二、击败鼠疫的中国医生
The Chinese Doctor Who Beat the Plague
In October 1910, a mysterious illness appeared in the city of Manzhouli, __1__ the Russian and Chinese border. It spread swiftly, killing 99.9% of its victims.
The Qing Imperial court had sent Malayan-born, Cambridge-___2___(educate) Dr. Wu Lien-teh north to stop the epidemic ___3___ it spread to the rest of the empire.
Dr. Wu set up special quarantine（隔离） units and ordered blockades to stop infected persons from traveling and spreading the disease. He had teams ___4___ households for possible cases, and even managed to convince Russian and Japanese authorities to ___5___(complete) close the railways in the early weeks of 1911.
The pneumonic plague outbreak of 1910-1911 lasted nearly four months, affected five provinces and six major cities, and accounted ___6___ over 60,000 deaths. It is clear that without the brave and decisive actions taken by Dr. Wu it could have been much ___7___ (bad).
___8___ the epidemic gone unchecked, allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China, it could ___9___(mean) a catastrophic loss of life and possibly triggered a global health crisis.
For a time, Dr. Wu was the world’s most famous plague ___10___ (fight).
答案：1. on 2. educated 3. before 4. check 5. completely
6. for 7. worse 8. Had 9. have meant 10. fighter
The Chinese Doctor Who Beat the Plague
In October 1910, a mysterious illness appeared in the city of Manzhouli, __1__ the Russian and Chinese border. It spread swiftly, killing 99.9% of its victims.
The Qing Imperial court had sent Malayan-born, Cambridge-___2___(educate) Dr. Wu Lien-teh north to stop the epidemic ___3___ it spread to the rest of the empire.
Dr. Wu set up special quarantine（隔离） units and ordered blockades to stop infected persons from traveling and spreading the disease. He had teams ___4___ households for possible cases, and even managed to convince Russian and Japanese authorities to ___5___(complete) close the railways in the early weeks of 1911.
The pneumonic plague outbreak of 1910-1911 lasted nearly four months, affected five provinces and six major cities, and accounted ___6___ over 60,000 deaths. It is clear that without the brave and decisive actions taken by Dr. Wu it could have been much ___7___ (bad).
___8___ the epidemic gone unchecked, allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China, it could ___9___(mean) a catastrophic loss of life and possibly triggered a global health crisis.
For a time, Dr. Wu was the world’s most famous plague ___10___ (fight).
答案：1. on 2. educated 3. before 4. check 5. completely
6. for 7. worse 8. Had 9. have meant 10. fighter
