2017屆高考英語總復習名師全程導學案：Unit3 名師點津
9. to write a good article you must first ________your ideas very carefully.
a. organize b. settle
c. report d. speak
解析：選a。organize組織。句意：要想寫出好文章，首先得認真組織一下自己的想法。settle解決，定居；report報告；speak說出。
10. she was so ________that she wouldn’t give in until she received a full apology.
a. simple b. lucky
c. stubborn d. proper
解析：選c。由后半句until引導的時間狀語從句知她是一個很頑固的人。stubborn頑固的，固執的；simple簡單的；lucky幸運的；proper恰當的，正確的。
ⅱ. 閱讀理解
a
(XX年江蘇六校聯考)throughout the depression(經濟蕭條)years，my brothers，sisters and i often heard our granny say，“one of these days，my ship is coming in. ”of course granny’s ship was just a dream—her escape from the reality of being poor most of her life. but to us it was very real.
our family got by with the barest(最少)of necessities. there rarely was enough left over for special desires. so if we wished for other things，we told granny about them，and she would plan for them to be aboard her ship.
at times we kids worried greatly as to how the ship was going to arrive at granny’s house in the deep pine woods of east texas，miles from any waterway. one day when granny was sitting with us on her front porch，we asked her how she expected the ship to come. shifting in her rocking chair，she pointed to the beautiful clouds floating in the bright blue sky.
“why，children，”she explained，“granny’s ship has big beautiful sails. some day it will rise up on clouds like those，and come floating right up to the front door. ”
as we grew older，our childish wishes for bb guns，baby dolls and mohair sweaters were replaced by dreams of an education，a job or a lovely wedding. we told granny of those goals and she put each one aboard her ship.
granny has been gone a long time now，but i still remember how we sat with her on the porch scanning the skies. she never told us the name of her ship，but i think perhaps it was “hope”，for granny told us to have patience，to reach beyond our limitation，and many of our dreams and wishes did come true.
even now，sometimes，when the skies are brilliantly blue，with soft puffy clouds sailing along with the breeze(微風)，i look up—to see granny’s ship. its sails are full and proud. it is a beautiful ship，carrying a wonderful cargo of many packages of many sizes—all marked“from granny. with love”.
【解題導語】 小時候因家庭貧困，作者和其兄弟姐妹沒有錢買自己想要的東西。于是他們的祖母告訴他們，馬上就會有一艘船給他們帶來所有想要的東西。長大后他才明白，祖母用一個善意的謊言讓他們在美好的幻想中快樂的生活。