高中英语必修五 Unit1_Reading课文语法填空 含答案

Unit 1 Reading课文语法填空
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
一、语法填空(根据课文内容、依据语法规则完成下面短文）
John Snow was a well-known physician in London in the 19th century and wanted to help ordinary people 1________ (expose) to cholera which was the deadly disease of its day. It was 2________ (believe) that cholera was commonly caused by the bacteria in the air or people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. 3________ (suspect) that the second theory was correct, he made further investigations and discovered that it was the water that was 4________ (blame). Next, John Snow looked into the source of the water for these two streets 5________ all the dead people had lived. Fortunately 6________ he found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London, he immediately told the 7________ (astonish) people in Broad Street to remove the handle from the pump so that 8________ could not be used. In another part of London, supporting evidence from two other 9________ (die) that were linked to the Broad Street outbreak was found by him, too.
With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce with 10________ (certain) that polluted water carried the germs. Finally “King Cholera” was defeated.
参考答案：
一、
1. exposed
2. believed
3. Suspecting
4. to blame
5. where
6. when
7. astonished
8. it
9. deaths
10. certainly。