ThesurveyaboutchildhoodintheThirdWorldshowsthatthestruggleforsurvivalislongandhard.Butintherichworldchildrencan1fromadifferentkindofpoverty-ofthespirit.2oneWesterncountryalonenowsees14000attemptedsuicides(自杀)everyyearbychildrenunder15andonechild3fiveneedspsychiatric(心理)advice.

Therearemanygoodthingsabout4intheThirdWorld.Takethecloseandcon-stantrelationbetweenchildrenandtheirpar-entsrelativesandneighboursforexample.IntheWesttheverynatureofworkputsdis-tancebetween5andchildren.ButinmostThirdWorldvillagesmotherandfatherdonotgomilesawayeachdaytoworkinof-fices.6thechildseesmotherandfatherrelationsandneighboursworking7andoftensharesinthatwork.

Achild8inthiswaylearnshisorherrolethroughjoininginthecommunity's9:helpingtodigorbuildlookafterani-malsorbabies-ratherthan10playingwithwaterandsandinkindergartenkeepingpets11playingwithdolls.

Thesechildrenmaygrowupwithalessoppressivesenseofspaceandtimethanthe12children.Theirsenseofdaysandtimehasalottodowiththechangeofseasonsandpositionsofthesunorthemooninthesky.Childrenintherichworld13arepro-videdwithawatchasoneofthe14signsofgrowingupsothattheycan15alongwiththeirparentsaboutbeinglateforschooltimesmealtimesbedtimesthetimesofTVshows...

ThirdWorldchildrendonotusually16tostayindoorsstilllessinhigh-riseapartments(公寓).Insteadofdangerousroad“keepoffthegrass”signsand“don'tspeaktostrangers”thereisoftenasenseof17tostudyandplay.Parentscanseetheirchildrenoutsideratherthanobservethem18fromtenfloorsup.

19twelvemillionchildrenunderfivestilldieeveryyearthroughhungeranddisease.ButchildhoodintheThirdWorldisnotall20.

(1)A．come

B．learn

C．suffer

D．survive

(2)A．Asusual

B．Forinstance

C．Infact

D．Inotherwords

(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