Question

 In 1977 ，a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.

  In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar,near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to 1      the cause of her illness，so she 2     to London and admitted to Hammersmith Hospital, where specialist help was 3      . She was then only half-conscious(半昏迷) and on the " Dangerously 111" list. A team of doctors hurried to 4      the baby only to discover that they, 5      ，were puzzled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby's case,a nurse asked to 6      to them.

"Excuse me”，said nurse Marsha Maitland， " 7      I think the baby is 8      from thallium poisoning.”

"9      makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked.  " Thallium poisoning is extremely 10        .”

"A few days ago，I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse 11      Agatha Christie”， Nurse Maitland explained. "In the book,somebody uses thallium poison, and 12      the symptoms are 13      . They are exactly the same as the baby's.”

"You're very observant and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll 14      some tests and find out 15      it's thallium or not."

The 16      showed that the baby had 17      been poisoned by thallium，a rare metal used in making optical(光學(xué)的) glass. 18      they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the correct treatment. The baby soon 19      and was sent back to Qatar. Inquiries(調(diào)查) showed that the poison 20      from an insecticide(殺蟲(chóng)劑) used in Qatar. 

(   ) 1.A. describe   B. diagnose   C. discover   D. discuss

(   ) 2.A. flew   B. sent   C. went   D. was flown

(   ) 3.A. inexpensive   B. important   C. available   D. impossible

(   ) 4.A. examine   B. see   C. look after   D. cure

(   ) 5.A. too   B. either   C. often   D. never

(   ) 6.A. refer   B. turn   C. speak   D. belong

(   ) 7.A. and   B. so   C. as   D. but

(   ) 8.A. coming   B. suffering   C. tired   D. dying

(   ) 9.A. Who   B. How   C. What   D. Which

(   ) 10.A. rare   B. serious   C. clear   D. dangerous

(   ) 11.A. in   B. on   C. by   D. about

(   ) 12.A. all   B. some of   C. one of   D. both

(   ) 13.A. drawn   B. broadcast   C. announced   D. described

(   ) 14.A. make up   B. carry out   C. get through   D. deal with

(   ) 15.A. that   B. how   C. what   D. whether

(   ) 16.A. words   B. tests   C. examination   D. book

(   ) 17.A. indeed   B. actually   C. probably   D. never

(   ) 18.A. As long as   B. As for as   C. Once   D. If

(   ) 19.A. died   B. got injured   C. recovered   D. got ill

(   ) 20.A. must come   B. should come   C. might have come   D. have come

Answer 1

1-5 BDCAA      6-10 CDBCA

11-15 CADBD 16 -20 BACCC

一個(gè)嬰兒患上了醫(yī)生無(wú)法診斷的病，倫敦一家醫(yī)院的護(hù)士根據(jù)嬰兒的癥狀推測(cè)可能是一種化學(xué)物質(zhì)Thallium中毒。她是受到Agatha Christie的偵探小說(shuō)啟發(fā)做出的判斷。Agatha Christie在其偵探小說(shuō)中詳細(xì)地描述了Thallium

中毒的癥狀。

1.B由下文可知，是一位護(hù)士根據(jù)小說(shuō)推測(cè)出嬰兒的病因，所以醫(yī)生不能診斷出病因。diagnose意思為"診斷"。

2.D嬰兒被空運(yùn)到英國(guó)救治，所以為was flown。

3.C嬰兒被收治到Hammersmith Hospital,在那里可以得到專家的救治，available意為"能得到的"。

4.A examine意思是"進(jìn)行檢查"。

5.A醫(yī)生也對(duì)嬰兒的不同尋常的癥狀感到迷惑。

6.C refer to意思是"談到，參考",turn to意思是"轉(zhuǎn)向，向……求助"，belong to意思是"屬于"，而speak to意思是"和……交談"。

7.D but用來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，表示"不過(guò)"。

8.B suffer from指"遭受病痛等的折磨"。

9.C what指"為什么"。What makes you think that?意思是"是什么讓你這么想的？"

10.A這種中毒非常罕見(jiàn)。

11.C by Agatha Christie指"Agathas Christie所寫(xiě)的"。

12.A中毒后所有的癥狀在書(shū)中都有描述。

13.D中毒后所有的癥狀在書(shū)中都有描述。

14.B carry out some tests指"進(jìn)行一些檢查"。

15.D通過(guò)檢查弄清是否是thallium中毒。

16.B檢查結(jié)果表明嬰兒確實(shí)是thallium中毒。

17.A indeed意思是"確實(shí)"。

18.C一旦病因被確定，醫(yī)生就能實(shí)施治療。

19.C recover意思是"康復(fù)"，患病嬰兒經(jīng)過(guò)救治后康復(fù)。

20.C這種毒素可能是來(lái)自于卡塔爾使用的殺蟲(chóng)劑。