47 According to this article, “gender equality in primary education” refers to_________ .
(A) the types of primary education both boys and girls should receive
(B) the quality and quantity of primary education for girls to receive
(C) the differences between girls and boys in receiving primary education
(D) the equal rights for boys and girls to receive primary education

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says 115 million children worldwide are still missing out on an education, most of them girls. 2005 is the year set by the UN to achieve gender equality in primary education.

聯合國兒童基金會（UNICEF）表示，全球有1.15億名兒童仍然失去了接受教育的機會，其中大部分是女孩。聯合國將2005年設定為實現基礎教育性別平等的目標年份。

UNICEF says many countries in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East cannot meet the target of gender equality in 2005. UNICEF is especially concerned about the situation in west and central Africa. Only five countries out of 24 are set to achieve gender equality there. In South Asia, UNICEF says, progress has been made but not enough. Forty-two million children across the region don’t go to school.

UNICEF表示，南亞、非洲和中東的許多國家無法在2005年實現性別平等的目標。UNICEF尤其關注西非和中非地區的情況。24個國家中只有五個國家將實現性別平等。在南亞地區，UNICEF表示已經取得了一些進展，但還不夠。該地區有4200萬兒童無法上學。

Afghanistan and Pakistan have the widest gender gaps. For Pakistan to have the same number of girls as boys in school by 2015, it would have to increase girls’ school attendance by over three percent each year. And in eastern and central Europe there is cause for concern, too. The introduction of fees for tuition, schoolbooks and uniforms has led to rising dropout rates—and girls drop out sooner than boys. UNICEF insists the effort must be made. The UN’s primary goal is to get rid of poverty, and education is fundamental to achieving that.

阿富汗和巴基斯坦的性別差距最大。為了使巴基斯坦在2015年擁有與男孩相同數量的女孩上學，每年必須將女孩的上學率提高超過三個百分點。而在東歐和中歐地區，也存在一些令人擔憂的情況。學費、教科書和制服費用的引入導致輟學率上升，而女孩輟學的速度比男孩更快。UNICEF堅持必須努力改善這種情況。聯合國的首要目標是消除貧困，而教育對於實現這一目標至關重要。

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根據這篇文章，「基礎教育的性別平等」指的是_________。

(A) 男孩和女孩應該接受的基礎教育類型
(B) 女孩接受基礎教育的質量和數量
(C) 女孩和男孩在接受基礎教育方面的差異
(D) 男孩和女孩接受基礎教育的平等權利