2011届高考英语Units15～16DestinationsTheUnitedStatesofAmerica知识点复习
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e back down until she __8__ it.
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 e 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.阅读理解
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.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison，the inventor of the electric light，said his best ideas came into him in dreams.So did the great physicist Albert Einstein.Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams，you have to understand what happens when you are asleep.Even then，a part of your mind is still working.This unconscious，but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day.It stores all sorts of information that you may have fotten or never have really noticed.It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake.However，the unconscious part acts in a special way.It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first.This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”．
1．Aording to the passage，Elias Howe was ________.
A．the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep
B．much more hardworking than other inventors
C．the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked
D．the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams
解析：从第二段最后一句话可得知正确答案为C。A、D与原文不符，B项没提及。
答案：C
2．The problem Howe was trying to solve was ________.
A．what kind of thread to use
B．how to design a needle which would not break
C．where to put the needle
D．how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle
解析：细节题。从第一段最后一句可知D为正确答案。
答案：D
3．Thomas Edison is spoken of because ________.
A．he also tried to invent a sewing machine
B．he got some of his ideas from dreams
C．he was one of Howe’s best friends
D．he also had difficulty in falling asleep
解析：A、C、D三项与原文不符，故可用排除法排除。用爱迪生的例子来说明Howe不
是惟一一个做梦突发灵感的人。
答案：B
4．Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because ________.
A．strange images are used to municate ideas
B．images which have no meaning are used
C．we can never understand the real meaning
D．only specially trained people can understand them
解析：B、C两项本身不正确，D与原文不符，故都可排除，选A项。
答案：A