Question

閱讀下列短文，根據所讀內容在短文后的表格中填入恰當的單詞。注意：表格的每個空格只填一個單詞。

Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment （投資）available in the developing world. Women's education may be unusual territory for economists（經濟學家）, but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics（經濟因素）, with its emphasis on incentives, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（剝奪）of an education.

　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投資）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 （預言) becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (惡性循環) 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 female1.       in developing countries

Opinion	Educating girls in more2.    than any other investment.
Families	From low-income families	From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes	Girls are of less3.          than boys.	Development should be for all4.        .
5.	There is6.    invests ment in daughters. Girls are made to may at home, 7.       housework.	Girls and boys have8.        chances.
Significance	Educating girls9.     to social benefits, conceit advantages and health practices, including faruly planning.
10.	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.education

2.beneficial/rewarded/valuable  

3.value/importance/significance

4.children

5.Practices/Measures

6.no/little

7.doing

8.fair/equal/same

9.contributes/leads

10.Conclusion

【解析】

試題分析：

1.原詞重現：從第一段的句子：Women's education may be unusual territory for economists可知填 education

2.詞義歸納題：從第一段的句子：Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment （投資）available in the developing world. 可知教育女孩是有價值的投資：beneficial/rewarded/valuable   

3.詞形轉化題：從第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知將valuable改成 value/importance/significance

4.原詞重現：從第三段的句子：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

5.歸納題：右邊是不同家庭的做法：Practices/Measures

6.詞義歸納題：從第二段的句子：Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投資）in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family 可知低收入家庭不會或很少投資女孩的教育，填no/little

7.詞形轉化題：從第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知填 doing

8.原詞重現：從第三段的句子：ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. 可知填fair/equal/same

9.固定詞組題：從第四段的句子：Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well.可知填contributes/leads

10.歸納題：右邊是這篇文章的結論：Conclusion

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