Question

Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house．With his face white. “Mother!” he cried, “A mad dog has ______ my friend Henry, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons(烙鐵). It’s terrible!”

“Rabies(狂犬病), Louis. Burning the bites is the only _______of stopping Henry from catching the disease.’’

Henry did get rabies and died, in great _____ , some days later. Louis Pasteur never _____ . “One day,” he thought, “I must do something to help people like Henry.”

Sixteen years later Pasteur became a Doctor of ____ ．And he began his work in this special field. Pasteur achieved great success in his life. ______the years of research he lost the use of his left arm and leg, yet he never lost heart. He worked on and on, as hard as ever, ______ he had a strong will to find a way for curing rabies.

After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he ______found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days later Pasteur’s treatment, the boy got ____ . He did not catch rabies.

The discovery gave new hope to people in many countries. People sent money to help ____ the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world’s most famous centers for the research.

1.A. knocked B. pulled C. kicked D. bitten

2.A. result B. hope C. truth D. value

3.A. pain B. trouble C. sadness D. danger

4.A. forgot B. refused C. continued D. remembered

5.A. French B. Law C. History D. Science

6.A. From B. Before C. During D. Until

7.A. when B. though C. if D. as

8.A. hardly B. finally C. even D. again

9.A. easier B. harder C. better D. worse

10.A. build B. close C. buy D. repair

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