Unit 1 Great Scientists Reading

Unit1 Reading
Fast reading :1. Choose the best answer according to the text.
1) The passage mainly tells us that ______________
A. the cause of cholera was polluted water.
B. John Snow was a well-known doctor in London.
C. the source of all drinking water should be examined.
D. John Snow did some research and helped to defeat “King Cholera”
2) Why was cholera called “King Cholera” in the text
A. Because cholera caused many deaths.
B. Because it got its name from Queen Victoria.
C. Because cholera was the most deadly disease of its day.
D. Because it was defeated with the help of the king.
3) People thought that cholera spread _________ before John Snow’s research.
A. in the air B. by the birds C. in the water D. by the food
4) ____________ is the key help for John Snow’s discovery.
A. The government B. The woman moving away from Broad street
C. The water company D. The map made by himself
5) At last, “King Cholera” was controlled by ___________.
A. using medicines in hospitals B. driving patients out of the country
C. dealing with the polluted water D. getting rid of all kinds of pollution
2. Find out the following phrases in the text.
1) physical characteristic ________________; 2) ______________ 提出一个理论
3) infectious disease _____________; 4) _________________________ 得出结论
5) analyze the results _____________; 6)_________________暴露(…..)在……中
7) terrified people ________________; 8) __________________ 最致命的疾病
9) __________________把….吸收入….; 10) ____________________ 收集信息
11)___________________决心干某事; 12) _________________一条珍贵的线索
13) ______________除..…之外还有…; 14) ______________将…和…联系起来
15) _________________叫某人送东西; 16) _____________________死于…
17) __________________肯定地宣布; 18) ____________________ 被污染的水
3. Scanning:
Read the passage and number these events in the order that they happened.
John Snow began to test two theories.
An outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854.
John Snow marked the deaths on a map.
He announced that the water carried the disease.
John Snow investigated two streets where the outbreak was very severe.
King Cholera was defeated.
He found that most of the deaths were near a water pump.
He had the handle removed from the water pump.
4.Careful reading: Read the passage and put the correct stages into the reading about research into a disease.
Paragraph Stages General ideas
1 Find a problem The _________ of cholera
2 ____________________ The correct or possible theories
3 Think of a method __________ data on where people were ____ and _______ and where they got their water
4 __________________ Plot information on a _____ to find out where people _______ or ____________.
5 Analyze the results ______________ to see if that is the cause of the illness
6 __________________ Find other __________ to confirm his conclusion
7 Make a conclusion _________________________ was to ________ for the cause of the London cholera
二．重点句型
But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. exposed to cholera 是过去分词短语作____________
Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. 临近原则
So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.
every time在句中用作_______词，引导_____________从句，意为“每次，每当”。
First he marked on a map the exact place where all the dead people had lived.
Where 引导_________从句。
It seemed that the water was to blame.
He found that it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London. 划线部分是____________作______________.