高三英语专项训练10.doc

英语任务型阅读及书面表达专练 10
一． 任务型阅读
认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
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 (经济学家), but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on encouragement, provides an explanation for why so many girls are rid 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 (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 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 (1) in developing countries
Viewpoint
Educating girls is more beneficial and worthy of being (2) .
Families
From low-income families
From educated mothers' families
Attitudes
Gifts are of less (3) than boys.
Development should be for all the (4) .
Practices
●There is (5) investment in daughters, while boys are sent to school.
● Girls are made to stay at home,
(6) housework.
It is insisted that girls and boys be offered chances to be educated (7) .
Consequences
A vicious circle
A virtuous circle
Significance
Educating women (8) to social benefits, has economic advantages and (9) health practices significantly, including family planning.
(10)
Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding,

二 书面表达
假如你是校报负责人, 急需在学校内聘一位同学任英文版的编辑, 请你用英文以” An English Editor Wanted” 为题目写一则招聘启事。内容要点如下：
1、 该工作主要包括两部分：一是从英文报刊杂志及互联网上选择适合学生的文章；
2、 二是选择与编辑同学们的来稿。
2、希望该同学满足下列要求：1）乐意奉献出一些业余时间为同学们服务；
2）英文与美术皆好； 能熟练使用电脑。3）感兴趣的同学请在本周内与学生会（Students’ Union）联系。
注意： 1) 词数150左右； 2) 不要逐字翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。

参考答案

1. education 2, invested 3. value/importance/significance
4. children 5. no/little 6. doing
7. fairly/equally 8. contributes/leads 9. affects 10. Conclusion

二，
An English Editor Wanted
Our school newspaper is looking for an editor for its English edition. The job mainly includes two parts: One is to choose proper English articles from other newspapers, magazines or the internet for us students. The other is to pick out articles from students in our school and edit them for use.
We hope that he/she could meet the following requirements: First, he/she is willing to devote some of the spare time to serving the others. Second, it’s necessary for him/ her to be good at both English and fine art. Needless to say that the ability to use the computer is important as well.
Those who are interested in the job, please get in touch with the Students’ Union this week.
Students’ Union