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UNIT 4 题型专项强化练
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Louis Pasteur was a world-famous French chemist and biologist.
He is particularly famous for his work on rabies vaccine (狂犬病疫苗).The rabies virus enters the body through the bite of an infected animal or through infected saliva(唾液) entering an existing wound.After experimenting with the saliva of animals suffering from the disease, Pasteur concluded that the disease rests in the central nervous system of the body.By studying the tissues of infected animals—rabbits, Pasteur was able to produce a form of the virus.This could be used for inoculation(接种).
On July 6,1885, Pasteur tested his pioneering rabies vaccine on a man for the first time.He saved the life of a young man called Joseph Meister who had been bitten by a rabid dog.Pasteur was urged to treat him with his new method.The treatment lasted 10 days and at the end he recovered and remained healthy.Since then thousands have been saved by this treatment.
On March 1886, Pasteur was invited to present his results to the Academy of Sciences and in 1888 went on to found the Pasteur Institute in Paris.This was a pioneering clinic for the study of infectious diseases, the treatment of rabies and a centre for teaching.Pasteur directed the institute personally until he died.The Pasteur Institute is still one of the most important centres in the world.
Pasteur became a national hero and was honored in many ways.He died at Saint-Cloud on September 28,1895 and was given a state funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Modifications of the Pasteur method are still used in rabies treatment today.A newer vaccine which contains the virus prepared from human cells grown in the laboratory is safer and requires a shorter course of injections.
语篇导读 主题语境:人与社会/对社会有突出贡献的人物。本文为记叙文,介绍了著名生化学家路易斯·巴斯德在狂犬病治疗上所作出的杰出贡献。
1.How can a person develop rabies?
A.Being bitten by a rabbit.
B.Touching infected saliva.
C.With infected saliva entering his wounds.
D.Touching an infected animal.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知,人类