I. Match the inventions with their inventors below:
Scientists Contributions
1. Alexander Graham Bell A. electricity / famous kite experiment
2. Thomas Edison B. the First telephone
3. Laite Brothers C. the electric bulb
4. Madame Curie D. black holes in Universe / A Brief History of Time
5. Franklin E. Theory of Gravity
6. Steven Hawking F. the First Plane
7. Elbert Einstein G. Radium / radioactivity
8. Isaac Newton H. the secrets of the atom and of the universe / the Theory of relativity
9. Charles Darwin I. astronomy curriculum
10. Zhang Heng J. penicillin
11. Yuan Longping K. famous Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
12. Qian Xuesen L. invent television
13. Alexander Fleming M. the earliest seismograph
14. John Baird N. China’s aerospace / (Father of the Chinese space programme)
15. Ray Tomlinson O. Agriculture / (Father of Hybrid Rice)
16. Galileo Galilei his P. first e-mail message
17. Nicolaus Copernicus Q. the Theory of Evolution / The Origin of Species
II. Read the passage and then choose the best answers:
1. John Snow finally proved the theory he believed by _______.
A. gathering information with the help of a map
B. looking into the source of the water for Broad Street and Cambridge Street
C. separating those who suffered cholera from those who didn’t
D. both A and B
2. What did John Snow’s test show?
A. Cholera was spread in a cloud of gas. B. The beer in the pub was polluted.
C. Cholera attacked the people in the whole district. D. Cholera was spread by germs.
3. Which of the following methods is NOT the correct way to prevent the disease from happening again?
A. Examine the source of all water supplies.
B. Find the new methods of dealing with polluted water.
C. Instruct the water companies not to provide polluted water for people.
D. Don’t use the water from the water pumps.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. John Snow was famous doctor for easing the birth of babies.
B. A woman and her daughter died of cholera because they didn’t follow John Snow’s advice.
C. Finally “King Cholera” was defeated thanks to John Snow’s strong determination and careful work.
D. John Snow was an American doctor.
5. The text mainly tells us that _______.
A. the cause of cholera was polluted water B. John Snow was a famous doctor in London
C. cholera was a deadly disease D. John Snow did some research and helped to solve “King Cholera”
6. The story shows us that John Snow was a _______ scientist.
A. kind and patient B. strong-minded and kind C. selfish and diligent D. careful and observant
7. Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the text?
A. As a famous doctor, John Snow had two famous theories about how cholera spread.
B. John Snow proved the second theory about how cholera spread was right at last.
C. Through his research, John Snow found a polluted well and stopped people from drinking it.
D. John Snow found the cause of cholera and how to control it through his careful research.
8. According to hid research, John Snow proved that _____ played a key role in the spread of cholera.
A. gases B. water C. germs D. wells
9. Through the passage, we may conclude that right steps for a scientific experiment should probably be ______.
a. Making a question b. Finding supporting evidence c. Collecting information
d. Finding a problem e. Making a conclusion f. Analyzing the results
g. Thinking of a method
A. g d a c f b e B. d a c g f b e C. d a g c f b e D. g d c a f b e
10. The text is written as a(n) _______.
A. report B. description C. creative story D. essay
11. Which of the following did John Snow think is the most important to defeat a disease?
A. Finding its cause. B. Finding its cure. C. Finding its result. D. Finding its harm.
12. On the map of the textbook, we can see ______ had the most deaths from cholera.
A. No. 40 Broad Street B. No.8 Cambridge Street C. No.21 Broad Street D. No.9 Cambridge Street
13. Some houses in No. 20, 21 Broad Street had no deaths in the outbreak of cholera, because ______.
A. they worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street which had cleaner conditions
B. they had drunk free beer instead of water from the Broad Street pump
C. the beer they had drunk could prevent against cholera
D. they had known the water from the Broad Street pump was dangerous to drink
14. It seemed that _______.
A. polluted water played a key role in spreading cholera
B. Broad Street and Cambridge Street have their own water pumps
C. cholera spread through air
D. John Snow found the cause of cholera by accident
15. The main idea of this passage is ______.
A. how John Snow found the cause of cholera B. how John Snow stopped cholera
C. how John Snow did his research D. about John Snow’s life and his discovery
III. Complete the following form:
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
The Style of the passage A (1)_________ by John Snow
The problem Nobody knew the (2) _______ of the serious disease of cholera
The cause Idea 1: strange cloud in the air attacked people.
Idea 2: (3) __________________
The method Collect data from the next cholera attack to test the two (4) _______, try to prove which one was correct.
The results He found that the deaths around the Broad Street pump and the supporting evidence showed that cholera was caused by the (5) ________.
Idea 1 or 2? Why? (6) _______ because there was a connection between the drinking water and the deaths.
The conclusion John Snow was able to show that cholera could be defeated now that its cause was known.
IV. Complete the following passage with the proper words:
John Snow was a well-known doctor in London in the ___1___ century. He wanted to find the ___2__ of cholera in order to defeat it. In 1854 when a cholera ___3___ out, he began to gather information. He ___4____ on a map where all the dead people had lived and he found that many people who had drunk the dirty water from the __5____ died. So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera. He suggested that the __6___ of all water supplies be __7____ and the water companies were ____8___ not to ___9____ people to polluted water any more. Finally, “King Cholera” was ___10_____.
V. 參考詞匯：
contagion 傳染病 rabies 狂犬病 influenza 流行性感冒 epidemic 疫癥 SARS 非典
malaria 瘧疾 plague 瘟疫 smallpox 天花 pest 鼠疫 cholera 霍亂
bird flu 禽流感 hepatitis 肝炎 AIDS 艾滋病 dengue fever 登革熱 swine flu 豬流感
Keys: I BCFGA DHEQM ONJLD KLI
II DDDCD BDCCA AABAB
III 1) report 2)cause, 3)people absorbed the disease with their meals,4) theories, 5)polluted water, 6) Idea 2
IV 19th cause broke marked pump source examined instructed expose defeated