Why is clean water important to developing countries? A recent report shows that about 80 percent of diseases in developing countries are caused by poor water and low sanitation(卫生)conditions. In those countries, women and girls spend several hours collecting water, but often polluted, far away from their families. The polluted water more or less influences their health. In this case, there is an urgent(迫切的)need for people in developing countries to have access to(有机会或权利使用)clean water to improve their health.

Here is a short story about Hadjara Zakari, a 12-year-old girl in Niger. Having access to clean water changed her life. She learned about the importance of hand-washing when the school first received clean water three years ago. That evening, she told her father, “You shouldn’t eat with me unless you clean your hands.” Her father was very angry and shouted at her, “It’s not up to you to tell me what to do!” Stunned(目瞪口呆的), Hadjara sat in silence. But she knew she was right. In protest, Hadjara refused to eat dinner that night. After her father questioned Hadjara’s head teacher, he understood the importance of hand-washing and his daughter’s intentions(目的). The girl really wanted her family to live longer and healthier lives.

For people in developing countries, clean water can change many things, especially improve their health. So, from now on, let’s avoid wasting water and take action to save water, which is important to people all over the world.

1.According to the recent report, poor water and low sanitation conditions can cause ______.

A.traffic problems B.forest fires C.many illnesses

2.The key to improving people’s health in developing countries is _______ in Paragraph 1.

A.to get clean water B.to exercise often C.to refuse drugs

3.What can we infer(推断)from Paragraph 2?

A.Hadjara laughed at her father’s foolishness.

B.Hadjara refused to eat dinner that night in order to lose weight.

C.Hadjara’s father understood his daughter’s love and care for him later.

David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small _____ for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he _____ a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His _____ moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had _____ friends here. At first he often played by ____.

His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David ____ to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.

One afternoon, Cathy told David, “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?” “_____. I’m glad to,” the boy said happily.

David got home and thought of a ____he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he _______to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t telephone her because he didn’t know her _____. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?”

“Nothing,” the woman said, “I just wish I were sixteen.”

1.A. town B. city C. village D. country

2.A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening

3.A. home B. shop C. building D. family

4.A. a few B. few C. a little D. little

5.A. himself B. him C. his D. he

6.A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes

7.A. Well B. No C. Sorry D. Certainly

8.A. book B. dress C. present D. pen

9.A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered

10.A. home B. number C. place D. address

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