Question

    We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.

“Look down, Elsa,”father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square.“See, my dear,”father said gently.“There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”

Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said.

When I turned to father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.

At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon（午餐）soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（喷溅出）“The cook must have gone mad！”Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!

In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.

1.The author's father took her to the top of a church tower to _____.

A.inspire her to find out another way to solve her problem

B.enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town

C.find out how many ways lead to the square

D.help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day

2.What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?

A.Do something delicious for lunch. B.Taste her awful lunch.

C.Dismiss the mad cook. D.Speak to the school about lunch.

3.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph suggests that__________________.

A.the cook agreed to serve the soup to the writer’s mother.

B.the author’s mother was angry with the cook.

C.her father persuaded her mother successfully.

D.the method the author thought of was effective.

4.By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us ____________.

A.how bad the lunch of her school is B.how wise her father is

C.when one road is blocked, try another D.about the church tower near her home

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文为记叙文。父亲带我去教堂顶部，让我看下面的路，原来有很多的路都通向同一个广场，以此来比喻在生活中有很多不一样的道路，当我们用一种方法不能成功的时候，请转换思维使用另外一种方法。

1.

细节理解题。根据第二段father said gently.“There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”（ 父亲轻轻地说，“到广场的路不止一条。生活就是这样。如果一条路到不了想去的地方，那就试着走另一条路。”）可知，作者的父亲把她带到一座教堂的塔顶，激励她去寻找另一种方法来解决她的问题，故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据第三段Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school.（那天早些时候，我请求母亲为学校提供的难吃的午餐做点什么。）可知，作者想让她妈妈跟学校谈谈午餐的事。故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据第五段At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon（午餐）soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly（第二天到了学校，我偷偷地把午餐汤倒进瓶子里，带回家。然后我让厨师在晚饭时端给妈妈吃。这个计划很成功），故可知划线的句子Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day（母亲断然表示第二天就去学校就午餐问题提出交涉）表明作者所想到的方法是有效的。故选D。

4.

目的意图题。通读全文，作者父亲告诉作者一个道理，然后通过分享自己的经历，试图告诉我们当一条路被堵住了，就去尝试另一条路，故选C。