1.　 Please write a short passage to describe the discovery of penicillin in Fleming’s voice.

Now imagine that you are Alexander Fleming. You have just discovered penicillin and you are very excited about the new chemical. Write a letter to a famous medical journal to tell about your discovery. Tell them what you have discovered and what it can be used for.

You may use the information in the box to write a letter.

　Penicillin

Sample writing:

　　 Up to now, people are still suffering from the incurable infections. However, such these days ends because a natural mould has been discovered, that is penicillin.

　　 The discovery was a matter of luck really. One day, when I was washing the glass containers for growing bacteria, I found a mould was growing in one of jars and the bacteria around the mould had died and stopped growing. I realized it was the chemical which could treat infections, and I called it penicillin. After that, I made experiments to make it work better. Penicillin has many strengths. First of all, it is a natural mould that is easy to grow. What’s more, it can cure infections by killing bacteria, so it can be used to treat diseases. If we put penicillin to use, our hospitals will be safer and our treatments more effective, reducing the pain of patients in hospitals. The people all over the world will benefit from it greatly

I hope you can help introduce penicillin to the public. As the chemical is more widely used, patients will get a better treatment, people will live more happily. Our world will be more harmonious.

3. 1). D　　 2) B　

4　 1) C　　 2) B　　　　 3)A

2. 1). She won the scholarship as a result of hard work.

　 2). She was ill yesterday. As a result, he didn’t go to school.

　 3). Illness often results from poverty.

　 4). I’m sure the government’s efforts to stop the spread of AIDS will result in success.

1. 1). They are neither friends nor brothers.

　 2). He neither reads nor writes.

　 3). He likes neither learning nor working.

　 4). They work neither for fame nor for personal gain.

　 5). Neither we nor he wants to go there./ Neither he nor we want to go there.

4.　　　 When Fleming returned from the war, he began searching for the chemical which he believed could treat infections.

高考链接：

1). The shopkeeper did not want to sell for ____ he thought was not enough.

　A. where　　 B. how　　　 C. what　　　　 D. which (2005山东)

2) Do you have any idea ____ is actually going on in the classroom?

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (2005青岛模拟)

　 A. that　　　 B. what　　　 C. as　　　 D. which

3).They also hoped to find a new continent _____ they thought existed in the Indian or Pacific Ocean.　　　　　　　　　　 (2006上海)

　 A. which　　 B. where　　 C. what　　　　 D. whether

Answers to Practice:

3.　　　 Original sentence: It was not until World War II that the importance of Fleming’s discovery was fully recognized.

　　　　　　 陈述句结构：It is /was + 被强调部分+ that/who+句子的剩余部分.

　 强调句型：一般疑问句：Is/Was + 被强调部分 + that/who + 句子的剩余部分？

　　　　　　　 特殊疑问句：疑问词(What/ Where/…)+is/was+ that/who+句子的剩余部分？

高考链接：

　 1). It wasn’t until a month later _____ I received the manager’s reply.(2005全国)

　 A. where　　 　B. how　　　　 C. what　　　　 D. that

　 2). I have always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter ____ that I’m talking to.

　 A. who is it　 B. who it is　　 C. it is who　　　 D. it is whom

2.　　　 　　as a result of　 由于……结果

as a result　　 结果，因此

　result in　　 致使；导致

result from　 因…..引起；起因于

　 1). 由于他的艰苦劳动，他获得了奖学金。

　 2). 她昨天生病了，因此，她没有去学校。

　 3). 疾病常常是因贫穷引起的。

　 4). 我确信政府阻止爱滋病的努力会取得的成功的。

1.　　　 Original sentence: Treatments were neither scientific nor effective,…..

Neither… nor… 连接两个并列的成分

　 1). 他们两个既不是朋友又不是兄弟。

　 2). 他既不会读又不会写。

　 3). 他不喜欢学习也不喜欢工作。

　 4). 他们工作既不是为名，也不是为个人所得。

　 5). 我们和他都不想去。

　 This is the general idea of this passage , at the same time, it also tells us how the words and phrases in the box above are related to each other. Please fill in the blanks with the words and phrases, using their proper forms.

　　　　　　　　 The Little Mould That Could　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

For a long time, even small infections would kill patients’ lives. However, a little

m　　 　changed the terrible condition. The discovery was a story of hard work and a happy accident.

In the early 1900s, a young doctor in London, Alexander Fleming, began using a chemical treatment to treat an incurable disease. During World War I, Fleming was a　　　　　 　to invent many new ways of treating the wounded, it’s a pity that he didn’t discover a chemical which he thought could cure i　　　 . Because of d　　

to duty, his s　　　 　for patients and sense of r　　　　 , after the war, he had an i　　　 　and great w　　　 　to search for the chemical. One day, washing the glass containers used for growing bacteria, he found a mould was growing and that the bacteria around the mould had died and stopped growing. The a　　　 　discovery was the chemical which he had been looking for. Clearly, Fleming’s i　　　　 , great p　　　 　and careful o　　　 　led him to make the significant discovery-Penicillin. Virtually, the happy accident was based on lots of s　　　　 . Fleming was awarded Noble Prize for his great discovery in 1945.

Answers to Cloze:

　 mould,　 aggressive,　 infections,　 devotion,　 sympathy,　 responsibility,

　 interest,　 willingness,　 accidental,　 intelligence,　 perseverance,　 observation.

　 sacrifice