Have you heard of John Snow in the times of Queen Victoria? John Snow___1._____ was a famous doctor attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people___2.____ (expose) to cholera. This was the ___3._____(dead) disease of its day. Neither its cause _4._____ its cure was understood, ____5.____ many thousands of terrified people died. John Snow realized that cholera would never____6.____(control) until its cause was found. He began to gather the information, for which he made __7._____ map. He marked the exact place where the dead had lived on it . As a _8._____, he found out the cause of cholera and suggested the source of all water supplies be examined ___9._____(immediate). Thanks _10.______him, “King Cholera” was defeated .
1.把我们的失败归罪在他头上是没用的。
It's no use______________ our defeat ______________ him.
2.二氧化碳由碳和氧组成。
Carbon dioxide ______________ _________ carbon and oxygen.
3.如果想赶上别人，就全神贯注于学习。
______________ _________ your study if you want to catch up with others。
4.他不仅写歌词而且谱曲。
Not only ______________ he _________ the words to the song, but also he composes the music.
5.任何教师都不能允许考试作弊。
No teacher can ______________ _________ cheating in exams.
1.The _____ (污染) water carried the virus.
2.Do you know how to_____（操纵） the machine?
3.We are _____(通知) by doctors to eat more natural food and take plenty of physical exercise.
4.The Chinese people should make a greater _____（贡献） to mankind.
5.My _____ （印象） is that he is against it.
6.The pages of the dictionary have curled up from _____（连续不断） use.
7.She put his failure to _____(缺乏) of experience.
8.Luckily, one of the directors helped him by _____（安排） his education.
9.They are determined to stay in until their _____（要求） are met .
10.It was of course a _____（高兴） for them to meet again after separation.
To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We ____ hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our ____ came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got ______ on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped ______ my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents,
_____ on a man who was just about to ______ a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly _____, as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I ______ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of ______. Instead, he said “It’s
OK” to _____ me before he disappeared into washroom. Still shaky and unsure____ to do next,
my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look ______. A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and _____ our table. My heart almost stopped _____. I thought he was going to ask for my father’s ______ and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “______ yourself new
hamburgers.” He then walked ______ without even finishing his food.
He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, ______he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still ______ in this world. I’ll never ______ his action.
1.A. ordered B. made C. arranged D. demanded
2.A. food B. turn C. bill D. menu
3.A. fixed B. caught C. cut D. tied
4.A. by B. in C. from D. out
5.A. knocked B. fell C. stood D. hung
6.A. take B. taste C. swallow D. chew
7.A. discouraged B. disappointed C. shocked D. annoyed
8.A. rolled B. rubbed C. narrowed D. closed
9.A. bitterness B. anxiety C. anger D. sorrow
10.A. satisfy B. comfort C. encourage D. praise
11.A. how B. who C. what D.where
12.A. mild B. honest C. calm D. modest
13.A. pushed B. approached C. drew D. laid
14.A. beating B. breaking C. sinking D. trembling
15.A. help B. position C. number D. job
16.A. Prepare B. Buy C. Find D. Cook
17.A. on B. around C. up D. away
18.A. so B. since C. although D. but
19.A. kindness B. happiness C. politeness D. brightness
20.A. forget B. refuse C. oppose D. ignore
Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth. There are hundreds of kinds of sharks. Most are about two meters long. The dogfish shark, however, is less than twenty centimeters in length. A shark has an extremely good sense of smell. It can find small amounts of substances in water, such as blood, body liquids and chemicals produced by animals._ 1.__ Sharks eat fish, other sharks, and plants that live in the ocean.
Sharks grow slowly. About forty percent of all sharks lay eggs.__ 2.__Some sharks carry their young inside their bodies as humans do. Some sharks are not able to reproduce until they are twenty years old. Most reproduce only every two years. And they give birth to fewer than ten young sharks. For this reason, overfishing of sharks is of special danger to the future of the animal.
Sharks are important for the world's oceans. They eat injured and diseased fish. Their hunting activities mean that the numbers of other fish in ocean waters do not become too great. __3.__
People hunt sharks for sport, food, medicine and their skin. Experts say the international market for some kinds of sharks has increased because many parts of a shark are valuable.
Collectors pay thousands of dollars for the jaws of a shark. __4.__The skin of a shark can be used like leather.
In Asia, people enjoy a kind of soup made from shark fins. Experts say a fisherman can earn a lot of money for even one kilogram of shark fins. Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth, but some sharks are in danger of disappearing from Earth. __5.__
A. Shark liver oil is a popular source of Vitamin A.
B. This protects the plants and other forms of life that exist in the oceans.
C. Sharks are valuable to us and we can make full use of them.
D. These powerful senses help sharks find their food.
E. If too many sharks in one area are killed, that group of sharks may never return to normal population levels.
F. They are a threat to other forms of life in the ocean.
G. The others give birth to live young.
When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the " new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
1.The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".
A. fashionable B. available
C. practical D. renewable
2.When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.
A. 13 years old B. 15 years old
C. 26 years old D. 28 years old
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer's family moved several times.
B. The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C. The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
D. The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. My New Ring B. Lost and Found
C. Lost and Replaced D. An Expensive Ring
