Question

John Snow was 1.____ expert doctor in London in the 19th century. At that time a lot of people were infected with cholera and died , so he was 2. ____ (determine) to find the cause of it so that he could help those3.____ (expose) to it .He began to gather information when another outbreak hit London in 1854. He marked on the map the exact places 4.____ the dead people had lived and found that most of5.____ (die )were near a water pump .After careful investigations John Snow announced6.____ certainty that water 7.____ (carry ) germs was 8.____ (blame) for the spreading of cholera . In order to prevent this 9.____ (happen) again , he suggested that the source of all the water supplies 10.____ (examine) and instructed the water companies not to allow people to drink the polluted water any more . At last “King Choler” was defeated .

 

Answer 1

1.an

2.determined

3.exposed

4.where

5.deaths

6. with

7.carrying

8.to blame

9.happening

10.(should) be examined

【解析】

1.John Snow was ____ expert doctor，表示John Snow是一位专家医生，专家首字母发元音，填写an。

2.he was ____ (determine) to表示他决心要做某事，用短语he was determined to填写determined 。

3.so that he could help those ____ (expose) to it表示因此他能帮助那些暴露在霍乱病中的人，用过去分词作定语，表示被动，填写exposed 。

4.He marked on the map the exact places ____ the dead people had lived他在地图上显示去世的病人居住过的地方做标记，填写where。

5.most of ____ (die )were near a water pump多数死亡是发生在水井附近，介词后用名词，复数，填写deaths 。

6.with certainty 肯定地，用固定短语，填写with。

7.water ____ (carry ) germs was ____ (blame) for the spreading of cholera，本句有谓语was，携带应该用非谓语形式，水携带表示主动，填写carrying 。

8.was ____ (blame) for，对某事负责，是固定短语，be to blame for填写to blame 。

9.In order to prevent this ____ (happen) again，为了阻止类似事情发生，prevent this （from）doing填写happening。

10.he suggested that the source of all the water supplies ____ (examine)，他建议后面的宾语从句是虚拟语气，谓语动词应该使用动词原形，表示被检查，填写(should) be examined。

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