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     Pilot, Doclor, Teacher. These are the answers given by girls at K  kenya's  it's Centre for Excellence (KCE) in the tiny, rural village of Enoosaeon. Kenya, when asked what they want to be when they grow up. These would not be unusual responses in the United States, but deep in Maasai country, like so many places around the world, the

realiy  for girls is very different.

     The founder of the school. Kakenya Ntaiya, grew up in a small house made of straw, mud，and dung with no running water or electricity. She was born in 1978. but does not know the exact day—her mother cannot remember. She was engaged (訂婚） at age five to the six-year-old boy next door.

    I met  Kakenya seven years ago when she was a youth advisor with UNFPA's Washington, D.C.，office, and her vision and tenacity (韌*）to effect change for girls in Kenya is just as clear and strong today as it was when I first met her,

     Kakenya says she cannot remember a time when she did not work. By age ten Kakenya would come home from school* milk the cows, collect firewood and water,  dean, take carc of her brothers and sisters, and cook dinner. She was expected to endure (忍受)female genital mutilation (FGM)(女*割禮)shortly after becoming mature，be married by the time she was fifteen，and immediately start bearing children. Her life would then consist of working to maintain her family, starting the same cycle over again for her daughters.

    But Kakenya broke the cycle and is now helping hundreds  of girls in southern Kenya do the same.

      Kakenya avoided FGM for several years by staying in school. but eventually her father insisted. She negotiated a trade. She would not receive FGM if she could finish high school. He agreed and. as Kakenya reflects. “One morning they take you to the cow corral and right there，in front of everybody，a grandmother comes and does it to you. You feel this horrible pain but you can't cry. ”

     After she graduated from high school,she convinced her village elders to allow her to attend college in the United States. The village helped collect funds for her and she promised to return and build a school, a hospital, a future for girls. She earned a Doctorate in Education from the University of Pittsburgh and fulfilled her promise. She returned and built Kakenyavs Centre for Excellence, a school that admits at-risk girls from the community.

    KCE is a model for addressing the many challenges facing girls in the developing world. One of the first barriers that must be overcome is traditional attitudes. In 2006. the local chief said，MGirls arc for marriage，so there is no need to educate them.” Today he is an enthusiastic member of the Board of Trustees at KCE.

    KCE is also a model for ending FGM and early marriage. More than 90 percent of Maasai girls endure FGM, early marriage，and early childbearing—none at KCE do. School gives them a future and parents can see that keeping (hem in school has value. If all Maasai girls had access to quality schools，FGM and early marriage might disappear in a generation. Kakcnya also educates parents about the dangers of these practices and has them sign a written promise that they will not force FGM or early marriage on their daughters.

     Kakcnya and the KCE have more to do. Currently，many girls fleeing FGM and early marriage end up in Kenya’s cities alone and without resources. They face poverty and sexual exploitation. A rescue centre would give these girls safe harbor and nya also wants to build a school dormitory so she can accept girls from outside the village. And as the first class of 8th graders graduates from KCE this December* Kakenya dreams of being able to provide every qualified graduate with the resources she needs to attend high school.

    The girls at KCE accept no boundaries, and neither does Kakenya, Her approach is an effective and culturally sensitive model that could be copied elsewhere in Kenya and in the world.

65. The first paragraph of I he parage is intended to tell us  about    .

ambitions of the girls at Kakenya's Centre for Excellence

B.a considerable achievement which has been made by Kakenya

erences between developed countries and developing ones

Dexample of the rapid rural development of an African country

66. Kakenya docs no» know her birth date，which probably suggests her mother      .

A. had a mental problem    B. had a rather  poor    memory

C. couldn't read and write  D. couldn't afford a calendar

did Kakenya finally manage to escape FGM?

A. By conducting business wilh a company.

B. By workiog extraordinarily hard at school.

C. By condemning the grail cruelty of FGM.

D. By keeping away from her annoyed father.

can we see in Kakenya from the passage?

A. Firm beliefs unique insight and strong discipline.

High ability, deep wisdom and typical modesty.

C. Kind heart,  rebellious spirit and great flexibility.

l honesy, youthful energy and great patience.

h of the following is TRUE to the  passagc?

will spread to every corner of Kenya before long,

B. Kenya faces political barriers against women s liberation,

C. FGM and early marriage have almost disappeared vn Kenya.

D. Kakenya may greatly affect women’s liberation in the world.

70. Which of the following can  be the proper title for the passage?

A. Saving Girls： Kakenya  Ntaiya's  Dream

B. Fleeing rd Cage： Kakenya Nkiiya's Aim

C. It Is Hducation That CoynIs in Kunya

's Time to Push Social Reform in Kenyn

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