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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese Doctor Who Beat the Plague (鼠疫)

In October 1910, 1. mysterious illness appeared in the city of Manzhouli, 2. the Russian and Chinese border. It spread swiftly, killing 99.9% of its victims.

The Qing Imperial court had sent Malayan-born, Cambridge-educated Dr. Wu Lien-teh north to stop the epidemic (流行病) 3. it spread to the rest of the empire.

Dr. Wu set up special quarantine (隔离) units and ordered blockades to stop 4. (infect) persons from traveling and spreading the disease. He had teams 5. (check) households for possible cases, and even managed to convince Russian and Japanese authorities to 6. (complete) close the railways in the early weeks of 1911.

The pneumonic plague outbreak of 1910-1911 lasted nearly four months, 7. (affect) five provinces and six major cities and accounted for over 60,000 deaths. It is clear that without the brave and decisive action taken by Dr. Wu it could have been much 8. (bad).

If the epidemic 9. (go) unchecked, allowing holiday rail passengers to spread the disease to the rest of China, it could have meant a catastrophic loss of life and possibly caused a global health crisis.

For a time, Dr. Wu was the world’s most famous plague 10. (fight).