题目内容
Cholera was a 1. (dead) disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure 2. ( be) understood. So many thousands of 3. ( terrify) people died 4. there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to solve the problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled 5. its cause was found.
He became interested in two theories 6. possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera 7. ( multiply) in the air. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease 8. their bodies with their meals.
John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another cholera 9. London in 1854, he was ready to begin his enquiry. With all the evidences he gathered ,John Snow was able to announce with 10. (certain) that polluted water carried the virus. Finally “King Cholera” was defeated.
1.deadly
2.was
3.terrified
4.every time /when
5.until
6.that
7.multiplied
8.into/ in
9.hit
10.certainty
【解析】
1.霍乱是致命的疾病,用形容词修饰名词,填deadly。
2.】主谓一致中neither. . . . nor 作主语时,谓语动词就近一致,cure“治愈的方法”是单数名词,谓语动词也用单数形式,通篇一般过去时,填was。
3.每当霍乱爆发时,都会有成千上万惊恐的人们死去。形容词“惊恐的”terrified。
4.每当霍乱爆发时,填时间状语 every time /when。
5.直到起因被查明才能控制霍乱,填时间状语. until 。
6.先行词是theories,指物,在定语从句中做主语, 填关系代词that。
7.】通篇是过去时态,填一般过去时multiplied。
8.另一种说法认为人们在饮食时体内摄入这种疾病。在身体里用介词. into/ in。
9.另一场霍乱袭击伦敦,“袭击”填动词 hit。
10.】介词后用名词形式,填certainty。
考点:词汇的运用
There is an English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which reduces both stress and pain.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
Laughter | |
As a proverb goes, “Laughter is the best 1. .” | Doctors have found that laughter really can improve people’s 2. . |
Some different tests conducted by doctors. | ●Some doctors carried out some tests to study the 3. of laughter on one’s 4. While doctors checked their heart, blood pressure and so forth, people were asked to watch 5. films. As a result, it 6. heart beating and blood pressure. |
Other tested showed laughter is able to reduce the effects of 7. | ●Laughter helps to produce a kind of 8.in the brain which can 9. both stress and pain. ●Doctors hold laughter clinics in order to improve patients’ 10.. |