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Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education._____①_____
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. _____②_____ 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. _____③_____The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.
Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. _____④_____ 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.
43. What does the author say about woman’s education?
A. It deserves greater attention the other social issues.
B. It is now the main concern in many developing countries.
C. It will yield greater returns than other known investments.
D. It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.
44. What can be inferred by saying the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?
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
45. The sentence “But it has enormous economic advantages as well.” can be best placed in__________.
A.①
B.②
C.③
D.④
43.答案：D
解析：细节理解题。第一段中Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue.故选D。
44.答案：C
解析：推理判断题。第二段其后…trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.可知对女生的影响不好，难以实现自己的梦想。故选C。
45.答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据前后文章关系，指出受过教育女性不仅对社会有很大益处，对经济也有巨大好处，④提到了经济利益，故替换在此更合适，故选D。
 

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