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We have heard about cormorant fishing, Chinese knot, paper cut. But do you know clay figurine(泥人) is a1. kind of traditional folk art in China. The figurines are mainly characters and animals and the clay is taken as raw material and put into a figurine by h2.. This kind of art began at the Neolithic Period (新石器时代). The pottery pig and sheep were d3. in Hemudu relics (遗址) of Zhejiang Province. People also found pottery, clay pig and clay sheep head in Henan Province. It has about six to seven thousand years history. However, it was until the Ming and Qing dynasties that the clay figurine had been r4. produced and became one of the main artworks in the people's culture life.

The art of clay figurine is d5. into two parts in China: Wuxi Huishan Clay Figurine and Tianjin "Clay Figurine Zhang". The Huishan Clay Figurine which comes from the western part of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It has a history of over one thousand years. The most f6. character "Big A Fu" is rich and brisk, deep and simple in sculpture, bright and ardent (热情的) in color, full of a rich native tinge (色调). Tianjin "Clay Figurine Zhang" began in Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty and had a history of about 180 years. Zhang Mingshan was the first person of "Clay Figurine Zhang". It said that he could c7. a lifelike clay figurine with lively facial expression in a minute while sitting and talking to others.

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Why is clean water so 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. Inprotest, 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.

4.The underlined word “protest ” in this passage means _______.

A. 抗议 B. 保护 C. 节约

5.The purpose of the writer is to _______.

A. teach people how to wash hands

B. call on people all over the world to save water

C. show developing countries rich in clean water

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