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【題目】John Snow was a famous doctor in London-so【1】,indeed,that he【2】Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became【3】when he thought about helping ordinary people【4】to cholera.This was the deadly disease of its day.Neither its cause nor its【5】was understood.So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem.

First there was England.Wales was【6】to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people【7】to England you find Wales【8】as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain".Happily this was accomplished without【9】when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland【10】in the same peaceful way.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to

【2】to order

【3】waiting

【4】more convenient

【5】puzzled

【6】nodded

【7】a

【8】were filled

【9】naturally

【10】who

【解析】本題考查對課文的掌握程度，一些重要詞匯和過去分詞的用法。

【1】expert

考查形容詞。John Snow是如此專業(yè)以至于成了維多利亞女王的私人醫(yī)生。此處是so…that …句型，so后加形容詞，故填expert.

【2】attended

考查動詞。此處表示“照顧”指照顧維多利亞女王，全文是過去時態(tài)此處也用過去式，故填attended.

【3】inspired

考查形容詞。用于系動詞became后用形容詞作表語，指“變得有靈感”，故填inspired.

【4】exposed

考查過去分詞。此處是過去分詞作定語，指患霍亂病的普通人，故填過去分詞exposed.

【5】cure

考查名詞。此處指既不知道霍亂病的原因也不知道它的治療方法，由its修飾用名詞，故填cure.

【6】linked

考查過去分詞。此處指13世紀(jì)時威爾士被連接到英格蘭，表示被動用過去分詞，故填linked.

【7】refer

考查固定短語。refer to“提到，提及”，是固定短語。此處指提到英格蘭，故填refer.

【8】included

考查過去分詞。此處是過去分詞表被動作Wales的賓語補足語，指威爾士被包括其中，故填included.

【9】conflict

考查名詞。此處指高興地是合并時沒有發(fā)生沖突，故填名詞“沖突”conflict.

【10】connected

考查過去分詞。此處指通過相同的方式使愛爾蘭被連接到英國，過去分詞作Ireland的賓語補足語，故填connected.