Wednesday, October fifteenth, is the first Global Handwashing Day. Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.
Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at so–called key (关键的)moments. These include after using the toilet , after cleaning a baby and before touching food .
The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing disease-causing germs (细菌).They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas, including under the fingernails. Rub for at least twenty seconds. Then , wash well under running water . Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth or wave them in the air.
The Partnership for Handwashing says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing . Soap also helps to break up the grease （油脂）and dirt that hold most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which increases the likelihood that people will wash again.
The partnership says washing with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any vaccine or medicine. It could help reduce cases of diarrhea (腹泻)by almost half. And it could reduce deaths from pneumonia(肺炎)and other breathing infections by one fourth.
Diarrhea is the second leading cause of child deaths, killing more than one and a half million children a year. Pneumonia is the leading cause, killing about two million children under five each year. Hand washing can also prevent the spread of other diseases.
When people get germs on their hands, they can infect themselves by touching their eyes, nose or mouth. Then they can infect others .
1.Why is there the Global Handwashing Day?
A. To increase the sale of soap around the world.
B. To save the chidren in the developing world.
C. To advice people to wash hands more often.
D. To encourage people to wash hands with soap
2.What’ s the correct order of washing hands?
a. Cover the hands with soap
b. Rub the hands for twenty seconds
c. Dry the hands with a clean cloth
d. Wet the hands with a small amount of water.
e. Wash the hands well under running water
A. d,a,b, e,c           B. d,b,a,e,c            C. a,e,d,b,c            B. a,b,d ,e,c
3. Which of the following is NOT the reason why soap can help to remove germs?
A. It makes people spend more time washing hands.
B. It helps break up the grease and dirt on the hands
C. The pleasant smell kills off the disease-causing germs.
D. It raises the possibility of people washing hands again
4. What can we leam from the last three paragraphs?
A. Washing with soap will save our lives instead of medicine
B. Diarrhea and pneumonia get many children killed every year
C. People shouldn’t touch eyes and noses with hands for fear of germs.
D. We won’t get infected if we get our hands washed well.