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 con-stant relation between children and their par-ents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts dis-tance between 5 and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in of-fices. 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 ani-mals 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 pro-vided 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 road, “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 .

Can you remember what kind of sports interest you most during childhood? Looking back to years ago, you are probably find excitement and great fun in just racing around the playground or skipping rope for hours. At that time, you were thinking entertainment rather than fitness.

However, nowadays with so much high-tech home equipment and so many underused gym memberships, people seem to have forgotten the simple joy of jumping rope. Actually, restoring it will give you a total-body exercise and keep you healthy.

Jumping rope has never gained really widespread acknowledged although it’s regarded as an excellent form of exercise. There are two essential reasons for that。

For one thing, while most people recognize jumping rope as an excellent form of cardiovascular (心血管的) exercise , they also believe that it is simply too difficult to continue jumping for the near 20 minutes that it takes to achieve a beneficial physical outcome.

For another, a lot of people consider it somewhat to be boring and overly repetitive instead of enjoyable or entertaining.

In fact, jumping rope can be great fun and exciting as long as you find a proper way to practice it. For instance, you can change your pattern every 10 or 20 jumps instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce over and over again. A single bounce, a double –bounce, a skip , a knee-up , side swings , as well as a variety of other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping .

Now scientists’ research is discovering that jumping rope also prepares the brain for learning and memory. It is an exercise allowing both brain hemispheres（半球）to perform in parallel (平行) to each other .

Come and join us in jumping rope—a life-long activity requiring little equipment, time and space, yet leading to a much healthier life.

64. What’s the function of the first paragraph?

A. It’s used to express the author’s opinion.

B. It’s used as a conclusion of the research.

C. It’s used to lead in the topic to be discussed.

D. It’s used to give some background information.

65. It’s because 　　　　 that rope jumping has not spread widely around the world.

A. it is too difficult to learn to jump

B. it is considered boring and repetitive

C. it benefits the cardiovascular system

D. it requires little equipment, time and space

66．According to the researchers , jumping rope 　　　　 .

A. only prepares the brain for learning

B. is suitable for patients to recover from illness

C. is especially dangerous for small kids

D. helps both brain hemispheres work equally

67．What is the author’s attitude towards rope jumping ?

A. He is arguing against it. B. He is in favour of it .

C. He is sitting on the fence of it.　　　　　　　 D. He is not clear about its effect.

　　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 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 road,“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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　　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 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 road, “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__.