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山东潍坊滨海国际学校2019-2020学年九年级下学期英语4月线上检测卷
Nowadays, "toilet revolution" is a thing in China.China isinvesting seven billion yuan in the project.The money is spent building or upgrading(改进) toilets in 30,000villages.
Experts have agreed that a "toilet revolution" is very important.Bettertoilets mean healthier lives and better living standards.Better toilets can alsohelp encourage tourism and improve the economy.
"Toilet revolution" was started in 2015.Chinese president Xi Jinpingthen called for improvement to toilets across China.The government has investedmore than 1.6 billion yuan in the project since then.Nearly 70,000 toilets havebeen built or upgraded.By the end of 2017, 45 percent of rural residents (居民) had been usingstandard toilets.In 2013, that number was only 36 percent.
In cities popular with tourists, more expensive toilets have been built.Thesetoilets have ATMs, WiFi and recharging (充电) stations for mobile phones.Some toilets, meanwhile, havebeen expanded (扩大). Now, they have special cubicles (隔间) for the disabled and adults with young children.
China, in fact, is not alone in focusing on toilets.According to Bill Gates'foundation, forty percent of the world's population doesn't have flush toilets.UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会) says atleast 1.2 million young children die of diarrhea each year.Contact with human wasteis the main cause.Gates says toilets of the future will be able to save 800 livesevery day.
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