【题目】Once there was a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as the loved ______. Her answer made the king very happy. Salt is simple thing, ______ it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.

Salt has many______. Bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our bodies can’t work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them ______. We also use salt to produce other products, like paper and glass. But for many years, salt’s most important job was to ______ food. Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌) need water to live. Salt takes in plenty of water, so most bacteria(细菌) can not live _______a salty environment. As a result, salt protects food and many other things. For much of humans history, this ability has made salt _______ Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, the hard working useful people are ______ as “the salt of the earth”.

For centuries, salt was also hard to ______. It’s usefulness, together with rarity(稀有) made it very expensive. Salt could even be used like ______. In fact, the word salary (薪水) comes from the word salt.

Today, salt is used more widely and it still plays an important role in our life.

1A. salt B. air C. gold D. sugar

2A. or B. so C. and D. but

3A. forms B. secrets C. uses D. skills

4A. wide B. safe C. smooth D. thick

5A. protect B. provide C. produce D. prepare

6A. in B. outside C. for D. without

7A. hopeful B. comfortable C. valuable D. successful

8A. saved B. dreamed C. invited D. described

9A. sell B. get C. take D. keep

10A. money B. medicine C. earth D. food

【题目】Every year on 15th October, over 200 million people around the world take part in Global Handwashing Day. But why do we have a day for something we do all the time? Well, research shows that not enough people often wash their hands with soap. Experts believe that this leads to the deaths of millions of people every year.

Sidibe, a public health expert says soap is the most beautiful invention in public health'. Washing your hands with soap can have a huge impact on reducing (减少) the spread of diseases. Handwashing with soap prevents babies from getting ill and keeps children healthy and in school.

However, washing hands with soap does not happen as often as you might think. This is partly because there aren't enough resources (资源) in poorer countries, but it's also because for many people, handwashing is simply not part of their everyday life. It's not easy to get people to change habits they learned in early childhood -- but this is what Global Handwashing Day wants to do.

In 2008, the Indian cricket team joined around 100 million Indian schoolchildren in washing their hands to promote (促进) the first ever Global Handwashing Day. Every year since then, many different events have been held around the world. In 2014. Global Handwashing Day was used in the fight against Ebola, a very serious disease, with events held in affected (受感染的) African countries.

Today, local and national leaders continue to use the day to spread the message about the importance of clean hands. The hope is that handwashing becomes a necessary part of people's lives and improves the health of millions around the world.

1Who started Global Handwashing Day?

A. Public health experts.

B. The Indians.

C. African schoolchildren.

D. Government leaders.

2What does the underlined word "impact" mean?

A. Danger.

B. Influence.

C. Background.

D. Problem.

3What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Washing hands with soap is good for public health.

B. Washing hands with soap doesn't become part of people's lives.

C. People are holding many different events to fight against diseases.

D. People all over the world are encouraged to wash hands with soap.

4What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Learning to Use Soap.

B. Fighting Against Diseases.

C. Living a Healthy Life.

D. Changing Your Habits.

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