educating girls英语阅读理解
Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education. Parents in low-ine countries fail to invest in their daughters becau they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody el’s family and bear children. Girls are thus en as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do houwork while their brothers are nt to school-the prophecy (预言) bees lf-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 t 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 enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages ri 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) troublesome B) labor-saving C) rewarding D) expensive（C）
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27. By saying “... the prophecy ” (Lines 45, Para. 2). the author means that ________. A) girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys B) girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams C) girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach D) girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home（A）
gb是什么意思名著 28. The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _______
_. A) women care more about education B) girls can gain equal access to education C) a family has fewer but healthier children D) parents can afford their daughters’ education（B）
soapopera 29. What does the author say about women’s education? A) It derves 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 aroud the interest of a growing number of economists.（C）
30. The passage mainly discuss ________. A) unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries B) the potential earning power of well-educated women C) the major contributions of educated women to society D) the economic and social benefits of educating women（D）
cibi 这篇文章从经济学的角度论证了在发展中国家女性教育的价值。全文第一句话就概括了全文论述的核心：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，女性教育可能会获得比任何
其他投资更高的回报。一般说来，女性教育属于社会学研究的问题，但文章开头却从投资的角度看待这个问题，观点新颖，立即引起读者的阅读欲望。随后指出女性教育不受重视的问题首先可以从经济学角度（incentives，动机）进行理解。 第二段承接第一段的内容，具体解释女性教育不受重视的经济学原因：do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family，父母们认为女孩不会对家庭经济做出贡献。女孩的价值因而被认为比男孩低而被剥夺了受教育的权利，使女性教育陷入恶性循环。 接下来从相反的角度论述了受教育女性会带来的价值：对外，greater earning abilities outside the home，赚钱的能力更强（这是从经济学角度）；对内，daughters are given a fair chance，在教育问题上对男女孩一视同仁（社会效应）。这样下一代女孩因为受到了足够的教育，在处理自己的儿女教育问题时，同样会重视女孩的教育（the next generation of girls will be educated and healthy），因而形成良性循环。 最后一段承接上文对重视女性教育所带来的社会效应的论述，提出女性教育的巨大经济效应：wages of female workers（女性工人的工资增长）——ri by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling，多上一年学，工资增长10-20%。把这一效应和其他投资的收益相对比（impressive by the standard of other available investments），与开篇引题的一句遥相呼应。文末指出女性教育的影响远不止此。
26. C 题目问认为对女孩的教育在发展中国家是…… A，麻烦的。 B，节省劳力的。 C，有回报的。 D，昂贵的。 一般情况下第一道题应该到第一段中去寻找答案。第一段第一句话就开门见山挑明了自己的观点，这句话也是全篇的论述中心：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，女性教育可能会获得比任何其他投资更高的回报。在这里，谈论女性教育的出发点是经济回报，而不是惯常的社会问题等。在四个答案中C是“有回报的”意思，应该选择C。至于第一段以外的段落，因为是从经济学角度来论述女性教育问题，所以并未提及麻烦、省力与否这些社会学角度的问题，答案A和C是没有着落的。至于D，第二段有一句话they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody el’s family and bear children，意思是女孩不能带来经济回报，没有回报又要花钱养活，似乎有“昂贵”的意思。但要注意这里的观点是发展中国家里父母们的观点，而题目是问对此的看法。因此也不能选择D。27. A 题目问说the prophecy bees lf-fulfilling这句话目的是要指出什么。 这句话本意是预言完成了自我实现。“预言”是指什么，“实现”为什么是自我实现，这些需要到前文去找。 这 句话出现在第二段末尾，整个第二段讲的是发展中国家的父母忽视女孩教育的原因。全文一共
感恩节快乐英文怎么说>happy birthday是什么意思terra nova两个长句，大意是：父母没有在女儿身上投资是因为他们认为女儿不会为家庭做出经济贡献，她们长大后只会嫁入别家生儿育女；女孩因而被视为价值低于男孩而被安排在家中做家务，而男孩则被送入学校学习。预言完成了自我实现。 首先看预言指的是什么。在这一段前半部分找不到预言这个字眼，也没有类似于汉语的普遍观念中“预言”的内容，似乎prophecy的出现非常突兀。但细看的话，前面提到了expect一词，它有期望、设想的意思，与预言略微接近，除此外就无其他任何意义近似的词了。这样只能断定expect就是指的prophecy，在这里使用了比较夸张的写法，用带有神谕色彩的prophecy来指代发展中国家思想较为落后的父母们的设想，是一种讽刺手法。 找到“预言”的着落点后，再看它为何完成了自我实现。预言本身的内容是女孩们不会带来经济贡献，那么无论自我实现还是外力促使实现，结果都只能是女孩们没有带来经济贡献。这个结果何以发生？是因为Girls are thus en as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do houwork， 女孩们被看做价值更低而只被允许在家中做家务。这样的话，从预言做出到结果出现就呈现这样一个逻辑：父母们预言女儿不会做出贡献，便不送她们上学，因为不 送她们上学，她们在事实上就无法做出经济贡献，最终验证了父母们的预言。是父母们的预言本身促成了本身的实现。这应该就是所说自我实现的意义。 A，事实证明女孩的价值比男孩低。 B，女孩
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能够实现她们的梦想。 C，女孩将最终发现她们的生活目标是可望不可即的。 D，女孩对家庭生活越来越不满意。 四个答案中A符合文意。 停用人造反式脂肪
