Question

【题目】 We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had bought me to this place in a small Italian town far from home in Rome. I wondered _____.

“Look, Alice,” my father said. I gathered all my courage and _____. I saw the square in the centre of the town. And I saw many streets around it.

“See, my dear,” my father said gently. “There is _____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 ______.”

Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do ___about the lunch at school. Because she is the head of our school. But she ___. Because she couldn’t believe the lunch was as bad as I said. When I turned to father for help, he said nothing ______brought me here to give me a lesson — the value of an open mind. By the time we reached home, I had a ___. At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home.

Then I asked the cook to serve it to my mother at dinner. The plan worked ___. Mother had just one spoonful and shouted, “The cook must have gone mad!”

Quickly I told her the truth. Mother said she would ______the matter the next day.

【1】A.whereB.whyC.how

【2】A.looked downB.looked aroundC.looked back

【3】A.at mostB.more thanC.fewer than

【4】A.walkingB.againC.another

【5】A.nothingB.somethingC.anything

【6】A.refusedB.wonderedC.agreed

【7】A.orB.andC.but

【8】A.mindB.planC.bottle

【9】A.perfectlyB.hardlyC.madly

【10】A.lead toB.pass outC.deal with

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者的父亲把他带到教堂的塔顶上，告诉他如果一条路到不了想去的地方，就走另一条路。他母亲是学校领导。这让他想到了如何告诉母亲学校午饭的问题。他想到了一个计划，让他母亲吃到学校的午饭，这样她知道那些食物非常难吃，决定处理这个问题。

【1】句意：我想知道为什么。

A. where 哪里，B. why 为什么，C. how如何。根据洪武额的Now I understood why I was there，我不知道为什么我父亲把我带到这里，故选B。

【2】句意：我鼓足勇气往下看。

A. looked down向下看，B. looked around 环视，C. looked back回想。根据前文的We were standing at the top of a church tower.可知，我站在塔顶上，因此往下看，故选A。

【3】句意： 去广场的路不止一条。

A. at most最多，B. more than多余，C. fewer than少于。根据短语more than one不止一条，故选B。

【4】句意：如果一条路到不了你想去的地方，就走另一条路。

A. walking散步，B. again再，C. another另一个。根据If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road,可知，表示这条路去不了你想要去的地方，因此选择另一条路，故选C。

【5】句意：那天早些时候，我恳求母亲为学校的午餐做点什么。

A. nothing没什么，B. something 某物，C. anything任何事。此处是肯定句，用something，故选B。

【6】句意：但是她不同意。

A. refused拒绝，B. wondered想知道，C. agreed同意。连词but前后表示转折关系，but前表示我请求母亲做些事，but后表示她不同意，故选A。

【7】句意：当我向父亲寻求帮助时，他什么也没说，但是把我带到这里来给我一个教训——开放思想的价值。

A. or或者，B. and 而且，C. but但是。前半句表示他什么也没说，后半句表示带我来这里给我一个教训，前后表示转折关系，用连词but，故选C。

【8】句意：我们到家的时候，我有了一个计划。

A. mind介意，B. plan 计划，C. bottle瓶子，根据后文的The plan worked ___9___.可知，表示我想到了一个计划，故选B。

【9】句意：这个计划实施得很完美。

A. perfectly 完美地，B. hardly几乎不，C. madly疯狂地。根据前文的Then I asked the cook to serve it to my mother at dinner.“然后我让厨师在晚餐时把它端给我妈妈。”可知此处表示我的计划实施的非常好，故选A。

【10】句意：母亲说她将在第二天处理这件事。

A. lead to 导致，B. pass out 昏倒了，C. deal with处理。根据前文的Mother had just one spoonful and shouted, “The cook must have gone mad!”可知，母亲吃了厨师做的饭，认为这非常难吃，应该处理午饭的问题。故选C。

根据前后文的语境，认真辨析选项里的单词或短语的词义，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题2，句意：我鼓足勇气往下看。A. looked down向下看，B. looked around 环视，C. looked back回想。根据前文的We were standing at the top of a church tower.可知，我站在塔顶上，因此往下看，故选A。