Read and translate the text.Child poverty grows as cities expand

A new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (1) ____ that hundreds of millions of children in the worlds cities are living (2) ____ poverty. UNICEFs "State of the Worlds Children Report" says a staggering proportion of children (3) ____ the most basic of services, including clean water, education, health, proper toilets. "Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from (4) ____ services," the Children's Fund said. The Fund also says these children are (5) ____ the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in the world because they live in fear of violence and exploitation on a (6) ____ basis. Millions of children are forced into child labour and the sex industry.The report explains how the slums where children live have diseases (7) ____ as pneumonia and diarrhoea, two of the biggest killers of children under five in the world. UNICEF spokeswoman, Marixie Mercado, says many children are disadvantaged from (8) ____ and are excluded from normal society in which richer children can thrive. She says: One-third of children in (9) ____ areas are not registered at birth [and that] makes them (10) ____ more vulnerable to exploitation (11) ____ their lives. UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake added: "Children are vulnerable to.the injuries, illnesses and death that result from living in crowded settlements (12) ____ hazardous rubbish dumps or alongside railroad tracks."Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.(a)warnings(b)warning(c)warn(d)warns

2.(a)up(b)out(c)in(d)of

3.(a)back(b)lack(c)tack(d)rack

4.(a)vital(b)ritual(c)virtual(d)viral

5.(a)between(b)through(c)among(d)via

6.(a)daytime(b)days(c)day(d)daily

7.(a)much(b)such(c)many(d)so

8.(a)birth(b)born(c)delivery(d)pregnancy

9.(a)mundane(b)urban(c)prominent(d)prosper

10.(a)many(b)such(c)much(d)from

11.(a)throughout(b)thought(c)thorough(d)though

12.(a)topping(b)top(c)tops(d)atop

TRUE / FALSEa.The article is about a WHO report on poor children.T / F

b.Hundreds of millions of children are living without vital services.T / F

c.The report says millions of poor children live in fear every day.T / F

d.The report says millions of children volunteer to work.T / F

e.Pneumonia & diarrhoea are among the deadliest diseases for children.T / F

f.A UNICEF official said many children have a bad life from birth.T / F

g.Around 33% of children born in urban areas are registered.T / F

h.A UNICEF official said children are safer living on top of rubbish dumps.T / F

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Match the definitions with the following words from the text. Thrive, proportion, poverty, hazardous, excluded, slums, disadvantaged, fund, vulnerable, urban, lack, exploitation, dumps, staggering.

1. The state of being extremely poor.

2. A part, share, or number compared to a whole.

3. A very dirty, and overcrowded urban street or district where very poor people live.

4. Amazing.5. Negative circumstances, especially with regard to financial or social opportunities.

6. Denied someone access to a place, group, or situation.

7. Grow or develop very well and quickly.8. An easy target for physical or emotional attack or harm.9. An organization set up to manage money for a particular purpose.10. Very dangerous or risky.11. Relating to a city or town.12. Sites or areas to throw away a town's or city's garbage.13. The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.14. Not enough of.