第一节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41~20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出最佳选项。

　　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(an)　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 practicing without a license. She had 　14　 a doctor's license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was 　15　. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male 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 appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to 　18　 a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte 　19　 to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

　　In 1993, 77 years after her 　20　, a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor "this courageous and pioneering woman. "

1. A. raising B. teaching

C. nursing D. missing

答案:C

解析:根据后面的"her ill elder sister"说明她在照顾生病的妹妹的时候想要上医学。nurse"照顾"。

2. A. habit B. interest

C. opinion D. voice

答案:B

解析:Charlotte在照顾生病的妹妹的时候, 发现自己对医学很感兴趣。所以后面她想尽办法去学医。

3. A. invented B. selected

C. offered D. started

答案:D

解析:在18岁的时候, 她结婚开始有了自己的家庭。

4. A. doctor B. musician

C. lawyer D. physicist

答案:A

解析:前面叙述她对医学感兴趣, 所以结婚几年以后, 她说自己想要成为医生, 丈夫很支持她的想法。

5. A. Besides B. Unfortunately