2004年专业英语八级考试试题(4)

网络资源 Freekaoyan.com/2008-04-11



TEXT H First read the question. 34.What is the following passage mainly concerned with? A.Educational facilities in Africa. B.Founding a university for women. C.Agricultural production in Zimbabwe. D.Women’s role in agricultural production. Now go through TEXT H quickly to answer question 34. Access to education facilities is inadequate in subSaharan Africa. And women and girls there face greater disadvantages. They are often denied education as customs dictate they marry early and have children. Two Zimbabwean academics plan to open a university to help African women whose education was interrupted by either family commitments or financial constraints. The university will initially be in Harare, but will be relocated to Marondera, 80 kilometres east. The academics, Hope Sadza, former deputy commissioner of Zimbabwe’s Public Service Commission and Fay Chung, former Minister of Education, are to open the university this month. It will initially have 400 students. Students will be split into groups of 100 and placed in one of four faculties: social science, agriculture, environmental studies or science and technology. The university is for women aged 25 or older. The need for a university for women is more acute in Africa, where women are the poorest and most disadvantaged. When they do have access to education they often must endure sexual harassment. Most women drop out because they lack educational materials or the schools are inaccessible. “In Africa, women till the land and produce the bulk of the food, yet they have no understanding about marketing,” Sadza siad. “Agriculture is another area w here we can empower women.” The university will have a 285hectare farm and courses will include agricultural production and marketing. Women account for 80 per cent of Africa’s agricultural production, but have no control over either the resources or policies. The university since August has raised about Z$32.5 million (US$591,000) in donations and pledges. The university will be open to students from across Africa. It will be the second women’s university - after Sudan’s Ahfad University - in Africa.
34. What is the following passage mainly concerned with? 

A) Educational facilities in Africa.   
B) Founding a university for women.   
C) Agricultural production in Zimbabwe.   
D) Women’s role in agricultural production.   

相关话题/

  • 领限时大额优惠券,享本站正版考研考试资料!
    大额优惠券
    优惠券领取后72小时内有效,10万种最新考研考试考证类电子打印资料任你选。涵盖全国500余所院校考研专业课、200多种职业资格考试、1100多种经典教材,产品类型包含电子书、题库、全套资料以及视频,无论您是考研复习、考证刷题,还是考前冲刺等,不同类型的产品可满足您学习上的不同需求。 ...
    本站小编 Free壹佰分学习网 2022-09-19