二、完形填空( 10分，每小题1分)

　　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 suffer from a different kind of poverty of the spirit. 21 ,one Western country alone now sees 14,000 attempted suicides (自杀)every year by children under 15, and one child in five needs psychiatric(心理) advice.

　　There are many good things about 22 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 23 and children. But in the most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices 24 , the child sees mother and father, relatives and neighbors working nearby and often shares in that work.

　　A child 25 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community' s work; helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies rather than through playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 26 playing with dolls.

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the western 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, on the other hand, are provided with a watch watch as one of the 27 signs of growing up, so that they can 28 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows.

　　The Third World children do not usually 29 to stay indoors, still less in highrise apartment (公寓). Instead of dangerous roads, " keep off the grass" sign and " don' t speak to strangers", there is often a sense of freedom to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 30 from ten floors up. Of course, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all bad.

　　21. A. As usual

　　B. For instance

　　C. In fact

　　D. In other words

　　22. A. childhood

　　B. poverty

　　C. spirit

　　D. survival

　　23. A. relatives

　　B. fathers

　　C. neighbors

　　D.adults

　　24. A. Anyhow

　　B. However

　　C. Instead

　　D. Still

　　25. A. growing up

　　B. living through

　　C. playing

　　D. working

　　26. A. and

　　B. but

　　C. or

　　D. so

　　27. A. easiest

　　B. earliest

　　C. happiest

　　D. quickest

　　28. A. worry

　　B. fear

　　C. hurry

　　D. care

　　29. A. dare

　　B. expect

　　C. have

　　D. require

　　30. A. anxiously

　　B. eagerly

　　C. angrily

　　D. proudly