Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What do 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 languages. There is also math, science, history 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(嫩枝) and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string(繩子).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 600yuan.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.
小題1:The underlined word “Chores” probably means______.
A．網(wǎng)上沖浪B．家務雜活C．體育活動D．家庭作業(yè)
小題2:Sports are very popular in Africa because children_______.
A．do not need money to playB．can play all kinds of ball games
C．don’t like to go to schoolD．don’t like to do their homework
小題3: In Africa ,how many hours can you use all your pay to surf the Internet in a year .And you only have the average pay.
A． 20 hoursB． more than 240 hours
C．a(chǎn)bout 240 hoursD．a(chǎn)bout 20 hours

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C

試題分析：短文大意：你想知道非洲的孩子嗎？本文介紹了非洲孩子的生活情況：對許多非洲兒童來說上學是昂貴的。他們每天的樂趣不是只工作不玩耍。他們上網(wǎng)的費用很貴。
小題1:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后面的They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there’s cleaning, washing and helping Mum with the meal.可知該選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Children can make goals with twigs(嫩枝) and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string(繩子).They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa.可知該選A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中To surf the net for 20 hours costs 600yuan.This is more than the average（平均的） monthly pay per person.可知該選C。
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