23. A. invented　 B. selected　　　 　　　　 C. offered　　 　　　　 D. started

22. A. habit　　　 B. interest　　　　　 C. opinion　　　　　 　 D. voice

21. A. raising　 　　 B. teaching　　　　　 　 C. nursing　　　　　 　 D. missing

20. [答案]D

[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析。A持续；B到达；C出现；D过去，经过；几个星期过去了，这对夫妻又一次进入了这家商店。

[长难句解析]

A couple of weeks passed and in walked this guy and his wife again.

[翻译]几个星期过去了，这个家伙和他的妻子又一次走了进来。

[分析]本句中有一个全部倒装句in walked this guy and his wife again.句首的in是副词，后面的主语是名词this guy and his wife，所以需要使用全部倒装句。如果副词放在句首，主语是代词的时候，则不需要全部倒装。如Here comes the bus.

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B

　　　 Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While　 　21　 　her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) 　　22　 　in medicine. At 18 she married and　 　　23　 　a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a 　　24　　 . Her husband supported her decision.

　　 　　25　 　, Canadian medical schools did not 　　26　　 women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study 　　27　 　at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to　　 28　 　her medical degree.

　　　 Upon graduation, Charlotte　 　29　 　to Montreal and set up a private 　　30　 . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a 　　31　 　doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte 　　32　 　herself operating on damaged limbs and setting 　　33　 　bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.

But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had 　　34　 　a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was 　　35　 . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to　 　36　 　her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to 　　37　 　her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to　 　38　 　a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte 　　39　 　to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

In 1993, 77 years after her 　　40　 , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”

19. [答案]B

[试题解析]考察名词词义辨析及上下文串联。A眼睛；B羽毛；C皮毛；D皮肤；这只鹦鹉抖动自己的羽毛在笼子里休息了。

18. [答案]A

[试题解析]考察名词词义辨析及上下文串联。A警告；B评论；C建议；D请求；说了这些警告的话，主人又重新把鹦鹉放进了笼子。根据前句“Don’t ever, ever say anything to 　　17　 　my customers again. You got that！！！”这是主人对它的警告。

17. [答案]D

[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A触摸；感动；B使…娱乐；C欺骗；D使…尴尬；主人对它说：不要再说任何让我的客人感觉尴尬的话，你明白了吗？客人被激怒了，主人也很生气，所以对鹦鹉的惩罚也很厉害。

16. [答案]C

[试题解析]考察动词短语辨析。Sent out发出；发送；hand out分发；pull out拔出；dig out挖出；句义：主人为了惩罚这只鹦鹉，拔了鹦鹉几根羽毛。

15. [答案]B

[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A拥抱；B抓住；C训练；D挽救；根据下一句took it into the “black room把鹦鹉放进黑房子里，说明他很生气，抓住鹦鹉并放进了黑房子里进行惩罚。

14. [答案]C

[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析。A问候；B使…困惑；C冒犯；D使…害怕；他对老板说：你的鸟冒犯了我的妻子，说我的期中很难看。