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共用题干 第三篇Food for LearningIn Eritrea,a small country in northeast Africa,appr...

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第三篇

Food for Learning

In Eritrea,a small country in northeast Africa,approximately 80 percent of the population is illiterate.
That percentage is even higher for women.As in many developing countries,most Eritreans have traditional
ideas about the role of women.They believe that women should stay home and take care of the family and
should not get an education or look for a job.
These beliefs are one of the factors that prevent Eritrea and other developing countries from improving
their economic situation. Experience in many countries has shown that educated women have fewer children
and have more opportunities for improving their lives and the lives of their families.In Eritrea,in fact,there is
great need for improvement.It is one of the poorest countries in the world.For many Eritrean families,getting
enough food is a daily problem.
To deal with these problems,the Eritrean government,together with the World Food Program,has a new
program that offers food as a reward for learning. In primary schools,all the children receive food packages to
take home to their families.However,with the new program,the girls receive 50 percent more food than the
boys.This way,parents are encouraged to send their daughters to school rather than keeping them at home.
Another government program that aims to educate women is Food for Training. Managed by the National
Union of Eritrean Women,this pro缪m offers food rewards(also from the World Food Organization)to women
and older girls who are willing to join the program.Because of the war with Ethiopia,many women are bring-
ing up their families on their own.They often live in refugee camps,with no land of their own and no way to
earn money. Most of these women are illiterate and have no skills to find a job.They spend most of their day
looking for food and preparing it for their families.
The Food for Training program helps the teenagers and women change their lives.If they agree to join
he program,they receive a large package of food each month.In return,the women are required to attend free
literacy classes for two卜ours every day. When Food for Training started with classes in two regions of Eritrea,
5,000 girls and women joined in the first two months.It is especially popular with teenage girls,aged fourteen
to sixteen,who have never had a chance to go to school before.
The organizers of Food for Training also plan to offer other kinds of courses for women,using the same
system of food rewards.In these courses,they will teach women job skills and crafts,such as basket weaving.
These women will not only learn to read and write,but also become aware of what is going on in their coun-
try，and they will be able to have a voice in their future.
选项 The new literacy programs are an example of__________.
A:the work of 5,000 women and teenage girls
B:the problems with international aid organizations
C:local and international organizations working together
D:the Eritrean government working to keep its power
答案C
解析短文第二段第一句提到，是对妇女的传统观点影响了经济的发展，故选C。
从短文第三段中间可知，政府此举在于改变对妇女的传统观念。
从短文第五段第三句可知，只要她们参加免费的识字课就可以领到食物，所以选A。
从短文第三段第一句可知，这一项目是厄立特里亚政府和国际组织合作的结果。因 此，选项C正确。
从短文第五段的第一句可知，该项目旨在改善妇女的生活条件。
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