人教版高二必修五英语课文完形填空(原创).doc

1、John Snow was a famous doctor in London - _ expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal _(physical). But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the _(die) disease of its day. Neither its cause _ its cure was understood. So ma

2、ny thousands of terrified people died every time _ was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and _(solve) this problem. He knew that cholera would never _(control) until its cause was found.He became interested in two theories that _(possible) explained how cholera killed people. The f

3、irst suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated _ until it found its _(victim). The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the affected person died.John

4、 Snow suspected that the second theory was correct _ he needed evidence. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his _(enquire). _ the disease spread quickly through poor _(neighbor), he began to gather information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so se

5、vere that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why.First he marked on a map the exact places _ all the dead people _(live). This gave him _ valuable clue about the cause of the disease. Many of the _(die) were near the water pump in Broad Street (especially numbers 16

6、, 37, 38 and 40). He also noticed that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) _(have) no deaths. He had not foreseen this, so he made further investigations. He discovered that these people worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street. They _(give) free beer and so had

7、not drunk the water from the pump. It seemed that the water was to blame.Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets. He found that _ came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London. He immediately told the astonished people in Broad Street _(remove) the han

8、dle _from the pump so that it could not be used. Soon afterwards the disease slowed down. He _(show) that cholera was spread by germs and not in _ cloud of gas.In another part of London, he found _(support) evidence from two other deaths that _(link) to the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had mo

9、ved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day. _ she and her daughter died of cholera after drinking the water. With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce _ certainty that polluted water carried the virus.To prevent th

10、is from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies _(examine). The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally “King Cholera“ was defeated.COPERNICUS REVOLUTIONRRY THEORYNicolaus Copernicus was frightened and his mind _

11、(confuse). Although he _(try)to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led _ the same conclusion: _ the earth was not the centre of the solar system. Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense. Yet he could not tell anyone about his theory as t

12、he _(power) Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such _ idea. They believed God had made the world and _ that reason the earth was special and must be the centre of the solar system.The problem arose because astronomers had noticed that some planets in the sky seemed _(stop),

13、 move backward and then go forward _ a loop. Others appeared _(bright) at times and less bright at others. This was very strange if the earth was the centre of the solar system and all planets went round it.In 1514 he showed it _(private) to his friends. The changes he made _ the old theory were rev

14、olutionary. He placed a _(fix) sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it and only the moon still going round the earth. He also suggested that the earth _(spin) as it went round the sun and this explained changes in the movement of the planets and in the _(bright) of the

15、stars. His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to publish his _(idea), but Copernicus was cautious. He did not want to be attacked by the Christian Church, so he only published it _ he lay dying in 1543.Certainly he was right _(careful). The Christian Church rejected his theory, _(say) it w

16、as against Gods idea and people who supported it would be attacked. Yet Copernicus theory is now the basis on which all our ideas of the universe are built. His theory replaced the Christian idea of gravity, which said things fell to earth because God created the earth as the centre of the universe.

17、 Copernicus showed this was obviously wrong. Now people can see that there is a direct link _ his theory and the work of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.People may wonder _ different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You

18、 can clarify this question if you study British history.First there was England. Wales _(link) to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included _ well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Grea

19、t Britain“. Happily this was accomplished _ conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early _(twenty) century to form the United Kingdom _ getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. _, the southern part of Irel

20、and was _(willing) and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined _ England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this _(show) to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack._ their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currenc

21、y and international relations), _ they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different _(education) and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!England is the largest of the four countries, and _

22、 convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France _(call) the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the population _(settle) in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Mi

23、dlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as _ in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. _ historical architecture you hav

24、e to go to _(old) but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you _(find) out more about British history and culture.The greatest historical treasure of all is London with _(it) museums, art _(collect), theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of national government and its administration. I

25、t has _(old) port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building _(began) by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066. There _(be) four sets of invaders of England. The first _(invade), the Romans, left their towns and roads. Th

26、e second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words _ food.If you look _ the British countryside you will find _(evident) of

27、 all these invaders. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom _(enjoy) and worthwhile.Worried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu _(make) a list of the sites she wanted to see in London. Her first delight was going to the Tower. It was built long ago _

28、 the Norman invaders of AD 1066. Fancy! This solid stone, square tower had remained _(stand) for one thousand years. Although the buildings had expanded around _, it remained part of a royal palace and prison _(combine). To her great surprise, Zhang Pingyu found the Queens jewels guarded by special

29、royal soldiers _, on special occasions, still wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.There followed St Pauls Cathedral built after the terrible fire _ London in 1666. It looked splendid when first built! Westminster Abbey, too, was very interesting. It contained stat

30、ues in memory of dead poets and writers, such as Shakespeare. Then just as she came out of the abbey, Pingyu heard _ famous sound of the clock, Big Ben, _(ring) out the hour. She finished the day by looking at the outside of Buckingham Palace, the Queens house in London. Oh, she had so much _(tell)

31、her friends!The second day the girl visited Greenwich and saw its old ships and famous clock that _(set) the world time. What interested her most was the longitude line. It is an _(imagine) line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world and is very _(use) for navigation. It _(pass) throug

32、h Greenwich, so Pingyu had a photo taken standing on either side of the line.The last day she visited Karl Marxs statue in Highgate Cemetery. It seemed strange that the man who _(develop) communism should have lived and died in London. Not only that, _he had worked in the famous reading room of the

33、Library of the British Museum. Sadly the library had moved from its original place _ another building and the old reading room was gone. But she was thrilled by so many wonderful treasures from different cultures _(display) in the museum. When she saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots and other objects _ show, she felt very proud of her country.The next day Pingyu was leaving London _ Windsor Castle. “Perhaps I will see the Queen?“ she wondered as she fell asleep.