Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 （一个单词）或括号内单纯的正确形式。

John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people __________ (expose) to cholera, __________ was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died whenever there was __________ outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never __________ (control) until its cause was found.

He became interested in two theories that __________ (possible) explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease __________ their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the __________ (affect) people died. He suspected the second theory was correct __________ he needed evidence.

So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his __________(enquire). As the disease spread quickly through poor neighborhoods, he began to gather information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He determined __________ (find) out why.

Answer

1.exposed

2.which

3.an

4.be controlled

5.possibly

6.into

7.affected

8.but

9.enquiry

10.to find

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍伦敦著名的医生治“霍乱”疫病的故事。

1. 固定词组：be exposed to遭受，暴露于……。此处是过去分词作后置定语，故填exposed。

2. 此处cholera是先行词，指物，在后面的非限制性定语从句中作主语，故填关系代词which。

3. 这里表示“一次爆发”，outbreak以元音音素开头，故填an。

4. 此处表示“霍乱被控制”，故填be controlled。

5. 副词修饰动词，故填possibly。

6. 句意：这种病进入到他们的身体。故填into。

7. 这里表示“被感染的人”。过去分词作前置定语，故填affected。

8. 句意：第二个证据是正确的，但他需要证据。故填but。

9. 句意：他准备开始他的询问。此处用名词作宾语，故填enquiry。

10.

【知识拓展】

1.不定冠词a 和an的用法。a用在以辅音音素开头的词前，表示“一”；an用在以元音音素开头的词前，表示“一”。比如小题1，university 这个词以辅音开头，所以前面加a，表示一所大学。an important meeting 一个重要的会议；an interesting story 一个有趣的故事；an old man 一位老人；an hour 一小时；an honest boy 一个诚实的男孩；an American lawyer一个美国的律师；a useful tool 一个有用的工具；a European friend一位欧洲的朋友。

2. 以e结尾的形容词变成副词时，有的直接加ly；有的把e去掉再加ly。

possible---possibly； simple---simply; gentle---gently; terrible---terribly; true---truly; flexible---flexibly

immediate--- immediately; brave---bravely; wise---wisely；active---actively

考点：考查语篇理解和词汇、语法知识