2016屆高考英語Units 17～18 Great women New Zealand知識點復習
答案：b
9.the school has very good teachers，but when it ________ to buildings，the school looks
poor.
a.comes b.goes c.arrives d.gets
解析：when it comes to...是固定句式，意為“當談到……時”。
答案：a
10.this custom has been ________ since the 18th century.
a.taken down b.put down c.handed down d.turned down
解析：take down“將……取下來；拆除”；put down“放下”；hand down“傳遞下
去”；turn down“拒絕”。
答案：c
ⅱ.完形填空
the books in david’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street.what he wanted to do was to play basketball with eric，__1__his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
he had__2__set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today.he would just__3__the books in the outside return box.but there was a__4__：it was locked.
he went into the building，only a few minutes__5__closing time.he put the books into the return box.and after a brief__6__in the toilet，he would be on his way to the playground to__7__eric.
david stepped out of the toilet and stopped in__8__—the library lights were off.the place was__9__.the doors had been shut.they__10__be opened from the inside.he was trapped—in a library!
he tried to__11__a telephone call，but was unable to__12__.what’s worse，the pay phones were on the outside of the building.__13__the sun began to set，he searched for a light and found it.
__14__he could see.david wrote on a piece of paper：“__15__！i’m trapped inside！”and stuck it to the glass door.__16__，someone passing by would see it.
he was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant，__17__.rows and rows of shelves held books，videos and music.he saw a book about michael jordan and took it off the shelf.he settled into a chair and started to__18__.
he knew he had to__19__，but now，that didn’t seem to be such a__20__thing.
1.a.but b.because c.or d.since
解析：but意為“但是”，what he wanted to do was to play basketball with eric與
his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first是
轉折關系，所以要用but，表示“他本來想與eric打籃球，但他媽媽告訴他他必
須把他妹妹的書還回圖書館”。because意為“因為”。or意為“或；或者；還