John Snow was born and worked as a __36__

题目内容：

John Snow was born and worked as a __36__ in Great Britain．Exactly, he was an anaesthetist，37means that he put people to sleep during operation．He also began to experiment using the same drugs to help women when they had 38．That is why he became the doctor who 39Queen victoria to give the birth of her babies．

At the time he lived，cholera was the most 40 disease．Neither its cause，nor its 41was understood．So many thousands of people died 42there was an outbreak．John Snow was 43 to help ordinary people 44from cholera．He 45the disease began in the stomach and the patients died quickly after severe vomiting(呕吐)and diarrhea (腹泄)．46，he believed cholera resulted from water．When another 47hit London in 1854，John Snow set to work．

John Snow approached the problem in a systematic way．He marked on a map 48all the dead people had lived and found many of the 49were near a water pump．It seemed the water was the50．So he collected information about the 51 habits of the dead people and used them eventually to prove his theory．With the information 52，John Snow was sure that 53water was the cause．

Then people were required to 54the water company to supply them with clean water．Thanks __55___ John Snow there was no more outbreaks of cholera．

小题1:

A．scientist

B．an official

C．an officer

D．doctor小题2:

A．who

B．thatC which

D．it

小题3:

A．pain

B．ache

C．difficulties

D．babies小题4:

A．assisted with

B．took care

C．look after

D．joined小题5:

A．surprising

B．interesting

C．interested

D．frightening小题6:

A．cure

B．method

C．result

D．threat小题7:

A．each time

B．at one time

C．in no time

D．the first time小题8:

A．delighted

B．devoted

C．absorbed

D．determined小题9:

A．suffered

B．having suffered

C．suffering

D．being suffered小题10:

A．noticed

B．was noticing

C．has noticed

D．had noticed小题11:

A．Therefore

B．As a result of

C．So

D．According to小题12:

A．disease

B．disaster

C．outbreak

D．case小题13:

A．how

B．where

C．what

D．in which小题14:

A．women

B．men

C．death

D．injuries小题15:

A．result

B．cause

C．origin

D．case小题16:

A．drinking

B．1iving

C．working

D．housing小题17:

A．having collected

B．being collected

C．collected

D．collecting小题18:

A．being polluted

B．polluted

C．polluting

D．having polluted小题19:

A．take on

B．call on

C．depend on

D．carry on小题20:

A．to

B．/

C．for

D．on

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:C

小题5:D

小题6:A

小题7:A

小题8:D

小题9:C

小题10:A

小题11:A

小题12:C

小题13:B

小题14:C

小题15:B

小题16:A

小题17:C

小题18:B

小题19:C

小题20:A

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。