One of the world's richest men has taken a close interest in one of man's most basic functions: visiting the toilet．Bill Gates's charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world.
So, what's wrong with the traditional flush toilet? Firstly, it wastes a huge amount, of potential drinking water．Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution．This is a real problem in many areas of the developing world, where, according to United Nations estimates, unsafe sanitation causes half of all hospitalizations．Younger people are particularly at risk．Illnesses which cause diarrhea are responsible for the deaths of about 1．5 million children a year．Finally, standard lavatories simply aren't practical in remote areas．
The challenge set by Bill Gates was to come up with a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank．It also needed to operate for less than 5 cents．28 designs were displayed at the recent Reinvent the Toilet Fair．in Seattle, USA．Among them was one which turned human waste into electricity using microwaves, another which converted human waste into charcoal, and yet another which used urine for flushing．
But the winner was a solar-powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity．The team from the California Institute of Technology（CIT）picked up a prize of $ 100,000.
But clearly Bill Gates doesn't feel he's flushing money down the toilet．After the Seattle event he said, "We, couldn't be happier with the response we've gotten," Gates has even pledged $370 million more to the future toilet project．They hope to field test more, prototypes over the next three years．
小題1:Why is Bill Gates paying people to invent new toilets?
A．Because he wants to test people's sense of creativity．
B．Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion
C．Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people．
D．Because he can't design this kind of things himself．
小題2:Which of the following is NOT a problem with the traditional flush toilet?
A．They are too complicated to use. B．They waste too much water
C．They might cause diseases．D．They are not always practical.
小題3:The underlined word "latrine" in the third paragraph might have similar meanings to the word "__   " in the text．
A．sanitationB．looC．diarrheaD．prototype
小題4:The team from CIT won the prize because their design        .
A．can change human waste into electricity
B．can turn human waste into charcoal
C．can use urine for flushing
D．can produce power with solar energy
小題5:If someone "flush money down the toilet", they are       .
A．wasting money for nothing
B．being angry with their work conditions
C．showing—off their wealth
D．expressing their great determination

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：文章介紹比爾蓋茨找人發(fā)明一種新型的廁所，旨在環(huán)保和改善人們的衛(wèi)生狀況。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Bill Gates's charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which,they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world． 可知比爾蓋茨希望改善人們的衛(wèi)生狀況。選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Firstly, it wastes a huge amount of potential drinking water．Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution．和Finally, standard lavatories simply aren't practical in remote areas．可知傳統(tǒng)的廁所太浪費(fèi)水，會(huì)導(dǎo)致污染和疾病，不實(shí)用，BCD都是對(duì)的，選A。
小題3:猜詞題：從第一段的句子：the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future,可知latrine 和loo都是“廁所”，選B
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：But the winner was a solar-powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity．The team from the California Institute of Technology（CIT）picked up a prize of $ 100,000.可知他們獲勝是因?yàn)槔锰?yáng)能，選D
小題5:句意理解題：從后面的句子："We couldn't be happier with the response we've gotten,可知比爾蓋茨認(rèn)為這些錢(qián)并不是浪費(fèi)。選A
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