Question

No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科醫(yī)生） and part of it taken out． Today， however， we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation． The sick person falls into a kind of sleep， and when he awakes， the operation is finished． But these happy conditions are fairly new． It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．

Long ago， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything． The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him． He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched．

Soon after 1770， Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “l(fā)aughing gas”．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it． Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him．

Wells took some of the gas，and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth．Wells felt no pain at all．

As he didn't know enough about laughing gas， he gave a man less gas than he should have． The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．

Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．

1.It is ___________since a man being operated felt all the pain.

A.a few more years B.not long

C.few years D.two thousand years

2.Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he___________.

A.could feel nothing B.could not want anything

C.could feel all the pain D.could do anything

3.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to___________.

A.be afraid of anything B.feel pain

C.want to go to the parties D.be ill

4.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on he___________.

A.felt nothing B.felt very comfortable

C.still felt pain D.would die

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。隨著科學(xué)的進(jìn)步，目前我們能夠在做手術(shù)的時(shí)候感受不到疼痛，然而這種技術(shù)在很久之前還沒(méi)有產(chǎn)生的時(shí)候，人們做手術(shù)都清醒的知道發(fā)生了什么。

1. is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．自從一個(gè)人做完手術(shù)之后，過(guò)不了多少年就會(huì)感受到它的疼痛。故選B

2. ago，operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything．很久之前，手術(shù)通常是在病人能感知一切的時(shí)候進(jìn)行的。故選C

3. Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．Horace Wells注意到當(dāng)使用這種氣的時(shí)候，人們似乎不會(huì)感覺(jué)到痛，故選B

4. he gave a man less gas than he should have． The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out． 他給人做手術(shù)時(shí)，少用了一點(diǎn)那人應(yīng)該用的氣，那個(gè)人在拔牙的時(shí)候疼的叫了出來(lái)。故選C

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