1．Educating girls quite possibly brings in a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world．Women 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 provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived （被剝奪） 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 （預(yù)言） becomes self-fulfilling，trapping women in a bad 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 bad circle is thus transformed into a good one．
Few will question 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 10to 20percent 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．
49．By saying""the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling…" in Paragraph 2，the author means thatD．
A．girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home
B．girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams
C．girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach
D．girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys
50．The author believes that a bad circle can turn into a good circle whenC．
A．women care more about education
B．a(chǎn) family has fewer but healthier children
C．girls can gain equal access to education
D．parents can afford their daughters'education
51．What does the author say about women's education？A
A．It will bring in greater returns than other known investments．
B．It is now given attention before anything else in many developing countries．
C．It deserves greater attention than other social issues．
D．It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists．
52．The passage mainly discussesB．
A．unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries
B．the economic and social benefits of educating women
C．the major contributions of educated women to society
D．the potential earning power of well-educated women．
分析 本文是一篇說明文．文章主要介紹從經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的角度論證了在發(fā)展中國家女性教育的價值．在發(fā)展中國家，女性教育可能會獲得比任何其他投資更高的回報．父母們認(rèn)為女孩不會對家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)做出貢獻(xiàn)．女孩的價值因而被認(rèn)為比男孩低而被剝奪了受教育的權(quán)利，使女性教育陷入惡性循環(huán)． 受教育女性會帶來的價值，對外，賺錢的能力更強．對內(nèi)，在教育問題上對男女孩一視同仁，這樣下一代女孩因為受到了足夠的教育，在處理自己的兒女教育問題時，同樣會重視女孩的教育．因而形成良性循環(huán)，女性教育的巨大經(jīng)濟(jì)效應(yīng)，多上一年學(xué)，工資增長10-20%．
解答 49．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段中"they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family"可知，父母們認(rèn)為女孩不會對家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)做出貢獻(xiàn)，女孩的價值因而被認(rèn)為比男孩低而被剝奪了受教育的權(quán)利，使女性教育陷入惡性循環(huán)． 故選D
50．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段中""An educated mother，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"可知，受教育女性在教育問題上對男女孩一視同仁，這樣下一代女孩因為受到了足夠的教育，因而形成良性循環(huán)． 故選C．
51．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段的句子"Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available deal，but they are just the beginning．Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices，including family planning．"可知，教育婦女比其他已知任何的事情都有更多的回報，故選A．
52．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段中"Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits．But it has enormous economic advantages as well．"可知，這篇文章講的是教育女性帶來的社會和經(jīng)濟(jì)利益，故選B．
點評 解答細(xì)節(jié)理解題時，一個常用的方法就是運用定位法，即根據(jù)題干和選項中的關(guān)鍵詞從原文中找到相關(guān)的句子，與選項進(jìn)行比較從而確定答案；推理判斷題既要求學(xué)生透過文章表面文字信息推測文章隱含意思，又要求學(xué)生對作者的態(tài)度、意圖及文章細(xì)節(jié)的發(fā)展作正確的推理判斷，力求從作者的角度去考慮，不要固守自己的看法或觀點．
