Question

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

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 issue as a social one. And economics， with its focus on encouragement， provides an explanation for why so many girls are rid of an education.

Parents in low­income 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(观念)becomes self­fulfilling， 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 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 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investment， but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices， including family planning.

The Significance of Female1. in Developing Countries

Topic	Though considered as a social issue， women's education is also linked to a developing country's2..
Supporting Details	A vicious circle	●With little3. of their daughters' contribution to their family， parents are unwilling to invest in them. ●Girls can't go to school，4. up as uneducated mothers after their marriages， whose daughters are likely to follow in their5..
A virtuous circle	●With fewer but healthier children， an educated mother is a good6. of her children's development. ●As a result， her daughters receive good education. So will the next7. of girls.
8. educated females have over uneducated ones	●They have9. to more iob opportunities and can earn more money. ●They will enjoy more health practices， including family planning.
Conclusion	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding， so it is10. of being invested.

Answer

1. Education

2. economy

3. expectation

4. ending

5. footsteps

6. guarantee

7. generation(s)

8. Edges/Advantages

9. access

10. worthy

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文。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。

1.原词重现。从第一段的句子：Women's education may be unusual territory for economists可知教育女孩是有价值的投资：填 education。

2.词性转化题。根据第一段中Women's education may be an unusual economical field， but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic issue as a social one.可知，尽管视为一个社会问题，妇女的教育也与发展中国家的经济有关联。故将形容词economic改成名词economy。

3.词性转化题。根据第二段第一句Parents in low­income 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.可知，对自己女儿给家庭贡献几乎没有期望，父母都不愿意投资于她们。故把动词expect改成名词expectation。

4.词义归纳。根据第二段中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(观念)becomes self­fulfilling， trapping women in a vicious(恶性的) circle of neglect.可知，女孩不能去上学，最后她们结婚之后作为没受过教育的母亲而结束，她的女儿可能会步她们的后尘。故答案为ending。

5.词义归纳。根据第二段中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(观念)becomes self­fulfilling， trapping women in a vicious(恶性的) circle of neglect.可知，女孩不能去上学，最后她们结婚之后作为没受过教育的母亲而结束，她的女儿可能会步她们的后尘。故答案为footsteps。

6.词义归纳题。根据第三段中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.可知，有更少但更健康的孩子，受过教育的母亲是孩子们发展的一个很好的保证。故答案为guarantee。

7.词义归纳题。根据第三段中The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls， as well as boys， will be educated and healthy.可知，因此,她的女儿接受良好的教育，下一代女孩也将如此。故答案为generation(s)。

8.词义归纳题。根据最后一段中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.可知，受过教育的女性比没受过教育的女性拥有更多的优势。故答案为Edges/Advantages。

9.固定词组。根据最后一段中Most obviously， there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling.可知，他们有更多的工作机会，可以赚更多的钱。固定词组：have access to接近，可以利用，故答案为access。

10.归纳题。根据第一段第一句Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world.可知，右边是这篇文章的结论：女孩的教育在发展中国家很重要，非常有益，所以对它的投资是值得的。be worthy of值得，故答案为worthy。