Even today in the modem, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a boy rather than a girl. One longstanding reason why boys have been (26) as a greater blessing has been that they are (27) to become better economic providers (28) their parents’old age. Yet it is time for parents to (29) again. Girls may now be a better investment.
Girls get better (30) at school than boys, and in most developed countries more women than men go to (31) . Women will thus be better (32) for the new jobs of the 21st century, in which brains (33) a lot more than physical strength. In Britain far more women than men are now (34) to become doctors. And women are more (35) to provide sound advice on investing their parents’nest egg. Surveys show that women consistently (36) higher financial returns than men do.
(37) , the increase in female employment in the rich world has been
A. apply
B. count
C. develop
D. manage
Even today in the modem, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a boy rather than a girl. One longstanding reason why boys have been (26) as a greater blessing has been that they are (27) to become better economic providers (28) their parents’old age. Yet it is time for parents to (29) again. Girls may now be a better investment.
Girls get better (30) at school than boys, and in most developed countries more women than men go to (31) . Women will thus be better (32) for the new jobs of the 21st century, in which brains (33) a lot more than physical strength. In Britain far more women than men are now (34) to become doctors. And women are more (35) to provide sound advice on investing their parents’nest egg. Surveys show that women consistently (36) higher financial returns than men do.
(37) , the increase in female employment in the rich world has been
A. seen
B. observed
C. watched
D. noticed
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