江苏省南京市鼓楼区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：完形填空

江苏省南京市鼓楼区 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 完形填空 2023年江苏省南京市鼓楼区中考二模英语试题 二、 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分) 请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选 项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 In the city of London about 150 years ago, many people started to get very sick. The sickness they had was called 'cholera'(霍乱). The disease caused 16 among Londoners because nobody knew how to prevent it or cure it. Most doctors thought that people got cholera from breathing in 17 air. They told patients to open their windows and breathe in fresh air as much as possible. Some doctors told their patients to drink lots of water or take certain medicine. However, their advice did not 18 . They did not know what to do. John Snow was a doctor and scientist who had a(n). 19 idea. He thought that cholera might have been spreading through the water that people were drinking. Maybe polluted water was making everyone sick. At first, nobody paid much attention to Dr. Snow. They believed that cholera was spread through the air and that water was not the. 20 . Dr. Snow developed a plan to prove his theory (理论). He went to different neighbourhoods in London and 21 their water. He also counted the number of sick people in each neighbourhood. It was just as he had thought! The neighbourhoods with the cleanest water had the 22 sick people. The places with the dirtiest water had the greatest number of sick people. This proved his theory that cholera was spread through dirty water. The other doctors finally. 23 that Dr. Snow was right. All over London, people stopped drinking water that might be polluted. Almost 24 people stopped getting sick. All it took was clean water. Thanks to Dr. John Snow, we also know how to stop many other sicknesses that can be spread through dirty water. We would not know about the risks of dirty water if it were not for Dr. John Snow's hard work and 25. Dr. Snow may not be as famous as Batman or Wonder Woman, but he is a hero. 16. A. stress B. pain C. fear · D. hunger 17. A. cold B. warm