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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard．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 by children 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 constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbors for example．In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 　　5　　 and children．But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices．　　6　　, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbors 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 　　10　　 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 　　11　　 playing with dolls．

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 　　12　　 children．Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky．Children in the rich world, 　　13　　 ,are provided with a watch as one of the 　　14　　 signs of growing up, so that they can 　　15　　 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …

　　Third World children do not usually 　　16　　 to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments(公寓)．Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of 　　17　　 to study and play．Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 　　18　　 from 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　　

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完型填空：

　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard．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 by children 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 constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example．In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 　　5　　 and children．But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices．　　6　　, the child sees mother 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 babiesmrather than 　　10　　 playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 　　11　　 playing with dolls．

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the 　　12　　 children．Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky．Children in the rich world, 　　13　　, are provided with a watch as one of the 　　14　　 signs of growing up, so that they can 　　15　　 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows…

　　Third World children do not usually 　　16　　 to stay indoors, still less in high rise apartments(公寓)．Instead of dangerous roads, “keep off the grass” signs and “don’t speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of 　　17　　 to study and play．Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 　　18　　 from 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　　．

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