精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上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 actually 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 make 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 in 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 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 dispute that educating women has great social benefits. 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 are 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..." (Lines 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 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 greater 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 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.)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 bad 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“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.”（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是一致的，因此答案为A28. 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。