根据下面资料,回答下列问题。
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. 【A1】________ ,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 【A2】________ 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 【A3】________ and children. But in the most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices 【A4】________, the child sees mother and father, relatives and neighbors working nearby and often shares in that work.
A child 【A5】________ 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 【A6】________ 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 【A7】________ signs of growing up, so that they can 【A8】________ 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 【A9】________ 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 【A10】________ 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.
【A1】
本题主要考查固定短语。as usual意为“像往常一样”;for instance意为“例如”;in fact意为“事实上”;in other words意为“换句话说”。根据下文内容 可知此处表示举例说明,B项符合题意,因此本题选B。
【A2】
本题主要考查名词。根据文章开头第一段第一句话可知,本文是关于第三世界孩子的童年的调查。所以A项符合题意,本题选A。
【A3】
本题主要考查名词。根据下文“But in the most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices ”可知这里是举例说 明孩子和家长之间的距离。因此D项符合题意,表明在西方工作的本质就把距离摆在了成年人和孩子之间。
【A4】
本题主要考查副词。,句意:但是在第三世界的村子里爸爸和妈妈不是每天去几英里之外的办公室上班,而是孩子看见爸爸、妈妈和亲戚邻居们在附近工作。根据前后两句之间的关系可以判定此处是在做对比,Anyhow意为“无论如何”;However意为“然而”;Instead意为“反而,代替”;Still 意为“仍然”,所以C项符合题意。
【A5】
本题主要考查动词。句意:一个以这种方式长大的孩子通过加入社区的工作来了解他或她的角色。根据下一段第一句的开头部分可以推断出A符 合语境。live through意为“度过,经历过”:本题选A。
【A6】
本题主要考查连词。句意:帮助挖或建,照顾动物或婴儿——而不是在幼儿园玩水玩沙、养宠物或者玩玩具娃娃。根据句意可知,这里表示或 者的关系,所以C项符合句意,本题选C。
【A7】
本题考查形容词。句意:但是在富人的世界,孩子们被给予一块手表作为长大的标志。根据题意可知.在西方国家,戴手表是长大的一种标 志。此处强调的是时间.B项符合题意.表示“最早的”,本题选B。
【A8】
本题考查动词。本句中So that引导的是结果状语从句,根据上下文可知这里表示他们关心的是上学迟到的时间、吃饭的时间、睡觉的时间等。如 果去掉句中的along with their parents这一修饰语.就比较容易理解了。care about表示“关心,在意”,D项符合句意。
【A9】
本题考查动词。句意:第三世界的孩子们不必经常待在室内,更不必说在高楼里了。don’t have to表示“不必”.相当于needn’t,have to do sth. 表示不得不做某事,根据题意,C项符合。
【A10】
本题考查副词。句意:家长可以看到孩子们在外面玩.而不是焦虑地从十层的高楼上观察他们。eagerly意为“渴望地”;anxiously意为“焦虑地”; angrily意为“生气地”;proudly意为“自豪地”:这里表示父母担心外出玩耍的孩子的安全,所以A项符合题意。