大学四级阅读Section A

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1、1Overahundredyearsago,CharlesDickensshockedmanyofhisreaderswhenhedescribedtheconditionsunderwhichyoungchildrenworkedinBritishfactories.TheconditionsDickensdescribedcontinuealmost_____1_____todayinmanypartsoftheworld.Theonlydifferenceisthattoday_____2_____ofchildrenislimitedtosm

2、allindustriesandfamilybusinesses,suchashotels,restaurantsand_____3_____farms,ratherthantolargefactories.Girls_____4_____morefromchildlaborpracticesthanboys.Manyofthemareforcedtostartworkwhentheyareonlytenyearsold.Althoughtheworktheyaregiventodoisoftenlight,itisoften_____5_____t

3、othehealth._____6_____,childrenasyoungassixyearswerefoundtobeworkinginAsianfactories,andthechildrenwereworkingfromeighttofourteenhoursadayinovercrowdedandunhealthyworking_____7_____.Sometimesawholefamilygroupisemployed,withthe_____8_____goingtoaparentorolderrelative.Thechildren

4、notonlyreceivenothingorverylittlefortheirlonghoursofwork,butalsotheyarepreventedfromattendingschool.Therefore,whentheybecomeoldertheyareunabletodoanyotherkindofwork.The_____9_____totheproblemofchildlaborisclearlybetterlawstoprotectyoungchildren,greatersupervision（监督）ofindustrya

5、ndheavierfinesforthosewhobreakthelaws.Onlyinthiswaycanyoungboysandgirlsbeallowedtoenjoythemost_____10_____timeoftheirlives—children.A.elsewhereB.employmentC.dissolvedD.lightE.recentlyF.solutionG.unchangedH.sufferI.conditionsJ.perspectiveK.impatientL.valuableM.particularN.procee

6、dO.payment2Onelunchtime,MayWardwasgoingroundthelocalsupermarketinParksideRoad,Liverpool,doinghershopping,whenshesuddenlyslippedandfell.Shewasbadlyshakenandhurtbut_____1_____nothingseriousresulted.Itturnedoutthatshehadslippedonsomeice-creamwhichhadbeen_____2_____onthefloor.Twowe

7、ekslatershewrotetothefirmto_____3_____compensation（赔偿）tomakeupforthepainand_____4_____shehadsuffered.Shecomplainedthattheyhadbeennegligent（忽视的）andcarelessinnotkeepingthefloorclean.Thefirmdeniedthattheyhadbeennegligentand_____5_____thattheyhadapropersystemforkeepingthefloorclean

8、.Theyhadgiveninstructionsthatwhenamemberofstafffoundas