Childlabor-theemploymentofchildreninindustry，oftenagainsttheirwill-hasbeenaproblemformanyyears.Overahundredyearsago，CharlesDickensshockedmanyofhisreaderswhenhedescribedtheconditions underwhichyoungchildrenworkedinBritishfactories.TheconditionsDickensdescribedcontinuealmostunchangedtodayinmanypartsoftheworld.Theonlydifferenceisthattodayemploymentofchildrenisconfined（limited）tosmallindustriesandfamilybusinesses，suchashotels，restaurantsandparticularlyfarms，ratherthantolargefactories.

Girlssuffermorefromchildlaborpracticesthanboys.Manyofthemareforcedtostartworkwhentheyareonlytenyearsold.Althoughtheworktheyaregiventodoisoftenlight，itisoftenharmfultothehealth.Recently，childrenasyoungassixyearswerefoundtobeworkinginAsianfactories，andthechildrenwereworkingfromeighttofourteenhoursadayinovercrowdedandunhealthyworkingconditions.Sometimesawholefamilygroupisemployed，withthepaymentgoingtoaparentorolderrelative.Thechildrennotonlyreceivenothingorverylittlefortheirlonghoursofwork，butalsotheyarepreventedfromattendingschool.Therefore，whentheybecomeoldertheyareunabletodoanyotherkindofwork.

Thesolutiontotheproblemofchildlaborisclearlybetterlawstoprotectyoungchildren，greatersupervision（监督）ofindustryandheavierfinesforthosewhobreakthelaws.Onlyinthiswaycanyoungboysandgirlsbeallowedtoenjoythemostvaluabletimeoftheirlives-childhood.

1.Which'sthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?[]

A.Childrenareoftenwillingtoworkinlargefactories.

B.MostchildrenareworkinginBritishfactories.

C.ThepoorworkingconditionsofchildlaborinDickens'novel.

D.Theworkingconditionsforchildrenaresimilartothoseahundredyearsago.

2.Girls'workis（）.[]

A.notharmfultothehealththoughitisheavy

B.notharmfultothehealthbecauseitislight

C.harmfultothehealththoughitislight

D.harmfultothehealthbecauseitisheavy

3.Youngchildrengotowork（）.[]

A.becausetheyareforcedto

B.inordertobeskillfulinacertainkindofwork

C.inordertobepaidwell

D.inordertoearnmoneyforeducation

4.Tosolvetheproblemofchildlabor，thewritersuggeststhefollowingBUT（）.[]

A.lookingoverfactoriesmoreclosely

B.raisingtheirpaymentandimprovingthesystemofeducation

C.improvinglawsofprotectingchildren'sinterests

D.punishinglawbreakerswithsevererfines
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