問題詳情

III. Cloze Test A.    The World Bank plans to 16 $2.5 billion during the next five years for projects promoting female education inlow-income countries, first lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday in Washington. She said the investment is apowerful statement of belief in the power of education 17 the lives and prospects of millions of girls worldwide, aswell as the prospects of their families, their communities, and their countries. It is also “an affirmation of these girls’extraordinary promise,” she added.                  Development experts say education is one of the most effective ways to foster economic development. A World Bankstudy found that a woman’s lifelong income increased by 18 percent for every year she attended school.This education project is not the World Bank’s first for females. A program it operated between 1994 and 2008 led togirls 18 boys as the majority in Bangladeshi schools. A $500 million project in India has put 4.3 million more girlsin secondary schools since 2012. Similar projects 19 in Nigeria and Yemen, also yielding positive results.    Michelle Obama is promoting the “Let Girls Learn” initiative, which she started with President Barack Obama lastyear. The initiative strives to provide adolescent girls, particularly in developing countries, 20 education.
16.
(A) put off
(B) bring about
(C) set aside
(D) set off

參考答案

答案：C
難度：困難0.371429
統計：A(2),B(12),C(13),D(5),E(0)

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