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 would not help. 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 lunch 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, "The cook must have gone mad! "Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother said 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.

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

     A. Do something delicious for lunch.       

     B. Ask the father to taste her awful lunch.

     C. Dismiss the mad cook.                  

D. Speak to the school about lunch.

2.

 The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means ______ . 

     A. the cook agreed to serve the soup to Father

     B. the matter of lunch hasn’t been settled

     C. her father persuaded her mother successfully

     D. the method the author thought of was effective

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 rower' near her home

This is my dear teacher without_________help I couldn’t have passed that difficult exam.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to   36   his son how   37   people live,   38   they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor   39  .When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the   40  ?” “very   41   , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a   42    that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a stream that has no   43    . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the   44   . Our patio(天井) reaches to the front yard,   45   they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was   46  , his father was speechless.

His son   47   , “Thanks Dad   48   showing me how   49   we are!” Isn’t it true that it all depends   50    the   51   you look at things? If you have love, friends, humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度)   52   life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy   53   of these things,    54   still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc. But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing! Attitude is   55  ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude every day!

1.A.show     B. give         C. send            D. tell

2.A.happy     B. sorrow       C. rich            D. poor

3.A.thus      B. so          C. therefore       D. when

4.A.house     B. home                            C. family   D. room

5.A.journey   B. trip         C. stay            D. travel

6.A.bad       B. good       C. well           D. badly

7.A.river     B. lake        C. canal(运河/沟渠)    D. pool 

8.A.endless  B. ending       C. end                  D. ended

9.A.sun      B. stars   C. planet            D. electricity light

10.A.yet      B. however      C. so              D. though

11.A.finished B. finishing                     C. completed    D. completing

12.A.adding   B. added       C. saying          D. said

13.A.for      B. of          C. with            D. about

14.A.poor     B. rich         C. glad            D. happy

15.A.in      B. on          C. for            D. about

16.A.method   B. manners      C. way            D. means

17.A.of       B. for          C. towards        D. at

18.A.nothing  B. any          C. some           D. everything

19.A.then     B. but          C. though          D. so

20.A.anything      B. nothing     C. everything      D. something

阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    21     by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     22  “Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    23    for the night. Seeing that he had an   24  Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    25  . The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   26    that anyone who climbed up her tree 27  not be able to come back down until she   28 it.

When the children came back to steal her   29  , she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   30  she gave the tree permission to let  31   go. Aunty Misery was free from the   32  at last.

One day another man    33   her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   34  she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   35   me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  36   some pears from my dear tree to remember the 37          

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    38  to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   39   as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   40  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.

21.  A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

22.  A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing       D. whispering

23.  A. stay       B. live       C. hide             D. lie

24.  A. interesting B. honest    C. anxious          D. angry

25.  A. gift       B. kiss      C. treat             D. smile

26.  A. suggestion  B. demand     C. permission       D. wish

27.  A. could      B. should     C. might            D. must

28.  A. permitted   B. promised   C. answered         D. declared

29.  A. branch    B. food       C. tree             D. fruit

30.  A. after      B. while      C. since            D. before

31.  A. it        B. them       C. him              D. her

32.  A. trick     B. question    C. trouble          D. difficulty

33.  A. stepped into   B. left for C. stopped at      D. walked around

34.  A. so       B. but          C. although        D. because

35.  A. with     B. off          C. upon            D. for

36.  A. choose    B. pick         C. shake           D. hit

37.  A. honor     B. pleasure      C. hope            D. excitement

38.  A. light     B. short        C. old             D. thin

39.  A. proud     B. kind         C. fine            D. smart

40.  A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to   36   his son how   37   people live,   38   they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor   39  .When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the   40  ?” “very   41   , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a   42    that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a stream that has no   43    . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the   44   . Our patio(天井) reaches to the front yard,   45   they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was   46  , his father was speechless.
His son   47  , “Thanks Dad   48  showing me how   49  we are!” Isn’t it true that it all depends   50   the   51  you look at things? If you have love, friends, humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度)   52  life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy   53  of these things,    54  still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc. But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing! Attitude is   55 ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude every day!