Children in rural areas of Cambodia often suffer from or even die of preventable illnesses because there is not any soap available.

In 2014，Samir Lakhani，an American college student，saw the issue while volunteering in a Cambodian village.“I remember quite vividly a mother bathing her newborn baby with laundry powder，which is so harmful to the skin，”said Lakhani.“It’s difficult for rural Cambodians to access soap.First is affordability.If you earn only$1.50 every day，you won’t spend $1 on a bar of soap.Then comes access.The demand is so low that local shops don’t stock soap.The last reason，because many Cambodians don’t really understand where diseases come from，they don’t know how to prevent them，including using soap.”

After figuring out a solution to the problem:the barely-used soap in hotels，Lakhani started asking hotels to donate leftover soap.“They were all eager to help，”he explained.

Lakhani registered Eco-Soap Bank shortly afterwards.Soon，he received enough funds to hire disadvantaged Cambodian women to collect and reproduce the used soap.

Today，the organization has four recycling centers across the country，providing jobs to 35 local women.And so far，some 174，000 bars of soap have been donated，about 24，000 pounds of soap has been recycled，and hygiene(卫生)has been improved for about 661，000 people.“We are killing three birds with one stone，”Lakhani said.

When it comes to the future of Eco-Soap Bank，Lakhani said，“We’ve just scratched the surface.Lack of hygiene is not something unique to Cambodia.The demand for improved hygiene in the developing world is huge，and much remains to be done.We’re looking at seven countries to expand to in the near future.”

【小题1】Which of the following is not mentioned as the reason why rural Cambodians don’t use soap?

A．Poverty.

B．Inaccessibility.

C．Unawareness.

D．Tradition.

【小题2】What does the underlined part“killing three birds”in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Saving soap，curing diseases and providing education.

B．Stopping pollution，proving jobs and inspiring donation.

C．Reducing waste，providing employment and improving health.

D．Recycling waste，helping charity and improving community hygiene.

【小题3】What can we infer about Eco-Soap Bank?

A．It won’t be long before it expands to the whole world.

B．There’s little it can do without other countries’assistance.

C．It will make greater contributions to the developing world.

D．It will soon settle the problem of poor hygiene in Cambodia.

【小题4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Eco-Soap Bank helps improve hygiene.

B．Cambodian women have a bright future.

C．A US young man calls for helping poor countries.

D．Lack of hygiene remains a serious problem in the world.