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Cholera was a deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure 56         (understand). So thousands of   57          (terrify) people died when there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to solve 58         problem. He knew that cholera would not be controlled 59           its cause was found.
He became interested in two theories 60         possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera 61           (multiply) in the air. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease 62        their bodies with their meals.
John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready 63           (begin) his enquiry. With all the evidence he gathered, John Snow was able to announce with 64           (certain) that polluted water carried the virus. 65       (final) “King Cholera” was defeated.
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湖北省部分重点中学2021届高三上学期期末联考英语试题
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In China, a large number of people take the sport of pigeon racing very 56. ________(serious). Many competitors spend big money to get their 57._________ (hand) on top-performing birds.
One such competitor is 57-year-old Yu Yuguang. He says he gets so excited waiting for his pigeons 58. ________(arrive) at the end of a race that his heart starts beating fast. “Those are the most intense and enjoyable moments of a pigeon race.” Yu told Reuters news agency. Recently, his 7-month-old pigeon 59. ________(name) “Little Ancestor” placed first in a Chinese Racing Pigeon Association race. The race started in Langfang, near the Chinese capital Beijing, 60. _________ended in Shanghai. The win earned Yu $760 in prize money. That amount, however, is far 61. _______(little) than the $30,600 he spends on his 500 pigeons each year.
Pigeon racing has a long history in China. It began 62. _______ a sport enjoyed mainly by very rich people. But the country’s economic development over the years 63. __________(permit) the sport to spread beyond 64. ______ wealthy. “Membership in the Chinese Pigeon Association has jumped from tens of thousands in the 1980s to about 400,000 today,”65. ______(say) the group’s vice president, Huang Jian.
 
湖北省黄冈市蕲春县2021年高三1月阶段性检测【新高考】英语试题
湖北省2021届上学期新高考适应性测试卷（一）英语试题
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湖北省2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟演练试题英语
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The World Athletics，suggestion to include Cross-country in the Olympics 56   (reject) for the first time since Paris 1924. Cross-country was one of the 41 events rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) , 57   announced the approved events program yesterday. Meanwhile, break-dancing? skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing were added to the Olympic program for the first time. Only 10,500 athletes are 58   (compete) in Paris一 down from 11,092 registered in this year's delayed Tokyo games. 59   number of events has also been cut 60     339 to 329.
In a statement, the IOC announced that with this programme, they 61   (make) the Olympic Games Paris 2024 fit for the situation of the world and that they were 62   (far) reducing the cost and complexity of hosting the Games.
In response to its rejected 63   (apply)，World Athletics said that Cross-country is an exciting  and fast growing sport around the world so they were clearly disappointed if it would not appear at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, even more so 64   (give) the tradition of Cross-country in France at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. World Athletics went on to add that they had been encouraged by the guarantee from the IOC that the IOC would continue to work with them to realize their wish of 65   (see) Cross-country in future Olympic