Question

【题目】Rene Laennec was a French doctor who learned to tap on people’s chests to find out illness from an Austrian doctor named Leopold Auenbrugger. As a boy, Leopold used to tap wine【1】(contain) in his father’s inn to see how much wine they held. A full one made【2】different sound from an empty one. When he became a doctor, he 【3】 (tap) people’s chests to see how much liquid was in their lungs. Laennec did the same and learned to tell by tapping carefully on a chest 【4】it was diseased or not. But he was even more interested 【5】diseases of the heart, and he wished that he could hear heartbeats clearly. In those days, a doctor would place his head on a patient’s chest to listen, but if the patient was 【6】 (extreme) fat it was impossible to hear any heartbeat at all.

One day when Laennec 【7】(walk) in the park, he saw some girls playing with a see-saw(跷跷板). One of them scratched the end of the board while the others placed their ears against the other end. On walking up, the doctor was asked why the sounds travelled along the wood. “The sounds are magnified(放大), girls, er…”Suddenly he turned and rushed back to the hospital. Quickly【8】(take) some thick paper, he rolled it up like a tube and began listening to patients’ chests. He heard the heartbeats and 【9】 (they) breathing clearly. Laennec soon made a better instrument of wood, one he called a stethoscope(听诊器). Later, they 【10】 (make) of steel and rubber.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】containers

【2】a

【3】tapped

【4】whether

【5】in

【6】extremely

【7】was walking

【8】taking

【9】their

【10】were made

【解析】本文主要讲了Rene Laennec发明了听诊器的过程。

【1】containers 考查名词。这里指的是装酒的容器，contain意为“包括”，需用它的名词container，意为“容器”，且该句需用复数形式。故填containers。

【2】a 考查冠词。这里指的是制造出一个不同的声音，满的酒瓶制造出与空的酒瓶不同的声音，所以是表示泛指。故填a。

【3】tapped 考查时态。由句中的became可知，该句需用一般过去时，所以这里动词需用过去式。故填tapped。

【4】whether 考查连词。这里的意思是：他通过敲打胸部来分辨是否有疾病。所以这里填whether，意为“是否”。

【5】in 考查动词短语。be interested in“对……感兴趣”，为固定搭配。故填in。

【6】extremely 考查副词。这里需用副词来修饰形容词fat，故填 extremely。

【7】was walking 考查连词。这里表示他正在散步，故用过去进行时，需填was walking。

【8】taking 考查非谓语动词。该句省略了主语，take与he之间是主动关系，所以需用现在分词。故填taking。

【9】their 考查物主代词。这里需用形容词性物主代词来修饰名词breathing，they为人称代词，需用物主代词their。

【10】were made 考查被动语态。they与take之间是被动关系，所以需用被动语态。