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John Snow was a well-known physician in London. At that time, cholera was deadly disease and thousands of people died of it. People didn’t know its cause or its
. John Snow determined to face the
and solve the problem.
another outbreak hit London in 1854, he gathered information and made a map,
(mark) the exact places where all the dead people had lived. Through further investigations, he discovered that the water was to
, because it was polluted by the dirty water from London.
supporting evidence, John Snow announced that polluted water carried the germs. To prevent this from
again, John suggested that the source of all the water supplies
(examine) and new methods of
(处理) polluted water be found. Thus cholera was defeated in the end.
Once there lived a rich manwanted to do something for the people of his town.
first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he
(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove
. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,
(say) to himself: “The night
(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!
the stone, he found a bag of money.
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl _____ (name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion（输血） _____
her 5-year-old brother, ____
had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight the _____
(ill).
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate（犹豫） for a moment _____taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it ___
it can save Liz.”
_____the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, ____
(see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then ____
face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”
Being young, the boy had_____(understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.
One Saturday, Bob decided to take a drive through the countryside. After a few hours, he saw a dog _______ （walk） behind a man on the side of the road. As the car came near them, the dog ___
____ （sudden） jumped into the road. Of course, the car hit the poor animal and killed it.
Bob stopped his car and walked up to the man. “I’m very sorry that this happened,” he said. “Is there ______ （something） I can do? Will $10 help?”
“Oh, but…”said the man. “I should tell you…”
“Stop! You are right. $10 isn’t enough! That dog was your ________ （good） friend!”
Bob reached into his pocket and gave the man $30．Then he thanked the man and drove away. When he was ______（go）, the man looked down at the dog and said : “I wonder whose dog that is?”
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It is reported that many middle school students are just not getting enough sleep, especially during the school week. The problem seems to get (bad) as they get older. Year 7 students sleep 8.4 hours in a school night, and Year 9 students only 6.9 hours.
It’s also reported that not getting enough sleep can cause ( (problem) in a student’s life. Many students fall
(sleep) in school or while doing their homework, so it is not
(surprise) that they get lower grades than those who get enough sleep. Scientists suggest nine hours a night for middle school students.
Of the students who feel(happy) and nervous, 73% don’t get enough sleep at night.
Why aren’t students getting enough sleep? Many students have one of the (follow) things, like telephone, television, or computer in their bedrooms. Using them on a school night not
(takes their time away from homework, but also makes
difficult for them to sleep. As a result, many students can’t sleep before 11 p.m, yet they must get up early
(go) to school.
Scientists also suggest students should not do exciting activities for an hourbedtime.
David will never for get what happened to him the day before yesterday．He(eat)something at home when he received a strange phone call from a hospital．The caller said that his son
(fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to schoo1．It was he _
took him to the hospital．David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son’s classroom，only to find him listening to the teacher attentively．He suddenly realized that he had been cheated，but he felt
(relieve)．Just at that time the phone rang again，saying，“Your son is in great danger and he needs
immediate operation which costs 48，000 yuan． The doctors here say they will not operate
your son until they receive the money．’’When
(ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital，the caller rang off．David gave a big smile and said．“What a pity!”
If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a (honest)way, he was wrong．Such phone calls are common these days．A few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks．Most parents are sensitive to
．It was really silly to cheat well—educated men like David．
Believe it or not，it’s a true story．The(colleague)in his office can confirm it，such as Tom，Peter and so on．