The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long andhard. But in the rich world, children can 1 from a different kind of poverty - of the spirit. 2 , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year bychildren under 15, and one child 3 five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.
There are many good things about 4 in the Third World. Take the close and constantrelation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, thevery nature of work puts distance between 5 and children. But in most Third World villagesmother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 6 , the child seesmother and father, relations and neighbours working 7 and often shares in that work.
A child 8 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's 9：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than 10playing with water andsand in kindergarten, keeping pets 11playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 12children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions ofthe sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 13, are provided with a watch asone of the 14signs of growing up, so that they can 15long with their parents aboutbeing late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …
Third World children do not usually 16o stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments(公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers",there is often a sense of 17to study and play. Parents can see their children outside ratherthan observe them 18from ten floors up.
19, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease.But childhood in the Third World is not all 20
1. A. come B. learn C. suffer D. survive
2 A. As usual B. For instance C. In fact D. In other words
3. A. by B. in C. to D. under
4 A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival
5 A. adults B. fathers C. neighbours D. relatives
6 A. Anyhow B. However C. Instead D. Still
7 A. away B. alone C. along D. nearby
8 A. growing up B. living through C. playing D. working
9 A. activity B. life C. study D. work
10A. by B. from C. through D. with
11A. and B. but C. or D. so
12A. Eastern B. good C. poor D. Western
13. A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole
14. A. easiest B. earliest C. happiest D. quickest
15. A. care B. fear C. hurry D. worry
16. A. dare B. expect C. have D. require
17. A. control B. danger C. disappointment D. freedom
18. A. anxiously B. eagerly C. impatiently D. proudly
19. A. Above all B. In the end C. Of course D. What's more
20. A. bad B. good C. rich D. poor