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Carefullyguidinganeedlethat’slongerthanhistinyfingersayoungboystitches(缝合)togethertheleatherpiecesofasoccerball.Hesitscrouching(蹲伏)inthecornerofahotairlessshedfor12hours.Forhislongday’sworkhewillearn60cents.

Theboyisoneofmorethan200millionchildrenwhoworkathardsometimesdangerousjobsallovertheworld.Childlaborexistsintwo-thirdsoftheworld’snations.FromIndonesiatoGuatemalapoorchildrenasyoungas6aresentofftowork—allforpenniesaday.Oftentheyaremistreatedandpunishedfornotworkinghardenoughandsometimestheyaresoldasslaves.

InPakistanwhere80%oftheworld’ssoccerballsaremadethesituationisespeciallybad.Thereare11millionto12millionworkingchildreninthatAsiancountry.Atleasthalfofthemwilldieofstarvationordiseasebeforetheyreachtheir12thbirthday.

FIFAthesoccerworld’sgoverningorganizationstartedacampaigntostopchild-laborabuseannouncingitwastakingastand.FIFA’sseal(印记)ofapprovalappearsonsoccerballs.Thesealguaranteestheballsarethecorrectweightandsizeandmadeunderproperworkingconditions.FIFA’sdecisionsaysU.S.SecretaryofLaborRobertReich“isamajorstepineliminatingchildlaborfromthesoccer-ballindustry.”

CraigKielburger13ofCanadahastraveledtheworldfightingforkids’rights.Craigbelieveskidscanmakeadifference.“Writeletterstocompaniesandgovernmentofficials.Putpressureonleaderstomakechangesandtostopthemisuseofchildren.”hesaid.

Onesolutiontothechild-laborprobleminpoorcountriesiseducation.“Thefutureofthesecountries”SecretaryReichnoted“dependsonaworkforcethatiseducated.Wearepreparedtohelpbuildschools.”

1.AccordingtoParagraphs2-3thechild-laborproblem________.

A.existsineverycountry B.cannotbesolved

C.isserious D.doesharmtotheworldeconomy

2.Theunderlinedword“eliminating”inParagraph4canbereplacedby________.

A.removing B.preventing C.separating D.distinguishing

3.Inthispassagethewritermainlytriesto________.

A.explain