的，因此答案为 A。28. 答案 B题干在原文第三段的最后一句话，这句话是对第三段的总结。而整个第三段是总分总的结 构，第一句话“An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices.” （另一方面，受过教育的母亲在家外 会有更强的挣钱能力，而且会做出完全不同的选择。 ）则是对整段内容的总起句，与总结句“The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.” （这样，恶性循环就会转变为良 性循环）相呼应。因此，本题的答案 B“girls can gain equal access to education” （女孩能得 到公平的教育）为正确选项。29. 答案 C本题
