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2025学年第二学期高中英语练习卷
考生注意：
1.考试时间105分钟，试卷湖分115分。
2.本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸
上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3.
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I.Grammar and vocabulary
Section A(10分)
Directions:Afer reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and
grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of
the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
A Risky Inoculation(预防接种)that Changed Russia
Catherine the Great set out to define Russia as an extremely important power in Europe.Her
rule remained stable(1)the year of 1768,when something began to threaten her people and
her position-an ancient disease named smallpox.
By the 18th century,smallpox (2)(become)particularly deadly.One in five people who
caught it died.It was particularly dangerous for children,so parents would be advised not to count
their children unless they survived smallpox.There was absolutely (3)that could be done.
People tried keeping patients hot(4)(sweat)the disease out or even bleeding them,neither of
which did any good.
Since the 16th century,there had been inoculation (5)
(practise)widely in China,the
Middle East and Turkey.It involved a person being given a controlled dose (of the disease.A
tiny drop of pus (from the spots of someone with the disease (6)(collect).Then the live
virus was put into a cut on the arm of the healthy person.
In 1767,a British doctor named Dinsdale published an instruction manual and introduced his
way to inoculate safely.And that's(7)he came to the attention of Catherine the Great.In the
1760s,inoculation wasn't a common practice in Russia,a land(8)
there was“enormous
distrust"against it.Catherine made the brave decision to experiment with treatment first.She put her
faith in science and her life in the hands of Dinsdale,(9)(call)for him in 1768 to treat her
and her family.
Catherine's inoculation went so well that her experience encouraged her people to get
inoculated,too.Indeed,her first experiment demonstrated great resolution and firmness of her mind.
To her people,she projected an image of herself(10)a caring ruler.She was remembered for
advancing public health in Russia and saving millions of lives.

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