UNIT 5-Reading 1

1. 1. _______________ is an impact of cholera outbreak.

• a. Contamination of drinking water with bacteria

• b. Excessive water loss in the body

• c. An increased desire to consume salt added water

2. When salt is added to drinking water _______________.

• a. a kind of simple medicine against cholera is obtained c. the spread of the pandemic slows down

• b. the bacteria in contaminated water is destroyed

• c. the spread of the pandemic slows down

3. Annual mortality rate from cholera is over the expected numbers.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

4. According to paragraph 2, large numbers of people were infected because ............................. .

• a. no attempt was made to improve the infrastructure in the city

• b. traders carried the disease between cities

• c. people relocated to escape the pandemic

5. What indicated that the disease was not transmitted through air?

• a. No problem was observed with people's respiratory system.

• b. People didn’t suffer from diarrhea.

• c. Invisible small organisms grew and reproduced on people.

6. In paragraph 5, in the sentence starting with ‘Snow believed this was because ….....’ this refers to ______ .

• a. the outbreak of cholera in the Broad Street area

• b. the cesspool leaking into the main local fresh water supply

• c. the fact that only five people from the local workhouse died

7. Snow couldn’t make it to see that the theory was acknowledged by a large audience.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

8. The last place to get access to the sewer system was the areas along the river Thames.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

9. In the last paragraph, in the sentence starting with ‘You and I may not … when it comes’, it refers to the day when __________ .

• a. his name is forgotten

• b. another great outbreak occurs

• c. the disease disappears

10. In paragraph 6, in the last sentence, the word ‘propagated’ most probably means ________ .

• a. spread

• b. inherited

• c. promoted