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 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.
【小题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
【小题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.
【小题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.
【小题4】What did the author’s mother think of her luncheon soup after she tasted it?
A. It was delicious.   
B. It wasn’t so bad as the author said.
C. It is terrible..
D. It was as good as her cook did.
【小题5】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
 

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who   36  their way and parked in front of my house.

I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every   37  I was awaken during a sound night’s sleep and had to   38  someone out. Many times I was   39  by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the helps that they received and some even complained that I could have done   40 .

One day, a young man with a week – old beard climbed out of a   41  automobile. He had no money and no food. He asked if I could give him some   42 , offer him gasoline and a meal. I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but   43  the work wasn’t necessary.

Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard. After working all day, he sat   44 to cool himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he   45 . I then offered him some   46 money for a task particularly well done, but he shook his head,   47 .

I never saw him again. He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not   48  it was. I didn’t help him. He helped me to   49  people again to repay their trust in me. He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are   50 . I wish I could thank him for   51 some of my belief in the basic   52  of others and for giving me back a little of the   53  I had lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that   54  us to others.

I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my   55 .

36.A.fought                      B.found                        C.made                        D.lost

37.A.morning                   B.afternoon                C.night                         D.evening

38.A.bring                         B.help                           C.carry                         D.drive

39.A.taken for grantedB.put up with               C.turned down           D.taken up with

40.A.less                           B.more                         C.worse                       D.enough

41.A.fashionable             B.famous                     C.flashy                        D.shabby

42.A.money                      B.food                          C.help                           D.work

43.A.actually                    B.specially                   C.particularly             D.generally

44.A.in the sun                B.in the shade            C.in the field               D.in the car

45.A.asked                        B.begged                     C.needed                     D.charged

46.A.old                             B.extra                         C.small                         D.good

47.A.accepted                 B.received                   C.refused                    D.denied

48.A.the situation           B.the thing                  C.the issue                  D.the way

49.A.believe in                 B.watch over              C.look after                 D.care about

50.A.in trouble                 B.in danger                 C.in tears                    D.in fear

51.A.forgetting                B.losing                        C.restoring                 D.finding

52.A.goodness                 B.happiness                C.pleasure                  D.nature

53.A.weakness                B.strength                  C.optimism                 D.pessimism

54.A.adapts                      B.adjusts                     C.devotes                    D.connects

55.A.heart                        B.soul                           C.head                         D.mouth

 

Wings of Angel 

I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   21  . I had a severe spinal cord disorder (脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   22   than others.

I hated going to school and I hated people   23   at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   24   and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   25   and seeing an ugly hunchback (驼背).

My friends found me   26   because I didn’t let others get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   27   Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school — a spot where no one would   28   me. That’s when I first heard her voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” she asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No   29  .”

“I bet they’re playing games and making friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our   30   started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche (处境) — until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, she saw my   31  . She just stared.

    My heart   32  . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would   33   me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know   34   your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   35  . I begged in my heart for her to   36  , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered   37  .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is hunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”  

I was   38  . I looked into her eyes and her   39   touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   40   myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.

1.A. them            B. it               C. me             D. her  

2.A. sadder            B. shorter                 C. weaker             D. slower

3.A. looking          B. smiling          C. aiming            D. glaring  

4.A. still     B. alone           C. straight           D. together

5.A. street            B. sun               C. corner            D. mirror

6.A. distant           B. disappointed   C. hopeless          D. unlucky 

7.A. after             B. while         C. since               D. until

8.A. disturb          B. seek              C. comfort            D. ignore

9.A. wonder          B. idea               C. way               D. problem

10.A. games           B. performance   C. conversation        D. competition

11.A. face             B. back                C. eyes              D. wings

12.A. sank            B. beat              C. broke              D. ached

13.A. look up to   B. catch up with   C. look down upon D. put up with

14.A. that            B. how              C. whether           D. why

15.A. tied            B. arrested                C. punished      D. sentenced

16.A. relax          B. leave              C. stop               D. forbid

17.A. shyly   B. weakly           C. proudly       D. firmly  

18.A. astonished  B. ashamed           C. annoyed          D. upset

19.A. wisdom        B. beauty             C. honesty       D. kindness 

20.A. control         B. like              C. forgive        D. forget

 

Mickey was a cheerful boy. He didn’t  36  whatever people said to him. He never  37

anyone. Even our teachers liked his  38  . I always wondered why he never got  39  . I found the secret in his bedroom.,

When I first came to Mickey’s house, I was  40  to the wall of his bedroom.The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of  41  and shapes! “Some people at school think I never think  42  of anyone.”Mickey started to  43  to me, “and that nothing at all bothers me, but that’s not  44  . I used to get angry easily. But years ago,  45  the help of my  parents.I started a small collage.I could  46  any kind of material and color for it.On every little piece I stuck I  47  some bad thoughts.”

I looked  48  at the wall. In each one of the small pieces I could read,in tiny  49 ,    “fool”, “idiot”, “pain”,“  50  ”, and a thousand other negative thing.

     “Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be  51  . They've given me a new piece for my work of art.”

I never  52  how an ordinary classmate had shown me the secret of changing the  53  times into a chance to smile.On that very day, I began my own  54 . I recommended it to my friends and we all became more  55  .

1.A.think     B.mind     C.respect     D.believe

2.A.hurt      B.accepted  C.helped     D.begged

3.A.head     B.body     C.score       D.character

4.A.proud    B.excited    C.angry      D.surprised

5.A.changed  B.attracted   C.annoyed    D.stopped

6.A.places    B.spots     C.photos      D.colors

7.A.badly    B.seriously   C.easily      D.fully

8.A.show    B.explain     C.point      D.shout

9.A.bad     B.perfect      C.true       D.obvious

10.A.  for     B.with        C.on        D.at

11. A.use     B.enjoy       C.receive    D.plan

12.A.got     B.lost         C.found     D.added

13.A.closely   B.completely   C.quickly      D.slowly

14.A.letters    B. signs        C.notes       D.names

15.A.luck     B.pleasure      C.bore        D.fun

16.A.busier    B.sadder       C.happier      D.smarter

17.A.spoke    B.judged       C.remembered  D.forgot

18.A.mad     B.difficult      C.popular      D.good

19.A.collage   B.painting      C.design      D.dance

20.A.cheerful  B.careful       C.powerful     D.thoughtful

 

Thanks a Million, Dad
I was born disabled.A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck.By my first birthday, I couldn't stand or walk.
When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy (脑瘫).A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body.
But no son of my dad' s was going to be disabled.Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg.The muscles were shrunk and twisted together.Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape.
But my dad' s exercise of passion didn't stop there.For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party.When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a-set of boxing gloves.We put them on.My dad kept on beating me mercilessly.Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jaw.I "begged him to stop. He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world.
That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn't picked for Little League. Two weeks later.Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played.Dad coached us and made me a pitcher (棒球投手).
The power of my dad' s love guaranteed I walked and more.In high school, I became a football star.
In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn’t t have cerebral palsy after all.He explained how and where the doctor' s forceps (镊子) at birth had damaged my brain.
My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago.But all that counts is the bottom line.After all his madness, on this Father' s Day, like every Father' s Day, I' m no longer disabled.

  1. 1.

    What caused the author' s disability?

    1. A.
      A failed operation.
    2. B.
      The doctor's forceps.
    3. C.
      An accident in a game.
    4. D.
      Shrunken and twisted muscles.
  2. 2.

    What do we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      The author has a talent for boxing.
    2. B.
      The author achieved a lot thanks to his father' s love.
    3. C.
      The author became a baseball star with the help of his father.
    4. D.
      The author doesn't think his father should be so strict with him.
  3. 3.

    Paragraph 3 suggests that the author' s father____.

    1. A.
      wouldn't give up hope easily
    2. B.
      believed his son was a normal child
    3. C.
      blamed the doctors for his son' s disability
    4. D.
      couldn't accept the truth that his son was disabled
  4. 4.

    The author wrote the passage to ____.

    1. A.
      remember his father
    2. B.
      encourage disabled children
    3. C.
      show the difficulty the disabled face
    4. D.
      give advice to the parents of disabled children

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