牛津译林版高中英语模块8 Unit 2 The universal language Period

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Unit 2 The universal language Period 1 课件 2

Ⅰ. 完形填空

For many people,toilets are not a pleasant topic.__1__ for Singaporean businessman Jack

Sim.He __2__ the World Toilet Organization to __3__ the health problems that poor

sanitation(卫生) is __4__ in many parts of the world.

Toilets are Jack Sim’s __5__.The 50-year-old Singaporean __6__ his job in the

construction business six years ago to found the World Toilet Organization.

It may __7__ like a joke,but the organization __8__ serious issues.Sim says more than 40

per cent of the world’s population lacks __9__ to proper toilets.The goal of his organization is to

make clean,safe and affordable sanitation __10__ to everyone.

Sim says the first step in __11__ change is to talk openly about toilets—a taboo subject for

many people.“__12__,toilets do not improve because people do not want to talk about it,and the

reason they don’t talk about it is that __13__ they are children,their parents taught them that if

they want to be __14__ for the rest of their life,don’t ever admit that they have a(n)__15__ with

the toilet—and that is really wrong,” he says.

The organization __16__ a World Toilet College in Singapore.Students from different __17__

such as architects or development workers,can choose among courses __18__ from toilet design

to sanitation.

Sim says one of the organization’s most important tasks is to train people in rural areas to

build toilets themselves.He says he __19__ the use of toilets by making them into a status __20__.

Sim says his organization will soon open a second toilet college,in the Indonesian province

of Aceh.

1.A.What if B.The same

C.No wonder D.Not so

2.A.joined B.devoted

C.founded D.observed

3.A.draw attention to B.take interest in

C.make notes of D.get an itch for

4.A.leading B.causing C.contributing D.attracting

5.A.passion B.profession

C.adventure D.dream

6.A.devoted to B.appealed to

C.took over D.gave up

7.A.prove B.sound

C.consider D.behave

8.A.insists on B.refers to

C.deals with D.concerns about

9.A.improvement B.means

C.access D.attraction

10.A.available B.important

C.necessary D.unique

11.A.adapting to B.dealing with

C.keeping up D.bringing about

12.A.Interestingly B.Basically

C.Confusingly D.Jokingly

13.A.when B.once

C.though D.shortly after

14.A.disrespected B.regarded

C.trusted D.respected

15.A.interest B.relationship

C.aim D.communication

16.A.accounts B.takes

C.runs D.removes

17.A.fields B.countries

C.cultures D.characters

18.A.telling B.ranging

C.coming D.communicating

19.A.designs B.provides