21.A Strange Disease
When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease ___31_____characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.
An expert physician ___32____(instruct) to attend to the victims and handle this case. He was enthusiastic, ___33_____ he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was ____34_____(blame). But ____35_____positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much more strict with ____36______, he contributed himself ____37_____ the case. Apart from making enquiries, he made ___38______(detail)charts and analysed the data cautiously. Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease to ___39____radium in the pump. ___40_______(expose)to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately.
Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium. This simple movement cured all the victims.
22.Sightseeing in the United Kingdom
After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom ___31_____ nationwide sightseeing. He faxed a letter to ____32_____ in English yesterday. ___33_____my delight, he no longer made any tense error. And his description____34_____(rough) clarified my questions about the UK--its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.
____35_____(will)to leave out any attraction, my cousin arranged his enjoyable journey carefully. One attractive place he visited was a castle in the countryside of Scotland, which ___36_____(lie)near a port. It used to be the headquarters of the Communism Union ____37_____ broke down during the war. Finding nothing could take the place of this splendid architecture, people accomplished rebuilding it in 1952. It was to their credit ____38_____all furnished rooms are consistent with what they used to be. My cousin was thrilled by its collections consisting of statues plus royal uniforms ____39_____(fold)in glass tanks. ____40______ there was no possibility to buy some of these exhibits, it was convenient to take photos, which he sent me along with his fax.
23.An Air Crash
I was a previous typist in a post office. ____31_____ I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned. With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working ___32_____a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, ____33_____produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins. My new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
Once, when ____34_____(speed) up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight ____35_____the directions. A ___36______(constant) flashing light showed that our jet was in danger. A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then____37_____(press)a button to switch on the escaping capsule. ___38______slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely. Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and ___39______(certain)at first. But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation. We swept up the surrounding mud____40_____(make)our settlement and were back on our feet soon. Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet, some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.
24.An Amateur Journalist
Jane is a housewife, but___31_____(delight)to work as an amateur journalist. It is ___32____ dilemma for her to rush between family and work, and it is also ____33____(usual) for the News Department to depend on an amateur to cover crimes. But Jane is really gifted. It is admirable ___34_____she is seldom accused of making mistakes. And, eager to become more professional, she concentrates on her job and updates ____35_____ now and then.
Once she is informed____36____ a new case, her normal working process is as follows: first, she makes appointments with guilty people for interviews. So as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record ___37_____they say. Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs. Second, she assesses whether they are ____38______(deliberate) hiding the truth. If she is skeptical about their words, she will look into the case herself. Third, she writes thorough stories ahead of the deadline and submits it to the senior chief editor, ____39____polishes and approves every section. Finally, her stories____40____(publish) in different editions of their magazine.
25.First Aid
A boy fell ill. His organs were damaged by the radiation of an infrared ray stove. But____31____the ambulance arrived, ____32_____ number of other injuries happened to this unlucky boy over and over again. First, he was choked by some____33_____(poison)liquid from the kettle on the cupboard. Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock. Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.
____34_____(fortune), the boy’s nurse gave____35____ proper temporary treatments according to his complex symptoms. She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly____36____place to apply pressure to the ankle wound to stop bleeding. As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve, ___37_____(pour) a basin of cold water over the burn to cool it and put her hands on a damp blouse to cover his swollen tissue tightly. She also inspired his bravery to fight ___38_____the unbearable pain. Her first aid made a vital difference in saving his life. A ceremony ____39_____(hold) to honour the nurse ___40_____overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.