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 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(噴濺出) “ 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.
【小題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 |
A.Do something delicious for lunch. |
B.Taste her awful lunch. |
C.Dismiss the mad cook. |
D.Speak to the school about lunch. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】A
解析試題分析:本文是篇記敘文,講了父親帶我去教堂頂看通往村莊的小路,告訴我這樣一個道理:當一條路被封鎖了,嘗試另外一條路。
【小題1】推理題:根據(jù)第二段的句子:“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.”, 可知作者的爸爸帶她去塔頂是想激勵她找另外一個方法解決問題。故選C。
【小題2】細節(jié)題:根據(jù)第三段的句子:Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful(糟糕的) lunches that were served at school以及and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!可知作者讓媽媽向學校反映午餐的問題。故選D。
【小題3】句意理解題:根據(jù)第五段的句子: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!可知作者用這種方法讓媽媽相信學校的午餐很難吃。所以選D。
【小題4】細節(jié)題:根據(jù)第五段的句子:The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered(噴濺出) “ The cook must have gone mad!可知作者的媽媽吃過學校的飯菜后,覺得很難吃,所以選C。
【小題5】推理題:根據(jù)最后一段的句子:Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.可知作者通過自己的例子告訴我們當一條路走不通了,可以嘗試走另外一條路,故選A。
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【小題1】What is the main topic of the passage?
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C.the impact on talkshows |
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D.His natural skill for showing things. |
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【小題1】According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.
A.didn’t like the presents from the author |
B.wanted to give the author some flowers |
C.lived with the author on an Indiana farm |
D.got different birthday presents from the author every year |
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B.grew as well as on Mom’s farm |
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B.She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm. |
C.She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home. |
D.She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom. |
A.All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed. |
B.The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard. |
C.It was Mom who took care of these irises in the author’s yard. |
D.The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom. |
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A.on the night of August 28, 1988. |
B.on the morning of August 28,1988. |
C.on the night of August 29, 1988. |
D.on the morning of August 29,1988 |
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【小題1】What does the underlined sentence “your body starts talking back to you” in Para.4 mean?
A.Your body often argues with you. |
B.You can do whatever you want. |
C.Your strength is beginning to decline. |
D.You are more easily to have quite terrible diseases. |
A.he is becoming older and older. |
B.he insisted on using a small racket. |
C.he is facing a maturing crop of young talents. |
D.he had an illness that stole his strength. |
A.Now it is Nadal who has replaced Federer as the No.1tennis player. |
B.the racket makers aim at the players’ better performance in games. |
C.It is impossible for Federer to return to power. |
D.Federer has never won a Grand Slam before. |
A.Nadal — The No.1 Tennis Player |
B.Federer — Always Undefeated |
C.State of Mind Plays a Important Role |
D.Federer Hopes to Recover His Magic |
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One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (搖動) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
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Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
【小題1】That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.
A.to see one of his friends |
B.because he wanted to do something there for his writing |
C.because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there |
D.to see one of his relatives |
A.they did something wrong to Mark Twain |
B.their hotel was too small |
C.the room was not very clean |
D.there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room |
A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room |
B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number |
C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents |
D.Mark Twain made a joke |
A.no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night |
B.the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night |
C.Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night |
D.there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer |
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The Evil Eye was a magical sort of thing. One simple look from my dad, and the boy immediately knew not to mess with me. It was as if he could send his warnings through invisible laser(激光)beams that shot directly from his eyes to the boys’ brains.
“You will not put your hands on my daughter. You will not kiss my daughter. You will not even whisper sweet things into my daughter’s ear. ”
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Yes, that’s the Evil Eye: best way ever to keep wandering teen boys’ hands away from your daughter.
【小題1】The Evil Eye in the passage implies that .
A.Dad gets angry easily |
B.Dad’s eyes are evil |
C.Dad’s eyes are ugly-looking |
D.Dad’s eyes are protective to his daughter |
A.cause trouble for | B.make untidy |
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A.As teenagers, we went camping every weekend. |
B.We made lots of friends during the seasonal camping. |
C.We had regular boyfriends or girlfriends and enjoyed ourselves. |
D.The boy dropped my hand and turned away because he loved the Evil Eye. |
A.is a teenage girl who loves her father |
B.is a teenage boy who hates his father |
C.is now an adult who has come to understand her father’s love |
D.used to be a naughty boy who changed girlfriends now and then |
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