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1、1Overahundredyearsago,CharlesDickensshockedmanyofhisreaderswhenhedescribedtheconditionsunderwhichyoungchildrenworkedinBritishfactories.TheconditionsDickensdescribedcontinuealmost_____1_____todayinmanypartsoftheworld.Theonlydifferenceisthattoday_____2_____ofchildrenisli

2、mitedtosmallindustriesandfamilybusinesses,suchashotels,restaurantsand_____3_____farms,ratherthantolargefactories.Girls_____4_____morefromchildlaborpracticesthanboys.Manyofthemareforcedtostartworkwhentheyareonlytenyearsold.Althoughtheworktheyaregiventodoisoftenlight,iti

3、soften_____5_____tothehealth._____6_____,childrenasyoungassixyearswerefoundtobeworkinginAsianfactories,andthechildrenwereworkingfromeighttofourteenhoursadayinovercrowdedandunhealthyworking_____7_____.Sometimesawholefamilygroupisemployed,withthe_____8_____goingtoaparent

4、orolderrelative.Thechildrennotonlyreceivenothingorverylittlefortheirlonghoursofwork,butalsotheyarepreventedfromattendingschool.Therefore,whentheybecomeoldertheyareunabletodoanyotherkindofwork.The_____9_____totheproblemofchildlaborisclearlybetterlawstoprotectyoungchildr

5、en,greatersupervision（监督）ofindustryandheavierfinesforthosewhobreakthelaws.Onlyinthiswaycanyoungboysandgirlsbeallowedtoenjoythemost_____10_____timeoftheirlives—children.A.elsewhereB.employmentC.dissolvedD.lightE.recentlyF.solutionG.unchangedH.sufferI.conditionsJ.perspec

6、tiveK.impatientL.valuableM.particularN.proceedO.payment2Onelunchtime,MayWardwasgoingroundthelocalsupermarketinParksideRoad,Liverpool,doinghershopping,whenshesuddenlyslippedandfell.Shewasbadlyshakenandhurtbut_____1_____nothingseriousresulted.Itturnedoutthatshehadslipped

7、onsomeice-creamwhichhadbeen_____2_____onthefloor.Twoweekslatershewrotetothefirmto_____3_____compensation（赔偿）tomakeupforthepainand_____4_____shehadsuffered.Shecomplainedthattheyhadbeennegligent（忽视的）andcarelessinnotkeepingthefloorclean.Thefirmdeniedthattheyhadbeenneglige

8、ntand_____5_____thattheyhadapropersystemforkeepingthefloorclean.Theyhadgiveninstructionsthatwhenamemberofstafffoundas