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 most suitable title for the text would be ________.

　　A. Hand Washing Brings Good Health

　　B. Hand Washing Gets a Day of Its Own

　　C. It Is Soap That Matters

　　D. Partnership for Hand Washing Takes Action

　　解析：选B。主旨大意题。本文是新闻报道，通常第一段就是文章的中心段，根据本段前半部分内容可判断此项最能概括文章大意。

　　2. The Partnership creates Global Hand Washing Day to ________.

　　A. call on people to wash hands

　　B. help the developing countries

　　C. promote the importance of soap in hand washing

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

　　解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知其目的是宣传肥皂在洗手中的重要作用。

　　3. The following facts can explain why soap is important EXCEPT that ________.

　　 A. soap gives people a longer hand washing time

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

　　 C. soap attracts people to do more hand washing

　　 D. soap gets people into the habit of washing hands

　　解析：选D。细节理解题。由第四段内容可知A、B、C三项正确；文章中没有提到肥皂能够让人养成洗手的习惯。

　　4. According to the last paragraph，diarrhea is a disease that ________.

　　A. kills half of the kids in developing countries

　　B. causes the greatest number of child deaths

　　C. can be prevented by washing hands with soap

　　D. makes soap stand out in hand washing

　　解析：选C。推理判断题。文章最后一段指出用肥皂洗手几乎可以使痢疾的发病率降低一半，由此可推测，痢疾是一种可以通过用肥皂洗手的方式预防的疾病。

　　B

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