Unit 3 A taste of English humour Using language课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While __1__ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(n) __2__ in medicine. At 18 she married and __3__ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a __4__. Her husband supported her decision.

　　__5__， Canadian medical schools did not __6__ women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study __7__ at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to __8__ her medical degree.

　　Upon graduation, Charlotte __9__ to Montreal and set up a private __10__. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a __11__ doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte __12__ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting __13__ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.

　　But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had __14__ a doctor's licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was __15__. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all­male board, wanted her to __16__ her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to __17__ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to __18__a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte __19__ to practise without a licence until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

　　In 1993, 77 years after her __20__， a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor "this courageous and pioneering woman."

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了Charlotte Whitehead的生平事迹，尤其是她在行医方面做出的贡献。

　　1．A.raising　　　　　　　　 B．teaching

　　C．nursing D．missing

　　 解析：选C　联系空后的"her ill elder sister"可知，Charlotte Whitehead在"护理(nursing)"生病的姐姐。

　　2．A.habit B．interest

　　C．opinion D．voice

解析：选B　联系4空前的关键信息"she wanted to be a ..."(她想成为一名......)以及后来Charlotte Whitehead从事医学行业可知，此处指Charlotte Whitehead对医学有"兴