出自:河北农业大学大学英语Ⅳ
【填空题】
（15选10）注意：只需填写选项字母 (要大写！），不要输入选项单词！
Directions： Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.
A. reduction B. weld C. involved D. levy E. approaches F. enhance G. lightweight H. reason
i. deduction J. relationships K. emancipate L. participating M. productivity N. generating O. achieved
To invest in women.s education and health is important for the overall welfare of the human society. The 1)
for saying so is obvious, that is, women are playing important roles in modern society. The politicians who 2)
taxes should know that women contribute to 40 percent of the world.s production in agriculture, a quarter in industry, and a third in services. Women farmers in the developing countries grow at least 50 percent of the world.s food. In addition to 3)
income, women continue to take responsibilities for household activities such as childcare, cleaning and preparing food, which are sometimes not as 4)
and easy as generally thought.
Yet women.s productivity remains low. Improving women.s productivity can greatly benefit economic growth and poverty 5)
, which are key development goals around the world. Hence, to 6)
women.s status is a vital part of the World Bank.s strategy for broadly based economic and human resource development.
To improve women.s welfare calls for the efforts of both women and men. If long-term change in the conditions of women is to be 7)
, the actions and attitudes of men must change, rather than simply to 8)
women from old conventions. Problems affecting women are often closely related to the social 9)
between men and women. For example, it is impossible to deal with women.s health problems effectively through 10)
that involve only women. Many women.s health problems are embedded in unequal gender relation in work loads, responsibilities for family welfare, as well as access to resources and decision-making.