2018屆高考英語Units 15～18 Destinations The United States of America知識點復習

when the children came back to steal her __9__，she had them stuck on the tree.they had to beg her long __10__ she gave the tree permission to let __11__ go.aunty misery was free from the __12__ at last.
one day another man __13__ her door.this one did not look trustworthy to her，__14__ she asked who he was.“i am death，i’ve come to take you __15__ me.” said he.
thinking fast aunty misery said，“fine，but i’d like to __16__ some pears from my dear tree to remember the __17__ it brought to me in this life.but i am too __18__ to climb high to get the best fruit.will you be so __19__ as to do it for me？” with a deep sigh，mr.death climbed up the tree __20__ and was immediately stuck to it.no matter how much he warned or begged，aunty misery would not allow the tree to let death go.
1.a.hopeless  b.painful  c.dull  d.crazy
答案：d
2.a.calling  b.shouting  c.announcing  d.whispering
答案：b
3.a.stay  b.live  c.hide  d.lie
答案：a
4.a.interesting  b.honest  c.anxious  d.angry
答案：b
5.a.gift  b.kiss  c.treat  d.smile
答案：c
6.a.suggestion  b.demand  c.permission  d.wish
答案：d
7.a.could  b.should  c.might  d.must
答案：b
8.a.permitted  b.promised  c.answered  d.declared
答案：a
9.a.branch  b.food  c.tree  d.fruit
答案：d
10.a.after  b.while  c.since  d.before
答案：d
11.a.it  b.them  c.him  d.her
答案：b
12.a.trick  b.question  c.trouble  d.difficulty
答案：c
13.a.stepped into  b.left for  c.stopped at  d.walked around
答案：c
14.a.so  b.but  c.although  d.because
答案：a
15.a.with  b.off  c.upon  d.for
答案：a
16.a.choose  b.pick  c.shake  d.hit
答案：b
17.a.honor  b.pleasure  c.hope  d.excitement
答案：b
18.a.light  b.short  c.old  d.thin
答案：c
19.a.proud  b.kind  c.fine  d.smart
答案：b
20.a.disappointedly  b.cheerfully  c.unwillingly  d.eagerly
答案：c
ⅲ.閱讀理解
early one morning，more than a hundred years ago，an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep.he had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem：it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
though he was tired，howe slept badly.he turned and turned.then he had a dream.he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.when he tried to do so，howe ran into the same problem as before.the thread kept getting caught around the needle.the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe.they came up towards him with their spears raised.but suddenly the inventor noticed something.there was a hole in the tip of each spear.the inventor awoke from the dream，realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem.instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle，he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle.this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.