Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce(減少)a child’s chance of becoming short-sighted（近視）,research shows . It challenges the belif that short-sightedness is caused by computer use , watching TV or reading in weak light .
Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people’s eyes . They compared the vision （視力）and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in China and Australia .In all,30% of the Chinese children were short-sighted .This
percentage was ten times higher than Australian children.
Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching TV and playing computer games .However , the Australia children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors ,90 minutes more than the Chinese children.
Professor Ian Morgan said ,“Humans are naturally long-sighted ,but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors ,the number of short-sighted peoplegets larger. We are also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world –and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors .
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light . But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted ? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical（化學物質）which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted .
So go outdoors .It doesn’t matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports .
根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。
小題1:What can reduce a child's chance of becoming short-sighted according to the passage ?
| A．Playing computer games. |
| B．watching TV. |
| C．Reading books. |
| D．Spending 2 or 3 hours playing outside every day. |
小題2:What does the underlined word "
percentage" mean?
小題3:How much time did the Chinese children spend outdoors according to the research?
| A．2 hours. | B．90 minutes. | C．1 hour. | D．30 minutes. |
小題4:What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
| A．Why people become short-sighted. |
| B．Why natural light has a special chemical. |
| C． Why playing outside is good for one's eyesight. |
| D． Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light. |
小題5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．People will all become short-sighted after they begin to go to school. |
| B．Playing outdoors for 2 or 3 hours every day can help protect your eyesight. |
| C． Children in Australia are more likely to become short-sighted than those in China. |
| D． lf you spend 2 or 3 hours playing outside each day, you will become short-sighted. |
