John Snow was born and worked as a __ 36 __ in Great Britain．Exactly, he was an anaesthetist， 37 means that he put people to sleep during operation．He also began to experiment using the same drugs to help women when they had 38 ．That is why he became the doctor who 39 Queen victoria to give the birth of her babies． At the time he lived，cholera was the most 40 disease．Neither its cause，nor its 41 was understood．So many thousands of people died 42 there was an outbreak．John Snow was 43 to help ordinary people 44 from cholera．He 45 the disease began in the stomach and the patients died quickly after severe vomiting(呕吐)and diarrhea (腹泄)． 46 ，he believed cholera resulted from water．When another 47 hit London in 1854，John Snow set to work． John Snow approached the problem in a systematic way．He marked on a map 48 all the dead people had lived and found many of the 49 were near a water pump．It seemed the water was the 50 ．So he collected information about the 51 habits of the dead people and used them eventually to prove his theory．With the information 52 ，John Snow was sure  that 53 water was the cause． Then people were required to 54 the water company to supply them with clean water．Thanks __ 55 ___ John Snow there was no more outbreaks of cholera． 小题1: A．scientist B．an official C．an officer D．doctor 小题2:A．who           B．that          C which        D．it 小题3: A．pain B．ache C．difficulties D．babies 小题4: A．assisted with B．took care C．look after D．joined 小题5: A．surprising B．interesting C．interested D．frightening 小题6: A．cure B．method C．result D．threat 小题7: A．each time B．at one time C．in no time D．the first time 小题8: A．delighted B．devoted C．absorbed D．determined 小题9: A．suffered B．having suffered C．suffering D．being suffered 小题10: A．noticed B．was noticing C．has noticed D．had noticed 小题11: A．Therefore B．As a result of C．So D．According to 小题12: A．disease B．disaster C．outbreak D．case 小题13: A．how B．where C．what D．in which 小题14: A．women B．men C．death D．injuries 小题15: A．result B．cause C．origin D．case 小题16: A．drinking B．1iving C．working D．housing 小题17: A．having collected B．being collected C．collected D．collecting 小题18: A．being polluted B．polluted C．polluting D．having polluted 小题19: A．take on B．call on C．depend on D．carry on 小题20: A．to B．/ C．for D．on