Directions：In this section，there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Gender equality，is a well-defined by-product of human development.It always 26 to how to focus attention on women empowerment.Meanwhile women empowerment confronts challenges 27 in translating the responsibilities to gender equality into action.Gender discrimination is the prime 28 of endemic（地方性的）poverty leading to the widespread HIV.With a 29 to making gender equality a reality as a core commitment，women empowerment has to be the stepping stone to sustainable development.

HIV/AIDS epidemic is 30 in Africa and mounting all over the world mostly due to gender discrimination，stigmatisation（偏见）and unsafe sex practice.To make the spread of epidemic flagged（使衰退），widening gender gaps must be 31 .Nowadays young women and girls are at a much higher risk than men.According to the findings of surveys and case studies conducted in Africa，young girls are 5-6 times more likely to be 32 by HIV virus than boys.

According to the social development specialist and AIDS researcher Mohammad Khairul Alam，“It should be realised that there is no alternative to develop and enhance life skills of 33 girls and women to cope with epidemic.They may be assisted on the 34 levels to become engaged in grooming their confidence and organised.At the same time，their voices should be allowed to be heard loud and clear.Thus the collective effort of women is born with the sense or purpose that they will be stirred up to share perceptions improving their 35 to reproductive health related information and services.”

A）abandoned I）inclines

B）access J）infected

C）breaking K）raging

D）combated L）source

E）competitively M）various

F）conservative N）view

G）constantly O）vulnerable

H）happens