1、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
2、 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 str
3、eets 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 evid
4、ence 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. believed3. Suspecting4. to blame5. where6. when 7. astonished8. it 9. deaths10. certainly
