大学四级阅读Section A.docx

1Over 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 _____1_____ today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today _____2_____ of children is limitedto small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and _____3_____ farms, rather than to large factories.Girls _____4_____ 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 _____5_____ to the health. _____6_____, 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 _____7_____. Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the _____8_____ 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 _____9_____ 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 _____10_____ time of their lives—children.2One lunchtime, May Ward was going round the local supermarket in Parkside Road, Liverpool, doing her shopping, when she suddenly slipped and fell. She was badly shaken and hurt but _____1_____ nothing serious resulted. It turned out that she had slipped on some ice-cream which had been _____2_____on the floor. Two weeks later she wrote to the firm to _____3_____ compensation（赔偿）to make up for the pain and _____4_____ she had suffered. She complained that they hadbeen negligent（忽视的） and careless in not keepin