Every year, nearly 400,000 people round the globe die by drowning.In Bangladesh, up to 45% of deaths in under fives are due to drowning, with as many as 18 children drowning every day.

Researchers there realized that a major cause of drowning there was Bangladeshi mothers being unable to keep an eye on their children while going about their daily work. 

Young children would often wander off and find themselves in difficulty after falling into a ditch or pond."I was always worried about my son's safety," says Laboni Khatun, a mother in northern Bangladesh who lost her son to drowning two months ago."There are a lot of ponds and ditches around my house and whenever he went too close I would bring him straight back home." 

The solution developed by the Johns Hopkins team was to create a literal barrier between the children and the dangers of Bangladesh's many waterways - in the form of locally made wooden and plastic playpens.They keep children out of danger and give mothers, like Anita Rani Malarkar, much-needed peace of mind when it comes to her daughter's safety."When I didn't have this playpen, I was always scared about safety because I couldn't look after her while doing the household chores. Now I don't have to worry," she says.

The researchers behind the program hope to eventually supply 80,000 playpens and save countless children from drowning.It is necessary for children to learn swimming, too.

Dan Graham is a swimming instructor in Bangladesh."He was interested in his training and when he finished, he went home and taught every child in his village to swim. He then went on to the next village and trained all the children there." "That's one man, without any resources, who has trained hundreds of children to be safer around water in their daily lives”,his friend said.

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1.Nearly 400,000 people died of _________.

A earthquake

B illness

C drowning

D traffic accidents

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“ Every year, nearly 400,000 people round the globe die by drowning.”可知。

2.How did the researchers protect the children?

A Put wooden and plastic playpens between the children and the water

B Tell the parents to take care of their children.

C Teach the children to learn swimming.

D Put a notice near the water.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句“ in the form of locally made wooden and plastic playpens. ”可知。

3.What does the underlined word “barrier” mean in Chinese?

A 屏障.

B 基础

C 分水岭

D 围墙

解析：选A。A 词义猜测题。根据文章第四段第一句“between the children and the dangers of Bangladesh's many waterways” 可知，设置了一道屏障。

4.From the last paragraph,we can know Dan Graham is a_________man.

A lazy

B kind

C strict

D hard-working

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第三句“He then went on to the next village and trained all the children there."可知，他是一个努力工作的人。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A There are a lot of ponds and ditches around Laboni Khatun’s house .

B The playpens have saved lots of children from drowning

C Dan Graham is a swimming instructor .

D It is unimportant for children to learn swimming.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第五段第二句“.It is necessary for children to learn swimming, too.” 可知，学习游泳也很重要。