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.enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town

B.find out how many ways lead to the square

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

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

A.when one road is blocked, try another

B.how bad the lunch of her school is

C.how wise her father is

D.about the church tower near her home

 

第三节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21至40各个题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a young man called Jim was told to take the  21  examination the next day. He was   22   so much that he couldn’t get to sleep. He wouldn’t join the army because he was in love with a beautiful girl. “If only I could find a   23   to make the doctor believe there is something    24  with my body,” he thought and thought. Suddenly, a good idea crossed his mind.

The next morning Jim got to the   25   on time and was led into a large room. He hurriedly found a seat to sit down and took out an out-of-date newspaper,   26   to read it. Soon it was his turn to be examined. When he came up to the doctor, the old man took a quick and sharp look at him. Then in a   27   he ordered Jim to take off his clothes, go straight to a corner and sit down on a chair there. No sooner had he seated himself on the chair than he heard the doctor murmuring to his assistant: “Finished! The boy is  28   up to the standard.”

“How can you draw such a   29   like that before you give me a  30  check? Jim shouted at the doctor.

“Don’t be impetuous(冲动), young man! Put on your clothes, and then I’ll  31   it to you,” the doctor said   32  .“You said we didn’t examine you carefully, but I don’t think it

33   for us to do that. When I told you in a low voice to take off your clothes, you did it as I told you. It shows you have good  34  . When you were asked to go and sit on the chair, you did so, too. It shows you can see any subject within a certain distance.   35  , you were found reading the newspaper just now, and we are certain you are a man of intelligence.

36 , you’re perfect in mind and body.” 

Half a year later, Jim was killed on the battlefield. At the news his girlfriend nearly went

37  . She kept weeping. “Don’t be like that, my dear.” It was an old man’s  38   voice. “Your Jim died a real man. He   39  his life to the people all over the world. It is right that we should be proud of him…” Saying this, the old man, her father, was choked(哽咽). His only   40   was that he had never had Jim know who he was. This old man was the medical officer who had given Jim the health check.  

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A. blood

A. excited

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A. new

A. hospital

A. beginning

A. hurry

A. hardly

A. information

A. quick

A. give

A. calmly

A. necessary

A. eyes

A. So

A. In short

A. angry

A. kind

A. spent

A. dream

B. intelligent

B. troubled

B. person

B. good

B. camp

B. pretending

B. breath

B. never

B. suggestion

B. slow

B. explain

B. coldly

B. honest

B. ears

B. Therefore

B. In word

B. bad

B. loud

B. saved

B. regret

C. physical

C. frightened

C. problem

C. right

C. office

C. deciding

C. whisper

C. not

C. decision

C. careful

C. say

C. happily

C. good

C. head

C. Besides

C. In the end

C. excited

C. low

C. devoted

C. hope

D. ability

D. delighted

D. question

D. wrong

D. army

D. wanting

D. flash

D. quite  

D. conclusion

D. careless

D. bring

D. quietly

D. right

D. body

D. However

D. In total

D. mad

D. sad

D. killed

D. wish

 

 

 

第二节  语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

Our vicar(牧师) is always raising money for one cause or    31     , but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock   32    (repair). The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and     33    (be) silent ever since.

    One night,    34   , our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at

his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times     35    it

stopped.   36    (arm) with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see    37      was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

    'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.

    'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

    'You certainly    38    give me a surprise!'  said the vicar.

'You've    39     (probability)woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

    That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that   40   one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."

    We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

 

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