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课时微训练20(时间：45分钟满分：55分)Ⅰ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)(2014·山东卷)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 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 appealed to theManitoba 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]本文讲述的是立志成为医生的Charlotte虽然经历了很多困难，但她仍然坚持自己的理想并为之努力奋斗的故事。

1．A.raising B．teachingC．nursing D．missing解析：由后面的“her ill elder sister”可知，Charlotte多年护理自己体弱多病的姐姐，根据句意选C。

答案：C2．A.habit B．interestC．opinion D．voice解析：have an interest in“对……感兴趣”。

句意：在护理生病的姐姐过程中，她发现自己对医学有浓厚的兴趣。

答案：B3．A.invented B．selectedC．offered D．started解析：start a family意为“成家”。

答案：D4．A.doctor B．musicianC．lawyer D．physicist解析：由下文可知，Charlotte在结婚后到美国医学院去学习医学，后来她成了一名医生，所以她想成为一名医生。

答案：A5．A.Besides B．UnfortunatelyC．Otherwise D．Eventually解析：从下文加拿大的医学院不接收女学生可知，对Charlotte 是不好的消息，故unfortunately合语境。

答案：B6．A.hire B．entertainC．trust D．accept解析：由下文“...Charlotte went to the United States to...”可知，加拿大医学院不收女学生。

答案：D7．A.history B．physicsC．medicine D．law解析：由前文可知，Charlotte学的是医学。

答案：C8．A.improve B．saveC．design D．earn解析：句意：她花了五年时间获得了医学学位。

earn“获得，挣得”。

答案：D9．A.returned B．escapedC．spread D．wandered解析：由前文可知，Charlotte是离开加拿大去美国学习医学，五年之后应该是回到加拿大。

return合语境。

答案：A10．A.school B．museumC．clinic D．lab解析：根据文章内容，Charlotte学习医学想成为一名医生，故此处应是开办诊所。

答案：C11．A.busy B．wealthyC．greedy D．lucky解析：句意：在那儿她又成了一名忙忙碌碌的医生，busy合语境。

答案：A12．A.helped B．foundC．troubled D．imagined解析：根据语境，Charlotte发现自己在不知不觉中给人们受伤的四肢做手术，接好断了的骨骼，还有给这个地区的所有婴儿接生。

答案：B13．A.harmful B．tiredC．broken D．weak解析：由前文的“...operating on damaged limbs”知，此处应是broken“断的，折的”。

答案：C14．A.put away B．taken overC．turned in D．applied for解析：句意：她在蒙特利尔和温尼伯市两地都申请了医师从业证。

apply for“申请”合语境。

答案：D15．A.punished B．refusedC．blamed D．fired解析：由下文“...but they，too，refused”可知，Charlotte被拒绝了。

答案：B16．A.display B．changeC．preview D．complete解析：根据句意可知，the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons希望Charlotte在加拿大完成学业。

答案：D17．A.leave B．chargeC．test D．cure解析：句意：但她不想离开自己的病人去学已经学会的东西。

leave合语境。

答案：A18．A.sell B．donateC．issue D．show解析：从下文中的“a medical licence was issued to Charlotte”可知应选issue。

答案：C19．A.continued B．promisedC．pretended D．dreamed解析：句意：Charlotte没有医生执照，但她一直工作到1912年。

根据until 1912可知，选A。

答案：A20．A.birth B．deathC．wedding D．graduation解析：Charlotte死于1916年，所以1993年是她去世77年后，所以此处用death。

答案：BⅡ.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。

(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) (2014·云南省昆明市调研复习检测)American English has its own idioms.Let's say you buy something in a shop.And __21__ you pay for it，you say: this cost __22__ an arm and a leg！What do you really mean by __23__(say)so？Do you have to give them your arm and your leg？I hope not.Let's listen to an American English conversation __24__(see)if we can find out what this means.A: Did you buy that new computer?B: Yeah，I did.But I __25__ have bought it.A: Why do you say so？Is there anything wrong with it?B: Not exactly，but，as a matter of fact，it cost the way more than I __26__(expect)it to be.A: __27__ did you pay for it?B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg!When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg，it actually means that __28__ price is very，very high，much __29__(high)than we can accept.If you use this __30__ in the United States，everyone there will understand you.But this is an informal phrase，so don't use it in a formal business setting.[语篇解读]本文介绍了美国英语中的一个习语。