1、Festivals around the worldUnit 1话 题 导 入(2015江西省上饶市高一四校联考)Hand washing is the actof cleaning ones hands with or without the use of water.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 deve
2、loping world to wash their hands with soap.Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at socalled 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 PublicPrivate Partnership
3、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
4、 it into all areas,including under the fingernails.Then,rise 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 usua
5、lly 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
6、more than one and a half million children a year,by almost half.1The most suitable title for the text would be _.AHand Washing Brings Good Health BIt Is Soap That Matters CPartnership for Hand Washing Takes Action DHand Washing Gets a Day of Its Own 2The Partnership creates Global Hand Washing Day t
7、o _.Acall on people to wash hands Bhelp the developing countries Cpromote the importance of soap in hand washing Dmake a culture of hand washing in the third world3The following facts can explain why soap is important EXCEPT that _.Asoap helps to get rid of more germs off hands Bsoap gets people int
8、o the habit of washing handsCsoap attracts people to do more hand washingDsoap gives people a longer hand washing time4According to the last paragraph,diarrhea is a disease that _.Akills half of the kids in developing countries Bcan be prevented by washing hands with soapCcauses the greatest number
9、of child deathsDmakes soap stand out in hand washing 文章大意：本文介绍了全球洗手日的设立。1D 主旨大意题。由文章大意可知。2C 细节理解题。由第三段第二句话“The goal,they say,is to create a culture of hand washing with soap.”可知，设立全球洗手日的目的是提升用肥皂洗手的重要性。3B 细节理解题。由第四段可知，A、C和D项正确，没有提到B项。4B 推理判断题。由最后一段第二句话“It could help reduce cases of diarrhea(痢疾).”可知，diarrhea这种疾病可以通过洗手来预防。