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John Snow was a w _______ doctor in London—so famous, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria to_______ （a. ease b. relieve）the birth of her babies. But he became_______ （inspire） when he thought about helping ordinary people e_______ to cholera. This was the most deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause, nor its c_______ was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an o_______ 。John Snow wanted to use his knowledge to help_______（solve）this problem. He knew it would never be c______ until its cause was found. He got interested in two t_______ explaining how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera m______ in the air without reason. A cloud of dangerous gas would f______ around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people________ （absorb）this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease a_______ the body quickly and soon the _______（affect）person was dead. He believed in the second theory_______ needed to prove he was correct. So when another outbreak h_____ London in 1854, John Snow was ready to test these two theories. As the disease s_______ quickly through the poor neighborhoods, John Snow began to g________ the information. He found that in two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so s_______that more than 500 people had died in 10 days. He_________(determine) to find out why. He marked on a map w______ all the dead people had lived. Here it is: The map gave a valuable c________about the cause of the disease. Many of the deaths were near the water p_________in Broad Street (especially number 16, 37, 38 and 40Broad Street).John Snow a_______ saw that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) had h no deaths. He discovered that these f ______ worked on the pub at 7 Cambridge Street. They were given free beer and so had not d________the water from the Broad Street pump. It seemed the water was to_________