Question

It seemed that the water led to cholera. John Snow looked into the s 1. of the water for these two streets. He found that it came from the river, 2. had been polluted by the dirty water from London. Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to r 3. the handle from the water pump so it could not be used. Soon the disease began to slow 4. .

John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas. 5. addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day. Both she and her daughter, who often visited her, 6. (死掉)of cholera after drinking the water. With this extra 7. （證據(jù)） , John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the disease.

To p 8. this from happening again, John Snow suggested that all water supplies be examined and new methods of 9. （處理）with polluted water be found. The water companies were also instructed not to expose people to polluted water anymore. Finally “King Cholera” was d 10.

Answer 1

1.source

2.which

3.remove

4.down

5.In

6.died

7.evidence

8.prevent

9.dealing

10.defeated

【解析】

試題分析：考查短文填詞

1. Snow looked into the s of the water for these two streets首先該空應(yīng)填一個(gè)名詞，另前文說水導(dǎo)致霍亂，John Snow應(yīng)該去查兩條街水的源頭，故填source

2. ；根據(jù)句子He found that it came from the river, had been polluted by the dirty water from London. 后半句是一個(gè)句子，前半句也是一個(gè)句子，可知該空應(yīng)填一個(gè)連接詞，構(gòu)成從句，另本句明顯應(yīng)是非限制性定語從句，要指代river，故填which

3. Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to r the handle from the water pump so it could not be used.知道原因后，John Snow便要人們?nèi)サ羲�泵的把手使其不能再被使用，另to后跟動(dòng)詞原形，故填remove

4. down放慢，減緩，根據(jù)句子Soon the disease began to slow 找到源頭并解決后，疾病當(dāng)然就減緩了，故填down

5. addition此外，根據(jù)句子 addition, he found two other deaths，此外他還發(fā)現(xiàn)了另兩例死亡案例。故填I(lǐng)n

6.

7. 意為證據(jù)，With this extra （證據(jù)） , John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the disease.有了這個(gè)證據(jù)，約翰能確定污染的水帶來了疾病，故填evidence

8. p this from happening again為了防止這再次發(fā)生，故填prevent

9. ；deal with 固定短語，意為處理，根據(jù)句子new methods of （處理）with介詞of后要加ing，故填dealing

10. “King Cholera” was d 最終霍亂被打敗了，另根據(jù)被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故加ed，故填defeated

考點(diǎn)：考查短文填詞