1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式.

The Amber Room, one of the greatest     1     (wonder) of the world, was a great work that took about ten years     2     (make). In 1716, the Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a gift of friendship by William I, who loved soldiers more     3     the Amber Rootn itself. In Russia, the room first served as a small reception hall for     4     (importance) visitors,     5     later was moved and redesigned by Catherine II.     6     (fortunate), the Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germans and Russia were at war and until now nobody knows     7    happened to it. In 2003, however, a new Amber Room     8     (build)by the Russians and Germans on the basis of the old photos     9    (be) ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of     10    (they) city.

2 . In the winter of 1664-65, a bitter cold fell on London in the days before Christmas. Above the city, an unusually bright comet (彗星) shot across the sky, exciting much prediction of a snow storm. Outside the city wall, a woman was announced dead of a disease that was spreading in that area. Her house was locked up and the phrase “Lord Have Mercy On Us” was painted on the door in red.

By the following Christmas, the virus that had killed the woman would go on to kill nearly 100,000 people living in and around London — almost a third of those who did not flee.

In The Great Plague (瘟疫), historian A．Lloyd Moote and microbiologist Dorothy C．Moote provide a deeply informed account of this plague year. Reading the book, readers are taken from the palaces of the city’s wealthiest citizens to the poor areas where the vast majority of Londoners were living, and to the surrounding countryside with those who fled. The Mootes point out that, even at the height of the plague, the city did not fall into chaos. Doctors, nurses and the church staff remained in the city to care for the sick; city officials tried their best to fight the crisis with all the legal tools; and commerce continued even as businesses shut down.

To describe life and death in and around London, the authors focus on the experiences of nine individuals. Through their letters and diaries, the Mootes offer fresh descriptions of key issues in the history of the Great Plague: how different communities understood and experienced the disease; how medical, religious, and government bodies reacted; how well the social order held together; the economic and moral dilemmas people faced when debating whether to flee the city; and the nature of the material, social, and spiritual resources supporting those who remained. Based on humanity (人性), the authors offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants attacked by — and daringly resisting — unimaginable horror.

1. What can we learn from paragraph one?

A．A comet always follows the storm.

B．London was under approaching step threat.

C．London was prepared for the disease.

D．The woman was the beginning of the disease.

2. What do the Mootes say about London during the great plague?

A．The people tried a lot in vain.	B．The rich area didn’t experience the plague.
C．The city remained organized.	D．The majority fled and thus survived.

3. Why do the Mootes focus on the nine individuals?

A．They were famous people in history.	B．They all manage to survive the plague
C．They united by thinking and acting as one.	D．They provided a vivid story of humanity.

4. The purpose of the text is__________.

A．to introduce a new book	B．to correct a misunderstanding
C．to report a new study	D．to show respect to the authors

3 . 请在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

John Snow was a well-known physician in London in the 19th century.     1     famous was he that he even attended Queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies. However, he decided to defeat cholera, a     2     (dead) disease at that time when he saw thousands of people     3       (expose) to it died every time there was an outbreak.

In 1854 when cholera broke out, he began to gather information and marked on a map     4     all the dead people     5    （live）. He found many people who had drunk     6     dirty water from the pump died. So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera. He found a woman and her daughter who had the water     7    （deliver） from the pump every day died of cholera after drinking the water.     8     this extra evidence John Snow announced that the polluted water was     9    （blame）. He suggested the source of all water supplies should be examined and new methods of     10    （deal）with water be found. Finally, “King Cholera” was defeated.

4 . A best friend is someone to     1     you can tell everything, even your most     2     (person) feelings and thoughts. Anne Frank treated her diary     3     her best friend. The German Nazis were in search of Anne and her family. The family had to     4     away from the chase. They didn’t dare to go out even in the evenings. They had to stay indoors day and night. Not     5     (be) able to go out for such a long time, Anne missed the beauty of nature so much that she grew     6     about everything to do with it. She stayed up     7     eleven thirty one evening on     8     just to see the moonlight. She said, “This is the first time I     9     (see) the moonlight since I came here.”

    10     (fortunate), the family were discovered at last and taken away from the hiding place.