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【题目】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】本题考查对课文的掌握程度，一些重要词汇和过去分词的用法。

【1】expert

考查形容词。John Snow是如此专业以至于成了维多利亚女王的私人医生。此处是so…that …句型，so后加形容词，故填expert.

【2】attended

考查动词。此处表示“照顾”指照顾维多利亚女王，全文是过去时态此处也用过去式，故填attended.

【3】inspired

考查形容词。用于系动词became后用形容词作表语，指“变得有灵感”，故填inspired.

【4】exposed

考查过去分词。此处是过去分词作定语，指患霍乱病的普通人，故填过去分词exposed.

【5】cure

考查名词。此处指既不知道霍乱病的原因也不知道它的治疗方法，由its修饰用名词，故填cure.

【6】linked

考查过去分词。此处指13世纪时威尔士被连接到英格兰，表示被动用过去分词，故填linked.

【7】refer

考查固定短语。refer to“提到，提及”，是固定短语。此处指提到英格兰，故填refer.

【8】included

考查过去分词。此处是过去分词表被动作Wales的宾语补足语，指威尔士被包括其中，故填included.

【9】conflict

考查名词。此处指高兴地是合并时没有发生冲突，故填名词“冲突”conflict.

【10】connected

考查过去分词。此处指通过相同的方式使爱尔兰被连接到英国，过去分词作Ireland的宾语补足语，故填connected.