Many doctors who reviewed the reports of Napoleon’s illness found that the symptoms did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer .It was  ___36_____that Napoleon had  ___37_____from some other cause . In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s  ____38____and found a  ___39_____level of arsenic , a chemical poison . Was Napoleon murdered ?It is doubtful .Arsenic was used in many types of  ____40____during Napoleon’s time , so he might have taken some as a cure for his stomachache .

He was sent to the island of St Helena ____41____the coast of Africa in 1815 after he lost the  ____42____of Waterloo . Although he had servants to  ____43____to him ,he had to live in one small building .Then , in 1982, Dr David Jones from England began to  ____44____the mystery and  ____45____that Napoleon might have  ____46____arsenic which was in the  ____47____of his house .In the 1700s and 1800s  arsenic was used  ____48____a kind of green paint used in  ____49____and wallpaper . If the paint was used on a wet wall , the arsenic would  ____50____the house . A person in the building might take in that air . After  _____51___the house where Napoleon died , Dr , Jones found much arsenic in the green paint on the  _____52___.The result was proved again by  ___53_____German doctor in April , 2002.And  ____54____some materials , the leading guard settled Napoleon in a bedroom  _____55___there was a thicker poisonous gas .

36. A. unknown     B. strange       C. important       D. obvious

37.A. failed       B. escaped       C. died         D. imprisoned

38.A. hair        B. blood       C. skin         D. organs

39.A. low        B. high        C. thin         D. thick

40.A. building material  B. medicine      C. paper        D. buildings

41.A. of        B. on         C. to          D. off

42. A. war       B. battle        C. fight         D. struggle

43.A. see        B. notice        C. care         D. observe

44.A. come across    B. get through     C. look into       D. make up to

45.A. ordered      B. demanded      C. requested       D. suggested

46. touched       B. taken        C. breathed in      D. bathed in

47.A. air        B. bedroom      C. bathroom       D. medicine shelf

48. A. to make      B. make        C. making        D. made

49. A. clothes      B. clothing       C. cloth        D. table-cloths

50. A. give out      B. go into       C. take off       D. get in

51. A. living in     B. studying       C. watching      D. breaking down

52.A. ground      B. roof         C. ceiling        D. walls

53. A. other       B. the other       C. another        D. certain

54. A. at        B. from        C. within        D. to

55. A. where      B. that         C. who         D. in which

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