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 .

Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced, had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress, "There were times when I would lie in bed and think, I don't know how I'm going to pay that bill," Mangano says．

But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious． She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor． "I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing out a mop," Mangano says． "So, I said, 'There's gotta be a better way．"'

How about a "self-wringing" mop? She designed a distinctive tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry． She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets．

Then Mangano met with the media． But would couch potatoes（泡在电视机前的人） buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain． They gave it a try, and it failed． Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera demonstration． "Brave little me． I said, 'Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item．"'

So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her． "I got onstage and the phones went crazy． We sold every mop in minutes．"

Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network． Talking about her household inventions is "as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child," Mangano says．

Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers． The thin, space-saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the US A．Of course, you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV．

56． The two items that Mangano designed and produced are　　　　 .

　　　 A． welcomed by housewives B． bought by multinational con）orations

　　　 C． seen at flea markets D． found by the media

57． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　　 A． Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family．

　　　 B． Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience．

　　 C． The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop．

　　　 D． QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV．

58． From the passage we can know that Mangano now　　　　　　 .

　　　 A． sells her goods mostly at markets

　　　 B． has become famous and got rich

　　　 C． has stopped household inventions

　　　 D． has sold her two-bedroom home

59． Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use　　　　 .

　　　 A． to clean the floor

B． to take pictures like a camera

　　　 C． to make phone calls like a cellphone

D． to put their clothes on it to keep their shape