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________ Everybody may have seen the film Death on the Nile(尼羅河), but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most u_____1____ way. In June 1977,a baby girl became s_____2_____ ill in Deleville. Doctors there were u____3____ to find out the cause of her i______4_____, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, Where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was s_____5_____ seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine her. The doctors were too puzzled by the baby’ s illness, and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them. “ I think the baby is suffering from thallium(鉈)poison,” said the nurse“ A few days ago, I read a story ‘ A pale Horse’ . They are exactly the same as the baby’ s.”“ You’ re very good at w_____7_____ things,” said a doctor,“ and you m_____8_____ be right. We’ ll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poison or not.” The tests proved that the baby had i______9_____ been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctors were able to give her c____10_____ treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have e from an insecticide(殺蟲劑) used in Deleville. 7___________ 8_____________9____________10___________ 任務(wù)型閱讀 What makes the world smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century, but it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’ s take a look at five top inventions. Movable Type(活字印刷 ): By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century. Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “ Mr. Watson, e here. I want you,” he said to his assistant(助手 ) over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller. Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly bee a lot closer. Inter: When the Inter was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Inter has made information about anything easy to get. Title : The 1. ________ make the world smaller Movable type Telephone Airplane Inter 2. ________ 3. ________ The USA 4 ________ In the 5. ________ century In 1876 In 6. ________ In 7. ________ How Books could be printed cheaply and 8. ________ The world got a lot smaller. Air travel has made the 9. ________ places closer. It has made 10 ________ about anything easy to get.