Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:

Education

School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don't have to pay for school.

For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there's clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.

Daily fun

It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa.

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均 的) monthly pay per person.

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.

1. The underlined word "Chores" probably means

A．网上冲浪B．家务杂活C．体育活动D．家庭作业

2. Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.

A. do not need money to play

B. can play all kinds of ball games

C. don't like to go to school

D. don't like to do their homework

3.The passage is mainly about_________.

A. education in Africa

B. children's school life in Africa

C. the Internet in Africa

D. children's daily life in Africa

4.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that in Africa_________.

A. basketball is popular among children

B. children in Africa have to pay for school

C. some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

D. people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

Do you want to know something about chil­dren in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here:

Education

School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or ex­ercise books even though they don't have to pay for school.

For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language clas­ses: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. Chores take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and fire­wood for the family every day. Also there's clean­ing , washing and helping Mum with the meal.

Daily fun

It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( 嫩树枝)and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( 绳子 ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa.

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan. This is more than the average (平均 的) monthly pay per person.

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.

1. The underlined word "Chores" probably means

A．网上冲浪B．家务杂活C．体育活动D．家庭作业

2. Sports are very popular in Africa because chil­dren _________.

A. do not need money to play

B. can play all kinds of ball games

C. don't like to go to school

D. don't like to do their homework

3.The passage is mainly about_________.

A. education in Africa

B. children's school life in Africa

C. the Internet in Africa

D. children's daily life in Africa

4.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that in Africa_________.

A. basketball is popular among children

B. children in Africa have to pay for school

C. some children in Africa have to take two for­eign language classes

D. people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

Food waste has become a big problem in China.
Zhou Jinsong, a canteen(食堂) manager at Central South University, said that students produce over 12 barrels(桶) of leftovers every day — each barrel stands at one meter in height. Zhou’s canteen is just one of several on the campus.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people equates to about 50 million tons of grain every year, or 10 percent of the country’s total annual grain production. This food could feed another 200 million people. What students waste every year could feed over 10 million people. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly know how hard farmers work to provide them with the food they eat.
“Since the 1980s, when Chinese gradually became richer, food waste has been a subject of debate. But things have hardly changed over the years,” said Yu Changjiang, a sociologist at Peking University. “It’s the Chinese way of showing respect to friends, often referred as Mianzi.”
But rather than tradition, huge public spending on government banquets(宴会) is also causing food waste, said Zhou Xiaozheng from the sociology department at Renmin University of China. “It’s the result of widespread reception meals at government levels. It is also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their best to reduce food waste.”
【小题1】Which of the following statements is not the reasons for food waste?