Child labor- the employment of children in industry, often against their will- has been a problem for many years. Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost unchanged today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today employment of children is confined to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and particularly farms, rather than to large factories.
Girls suffer more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often light, it is often harmful to the health. Recently, children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working conditions. Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the payment going to a parent or older relative. The children not only receive nothing or very little for their long hours of work, but also they are prevented from attending school. Therefore, when they become older they are unable to do any other kind of work.
The solution to the problem of child labor is clearly better laws to protect young children, greater supervision(监督) of industry and heavier fines for those who break the laws. Only in this way can young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of their childhood lives.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first paragraph？
A.Children are often willing to work in large factories.
B.Most children are working in British factories.
C.The working conditions for children have been improved since Dickens’ times.
D.Charles Dickens described in his novels the poor working conditions for child labor.
The conditions under which young children work___________.A.have improved since a hundred years ago
B.are even worse than those a hundred years ago
C.are similar to those a hundred years ago
D.are exactly the same as those a hundred years ago
Girls work is ________________.A.not harmful to the health though it is heavy
B.not harmful to the health because it is light
C.harmful to the health though it is light
D.harmful to the health because it is heavy
Young children go to work ______________.A.because they are forced to
B.in order to be skillful in a certain kind of work
C.in order to earn money for education
D.in order to be paid well
To solve the problem of child labor, the writer suggests _______.A.punishing lawbreakers with severer fines, improving children’s working conditions, and confining employment of children to light industries
B.improving laws of protecting children’s interests, looking over factories more closely, and punishing lawbreakers with severer fines
C.improving laws of protecting children’s interests, giving them lighter work, and raising their payment
D.confining employment of children to small industries and family businesses, looking over factories more closely, and improving the system of education
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