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Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual economical field, 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 rid 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 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 becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious(恶性的) circle 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 argue 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 effect on health practices, including family planning.

Topic: The significance of female    1. in developing countries

Viewpoint	Educating girls is more   2.  and worthy of being invested.
Families	From low-income families	From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes	Girls are of 3. importance than boys.	Development should be for all the 4.  .
Practices	There is little 5.  in daughters, while boys are sent to school. Girls are made to stay at home,   6. housework.	It is insisted that girls and boys be offered chances to be 7. equally.
Consequences	A vicious circle	A virtuous circle
Significance	Educating women contributes to social  8.  , has economic advantages and   9.  health practices significantly, including family planning.
10.	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.

Answer

1.education

2.beneficial

3.less

4.children

5.investment

6.doing

7.educated

8.benefits

9.affects

10.Conclusion

【解析】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生联系上下文、提取有效信息的能力，个别题目需要对信息进行加工，转换为其同义词或短语。

1.Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return ...Women’s education may be an unusual economical field”可知，文章主要讲的是女性的受教育问题，故填education。

2.Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment...”可知，提高女性的受教育水平，比任何其它的投资都能收到更多的益处。空白处所填词与worthy并列，都是形容词，beneficial有益的，根据最后一段“has great social benefits”可知答案，故填beneficial。

3.Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys”可知，女孩的地位没有男孩重要，故填less。

4.and can insist on the development of all her children”可知，受过教育的母亲，会给她的孩子们同样的发展自我的机会，故填children。

5.than any other investment”可知，这里说的是除了教育投资以外的其它投资，any other+名词，意为“任何其它的”，故填investment。

6.are kept at home to do housework”可知，女孩从小就被要求待在家里做家务，需要注意的是，这里使用的是非谓语动词，表示伴随状况，故填doing。

7.ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much...”可知，受过教育的母亲会给男孩和女孩公平的受教育的机会，故填educated。

8.educating women has great social benefits”可知，让女性接受教育会带来很好的社会效益，故填benefits。

9.has a significant effect on health practices”可知，女性受教育能影响到健康传统，包括家庭计划，文中用的是固定短语have an effect on sth，这里需要转换为动词affect，故填affects。

10.Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.在发展中国家，让女性接受教育是重要且有回报的。这是文章的结论，conclusion结论，需要大写，故填Conclusion。

考点：考查上下文联系；提取有效信息