题目内容
3、Carefully guiding a needle that’s longer than his tiny fingers, a young boy stitches(缝合) together the leather pieces of a soccer ball. He sits crouching(蹲伏) in the corner of a hot, airless shed for 12 hours. For his long day’s work, he will earn 60 cents.
The boy is one of more than 200 million children who work at hard, sometimes dangerous jobs all over the world. Child labor exists in two-thirds of the world’s nations. From Indonesia to Guatemala, poor children as young as 6 are sent off to work—all for pennies a day. Often they are mistreated and punished for not working hard enough and sometimes they are sold as slaves.
In Pakistan, where 80% of the world’s soccer balls are made, the situation is especially bad. There are 11 million to 12 million working children in that Asian country. At least half of them will die of starvation or disease before they reach their 12th birthday.
FIFA, the soccer world’s governing organization, started a campaign to stop child-labor abuse, announcing it was taking a stand. FIFA’s seal(印记) of approval appears on soccer balls. The seal guarantees the balls are the correct weight and size, and made under proper working conditions. FIFA’s decision, says U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, “is a major step in eliminating child labor from the soccer-ball industry.”
Craig Kielburger, 13, of Canada, has traveled the world fighting for kids’ rights. Craig believes kids can make a difference. “Write letters to companies and government officials. Put pressure on leaders to make changes and to stop the misuse of children.” he said.
One solution to the child-labor problem in poor countries is education. “The future of these countries,” Secretary Reich noted, “depends on a work force that is educated. We are prepared to help build schools.”
1. According to Paragraphs 2-3, the child-labor problem ________.
A. exists in every country B. cannot be solved
C. is serious D. does harm to the world economy
2. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.
A. removing B. preventing C. separating D. distinguishing
3. In this passage, the writer mainly tries to ________.
A. explain why child labor exists B. think much of FIFA and Craig Kielburger
C. show sympathy to working children D. persuade the reader help to end child labor
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Carefully guiding a needle that’s longer than his tiny fingers, a young boy stitches(缝合) together the leather pieces of a soccer ball. He sits crouching(蹲伏) in the corner of a hot, airless shed for 12 hours. For his long day’s work, he will earn 60 cents.
The boy is one of more than 200 million children who work at hard, sometimes dangerous jobs all over the world. Child labor exists in two-thirds of the world’s nations. From Indonesia to Guatemala, poor children as young as 6 are sent off to work—all for pennies a day. Often they are mistreated and punished for not working hard enough and sometimes they are sold as slaves.
In Pakistan, where 80% of the world’s soccer balls are made, the situation is especially bad. There are 11 million to 12 million working children in that Asian country. At least half of them will die of starvation or disease before they reach their 12th birthday.
FIFA, the soccer world’s governing organization, started a campaign to stop child-labor abuse, announcing it was taking a stand. FIFA’s seal(印记) of approval appears on soccer balls. The seal guarantees the balls are the correct weight and size, and made under proper working conditions. FIFA’s decision, says U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, “is a major step in eliminating child labor from the soccer-ball industry.”
Craig Kielburger, 13, of Canada, has traveled the world fighting for kids’ rights. Craig believes kids can make a difference. “Write letters to companies and government officials. Put pressure on leaders to make changes and to stop the misuse of children.” he said.
One solution to the child-labor problem in poor countries is education. “The future of these countries,” Secretary Reich noted, “depends on a work force that is educated. We are prepared to help build schools.”
1. According to Paragraphs 2-3, the child-labor problem ________.
A. exists in every country B. cannot be solved
C. is serious D. does harm to the world economy
2. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.
A. removing B. preventing C. separating D. distinguishing
3. In this passage, the writer mainly tries to ________.
A. explain why child labor exists B. think much of FIFA and Craig Kielburger
C. show sympathy to working children D. persuade the reader help to end child labor
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