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19．Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment （投资）available in the developing world．Women's education may be unusual territory for economists（经济学家），but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue．And economics（经济因素），with its emphasis on incentives，provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（剥夺）of an education．
　　Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投资）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 （预言） becomes self-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 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 female （76）educationin developing countries

Opinion	Educating girls in more（77）beneficial/rewarded/valuablethan any other investment．
Families	From low-income families	From educated mothers'families
Attitudes	Girls are of less（78）value/importance/significancethan boys．	Development should be for all（79）children．
（80）Practices/Measures	There is（81）no/littleinvests ment in daughters． Girls are made to may at home，（82）doinghousework．	Girls and boys have（83）fair/equal/samechances．
Significance	Educating girls（84）contributes/leadsto social benefits，conceit advantages and health practices，including faruly planning．
（85）Conclusion	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述对发展中国家的女性教育调查．

解答 76 education
77 beneficial/rewarded/valuable  
78 value/importance/significance
79  children
80  Practices/Measures
81  no/little
82  doing
83  fair/equal/same
84  contributes/leads
85  Conclusion
76 education原词重现：从第一段的句子：Women's education may be unusual territory for economists可知填本文主要讲述女性的教育对于经济学家来说是个独特的领域．
77 beneficial/rewarded/valuable 词义归纳题：从第一段的句子：Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment （投资）available in the developing world．可知教育女孩是有价值的投资：beneficial/rewarded/valuable
78 value/importance/significance词形转化题：从第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知将valuable改成 value/importance/significance
79 children原词重现：从第三段的句子：She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children，可知她可能有更少但是更健康的孩子，并且坚持对所有孩子的发展．答案是children
80 Practices/Measures归纳题：右边是不同家庭的做法：Practices/Measures
81 no/little词义归纳题：从第二段的句子：Parents in low-income countries fail to invest（投资）in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an entribution to the family 可知低收入家庭不会或很少投资女孩的教育，填no/little
82 doing词形转化题：从第二段的句子：Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework可知填 doing
83 fair/equal/same原词重现：从第三段的句子：ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance．可知确保给孩子一个公平的机会，填fair/equal/same
84 contributes/leads固定词组题：从第四段的句子：Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits．But it has enormous economic advantages as well．可知很少人会争论接受教育的女性有很多社会好处，但也有巨大的经济优势．填contributes/leads
85 Conclusion归纳题：右边是这篇文章的结论：Conclusion

点评 任务型阅读首先是一篇阅读理解．为了确保对文章准确深刻理解，同时提高解题速度，最终能顺利完成该项任务，考生必须做到：
       1．注重平时词汇记忆，熟练掌握考纲词汇中常用词汇的词性转化．
       2．了解文章的结构，把握全篇的文，即句与句、段与段之间的逻辑关系．
       3．加强限时阅读训练，尤其是词数在400～550之间的较长篇幅的阅读训练．
       4．系统训练，循序渐进，最终达到相应的解题能力要求．