Question

Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of benefit than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual field for economists， but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics， with its focus on rewards， provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剝奪)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 predict becomes self-ffulfilling， 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 and sons are given fair chances. 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(良性循環).
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 impact on health practices， including family planning.
Topic： The significance of 　小題1:　 in developing countries

Viewpoint	Educating girls is more 　小題2:　 than any other investment.
	From low-income families	From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes	Girls are of 　小題3:　  than boys.	Development should be for 　小題4:　.
Practices	●There is 　小題5:　 investment in daughters. ●Girls are made to stay at home， 　小題6:　housework.	Girls and boys are sure to have 　小題7:　.
Consequences	A vicious circle	小題8:
小題9:	Educating girls contributes to social benefits， 　小題10:　 and health practices， including family planning. Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.

 

Answer 1

小題1:educating girls’s/women or： girl’s/women/female’s education
小題2:beneficial
小題3:less value
小題4:all children
小題5:no/ not any
小題6:doing
小題7:fairchances
小題8:A virtuous circle
小題9:Conclusion/Summary
小題10:enormous economic advantages

試題分析：文章介紹很多發展中國家不重視對女孩的教育，而實際上，教育女孩是有價值的投資。
小題1:主旨題：從第一段的句子：Women's education may be unusual territory for economists可知這篇文章講的是教育女孩的重要性：填educating girls’s/women or： girl’s/women/female’s education
小題2:句意歸納題：從第一段的句子：Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world.可知教育女孩比其他投資都有益：beneficial
小題3:詞義歸納題，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less valuable改成less value
小題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all children
小題5: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/ not any
小題6: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
小題7:詞形轉化題：從第三段的句子：ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. 可知填fair chances
小題8:原詞重現：從第三段的句子：The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle(良性循環).可知這種惡性循環會變成良性循環： A virtuous circle
小題9:歸納題：右邊是這篇文章的結論： Conclusion/Summary
小題10:原詞重現：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enormous economic advantages