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彼女は何か食べ物が欲しいです。

この犬は何か飲み物が欲しいです。

彼は何か読み物が欲しいです。

I didn't understand this structure, could you write some translations and
explain me them?
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What does 何か食べ物 mean?
何か in this case means "some" or "something":

何か食べ物 some food

何か飲み物 something to drink

何か読み物 something to read
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何か means "something", so the first one means "She wants something to eat".
Presumably this will help you with the rest.
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何か can be used like a noun (It's a 代名詞/pronoun), meaning "something", as in:

>   * **何かが** ありそうだ。 There seems to be something.
>   * 新しい **何か** を手に入れることは古い **何かを** 手放すことだ。Getting something new means giving
> up something old.
>

* * *

Now regarding your examples, 何か is often used in the form of 「 **何か + noun を/が
+ verb** 」, meaning "[verb] _some kind of_ [noun]", as in:

>   * 何か + 仕事を + ください。 -- _lit._ Give me some sort of job.
>   * 何か + 商品を + 買う -- _lit._ buy some kind of product
>   * 何か + 食べ物が + 欲しい -- _lit._ want some kind of food → want something to eat
>   * 何か + 飲み物が + 欲しい -- _lit._ want some kind of beverage → want something to
> drink
>

Therefore your sentences:

>   * 彼女は何か食べ物が欲しいです。 _lit._ She wants some kind of 食べ物(=food) → She wants
> something to eat.
>   * 彼は何か読み物が欲しいです。 _lit._ He wants some kind of 読み物(=thing to read) → He
> wants something to read.
>

The 何か here is adverbial, so it's not modifying the nouns 仕事(job), 商品(goods),
食べ物(food), but the verbs/adjectives 「ください」「買う」「欲しい」 here. You should say 「何か
**の** +noun」 to literally say "some kind of [noun]", as in 「これは **何かの**
冗談ですか？」(or 「これは冗談か **何か** ですか？」) (Here 何か is a pronoun) to say "Is this some
kind of joke?", rather than 「*これは **何か** 冗談ですか？」

* * *

何か is also used in the form of 「 **何か + verb/adjective + もの** 」, meaning "
_something_ [adjective] / to [verb]", as in:

>   * 何か + 買う + もの -- something to buy
>   * 何か + 食べる + もの -- something to eat
>   * 何か + おいしい + もの -- something tasty
>   * 何か + いい + もの -- something good
>

So you can rephrase your example sentences this way without changing the
meaning:

>   * 彼女は何か食べ **る** 物が欲しいです。 _lit._ She wants something to eat.
>   * この犬は何か飲 **む** 物が欲しいです。 _lit._ This dog wants something to drink.
>   * 彼は何か読 **む** 物が欲しいです。 _lit._ He wants something to read.
>
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