Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day
can reduce(减少)a child’s
chance of becoming short-sighted(近视),research shows .
It challenges the belif that short-sightedness is caused by computer use ,
watching TV or reading in weak light .
Australian government
researchers believe that sunlight is good for people’s eyes . They compared the
vision (视力)and habits of
100 seven-year-old children in China and Australia .In all,30% of the Chinese
children were short-sighted .This percentage was ten times higher than
Australian children.
Both groups spent a similar
amount of time reading, watching TV and playing computer games .However , the
Australia children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors ,90 minutes
more than the Chinese children.
Professor Ian Morgan said ,“Humans are naturally long-sighted ,but
when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors ,the
number of short-sighted peoplegets larger. We are also seeing more and more
short-sighted children in cities all around the world –and the main reason may
be that city children spend less time outdoors .
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter
than indoor light . But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming
short-sighted ? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质)which stops the eyeball from
growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted .
So go outdoors .It doesn’t matter if that
time is spent having a picnic or playing sports .
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1.What can reduce a child's chance of becoming
short-sighted according to the passage ?
A. Playing computer
games.
B. watching TV.
C. Reading books.
D. Spending 2 or 3 hours playing outside every day.
2.What does the underlined word "percentage"
mean?
A.百分比 B.功率 C.平均分 D.效率
3.How much time did the Chinese children spend outdoors
according to the
research?
A. 2 hours. B. 90
minutes. C. 1 hour. D. 30 minutes.
4.What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
A. Why people become short-sighted.
B. Why natural light has a special chemical.
C. Why playing outside is good for one's eyesight.
D. Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the
passage?
A. People
will all become short-sighted after they begin to go to school.
B. Playing
outdoors for 2 or 3 hours every day can help protect your eyesight.
C.
Children in Australia are more likely to become short-sighted than those in
China.
D. lf you spend 2 or 3 hours playing outside each
day, you will become short-sighted.