23．Helen always helps her mother even though going to school _____most of her day．

A．takes up　　 B．makes up　 C．saves up　　 　D．puts up　　

22．He _______his post because he had been offered a better job．

A．resigned　　 B．retired　 　C．dismissed　　 D．fired

第一节： 语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21．He was _______of selling state secrets and arrested last month．

A．doubted B．suspected　 　　C．respected　　 D．inspected

(二)讲析课文