高中英语 Unit3 Protecting ourselves课外阅读练习 牛津译林版选修10.doc

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1、Unit3Protectingourselves课外阅读练习阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。RecentlytheWorldHealthOrganizationannouncedthatthediseaseofsmallpox（天花）hadalmostbeenwipedoutinmostpartsoftheworld,thankstowidespreadvaccination（种牛痘）．Mostpeoplearevaccinatedatleastonceintheirlivesandiftheywishtotravelfromonecountry

2、toanothertheymustbeabletoprovethattheyhavehadarecentvaccination．Inthiswaythediseasehasbeenpreventedfromspreadingandtodayoneseldomhearsofitatall．Thisismainlybecauseofthegreatdiscoverymadebyavillagedoctor,EdwardJenner,inabout1798whenhepublishedhisreportofhisnewexperimentcalledvaccination（from

3、theword“vacca”meaningacow）．Jennerdiscoveredthatpeoplewhoworkedwithcattleoftensufferedfromaharmlessdiseasewhichtheycaughtfromthecattle,butthesepeopleneverseemedtogetsmallpox．Soheexperimentedbyputtingthediseaseintoasmallopeningonthearmsofhealthypeople,andthoughtheirarmsbecamepainfulforadayort

4、wo,theysoonrecoveredandnoneofthesepeopleevergotsmallpox．Sothenewsofthewonderfuldiscoveryspreadtoothercountriesandpeoplerushedtotheirdoctorstobevaccinated．Inmanycountriesthesimplewaytodealwiththearmwasdoneonthousandsofpeople,andtheterriblesmallpoxbegantodisappear．1．Whichofthefollowingisanine

5、ffectualwayofpreventingthespreadofsmallpox？A．Peoplegoingabroadshouldpromisenottospreadthedisease．B．Mostpeoplewerevaccinatedagainstthediseaseatleastonce．C．Peopletravellingfromonecountrytoanothermustprovetheyarevaccinated．D．Peoplemustbevaccinatedshortlybeforegoingtoforeigncountries．2．Thedocto

6、r'snewdiscoverywascalled“vaccination”forthereasonthat____．A．hediscoveredsmallpoxnearafarmB．hewasworkingwithcattleinthecountrysideC．heexperimentedwithadiseasefromthecattleD．peoplegotthediseaseofsmallpoxfromthecattle3．Thenewsofthediscovery____．A．spreadfarandnearinthewesterncountriesB．madepeop

7、lerushtoDrJennerforvaccinationC．helpedtogetridoftheterriblediseaseofsmallpoxD．caughtpeople'sattentionfromallcornersoftheworld答案：ACD