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6.In 1988,a company in Ohio invented an alcohol-based hand cleaner,which was meant to be used by health-care worker; when soap and water were unavailable.Joe Kanfer,the company's C.E.O.,told me recently,"there were a couple of other alcohol products out there,but they were really ugly.Either they were greasy (油腻的) or they burned your hands white."Kanfer took a year and a half to develop this product which is visually appealing and does almost no harm to one's skin.Still.Kanfer lost money on it for more than a decade because people couldn't get what it was for.T he product was called Purell.Today,you see it everywhere.My doctor uses it several times during every office visit.You can hear it in almost every office in the U.S.and school picnics would be impossible without it.The former president Grorge W.Bush was called a racist for using hand cleaner after first shaking hands with Barack Obama,but Bush also gave some of it to Obama and recommended it as a cold preventative (预防药).What was once barely even a product is now a growing product category,worth hundreds of millions per year.
The rise of Purell makes some health professionals uneasy.Some claimed that promoting hand cleaner may worsen"our culture's irrational (非理性的) fear about bacteria."Still,the clear agreement among experts is that unclean hands pose a serious health risk,and are one of the main reasons in the spread of infections in hospitals.A 2007 study estimated that,in America in 2002,such infections resulted in more than a million and a half patient illnesses and caused or contributed to nearly a hundred thousand patient deaths-about double the number of U.S.deaths currently caused each year by AIDS and guns combined.
However,I asked a food microbiologist whether clean hands might have a medical drawback.He said,"We might have a much healthier population if we adopted the kinds of condition that we see in many Third World countries,with poor-quality food and poor-quality water and lots of bacteria.If we did that,we would have adults who were very healthy and have very strong immune systems.Unfortunately,the price that we would pay would be extremely high child death rate."
28.Why did Joe Kanfer lose money on his product according to Paragraph 1?A
A.Because people didn't think it useful.
B.Because people thought it was ugly.
C.Because it was harmful to the skin.
D.Because it burned the hands white.
29.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?B
A.Purell brings in lots of money for Kanfer.
B.Purell has been widely used in the US.
C.Purell is a cold preventative.
D.Purell meets different needs.
30.What mainly caused patient deaths according to the figures in Paragraph 3?C
A.People's fear about bacteria.
B.Hand cleaner.
C.Bacteria on the dirty hands.
D.AIDS and guns.
31.What can we learn about the people in Third World countries?D
A.They adopt healthy living habits.
B.They have poor immune systems.
C.They eat food with fewer bacteria.
D.Their child death rate remains high.
分析 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,属于说明文,1988年,俄亥俄州的一家公司发明了一种含酒精的手部清洁,这意味着医疗工作者可以使用,当肥皂和水是不可用时.本文以此展开,主要介绍了俄亥俄州一家公司发明的基于酒精的洗手液.
解答 28.答案:A.细节理解题.根据第一段中Still.Kanfer lost money on it for more than a decade because people couldn't get what it was for可知人们不知道这种产品有什么用.故选A.
29.答案:B.细节理解题.根据本段第一句The product was called Purell.Today,you see it everywhere.及后面的举例可知本段主要是讲这种产品的流行.故选B.
30.答案:C.细节理解题.根据第三段中unclean hands pose a serious health risk,and are one of the main reasons in the spread of infections in hospitals可可知,脏手上的细菌导致病人死亡.故选C.
31.答案:D.细节理解题.根据最后一段中Unfortunately,the price that we would pay would be extremely high child death rate.可知第三地界的国家由于不卫生导致儿童死亡率很高.故选D.
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测.

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