thought one night at a hotel."I picked up the phone and called the front desk and asked them what happened to the bar of soap when I was done using it，"he recalled.Learning that they would go to the dustbin, he began his task to help save lives with soap and even half­used bottles of shampoo.It's a huge problem.One of the most common kinds of illnesses in the world are those that are passed from person to person and to oneself because of dirty things that are on one's hands.

　　In the U．S.and other developed nations, hygiene (卫生) products are everywhere.Not so in some other countries, where Seipler recalled visiting a hospital once in the Middle East to find that soap was in such short supply that patients had to provide their own."It's such an important part of the interruption of infectious germs that could save so many lives，" he said.

　　Clean the World now collects used soap from more than 4,000 hotels and has delivered 25 million bars to 99 countries.The process is fairly simple with the collected soap being cut into pieces and then run through machines that remove any remaining bacteria before being pressed into new bars of soap and packaged for delivery.

　　语篇解读：本文为记叙文。Shawn Seipler收集废弃的香皂并重新制作成整块的，来帮助需要的人们。

　　4．Shawn Seipler got the idea of collecting second­hand soap ________.

　　A．by chance

　　B．from the front desk

　　C．after calling his friend

　　D．after visiting the Middle East

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。由第二段 "...Seipler had a sudden thought one night at a hotel"可知，Shawn Seipler是在酒店时突发奇想，决定收集旧香皂。

　　5．How do hotels deal with used soap traditionally?

　　A．They sell it. B．They save it.

　　C．They drop it. D．They recycle it.

解析：选C　细节理解题。由第二段"Learning that they would go to the