Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On August 14, 1996, a tiny drop 1. a very toxic（有毒的）chemical called dimethyl-mercury（二甲基汞）fell onto the left hand-of Karen Wetterhahn, a toxicologist and professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College. Wetterhahn was an expert on 2. toxic metals cause cancer. When the poisonous drop fell onto her hand, she wasn’t 3. (worry); she was wearing protective gloves.

4. (unfortunate) the dimethyl-mercury went through her glove. After a while, Wetterhahn 5. (have) difficulty walking and speaking. After three weeks, she was in a state of deep unconsciousness. Karen Wetterhahn died five months later. She was 48 years old, a wife and mother of two.

You might say that a toxicologist studies substances that lead to 6. (die). But toxicology is also about saving lives. What can kill, can cure. Medical 7. (research) such as Weterhahn risk their lives daily for the benefit of others. Their work is dangerous, but it has the potential 8. (save) lives. In memory of Wetterhahn’s life and work, Dartmouth College created the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. The award 9. (give) to female science students 10. receive money to continue their scientific research.

Answer

1.of

2.how

3.worried

4.Unfortunately

5.had

6.death

7.researchers

8.to save

9.is given

10.who/that

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了Wetterhahn因为接触到毒物而去世的故事，但是要记住像她一样的毒理学家，因为他们的工作充满危险，但是却间接在拯救生命。

1.考查介词。句意：一滴小小的剧毒的化学名为二甲基汞滴到Wetterhahn左手。这里的drop为名词，a drop of a very toxic chemical意为“一滴剧毒的化学物质”。故填写of。

2.考查副词。句意：威特哈恩是研究有毒金属如何致癌的专家。On后面接宾语从句，how表示“如何”。故填写how。

3.考查动词。句意：她并不担心。短语be worried about意为“对…担心”，此处前面是Be动词，故应填写worried。

4.考查副词。句意：不幸的是，毒物穿过了手套。形容词unfortunate意为“不幸的”，这里应该使用副词unfortunately意为“不幸地”，放在句首首字母大写。故填写Unfortunately。

5.考查时态。句意：她走路和说话变得困难起来。这个故事叙述的是过去的事，采用一般过去时，所以这里也应该使用一般过去时态。故填写had。

6.考查名词。句意：你可能会说毒理学家研究导致死亡的物质。Lead to death意为“导致死亡”，to是介词，后面应该接名词形式。故填写death。

7.考查名词。句意：像Weterhahn这样的医学研究人员为了他人的利益，每天都冒着生命危险。Research意为“研究”，后面说的是像Weterhahn的一类人，Weterhahn是研究学家，所以应该使用researchers,意为“研究人员”。故填写researchers。

8.考查不定式。句意：但是却有潜能来拯救生命。短语have the potential to do sth,意为“有做某事的潜力”，此处应该接不定式。故填写to save。

9.考查语态。句意：该奖项颁发给那些获得资金继续进行科学研究的女理科学生。Be given to意为“被给予”，奖项和给的动作是被动关系，所以使用被动语态。故填写is given。

10.考查定语从句。句意：该奖项颁发给那些获得资金继续进行科学研究的女理科学生。先行词是女学生，定语从句缺主语，所以使用who/that引导定语从句。故填写who/that。