The discovery of Penicillin, famously, was a happy ______.

After his initial discovery, what did Fleming do？

A．He returned to his routine work.

B．He developed penicillin further.

C．He kept a supply of the mould.

D．Both A and C.

A．To give an example of a bad reaction to penicillin

B．To show how penicillin has changed over the years

C．To emphasize the importance of antibiotics

D．To explain why penicillin requires a prescription

The Discovery of Penicillin (青霉素)

In the autumn of 1928, a Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming was searching for a substance that would kill fatal germs(细菌). On his desk were small plates containing the germs.(51)evening, he forgot to cover one of the plates. When he arrived the next morning, he found a spot of green mould(霉菌)in one plate. This is not strange because the room was rather damp(潮湿) ,with(52)one window. But Fleming did not throw out the spoiled plate, be cause something unusual caught(53)attention.

On the uncovered plate, near the green mould, the germs(54) . That meant that the mould had killed the germs there. Fleming watched the mould grow(55)several days. As the green mould spread, it killed more and(56)germs.

Fleming began to study the mysterious mould. It grew and grew. Then he noticed tiny drops of liquid on the surface of the mould. Perhaps this was the chemical that was destroying the germs.

Fleming drew off the liquid, drop by drop. He put this liquid in a test tube, and it(57)the germs in the tube. He called the(58)penicillin.

Fleming published his finding in a British medical journal(59)1929. But for ten years, while he continued to experiment with penicillin, his discovery was largely ignored near the medical world.

Then in 1938 a team of British scientists happened to(60)about Fleming's findings in an old medical journal. They made further(61)with the drug. They tested it on animals and then(62)human beings. In 1941, it was declared safe for use on humans. Soon penicillin was produced in large quantity and was used to(63)many infections(感染).

Penicillin is a very powerful drug.(64)can treat many kinds of infections. However, it has some bad effects. Sometimes it causes a skin problem or a light fever. And it can be fatal for people(65)are allergic(过敏性的)to it. That is why before you take a penicillin shot, the doctor gives you a test shot first.

A．None

B．One

C．Ten

D．On

age of 13 and was later trained as a doctor. In 1928 Fleming was research assistant to Sir Almroth Wright working on bacteria. He accidentally discovered a mould on a set of culture dishes, which were being used to grow the staphylococci germ (which turns wounds septic). Fleming noticed that where there was mould the germs had stopped developing.

It was one of Fleming's colleagues who identified the mould as penicillin. Fleming subsequently tested the penicillin on animals, with no ill effects, and also used it to cure a colleague's eye infection.

After his initial discovery, Fleming did little more than keep a supply of the mould and return to his routine work. It was tile scientists Howard Florey and Ernst Chain who developed penicillin further. Florey and Chain were chiefly responsible for the research which led to its success as a drug, although Fleming took most of the credit for the discovery and its subsequent development.

Fleming had discovered the first antibiotic. However, it was not until the research work of

Florey and Chain that penicillin could be produced as a drug. At first supplies of penicillin were very limited, but by World War II it was being mass-produced by American drugs industry, and given to all soldiers before active service.

When did Fleming move to London？

A．At the age of 31.

B．At the age of 13.

C．At the age of 16.

D．At the age of 17.