题目内容
【题目】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal【1】(physics). But he became inspired when he thought about【2】(help) ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the【3】(die) disease of its day.【4】its cause nor its cure was understood. So thousands of【5】(terrify) people died every time there was【6】outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause【7】(find).
He was interested in two【8】(theory) that possibly 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【9】their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease【10】(quick) attacked the body and soon the affected person died.
【答案】
【1】physician;
【2】helping
【3】deadly
【4】Neither
【5】terrified
【6】an
【7】was found
【8】theories
【9】Into/in
【10】quickly
【解析】试题分析:本文讲的是关于John Snow研究霍乱的事,介绍霍乱的危害和造成霍乱的原因。
【1】physician考查名词。形容词personal后接名词,personal physician私人医生。故填physician
【2】helping考查动词。thought about后接动词ing形式。故填helping
【3】deadly考查形容词。此处修饰名词disease用形容词,deadly disease致命的病,故填deadly
【4】Neither 考查固定搭配。Neither ...nor...既不...又不...,故填Neither
【5】terrified考查形容词。此处修饰名词people用形容词,terrified people感到恐惧的人们。故填terrified
【6】an考查冠词。此处outbreak指某类特定事物中的一个,不是特指,outbreak是元音字母开头的单词,故填an
【7】was found考查动词语态。此处霍乱的起因是被找到的,应用动词被动语态。故填was found
【8】theories考查名词。theory 理论是可数名词,前加了two表复数,故应用名词复数形式。故填theories
【9】Into/in考查介词。Into/in表进入,霍乱通过食物进入了人们的身体。故填Into/in
【10】quickly考查副词。修饰动词attack用副词,quickly attack快速攻击。故填quickly