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【題目】New York — Wednesday, October fifteenth, is the first Global Hand Washing Day. Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.

Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments. These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food.

Global Hand Washing Day is the idea of the Public-Private Partnership for Hand Washing with Soap. The goal, they say, is to create a culture of hand washing with soap. The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs (病菌). They say the correct way to wash hands is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails. Then, rinse well under running water. Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth.

The Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the likelihood that people will wash again.

It also says washing with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine. It could help reduce cases of diarrhea (痢疾), which is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year, by almost half.

【1】The Partnership creates Global Hand Washing Day to _____.

A. call on people to wash hands

B. help the developing countries

C. make a culture of hand washing in the third world

D. promote the importance of soap in hand washing

【2】The following facts can explain why soap is important EXCEPT that _____.

A. soap gets people into the habit of washing hands

B. soap helps to get rid of more germs off hands

C. soap attracts people to do more hand washing

D. soap gives people a longer hand washing time

【3】 According to the last paragraph, diarrhea is a disease that _____.

A. kills half of the kids in developing countries

B. can be prevented by washing hands with soap

C. causes the greatest number of child deaths

D. makes soap stand out in hand washing

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。介紹的是紐約在10月15日設(shè)立了第一個(gè)國(guó)際洗手日。旨在宣傳用肥皂洗手的概念。盡管很多人經(jīng)常洗手可是用肥皂的屈指可數(shù)。用肥皂洗手可以消除病菌，減少患病危險(xiǎn)。

【1】D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理。由第一段最后一句Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.知此項(xiàng)活動(dòng)旨在號(hào)召大家用肥皂洗手。故選D。

【2】A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第四段it increases the time that people spend washing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the likelihood that people will wash again.知此活動(dòng)可以增加人們洗手時(shí)長(zhǎng)、減少病菌危害、留下好聞的味道使人們想再洗手。只有A沒(méi)有提到。故選A。

【3】B 考查推理判斷。由最后一段第二句It could help reduce cases of diarrhea (痢疾)知用肥皂洗手爾康有減少患痢疾的概率。故選B。