答案:D

解析:虽然她一直都在给病人看病, 但是她没有营业执照。所以她一直都在申请从医执照, 但是一直没有申请成功。

15. A. punished B. refused

C. blamed D. fired

答案:B

解析:她在Montreal和 Winnipeg多次申请从医执照, 但是都被拒绝。根据文章最后一段"In 1993, 77 years after her　20　"可知在她去世后77年, 她才得到从医执照。说明之前一直被拒绝。故B项正确。

16. A. display B. change

C. preview D. complete

答案:D

解析:The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons一直都希望她到这个学院完成医学的学习。因为她是在美国学习的医术。故D项正确。

17. A. leave B. charge

C. test D. cure

答案:A

解析:Charlotte拒绝离开她的病人去学习那些她在美国已经学会的知识。所以她一直都没有去这所学院。故A项正确。

18. A. sell B. donate

C. issue D. show

答案:C

解析:在1912年她来到这所学校, 因为这所学校要发从医执照。但是仍然拒绝发给从医执照。根据"a medical license was issued to Charlotte"可知issue表示"颁发"。故C项正确。

19. A. continued B. promised

C. pretended D. dreamed

答案:A

解析:她一直继续着自己治病救人的行为, 直到1912年她去世。根据句意说明A项正确。

20. A. birth B. death

C. wedding D. graduation

答案:B

解析:根据前一行:她在1912年去世, 1993年正是她去世后的77年, 她终于获得了行医执照。

第二节　语法填空(共10小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分15分)

　　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。

If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer, you can hear frogs singing 1. 　　　　　　(happy)here and there. It seems as if they were performing a field group singing. The noises often make us upset. However, the frog is a good and useful creature that benefits human beings. They can catch fast-moving 2. 　　　　　　(insect). Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful to crops. This little creature is regarded 3. 　　　　　　 "the natural enemy of pests". But now frogs 4. 　　　　　　(get)fewer and fewer. This is because they are killed and put 5. 　　　　　　 the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings. It is a shameless and cruel act, isn't it?The cause responsible for the rapid 6. 　　　　　　(reduce) of frogs is that farmers use insect killer to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water while 7. 　　　　　　(eat)poison-killed insects. Something must be done without delay 8. 　　　　　　(save)frogs. If