26. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ________.
A) troublesome
B) labor-saving
C) rewarding
D) expensive(C)
題目問作者認(rèn)為對女孩的教育在發(fā)展中國家是……
A，麻煩的。
B，C，Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world，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(bào)。在這里，作者談?wù)撆越逃某霭l(fā)點(diǎn)是經(jīng)濟(jì)回報(bào)，而不是慣常的社會問題等。在四個(gè)答案中C是“有回報(bào)的意思”，應(yīng)該選擇C。至于第一段以外的段落，因?yàn)樽髡呤菑慕?jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)角度來論述女性教育問題，所以并未提及麻煩、省力與否這些社會學(xué)角度的問題，答案A和C是沒有著落的。至于D，第二段有一句話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，意思是女孩不能帶來經(jīng)濟(jì)回報(bào)，沒有回報(bào)又要花錢養(yǎng)活，似乎有“昂貴”的意思。但要注意這里的觀點(diǎn)是發(fā)展中國家里父母們的觀點(diǎn)，而題目是問作者對此的看法。因此也不能選擇D。
27. By saying “... the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling...” (Lines 45, Para. 2). the author means that ________.
A) girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys
B) girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams
C) girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach
D) girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home(A)
A) troublesome
B) labor-saving
C) rewarding
D) expensive(C)
題目問作者認(rèn)為對女孩的教育在發(fā)展中國家是……
A，麻煩的。
B，C，Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world，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(bào)。在這里，作者談?wù)撆越逃某霭l(fā)點(diǎn)是經(jīng)濟(jì)回報(bào)，而不是慣常的社會問題等。在四個(gè)答案中C是“有回報(bào)的意思”，應(yīng)該選擇C。至于第一段以外的段落，因?yàn)樽髡呤菑慕?jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)角度來論述女性教育問題，所以并未提及麻煩、省力與否這些社會學(xué)角度的問題，答案A和C是沒有著落的。至于D，第二段有一句話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，意思是女孩不能帶來經(jīng)濟(jì)回報(bào)，沒有回報(bào)又要花錢養(yǎng)活，似乎有“昂貴”的意思。但要注意這里的觀點(diǎn)是發(fā)展中國家里父母們的觀點(diǎn)，而題目是問作者對此的看法。因此也不能選擇D。
27. By saying “... the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling...” (Lines 45, Para. 2). the author means that ________.
A) girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys
B) girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams
C) girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach
D) girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home(A)