At age 11, Ghulam was married off to 40-year-old Jaiz in a rural Afghan village, making her only one of more than 10 million young girls who are being forced to wed men old enough to be their fathers of grandfather every year.
In an effort to start a global conversation about the devastating effects of early marriages, which are currently practiced in more than 50 developing countries, the United Nations designed October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child this year.
Although child marriage is against the law in many countries, and international treaties forbid the practice, it is estimated that about 51 million girls below age 18 are currently married, often under the cover of darkness and in secret. In Afghanistan alone, it is believed that approximately 57 percent of girls wed before the legal age of 16.
Various factors drive parents of child bridges to marry off their daughters, from the community’s pressure to confirm to age-old cultural customs to economic considerations. In poor, developing nations, it is not uncommon for families to settle debts by offering their daughters as payment.
Experts agree that early marriage denies the girl education and robs them of their childhood because most young wives, burdened by grownup responsibilities, do not get a chance to interact with their peers or carry on friendships outside the household. In many cases, the girls are lorded over by their husbands and in-laws, leaving them vulnerable(易受傷害的) to domestic violence as well as physical, sexual and verbal abuse. Underage wives who are lucky enough to escape from their husbands end up living in poverty, or worse. Most girls who enter early marriages are expected to get pregnant right away, which often leads to tragedy for both the mothers, who are still children themselves, and their babies.
Unless international organizations take steps to reverse the troubling trend, it is estimated that over the next decade, 100 million more girls—or about 25,000 girls a day ---will marry before they turn 18.
To learn more about campaign to end the practice of early marriages, please click: Too Young To Wed.
小題1:The purpose of the first paragraph is to _________.
A．a(chǎn)ttract readers’ attention
B．introduce the following topic
C．list the countries practicing early marriages
D．give readers an example of early marriages
小題2:The fifth paragraph mainly talks about __________.
A．the number of girls involved in early marriages
B．the causes of early marriages in developing counties
C．the tragic effects of early marriages
D．the countries that allow early marriages
小題3:The UN made October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child in order to __
A．urge parents to treat girls equally as boy
B．call on people to pay more attention to girls’ education
C．call on people to pay more attention to girls in poor countries or areas
D．start a global campaign against early marriages
小題4:Which of the following is a cause of early marriages?
A．The present girls develop much earlier than before
B．Some poor parents marry off their young girls for economic problems.
C．Many young girls receive little or no education for different reasons.
D．Most girls suffer from domestic violence and have babies too early.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：文章分析了世界上一些發(fā)展中國(guó)家存在的女孩在未成年就結(jié)婚的現(xiàn)象，分析了原因和它的危害，也提出了一些建議。
小題1:寫(xiě)作意圖題：文章第一段提到Ghulam的例子，是為了引出下面的話題，選 B
小題2:段落大意題：從第五段的句子：Experts agree that early marriage denies the girl education and robs them of their childhood because most young wives, burdened by grownup responsibilities, do not get a chance to interact with their peers or carry on friendships outside the household. 可知這段講的是早婚的悲劇的后果，選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：In an effort to start a global conversation about the devastating effects of early marriages, 可知聯(lián)合國(guó)把10月11號(hào)定為國(guó)際女孩日，是發(fā)起全球的反對(duì)早婚的運(yùn)動(dòng)，選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：In poor, developing nations, it is not uncommon for families to settle debts by offering their daughters as payment.可知一些父母早早的把女孩嫁出去是處于經(jīng)濟(jì)的考慮。選B
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