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
