四、完形填空
I come from a medical family. My grandparents and parents are all traditional (传统的) Chinese doctors. When I was young, my grandparents often told me stories about some great traditional Chinese doctors (
C
) Zhang Zhongjing and Sun Simiao. I knew about the story of Li Shizhen from my grandfather.
Born in Hubei Province in 1518, Li Shizhen was a great medical expert. He is (
A
) known as "the saint (圣人) of medicine" in Chinese history. His work, *Compendium of Materia Medica* (《本草纲目》), is one of the best medical books. The medical (
A
) in the book is still valuable even now.
When Li Shizhen was young, he was interested in traditional Chinese medicine and began to read medical books. However, he found many (
D
) in those books.
All this (
B
) to his decision to write a new medical book. Li Shizhen travelled everywhere to (
B
) herbs (药草) and do research. He also talked with many farmers, doctors and patients to get the correct information about the herbs. He even tasted the herbs (
A
) and almost lost his life many times. Li Shizhen finally (
D
) the information of over 1 890 herbs and he recorded it in his book *Compendium of Materia Medica*. It took Li Shizhen about forty years to finish the book. He died (
C
) the age of 75. It's a great loss for people at that time.
"Li Shizhen believed the most important thing in his life was to cure people's illnesses. This is doctors' (
B
). I know you want to be a doctor, so you must remember it," my grandfather said to me.
( )1. A. from
B. as
C. like
D. for
( )2. A. widely
B. hardly
C. suddenly
D. luckily
( )3. A. knowledge
B. choice
C. sense
D. love
( )4. A. ideas
B. secrets
C. symbols
D. mistakes
( )5. A. agreed
B. led
C. connected
D. kept
( )6. A. care about
B. look for
C. think of
D. learn from
( )7. A. himself
B. itself
C. herself
D. themselves
( )8. A. chose
B. communicated
C. accepted
D. collected
( )9. A. with
B. of
C. at
D. on
( )10. A. chance
B. job
C. attention
D. difficulty
