第二节　　　　　　　 书面表达(满分25分)

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2. 字数不少于100。

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4. 主要内容：描述图画，发出倡议。

Dear teachers and students,

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Students’ Union

第一节　　　 任务型读写(共10小题；每小题一分，满分10分)

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 field for economists, but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic issue as a social one. And economics, with its focus on incentives(鼓励), provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺)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(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. 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 investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.

Topic: The significance of(76)___________education in developing countries

Viewpoint	Educating girls is more(77)__________than any other investment.
Families	From(78)_________families	From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes	Girls are of less(79)________than boys.	Development should be for all(80)_________
Practices	There is(81)_______investment in daughters. Girls are made to stay at home, doing housework.	Girls and boys have(82)__________chances.
(83)_________	A vicious circle	A virtuous circle
Significance	Educating girls(84)__________to social benefits, economic advantages and health practices, including family planning.
(85)_________	Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.